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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Blue and Gold are turning up everywhere these days!

Another Booster Gold team-up cover from Ross Pearsall? Yes, please.

I'm sure that sentinels wouldn't be any trouble for our favorite sci-fi, tech-based Justice Leaguers. Besides not being mutants, either one of our heroes is clever enough to reprogram some silly evil robots. Unless they had somehow corrupted Skeets.... Nah, that'll never happen.

You'll find more creative cover pairings at his site, Super-Team Family ...The Lost Issues daily.

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Believe it or not, the last time I ran a post about a new Russ Burlingame "Gold Exchange" column was July 12... 2013! Thankfully, Russ hasn't forgotten us Booster Gold fans. Russ put the hard questions about Booster Gold: Futures End #1 to Dan Jurgens earlier this week:

Burlingame: So, if you can say...how many Boosters are there in the DC Universe at the moment?

Jurgens: As far as I'm concerned there are two. The younger version from the New 52 and the older version from the pre-Flashpoint DC Universe.

That's pretty clear! Except, how did "our" Booster end up wearing New 52 A.R.G.U.S. armor? And which Booster was in All-Star Western? And what really happened at the end of Booster Gold #47? Okay, so maybe not as clear as I was hoping. Maybe Jurgens was a little more expansive when he spoke to Vaneta Rogers yesterday:

Rogers: Anything you can say about the next time we see Booster?

Jurgens: Unfortunately, I can't. But there's obviously more to come. It certainly safe to say that there are all sorts of elements in the Booster Gold: Futures End issue that hint at a lot of big stuff looming right around the corner.

Well, that only opens more questions. What does "right around the corner" mean? April? It took 2 years to touch on the events in JLI Annual, and none of that is remotely resolved yet. Not a great precedent.

I recommend that you read the rest of the interviews (Burlingame at ComicBook.com and Rogers at Newasarma.com) and draw your own conclusions.

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The people have spoken. It's good to have you back, Booster.

Last week's poll question: What's your initial response to Booster Gold: Futures End #1? (71 votes)

Earlier this week, Jesster had a suggestion for the poll:

Which time machine do you think is the most famous?

Well?

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