![]() He launches Flash into space on a boomerang-shaped rocket, and this dedication to his theme turns out to be his downfall. So basically, the Flash isn’t quite a Batman-level detective here.Īnyway, Flash catches Boomerang again in the act, but this time the villain is prepared. Somehow, Flash thinks this is enough evidence to disprove what he saw with his own eyes, and he quickly departs after joking around a little with Boomerang and the two old people. Aware of the boomerang-themed heists, Flash confronts Digger, who expresses his innocence – and proves it to Flash by taking him to see two random only people who claim to be Digger’s parents, who he supports on his own. The Flash watches Digger catch his boomerang at the scene of the crime, wearing the costume, and identifies him as Captain Boomerang. Now, this is when this issue’s insanity gets ramped up a good deal. ![]() He starts pulling heists and catches the Flash’s attention. So basically, Captain Boomerang is a crazy person. Becoming a celebrity might seem counterintuitive to staying low-key as a supervillain, especially if he is going to be committing crimes wearing the very costume that he’s been photographed in for Wiggins campaign, but instead he thinks that his visibility will ensure he is not found. He sees the ad and reveals that he had already been planning to be a boomerang-themed villain! Pleased by the convenience, he tries out for the campaign and seals the deal, basically to become a celebrity and to use their Captain Boomerang costume as his go-to villain duds. That’s insane,” we cut to George “Digger” Harkness, our future captain. That can’t be Captain Boomerang’s origin. As part of his plan to make the world “boomerang-conscious,” he puts out an ad in hopes to recruit a Captain Boomerang, who will be the face of the campaign. He goes on for three pages talking to his marketing team about how boomerangs are effective for combat and for knocking birds out of the air, and wants them to immediately launch a campaign to let the kids of America know that this weapon is going to be the next hot toy. Wiggins of the Wiggins Game Company wants to make boomerangs a thing. ![]() It is perhaps the strangest comic book I’ve ever read. Written by John Broome, drawn by Carmine Infantino, and inked by Murphy Anderson, this issue is a double feature with the Boomerang story playing first. ![]() Today, we’re taking a look back at Captain Boomerang’s very first appearance in 1960’s The Flash #117. We are living in strange, amazing times, you guys. ![]() Captain freakin’ Boomerang – Captain Boomerang! – is a major character of one of the summer’s biggest movies. Let’s take stock of what’s happening right now, though. All of that, plus the fact that we have multiple active interconnected cinematic universes on screen, might have spoiled us. We’ve since seen Thor and The Avengers succeed majorly – and if that didn’t blow our doubt that comics work on screen, often pretty much as is, Rocket Raccoon becoming one of superhero cinema’s most popular characters did. Iron Man and Nolan’s Batman movies were already bringing new attention to the genre, but a huge amount of people had doubt that one of Marvel’s biggest heroes would work on screen. When you think about it, it wasn’t that long ago that a massive amount of comic book fans were unsure if a character like Thor would work on the big screen. ![]()
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