Booster and Rip confront Daniel over the loss of the Supernova suit and realise that whoever is now wearing the Supernova suit is working with the inhabitant of the time sphere Rip saw in the time stream and, together, are damaging the time line. As they argue, Rose Levin arrives and Booster and Rip leave Daniel to meet the woman that (they know) will become Daniel's wife and thus Booster's ancestor.In the time sphere, Booster and Rip finad anomalies around the time line of Superman that cause the baby Kal-El to be found not by the Kents but by Lionel Luthor. As a consequence, the young hero is killed by Lex Luthor. Hunter finds the anomaly is caused in the mid-1800's and sends Booster and Skeets to the Old West.Booster finds Jonah Hex who agrees to answer his questions if Booster can outdrink him. Some time and several bottles of whiskey later, Hex tells him that someone had asked him to kill Dr Jeb Westfield. This would prevent Westfield from being at the birth of Jonathan Kent's great-grandfather, meaning that Kent himself would not exist, leaving Superman to be found by Luthor.Still drunk, Booster travels to the Westfield's home and is found by Supernova who had come to kill Westfield himself. Booster is able to foil his attempt and returns to the time sphere intent on following Supernova. Before they can, however, they run into the Flash and Kid Flash on their Cosmic Treadmill.