Maybe they were planning a suprise party for Mr. Mind now that he's all grown up and come out of his cacoon :noid:

Okay, I finally am up-to-date on my 52 reading. Mr. Dibny really freaked out in 14. How the hell did he make it out alive?

Booster Gold is such a punk, I'm glad they wrote him out. Even up to the end he was doing it for the fame and nothing more. So is that other guy actually another Booster Gold or does anybody know yet?

Booster Gold goes around with a little robot named "Skeets". That's all I really need to say......do we know what the word "Skeet" means these days???

Blame that on the DC editorial staff who has ignored all character development on key characters in order to make them into a one-line stereotype. Booster's character (especially back when he had his own series) was a lot more interesting than a man doing it for fame... There are several hundred examples i can think of where Booster selflessly gave up the easy and guaranteed path to fame in order to strive for the "right" path/decision.

Lol, I'm sure he was. To be honest I never really read much of anything involving him. I think OMAC Project was the first time I'd ever read anything with him. But DC didn't do a good job making him an appealing character for the first time reader.

DC isn't doing a good job with many of their second tier characters at this point in time...

But I'm sure some people are just going to call me bitter that DC has now killed off 4 of my beloved Superbuddies :(

Maybe that's why they're doing 52. The entire series is tier-2 characters so far, although they're like teasing us with Batwoman. She had a quick cameo and now nothing in a few weeks. What they did with John Henry is actually kind of cool. Kind of Collossus-esq in a way.

So who are your favorite characters that have been killed off?

Supernova's identity is still a mystery officially, but the guys over at Comicbloc have formed a very concrete theory.

Supernova is Superwoman (no, not the Crime Syndicate one).

Before the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Kristin Wells was a history professor in the 29th century who sought to discover the lost secret identity of Superwoman, an ally of the twentieth century hero Superman. Kristin travelled back in time to the day Superwoman was supposed to appear for the first time and stop a dangerous villain. When Superwoman failed to show up, Kristin was forced to don the costume of Superwoman herself and use futuristic technology to mimic the powers of the historical hero. Eventually, Kristin realized that she was the legendary Superwoman. Since Superwoman did not wish to damage the time-stream, she made sure to fulfill every adventure her future history said Superwoman was involved in, making her a frequent ally of Superman.

Things to Notice:

Superwoman's backstory is a thematic opposite of Booster Gold. She left the future with no intention of becoming a famous superhero, but ended up that way by accident. She was also very responsible about her time travel, and went out of her way to keep the time-stream stable.

In her twentieth century secret identity, she worked as a secretary for Galaxy Communications. 52 editor Steve Wacker has said that it's not a coincidence that Supernova's symbol is so similar to the Galaxy Communications logo.

Kathy Kain, Batwoman, is another old DC character who's been reimagined in 52. Batman is to Batwoman as Superman is to...

And here's the real clincher. Take a look at this: http://superman.ws/tales2/luthorconIII/?page=15 Those powers seem familiar to anyone else?

But the character looks awful masculine, no? And where does her illuminating ability come from? Cool theory either way, better than mine at least. :)

There are ways to fake that, you know. ;)

They didn't ignore Booster's character development. Between OMAC Project #6 and Infinite Crisis #2, Booster returned to the future, and we don't know how long he was there. He probably lived there for several years and fell back into old habits. It happens with real people all the time.

True, but can a scalpal cut super-skin? :p

Wow, this theory seems pretty solid. So much so, I almost wish I had not read it.

Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Maxwell Lord, and Sue Dibny from the Superbuddies...


And Biz - that theory does seem sound enough - I hadn't heard that one yet, but I can't find a flaw in it other than the noticeably masculine characteristics.

Other than that - I'm sure you've seen it, but have you seen the solicitation featuring Bizarro for Novembers releases? ;)

Not a bad theory with lots of good information. I've still got money on it being Dr. Light in disguise working some angle.

Biz's theory is a very good theory and it would be a good way to reintroduce an old character. I also like ther theory of being a Booster Gold from another future... Although I hope it isn't. I was getting bored with Booster.