On Twitter, Diabolu Frank, aka @CommanderBlanx, said his most memorable Booster foe was Chiller. What else would you expect from someone who runs a website devoted to Justice League Detroit?

Last week's poll question: Who is Booster Gold's most memorable foe? (40 votes)

I imagine that most of you won't see today's Thanksgiving-themed question until Monday. Given that Thanksgiving is official holiday of leftovers, that's probably appropriate.

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Booster Gold may still be missing in action, but at least we still get Skeets. Kind of.

Last week's Suicide Squad #25 seems to imply that Skeets (shown but not named) was put to work by Amanda Waller in a previous version of the Suicide Squad. Did Skeets participate Voluntarily? Does Booster know?

Thanks to MetalWoman for the intel.

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Jesse Schedeen has composed his list of "The Top 25 Heroes of DC Comics" for IGN.com. I might not agree with the entire list, but I can't argue that Booster Gold deserves to be on it.

When you're a washed-up athlete in a world full of futuristic technology, how do you recapture that lost glory? Why, by stealing a bunch of gear and traveling back in time to present yourself as the world's greatest superhero, of course. Folks in the present day DC Universe don't tend to see Booster Gold as the great hero he imagines himself to be. He's more of a running joke. But he perseveres, and over the years he's proven that he really does have the right stuff. The combination of goofball humor and time travel antics always make Booster's misadventures fun to read.

If you ask me, "fun to read" should be what every comic book should strive for. Hopefully we'll see Booster bring fun back to the DCnU soon.

Thanks to Russ Burlingame for passing me this list.

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Booster Gold has been sick, maimed, and dead (twice!), so it's no surprise we've seen him interact with doctors often over the years.

However, for a guy who made his name by smiling for the cameras, we've never once seen him go to the dentist. It's enough to make you wonder: are those Booster's real teeth?

Maybe by the 25th century, dentistry has advanced to the point where all teeth are laminated to prevent wear and decay. (Booster drinks a lot of coffee, yet his teeth are still pearly white!) Or maybe Booster lost his teeth in a football accident, and now wears plasti-enamel dental implants.

What has me thinking about this? I have a dental appointment this afternoon to have cavities filled, and I got to wondering "What Would Booster Do"? Your guess is as good as mine.

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Historians and conspiracy theorists continue to debate one of the greatest mysteries in American history: who really killed President John F. Kennedy fifty years ago today?

While Lee Harvey Oswald is officially recognized as the assassin, it is still rumored that there were other shooters. Contemporary accounts indicate that many eyewitnesses believed shots came from a "grassy knoll," not the Texas School Book Depository where Oswald was reportedly hiding.

Perhaps the only way to know what really happened to our 35th President would be to travel back in time and witness it ourselves. That's what Booster Gold did, according to Booster Gold Vol. 2, #25 (in a story appropriately titled "Day of Death").

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