That's Bettie Bloodshed as Booster Gold (with cape!) as designed by lirulin and photographed by AshB Images. You can find more photos, taken at DragonCon 2014, at tumblr.com.

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After months of waiting, DC's time cop Booster Gold will finally reappear in Futures End. More specifically, I should say on Futures End.

The cover to Futures End #25, drawn by Ryan Sook, was unveiled earlier this week on HitFix.com, many pre-Flashpoint characters are depicted, including Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) and Booster Gold. Booster wears his very first costume — defined by a pentagram star — as it appeared in Booster Gold Volume 1, #1 back in 1985.

Does this mean we'll see Booster in action inside the book? I guess we'll find out when it hits stands on October 22.

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The way I see it, if you're going to steal a time machine, why not do it with some style?

Last week's poll question: Which time machine would you like to see Booster Gold "borrow" next? (65 votes)

This weeks' "news" that Booster Gold is will could one day appear on The Flash — there's already some discussion that one of the show's characters is Booster in disguise! — inspires me to ask a similar question to one I asked about Smallville back in 2011.

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The Great Fire of Chicago was ignited on this date 143 years ago. Some accounts blame Mrs. Catherine O'Leary's cow for starting the fire when it overturned a lamp.

Even contemporary officials concluded that the cow wasn't guilty, and in 1997 Chicago formally forgave Mrs. O'Leary for a century of slander. So what really did cause the fire that burned 17,000 buildings and left a third of the city homeless? The world may never know.

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DC Comics fans know that The Flash pilot airs tonight on The CW network, home of Arrow. Flash and Arrow share continuity, and they also share producers: Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg. If those names sound familiar, it's because those are the same fellows responsible for the Booster Gold series that died a quiet death at SyFy a few years ago. But that might not be the last we'll hear of Booster's live-action adventures.

Russ Burlingame reports for ComicBook.com:

During a Q&A session [October 6] with reporters, DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns said that the chances are "probably pretty good" that time-traveling, self-promoting superhero Booster Gold will appear on the series.

Adding fuel to the fire is a report by MTVNews.com:

Upcoming characters to expect to pop up in that way are the Pied Piper (yet to be cast) and potentially even Booster Gold!

"There's no rights issues and quite honestly Andrew and Greg have a great Booster Gold script, and Booster Gold's a beloved character, so I would say chances are good [he will appear]," Johns noted.

Sounds like if The Flash is a success, we'll be seeing a live-action Booster Gold sooner rather than later! Stay tuned, Booster believers.

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