It may seem like a lifetime ago, but it was only 4 years ago today that DC published Booster Gold, Volume 2, #15, the issue marking the return of Booster Gold's creator, Dan Jurgens, as credited writer on a book titled Booster Gold.

When Booster Gold Volume 1 was cancelled did Jurgens expect 21 years, 1 month, and 13 days to pass before he would return to writing a Booster Gold series? If the past is any indication, we'll have to wait until September 2032 before we see Jurgens named as writer of Booster Gold Volume 3. Jurgens will be 73 years old in 2032, but Booster Gold will probably still be going on 23. (Time travel has its advantages.)

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Back in August, The Blot shared his collection of Booster Gold commissions. But The Blot's sketchbook still had blank pages to fill, and lucky for us all, he has uploaded three more sketches:

From left to right, that's the work of Andy Kuhn, Janet K. Lee, and Cody Schibi. You can see the whole sketchbook in much larger detail at The Blot Says' Flickr page. While you're out and about, also consider dropping by The Blot's blog, TheBlotSays.com. Thanks for sharing, Blot!

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The internet age is certainly finding new ways to tax individual morality. If Les Misérables were written today, would Jean Valjean be going to jail for downloading mp3s?

Last week's poll question: How do you feel about Rip Hunter being replaced by John Constantine as chronicler of the secrets of the DCnU? (47 votes)

Yesterday at ComicBook.com, Russ Burlingame explored the possible meanings of the scribblings seen in Justice League Dark #14. While Burlingame may be concerned about what they mean, I'm far more interested in who wrote them!

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In this modern age of reinventing the DC Universe (again), once familiar characters are reappearing with only superficial similarities to what came before. While this clean slate allows for redevelopment of existing properties, it also allows those previously established characters to interact with one another in new and exciting ways.

While we're left to wonder how Booster Gold will emerge from his forced hiatus, John Simcoe of Comics on the Brain is using his time to pair Booster with some other not -so-familiar faces to the world at large: time-displaced Roman soldier Alpha Centurion and time-displaced cowboy Terra-Man.

That leads CotB to suggest that these three characters need to be pulled together. Perhaps they need a common origin. Perhaps the same aliens that kidnapped Terra-Man are the same that conscripted Alpha Centurion. Or even better, what if the "aliens" they thought they encountered weren't aliens at all, but Booster Gold operating as one of the Linear Men.

Heck, why not re-launch the Linear Men as a team of time-displaced characters from DC's pantheon specializing in the skills of their respective eras? Alan Moore gave the concept charm with Supreme's League of Infinity. Given that DC enjoys nothing more than exploiting the ideas of Alan Moore, this seems like a natural fit.

You can read Simcoe's full post (along with a brief description of who Alpha Centurion and Terra-Man are) here.

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The clock is ticking. Do you have a gift for that special someone yet? How about an artifact from a time gone by, a nostalgic reminder of when comic book collecting was mainstream and everyone believed that their comic collection would pay their way through college. You know, 1991.

Even in 1991, Booster Gold was among Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Seller petspawn is selling this time capsule-in-a-trading card this week on eBay.com. As I type this, bidding is up to $0.99. That's cheaper than the cover price of comics even then!

Whether you're looking for a stocking stuffer or just something to stick between the spokes on your bicycle wheels, go for the Gold!

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