I support Booster Gold wherever he appears. I'm glad to see that most of you do, too.

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Perhaps you noticed earlier this week when Entertainment Weekly broke the news that Booster Gold was getting his own Convergence crossover mini-series (penned by Dan Jurgens, as many expected). But did you see the cover?

That's right, it's Skeets! Finally, Booster's robot sidekick makes it to the New 52. Like everyone else. Skeets also gets a New 52 makeover.

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I've put off watching this video from Exploring the Multiverse for weeks, because it bothers me to listen to people who have no idea what they are taking about talk. It's almost painful. However, I ultimately do have to support anyone who is willing to devote an hour of his time to discuss Booster Gold.

Spoiler: in the end they agree to dislike the new Booster Gold costume. Whatever I might fault Mike, Victor, and Bill for their lack of preparation (they seriously didn't know that Booster Gold had his own title before 2007?), they deserve full credit for their super hero fashion sense. Good job, guys.

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In the latest issue of Booster Gold, Booster is put on trial for something related to his theft from the 25th century Space Museum. (The issue was light on the exact charges.) However, Booster was sentenced to death in a Federal court for his theft back in his first volume of adventures. From a continuity standpoint, this raises several questions: Is Booster being tried at a time prior to his sentencing? Is Booster being tried not for the theft, but for escaping from custody? Or is Booster being tried in another jurisdiction altogether?

It's been 25 years since Booster came to the 20th century with his stolen goods. That's a long time. Is possible for Booster to escape the statute of limitations for a crime he won't commit for another 500 years? Fortunately for us, Law and the Multiverse discusses the question of time travel and the statute of limitations here. It doesn't explain what happened to Booster Gold, but it's interesting nonetheless.

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Late last week, Law and the Multiverse addressed my question of Booster Gold's liability in the case of misuse of the Brysler Motors' Boostermobile:

Walter writes "I'm curious about the Boostermobile, an automobile in the DC Universe endorsed by Booster Gold. In Booster Gold vol. 1, #11 (1986), Booster becomes concerned that his endorsement of the car (manufactured by Brysler Motors under license of Booster Gold's Goldstar, Inc.) may result in his becoming liable should a supervillain use the car for nefarious purposes [Ed. or if it's simply defective]. Is there any merit to Booster's fear?"

In practice the answer is likely to be 'no,' but if someone is asleep at the switch then the answer could be 'yes.'... For example, what if Booster got involved with some people who wanted to start a new car company?

The site goes on to lay out a sample scenario where Booster could indeed find himself in jeopardy, but I won't spoil the details. You can find the rest here, under the heading "Superhero Product Endorsements," if you're interested.

If you aren't familiar with lawandthemultiverse.com, I recommend that you pay them a visit. They have considered such legal issues as Bruce Wayne's publicly funding Batman and whether Lois Lane can be legally forced to reveal that her husband is Superman. It's the sort of comic books fun that I think fans of Booster Gold will probably enjoy.

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According to a recent National Geographic article by Ket Than, some scientists from Cornell University have calculated the end of time. According to the theory of eternal inflation -- which also postulates the existence of a multiverse -- time must have an absolute end.

If probabilities are to work in a multiverse, there must be actual cutoffs that bring various universes to their ends, study leader Bousso says. According to the formulas used to calculate cutoffs, a universe that is 13.7 billion years old will reach its cutoff in about 5 billion years, his team concludes.

So now we know when Vanishing Point is! But don't worry, Hypertime fans. It seems that the same theory reveals that even though time will end in 5 billion years, the multiverse will go on. Assuming, of course, that there isn't another Crisis on the way.

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