Blair Butler (of G4’s Attack of the Show) is, according to her website, a comedian. She’s also, according to DC Comics’ The Source blog, “Booster Gold’s #1 fan.” And as of next month, she’s a DC Comics cover girl.This weekend at San Diego, copies of the t-shirt worn by Butler will be available to fans at San Diego and while I challenge the claim that she’s the book’s #1 fan (raise your hand if you’ve been doing a monthly column dedicated to commentary on the comic for almost two years), I tracked down Booster Gold writer/artist Dan Jurgens to talk about the finally-revealed cover to next month’s issue.Why Butler? A number of fans asked in the comments section of the blog post that revealed this cover to those of us outside San Diego. “Why not?” Dan Jurgens asked back. “She’s a fan who has fans and that’s a good combo that makes for a great and unique cover!”In terms of how-and if-Butler plays into the ongoing story of Booster and the Teen Titans fighting the Black Beetle in the 1980s, Jurgens answered that Butler’s station as Booster’s #1 fan plays “a slight role” in Booster Gold #23, but that readers would have to pick up the book to see what that role was.While Butler’s involvement in #23 may remain a mystery for now, Ted Kord’s role in Blackest Night was spilled at yesterday’s Blackest Night panel by writer Geoff Johns.
