Booster Gold (New 52)

*"Yesterday is the past. And tomorrow -- belongs to those who claim it."*

## **Summary**

**Booster Gold**, real name **Michael Jon Carter**, is a character in DC Comics. Initially a disgraced athlete from the 25th century, Carter stole various pieces of future technology and traveled back to the 21st century, where he hoped to earn fame and fortune as a superhero. Booster Gold is characterized by his showboating personality and relentless desire for celebrity status, although his character grows more mature and heroic over time. In terms of abilities, Booster Gold possesses no inherent superhuman powers. However, the advanced technology he stole from the future, including a power suit that enhances his strength and durability, gauntlets that fire energy blasts, and a Legion flight ring, grant him a range of abilities. Most significantly, his time-travel device allows him to journey across different periods in time, leading to his role as a self-appointed guardian of the time-stream. Throughout his adventures, Booster Gold forms alliances with several notable figures in the DC Universe. He's known for his partnership with Ted Kord, the Blue Beetle, with whom he shared many comedic and light-hearted escapades. Furthermore, he's recognized for his membership in the Justice League International. His main antagonist is often himself, as his reckless time-travel activities frequently lead to undesirable consequences. Within the New 52 continuity, Booster Gold plays a key role in several crossover events that involve time travel. One significant storyline involves him in the "Convergence" event, where he must navigate different realities to correct the time-stream. Throughout these arcs, Booster Gold learns to balance his initial desire for fame with the responsibility that comes with his time-traveling abilities.

## Base

### **Output:**

#### Physical Strength

* Breaks apart some animated rock monsters by charging them.
* Crumples a metal door with a punch.
* Blasts through a giant samurai construct.
* Blasts through more hard-light constructs.
* Smacks away Breakdown since he is shielded from his disintegration power.
* Sends Jaime Reyes flying with a punch, then slamming him into the ground.
* Blue Beetle and Booster Gold brawl each other in fairly even grounds.

#### Energy Beams

* Booster Gold and Fire blasting some animated rock monsters destroys them.
* Blasts away a bunch of animated rock monsters.
* Blasts some animated rock monsters off Batman without hurting him.
* Blasts through a wooden door.
* Blasts OMAC as he jumps through the city, taking him down.
* Guy's ring and Booster's blasters controlled by another meta take out August General, OMAC, Godiva, and Batman, then each other.
* Overloads OMAC for a moment.
* Guy Gardner, Booster Gold, August General in Iron, and OMAC stun and throw a meta into the air.
* Downs Blue Beetle with a blast to his chest.

### **Defense:**

#### Blunt

* Tanks hits from OMAC.
* Tanks getting sent flying by a kick from Jaime Reyes.
* Blue Beetle and Booster Gold brawl each other in fairly even grounds.

#### Energy

* Tanks getting blasted by Peraxxus.
* Takes getting blasted by Peraxxus again.
* Tanks being caught in a blast that blows up part of the U.N. and the stand they were in.
* Survives but is knocked out by Guy Gardner being forced to blast him.
* Tanks a hardlight beam from a meta.

#### Shields

* His shields block a blast from the Signal Man machine with ease, it tearing apart the nearby area.
* His shields protect himself and the rest of the JLI from getting destroyed by a large blast from the Signal Man that is destroying the nearby area and the blast is visible from space.
* Contains the explosion of a bomb.
* Tanks hits from a giant samurai construct before being shattered.
* Blocks constructs after his first one is shattered.
* Blocks gunfire from multiple guns.

### **Speed:**

#### Combat

* Dodges a blast from a Firestorm.
* Dodges a hardlight beam from a meta.
* Blue Beetle and Booster Gold brawl each other in fairly even grounds.

### **Misc:**

#### Energy Shields

* Creates a shield to carry Ice to a hospital after a bombing at the U.N..
* His shields block Breakdown's disintegration power. Breakdown destroying walls of buildings with a touch,

#### Tech

* Downloads a virus into OMAC controlled by Brother Eye to revert him to Kevin.
* Travels back in time to try to warn himself in the past about a cosmic timeline event that starts with Superman and Wonder Woman falling in love.