After the iconic Crisis on Infinite Earths miniseries that changed the entire landscape of DC Comics, one of the first new characters (and one of the few that caught on with comic-book fans) introduced was Michael Jon Carter, aka Booster Gold, in the pages of 1986's Booster Gold #1. Carter had a gift for football, a talent that made him a standout on the high school football team and earned him a scholarship to attend Gotham University. Not too bad for a 25th-century man born into a poor family with a father that abandoned them when he was only 4.
