Nerd Caliber compiled some great reporting from the costume contestants at June's Granite State Comic Con 2012. It helps when you have some great cosplayers to work with.

Interactive, flying Skeets? Fingertip controls? Brilliant smile? That's not a costume, that guy really is Booster Gold!

With Comic-Con International 2012 less than two weeks away, the bar for Booster Gold costumes has been raised awfully high.

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Given his never-say-die attitude and public persona as a huckster, it's probably understandable that most fan artists typically present Booster Gold as all smiles. But Booster's had more than his fair share of obstacles, and the man does have his demons. It's interesting to see that aspect of Booster's personality explored occasionally.

Brooding Booster Gold is brought to us by Inima-de-Leu, whose Deviant Art gallery is otherwise filled with fantasy and Japanese-influenced chibi characters. Maybe being surrounded by all that cuteness is what has Booster reflecting so darkly.

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Earlier this week, Booster-phile Morgenstern directed our attention to OldTimeFamilyBaseball.com, a blog devoted to -- you guessed it -- baseball. Not just any blog about baseball, it's a blog that recognizes greatness when it sees it. That's why Wednesday's post was about Booster Gold.

Specifically, the post was about Booster Gold's brief meeting with the Minnesota Twins as published in 1987's Booster Gold, Volume 1, #21 and #22. As you would expect from someone who honed their powers of observation by looking for funny mustaches on old baseball cards, Old Time Family Baseball's interpretation of the events of the issues aims right at the center of the strike zone. Recommended reading for Booster Gold and baseball fans alike.

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It has been well established in the past three decades of comic book adventures that Booster Gold is a red-blooded male, always interested in the female form. That history has not been forgotten by his fans.

Last week's poll question: What would be your reaction to Booster Gold coming out of the closet? (39 votes)

I was trying to be a little provocative with last week's poll question. Interested in topping that, I asked myself what's more personal than someone's sexual preferences? Their pets!

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Twenty years after he debuted in 1985's Booster Gold, Volume 1, #1, Booster Gold had faded from sight into the background of the DC Universe. Considered a laughingstock by other heroes and readers alike, his career and popularity was at its lowest point. That all changed thanks to Infinite Crisis.

Following the death of Blue Beetle (and the disassembly of Skeets) in Countdown to Infinite Crisis, Booster Gold became DC's avatar of pathos as he searched for the man responsible for the murder of his best friend (and sidekick). From death came rebirth as this ultimately led to Booster reclaiming his time travel ability as well as his position among the more prominent DC heroes.

Today, DC releases to comic shops The Infinite Crisis Omnibus. This 1,152-page hardcover collects all of the key books in the Infinite Crisis event and its four mini-series lead-ins. That's a lot of Booster Gold! The edition will retail for $150.00, which is about what it would cost you to pick up all these issues individually at your local comic shop.

As mega-crossover events go, Infinite Crisis is about as good as it gets. Too bad that Flashpoint, an example of how bad mega-crossover events can be, removed the story of Infinite Crisis from continuity. It's equally too bad that DC doesn't realize that by reminding us how entertaining their character development and continuity used to be, we won't ever be satisfied with the confusing and misguided post-Flashpoint DCnU.

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