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You can say anything you like
But you can't touch the merchandise
She'll give you every penny's worth
But it will cost you a dollar first

One of my mother's cousin's grandsons came up to give my mother flowers and brought us both Kentucky Fried Chicken for tea.

The dimension where even the babies sport goatees.

The setting is the Winter War. A battalion  of Soviet infantry is making its way through the wintry pine forests of northern Finland. When in bivouac one night, far off they hear someone shout:
 
"One Finn is worth two Russians!"
 
The commander of the unit sneers and sends off two of his men to deal with the shouter. After a while, a fire fight can be heard in the distance. Then a shout:
 
"One Finn is worth five Russians!"
 
The commander scowls and sends off five men to deal with the shouter. A more intense fire fight is heard. Then:
 
"One Finn is worth a hundred Russians!"
 
The commander is really annoyed now, and sends off a hundred men to silence the shouter once and for all. A fire fight breaks out in the distance, lighting up the silent forest with a hellish glow. Then silence.
 
After a while, one of the detached Russians can be seen staggering back through the snow. When close to the camp he shouts:
 
"Watch out, comrades! There are two of them!"

And later on--
MOM: "Where did you learn that bad word?"
 
SON: "From Daddy."

No, that entity still hasn't been officially identified. The Time-Beast is first mentioned and written up in Book Of The Empress which describes all things V'han. It's a monster which can move through time and across dimensions. It's very tough, but doesn't wield that kind of cosmic power. The Time-Beast is known to meddle in the time stream causing chaos, and to hunt and devour time- and dimension-travelers. It's speculated that the Beast may be a pet of some cosmic being, but its actions appear random.

I'd like to see an updated Beamline, myself.  I had the idea that he would try and form his own villain team--the Society for Scientific Supremacy, an organization he hoped would realize his dreams of a scientific oligarchy.  I figured he'd recruit such characters as Avar-7, Ladybug, Thunderbolt (pre-Ultimates) and Vibron (the original)  While the first two may be "forgotten," the other two already have a place in the current Champions Universe.  Perhaps Charger could be brought back and given a place in the Society, and the original Vibron brought back and given a new name.  Or you could find other science and tech-oriented villains to join with Beamline.
 
Hope that helps.