Booster Gold

**Booster Gold** is a superhero from DC Comics.

## Background

Michael Carter was an exceptionally gifted Gotham University football player... in the 25th century. He was nicknamed “Booster” for his speed and skill, and he had a bright future ahead of him. However, his mother took ill with a disease that Michael’s relatively poor family couldn’t afford to treat, so Michael took to betting on his own games in order to make ends meet. He was eventually caught and put in prison, his bright future seemingly eliminated. Once he got out, he got a job as a security guard at the Metropolis Space Museum and, upon discovering the exhibit on 20th century superheroes, was inspired to become a superhero himself and rebuild the future he lost. To do so, he stole a Legion flight ring, a force field belt, a power suit, and Rip Hunter’s Time Sphere, and travelled back in time to the 20th century with a security robot named Skeets in tow. There he established himself as a superhero in Metropolis.

However, his heroics were not entirely altruistic. He used his knowledge of future events to win big in the stock market, and founded his own company, Goldstar, Inc. to basically serve as a PR firm and merchandising house, profiting off his heroic stunts. This annoyed other heroes like Superman, who viewed Booster as an empty grandstander. As time went on though, Booster battled actual threats like the criminal organization The 1000 and was forced to mature or die. He even joined the Justice League International and met his soon-to-be best friend Ted Kord, the second Blue Beetle.

Eventually he was contracted by Rip Hunter to become a guardian of the time stream, but at the expense of going down in history as a fraud hero only in it for the greenbacks. He accepted and journey with Rip across time and space, even saving the entire multiverse from Mister Mind. As the years passed, Booster would grow to be a seasoned adventurer and protector of all reality. Eventually he fathered a son (who would grow up to be his own mentor, Rip Hunter), before succumbing to chronal radiation. His body was taken to the Vanishing Point and became one with the chronal energy that was killing him, turning him into the new Waverider, the god-like protector of the time stream.

## Stats

**Attack Potency: Multiverse+ Level** (Frequently battles Superman-level threats, such as Doomsday, Maxima, or Kryptonian machines designed to be stronger than Kryptonians.)

**Speed: Massively Faster than Light+** (Capable of tagging and dodging attacks from the likes of Barry Allen, Sinestro, or Doomsday. Flew fast enough to tap into the Speed Force.)

**Durability: Multiverse+ Level** (Has taken hits from Barry Allen, Doomsday, Cyborg Superman, and even Trigon.)

**Hax: Matter Manipulation** (Through the Mass Dispersion Field), **Energy Reflection** (Through the Mass Dispersion Field), **Infrared and Heat Vision** (Through the Goggles), **Time Travel**, **Time Manipulation** (Through Time Travel Circuitry), resistance to **Matter Manipulation**, **Mental Attacks**, and **Atomization** (Through the Force Field Belt).

**Intelligence: Genius** (Reprogrammed his own forcefield without looking at it. Used his time-traveling schemes to become rich. Has been able to trick the likes of Sinestro.)

**Stamina: High** (Can endure long battles and keep fighting even after his forcefield's energy was depleted.)

## Powers, Techniques, and Equipment

### Equipment

* **Power Suit:** A suit designed to enhance Booster's strength, speed, and durability to superhuman levels.
* **Energy Gauntlets:** A pair of gauntlets that Booster can use to fire shots of energy that he dubs "Booster Shots". These shots have different output levels, which Booster can use to adapt to the situation. On low settings, they're non-lethal, but when using their maximum output, they are highly potent.
* **Legion Flight Ring:** A ring stolen from the Legion of Superheroes. When worn, it allows Booster to fly at high speed. If it's removed, he can telekinetically control it to put it back on, but only if it's close enough.
* **Force Field Belt:** A forcefield-generating belt that originally belonged to one of Brainiac's bodies. It generates an impenetrable omnidirectional barrier that protects the user from all sorts of damage, including attacks that could break down planets to an atomic level. It protects him from physical, energetic, and even mental damage, and it can shield him from microscopic bacteria. It can be projected onto others, its size can be altered, and Booster can even summon more than one forcefield at a time. When projected onto someone else, it can be used to crush or even vaporize the enemy. On top of that, it can be surrounded by electricity for further damage.
	+ **Mass Dispersion Field:** A less-used variant of his forcefield that can absorb all kinds of energy and matter, rearrange their molecular structure, and redirect it at the enemy. However, using it too much drains the Force Field Belt's energy.
* **Goggles:** A pair of goggles that can see through walls, use infrared and heat vision, and even protect Booster from damage.
* **Time Travel Circuitry:** Although he initially made use of external devices for his time travel shenanigans, Booster's current suit has time travel mechanisms integrated into its circuits, which allows him to freely jump forwards and backwards through time. In some occasions, it has been used to bring other versions of himself into battle, and it can also stop time entirely.
* **Skeets:** A small flying robot that usually accompanies Booster. It possesses a highly-intelligent AI that is able to hack into advanced computers. It is able to shoot blasts similar to the Booster Shots, generate smokescreens, and track people that are traveling through time.

