Since Booster Gold had saved Superman's life in their last co-adventure, it was only fair that Superman return the favor when a murdering time-traveler came hunting Booster Gold. (That sort of thing happens all the time in Metropolis.)

Booster's past/future deeds began catching up with him when the Linear Man seized and tortured Skeets in Adventures of Superman #476. Fortunately for Booster, Superman was ready and willing to get involved. Unfortunately for Superman, some forces of nature are best left unchallenged.

For his trouble, Superman found himself amnesic and lost, indiscriminately bouncing from era to era through time. In the present, Booster promised Lois Lane that he would seek out help for Superman, but readers never saw him follow through.

Did Booster ever contact Kilowog as promised? It is hard to imagine that Booster wouldn't keep his word, even though Superman did ultimately find his way home without Booster's assistance. Sometimes, it really is the thought that counts.

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I don't often encounter fan art of Booster Gold that I don't like. It's hard to make Booster Gold look bad.

Last week's poll question: What styles of Booster Gold art do you most prefer seeing? (40 votes)

So, who's ready for some big screen Superman? If you're headed to the movies, keep your eyes out for Blaze Comics and other DC Universe Easter eggs!

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When we last left our hero in Smallville Season 11 #13, his powers had been remotely deactivated by "Legion Protocol 6." Making matters worse, he and Superman were soon teleported through time to the 31st century to find Earth and New Krypton at war.

In today's Smallville Season 11 #14, Booster will continue his quest to have the Legion of Super-Heroes restore his powers. If you've been reading this story as it has been released in weekly digital installments on comiXology.com, don't tell your floppy-only buying friends how things go from bad to terrible for our hero this month.

Buy this issue and make Skeets happy.

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Booster Gold was easily defeated when he and Superman fought it out in Booster Gold, volume 1, #7, but only because of the interference of Skeets. (Sadly, it won't prove to be the last time that Skeets betrays Booster. That little turncoat!) With Skeets nowhere to be seen, things went far better for Booster in the rematch in Action Comics #594.

Maybe it was the unexpected death of Goldstar or trouble fitting in with the Justice League. Why else was Booster Gold suddenly acting cruelly to the citizens of Metropolis? As Superman had tried to teach Booster when last they met, not all that glisters is gold. In this case, quite literally.

Even Superman proved no match for this new, vicious Booster Gold. Once Booster Gold had finally beaten the Man of Steel, there was only one hero would could rescue him. That one hero, naturally, was Booster Gold.

It turns out in Booster Gold, volume 1, #23, that Lex Luthor had arranged for a Booster Gold impostor to defeat Superman with Kryptonite. Thanks to the timely intervention of the one true Corporate Crusader, Superman lived to fight another day. That put Superman in Booster's debt, a shared adventure that the Man of Tomorrow would probably prefer to forget.

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With Man of Steel set to open this Friday, there's no better way to countdown the days than by looking back at his shared adventures with DC's greatest hero, Booster Gold!

Even Micheal Jon Carter would admit that without Superman, there would be no Booster Gold. The legacy of Superman was the primary inspiration that drove Micheal Jon Carter to rob the Space Museum of the equipment he would use as a 20th-century superhero. But it wouldn't be until Booster Gold, volume 1, #6 that the pair would finally meet face-to-face.

Against their will, Booster Gold and Superman (and Skeets!) were transported to an alien world in Booster Gold, volume 1, #7. While incarcerated, Superman taught Booster one of the most valuable lessons in super heroics, that sometimes some things are not what they seem to be. Booster has always been a little too trusting for his own good, and who better to impart that essential bit of wisdom than someone who can see through walls? Of course, Booster wouldn't just take Superman's word for it, so Superman had to beat the lesson into Booster's thick skull. That's tough love.

(Superman's appearance in this story isn't just significant to Booster Gold's development. This also happens to be Superman's first in-continuity appearance following the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths as well as the first time that Superman was drawn and written by Dan Jurgens! Groundbreaking stuff!)

The shared adventure didn't exactly turn the two men into fast friends. Both found something lacking in the other — Superman thought Booster was careless and vain, Booster thought Superman was old-fashioned and cold — but a connection had been made between the two greatest heroes in the DC Universe that would establish a foundation for adventures to come.

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