Anti-gravity boots

Anti-gravity boots are footwear that are specially-designed to negate the effects of gravity, enabling a person to levitate and even fly. For the purposes of flying, anti-gravity boots require additional components for thrust and braking.

The DC Comics super-villain, the Trickster, uses anti-gravity boots as one of his trademark gimmicks. James Jesse, born Giovanni Giuseppe, grew up as a trapeze artist under the tutelage of his emotionally abusive father. After the senior Giuseppe nearly dropped James during an act, the young athlete developed a slight phobia of falling. He developed the anti-gravity boots to compensate for this, and later used them when he hooked up with a criminal gang called the Rogues.