## Minor Feats

### Attack Potency/Strength

* (Action Comics #995) His beams are portrayed to be as potent as Superman’s.
* (Booster Gold v2 #46) Managed to harm Doomsday with physical strikes.
* (Booster Gold v2 #0) Hurt Extant, an extremely powerful god-like being.
* (Justice League America Annual 10) Overpowered Maxima, a Superman-level being in terms of strength.
* (Action Comics #994) Physically overpowered Kryptonian machines designed to kill other Kryptonians through physical force.
* (Blue Beetle v3 #11) Battled evenly against Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle, and even described him as a “planet-killer”.
* (Justice League International v2 #10) His Booster Shots have harmed Guy Gardner, an extremely powerful Green Lantern.
* (Booster Gold v2 #2) Tackled Sinestro and threw him off-balance.
* (Booster Gold v1 #16) Guides a blimp to the ground (he says he can’t lift it, but the comic clearly shows him pushing against it enough to shift its angle of descent, which would involve lifting at least most of it).
* (52 #2) Lifted an airplane.
* (Booster Gold v1 #9) Flies through a helicopter, destroying it with his body.
* (Booster Gold v1 #8) Skeets says Booster should be able to lift several tons.

### Speed/Reactions

* (Booster Gold v2 #47) Flew on par with Flash fast enough to tap into the Speed Force.
* (Heroes in Crisis #5) Managed to tag Barry Allen.
* (Martian Manhunter #24) After stealing Martian Manhunter’s cookies, managed to outspeed him in flight.
* (Booster Gold v2 #2) Dodged multiple blasts from Sinestro’s Lantern Ring.
* (Justice League America #69) His force field was also able to raise itself just in time to intercept Doomsday’s punch, essentially meaning it activates at FTL speeds.
* (Justice League International v2 #10) Reacted to Lightweaver’s light attacks.
* (Booster Gold v1 #19) Dodges what may be light beams (they’re supposed to be color-themed and are described as beams, but not explicitly as light) Note: in the next issue, page 15, he describes one of his beams as light.
* (Justice League International v2 Annual) Dodged attacks from OMAC.
* (Booster Gold v2 #7) Dodged beams from several OMACs simultaneously.

### Durability/Endurance

* (Justice League International v2 #5) With his forcefield, stopped a blast that was breaking down the planet on a subatomic level.
* (Booster Gold v2 #24) Survived attacks from Trigon (who can destroy planets just by looking at them, among other feats) using his force field.
* (Justice League International v4 #10) Survived an unrestrained blast from a GL Ring without using his forcefield.
* (Justice League America #69) Force field tanks a punch from Doomsday (also in Deadman: Dead Again #3 and Booster Gold v2 #45-46).
* (Booster Gold v2 #46) Survived blows from Doomsday without his forcefield up.
* (Booster Gold v2 #30) Took hits from Mongul’s ship and Cyborg Superman.
* (Action Comics #995) Survived a blast from a robot that harmed Superman.
* (Action Comics #996) Takes hits from the Eradicator, who is Superman-tier.
* (Convergence: Booster Gold) Takes a punch from Superboy (young Superman) and also stops one with his forcefield (and again from another Kryptonian in Booster Gold v2 #30).
* (Booster Gold: Future’s End) Took a hit from Captain Atom.
* (Justice League International v2 #4) Took a hit from Peraxxus, who had previously beaten up Green Lantern Guy Gardner.
* (Booster Gold v2 #2) Takes a hit from a GL construct.
* (Justice League International v2 Annual) Took a hit from OMAC, who is on par with Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle (again in Booster Gold v2 #7).
* (Action Comics #993) Takes a hit from Barry Allen Flash (also in Heroes in Crisis #2 and #5).
* (Booster Gold v1 #5) His force field protects him from a massive explosion that shattered windows in Metropolis and was comparable to the “fury of a hurricane.”
* (Booster Gold v1 #7) Superman says Booster’s force field should be strong enough to protect him from his blows.
* (Booster Gold v1 #22) Force field protects himself and others from a monster that could punch apart buildings.
* (Booster Gold v1 #11) Survives a building falling on him with a weakened force field.
* (Booster Gold v1 #4) Briefly survives being tortured with a solar laser (on 20% power, but Mindancer thought that’d be deadly) w/o his force field on.
* (Booster Gold v1 #7) Tanks a blast from Skeets and then falls several stories to the ground with a depleted force field and no injuries.
* (Booster Gold v1 #12) Managed to fight with a broken arm and cracked ribs, and then survived a massive fire explosion with no force field.

### Skill/Intelligence

* (Booster Gold v2 #6) Resisted Maxwell Lord shutting his brain off (his force field was off at the time, as he immediately gets hit with a bullet).
* (Justice League International v4 #4) Became the leader of the Justice League International.
* (Booster Gold v2 #40) By projecting his forcefield onto Hit Point while he was firing missiles, knocked him out and restrained the implosion of the missiles.
* (Booster Gold v2 #10) Saved his dad from being controlled by Mister Mind.
* (Booster Gold v2 #2) Tricked Sinestro into not creating a paradox by stroking his ego.
* (Booster Gold v2 #45) Hacked into the USA’s Defense Tracking Department.
* (Booster Gold v1 #4) Defeated the criminal organization the 1000, at least temporarily.
* (Booster Gold v1 #1) Uses Skeets tactically to distract Blackguard, then tricks him into electrocuting himself.
* (Booster Gold v #14) Reprogramed his forcefield without even looking at it.
* (Booster Gold v1 #5) Can hit small targets from far away with his Booster shots.
* (Booster Gold v1 #12) KOs the Director/Senator Ballard with two punches.
* (Booster Gold v1 #15) Is a fairly acrobatic and strong fighter, taking on a group of future cops by himself.

## Weaknesses

* Cocky and arrogant to an extent.
* His forcefield is vulnerable to energy absorption and EMP attacks.
* His forcefield has limited fuel.
* Using the Mass Dispersion Field depletes the Force Field Belt's energy supplies faster.

## Versus Compendium's Conclusions

**Notable Wins:**

* None.

**Notable Losses:**

* None.

**Inconclusive Matches:**

* None.