Comic Title: Booster Gold #16
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: May 1987
On Sale Date: February 19, 1987 Newsstand Date February 19, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Newsstand Date February 19, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #110

Newsstand Date February 19, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690

Shipping Date January 27, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #36

Shipping Date January 27, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #110

Shipping Date January 27, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #690

Shipping Date January 27, 1987
Source: Comics Journal, #113

Copyright Date January 27, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Barbara J. Kesel (Randall)

Title: "Fresh Start"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Booster Gold (Post-Crisis)

Writer/Penciller: Dan Jurgens
Inker/Colorist: Robert Lewis
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents Booster Gold Vol. 1 TPB (2008)
Booster Gold:Future Lost HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Booster Gold (last appearance in Outsiders #18; next appearance in Justice League #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Skeets (last appearance in Outsiders #18; next appearance in Booster Gold #17)
• Trixie Collins (last appearance in Booster Gold #15; next appearance in Booster Gold #17)
• Jack Soo (last appearance in Booster Gold #15; next appearance in Booster Gold #17)
• Dirk Davis (last appearance in Booster Gold #13; next appearance in Booster Gold #17)
• Michelle Carter (last appearance in Booster Gold #15; next appearance in Booster Gold #19)

Villain(s)

• Cheshire (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #614; next appearance in Booster Gold #17)
• Peter Babich (a scientist; first name not given in this story; next appearance in Booster Gold #17)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Rip Hunter (last appearance in Booster Gold #15; next appearance in Booster Gold #25)
• Superman (as Clark Kent; last appearance in Captain Atom #2; next appearance in Superman #5)
• Hawk (last appearance in Teen Titans Spotlight #8; next appearance in Booster Gold #17)
• Maxwell Lord (last appearance in Justice League #1; next appearance in Justice League #2)

Other Character(s)

• Sarah Davis (last appearance in Booster Gold #12; no further appearances)
• Monica Lake (next appearance in Booster Gold #19)
• Walt (Babich's co-worker; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Booster Gold establishes a new headquarters inside a mansion. He holds a meeting to announce his plans to form Booster Gold International which he plans to build into a worldwide conglomerate. He then presents his plan to replace Reilleau Towers which was destroyed by Shockwave. The press conference is interrupted when Booster must save a damaged blimp. Booster is later approached by Max Lord who offers him membership in the newly reformed Justice League.