Historians and conspiracy theorists continue to debate one of the greatest mysteries in American history: who really killed President John F. Kennedy fifty years ago today?

While Lee Harvey Oswald is officially recognized as the assassin, it is still rumored that there were other shooters. Contemporary accounts indicate that many eyewitnesses believed shots came from a "grassy knoll," not the Texas School Book Depository where Oswald was reportedly hiding.

Perhaps the only way to know what really happened to our 35th President would be to travel back in time and witness it ourselves. That's what Booster Gold did, according to Booster Gold Vol. 2, #25 (in a story appropriately titled "Day of Death").

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Eighty-four years ago today, the New York Stock Exchange experienced a then-record volume of transactions (16,410,030 shares traded). The aftermath of the market crash launched the world into the Great Depression.

While the Black Tuesday crash did mean the ruin of many a fortune, anyone who knew their history and had access to a time machine could make quite a few bucks by buying while the market was historically low. Does that sound like any Corporate Crusaders we know?

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In the early 16th century, Spain was desperate to find a way to reach India without using the trade routes dominated by the Portuguese. To the rescue came Ferdinand Magellan, who was determined to expand on the work of Christopher Columbus and find a western route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan set sail on September 20, 1519, and almost succeeded, dying in battle in the Philippines just a few thousand miles from his goal.

No doubt Magellan and his crew must have encountered many incredible peoples during his voyages, but none were so celebrated as the mysterious giant of Patagonia discovered while exploring what would become known as the Strait of Magellan. Magellan's chronicler described the giant as a tall, well-formed man with a broad face whose "eyes were surrounded with yellow." Who could possibly fit that description?

Could it be possible that a race of unusually large and strong men still lurk on the southern tip of South America? Or could it be that the reported giant wasn't a native, but a tourist from the future named Booster Gold? It isn't every day that someone circumnavigates the world for the first time, you know.

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On July 30, 1976, Bruce Jenner won gold in the Olympic Decathlon, setting a world record in the process. The win catapulted Jenner into super-stardom. He leveraged the win into appearances in movies and on cereal boxes. Practically overnight, amateur athlete Jenner became America's biggest hero.

Flash forward to the present and Jenner is now best know as the stepfather of Kim Kardashian, who has eclipsed his fame by simply allowing cameras to follow her around 24 hours a day. To make matters worse, rumors persist that his wife Kris is more interested in her new talk show than their 22-year marriage. How could the World's Greatest Athlete fall so far? It's up to time-traveler Booster Gold to set history right!

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On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress passed Virginian Richard Henry Lee's resolution for independence from Great Britain, and thus was born the United States of America.

The adoption of the declaration of that new-found independence two days later is what we now celebrate, but the real secret of America's independence is the role that Booster Gold played in ensuring it ever happened.

What really happened in Independence Hall in the summer of 1776? The world may never know.

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