Comments on: PSA Monday: Booster and Beetle encounter hostile Fire

By: Andrew Belonsky, Death & Taxes: When The Green Lantern Fought HIV/AIDS, Homophobia « aidsoversixty

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:46:30 +0000

[...] Green Lantern wasn’t the only DC hero to tackle stereotypes. Booster Gold and the Blue Beetle got schooled by teammate Fire after Booster couldn’t get HIV because “I [...]

By: When The Green Lantern Fought HIV/AIDS, Homophobia | Death and Taxes

When The Green Lantern Fought HIV/AIDS, Homophobia | Death and Taxes — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:20:06 +0000

[...] Green Lantern wasn’t the only DC hero to tackle stereotypes. Booster Gold and the Blue Beetle got schooled by teammate Fire after Booster couldn’t get HIV because [...]

By: marc

marc — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:37:53 +0000

Booster is from the 25th century.
He has probably been vaccinated or something.

By: Ratbat

Ratbat — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:50:44 +0000

Blimey. Is that Booster Gold or NFL Superpro?

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:18:18 +0000

Chris, I’m not sure who drew it. There’s no credits on the piece, and it’s not art I recognize offhand (like Charest on the Flash PSA, for instance).

By: Solarman

Solarman — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:48:28 +0000

That was just a full-page PSA that appeared in DC comics in the early 90s. It actually had another version that was drawn a little differently, with Booster Gold and Fire in different costumes. One is a pre-Doomsday PSA and the other is a post-Doomsday PSA. Booster had his original costume destroyed and Fire lost her powers. For some reason, DC decided to keep on using the same PSA but just have it tweaked to reflect the character’s new status.

And I agree, that costume Booster is wearing is OOO-GLAY.

Isn’t it funny that DC thought highly enough of these characters at one time that they are in a PSA like this, but now they are the whipping boys and girls of the DCU?

By: Chris Arndt

Chris Arndt — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:49:20 +0000

Who drew this?

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:01:02 +0000

Really, do you need more than that panel to get the characters? Beetle is afraid to even date because of “teh AIDS.” Booster, wearing a full body condom, jumps in with both feet because he can tell who has AIDS just by looking at
them. And Fire stands in the background looking mildly annoyed, cause that’s what she does. It’s kind of a masterpiece.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:17:26 +0000

Yes, there is a full page. Click on the single panel and it should open up.

By: DrObviousSo

DrObviousSo — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:08:31 +0000

Um, is there more to that comic than just that panel? I assume there is…