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So I don't know much about The Flash but how exactly isn't Captain Boomerang able to at all pose a challenge to him? The other Flash villains like Captain Cold I can see maybe getting the jump on him but with Captain Boomerang it seems like he just throws things in the direction of a guy that can outrun light?
>refusing to read comics
>wanting to read *about* comics instead
No.
Go read some Flash comics.
If that's too hard for you, go read some John Ostrander Suicide Squad, starring Captain Boomerang.
Either way, don't continue doing what you're currently doing, please.
I was going to respond but then I saw so I'm just going to say do that
He's a fictional character.
The only reason he can hold himself against the Flash is because it's dramatic and entertaining for the writers and audience, and then things just happen how they do in-universe.
What other people said but in the case of Silver Age stuff that isn't worth reading iirc he might get bonked by a boomerang on its return path and Captain Boomerang would also have lots of "specialty" boomerangs that explode and stuff.
Him being the Rogue that's the most easily underestimatable is a thing that gets brought up
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>with Captain Boomerang it seems like he just throws things in the direction of a guy that can outrun light?
That's exactly what he does, but then they also come BACK.
This. no spoon feeding.
If this guy makes you wonder then wait till you meet trickster
I fucking watched the SS movie, ok? And I feel I have a really good grasp of the character, but I just want to know how he beats the Flash? Are his boomerangs super speed? Does he have trick boomerangs? Can he himself turn into a boomerang under a full moon?
He isn't, that's why the people are telling you read Flash comics. They've don't know how he's a match for the Flash themselves.
>Can he himself turn into a boomerang under a full moon?
Yes!
Yes to all of those, at some point in time.
Short answer? He isn't.
Captain Boomerang is a Silver Age character back when badguys only robbed banks. Taken as a silver age character he probably would have fallen out of favor like Condiment King or Kiteman except for the fact that he was part of "The Rogues," a group of Flash villains that joined together to take down Flash (Think Flash's own Sinister Six). Since The Rogues remained popular, Captain Boomerang was sort of grandfathered in as a Flash villain. He'd probably be forgotten or replaced in The Rogues like Golden Glider (A rogue who's power was ice-skating. Really) if it wasn't for Ostrander.
In the 80's Ostrander started a comic called the Suicide Squad, whose premise was that these group of characters did stuff so dangerous that any member of the team could be killed off at any moment. The lame rogue Captain Boomerang was thrown at him, and Ostrander made him truly terrible. A racist back-stabbing prick who's only after himself and not afraid to let other members of his team die. The funny part is, the worse he made Captain Boomerang, the more popular he became.
In a weird sort of way, Captain Boomerang is more suited for Suicide Squad then being a Flash Villain. Boomerangs aren't really deadly to someone who can outrun sound, but are boomerangs really any more out there then Ninja Stars? His powerset of funny things to throw works well in a much smaller less powered street-level group. All of Captain Boomerang's current popularity is due to Ostrander's 80's Suicide Squad run, and I genuinely recommend that you read it!
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>are boomerangs really any more out there then Ninja Stars?
Boomerangs are actually the most accurate and versatile projectile in a world where super-human dexterity is a thing.
Theres also the running theme of the flash and all of the flash's rogues that shouldn't be glossed over here.
You take one thing, one gimmick and you specialise in it. You become so damn good at it that you could break the universe with it.
>This guy just runs fast, lets see how far we can run with this concept.
and because they ran a long way away from bank robbers this is the result;
>this guy just freezes things but he's so incredibly specialised that he makes mr freeze look like a joke with the creative ways he uses cold. He's mastered absolute zero.
>This guy melts the boots of a man with a friction proof suit that was able to withstand the nearing the speed of light
>This guy has mastered the weather to the point where he can make a tornado in your belly if he has to
>This guy owns another dimension he uses for fun
>and this guy just throws shit, but goddamn he's the best at throwing shit. he throws high tech shit, he throws the most fantastic shit in the dc universe. the only person who might rival him with a boomerang is batman.
When you go up against the flash you own your schtick and you become the best at it.
I would also add that; naturally, we Australians have always had a soft spot for him. We'll lose our minds any time foreign pop culture gives us a look in, but especially if they make us the villains simply because it happens so rarely (see also: SeaQuest).
What are the best Flash vs Boomerang stories?
Since then Captain Boomerang has been the low tier Asshole villain when you need an asshole villain. When The Rogues get together he joins them to fight the Flash, but he really hasn't been a regular Flash villain. Boomerang isn't out to take over the world, he's more interested in money.
In the 00's he fucks Impulse's mom and has a future baby that winds up fully grown in the present (This is hinted at but never fully stated). Captain boomerang Jr. has the ability to throw Boomerangs at super-speed to make him more appropriate of a Flash villain, but they never decided if he was a villain or a good guy, and Captain Boomerang Jr spends a run hanging out with Supergirl Kara Whore-El because.... Why not? Eventually Captain Boomerang Jr is killed.
Captain Boomerang also gets paid to kill Robin's dad, dies, Comes back to life, usual stuff.
IMO, Captain Boomerang is best utilized as a sort of mercenary for hire, a guy that cares only about money, and he's best utilized in a large cast, since the main reason to use Boomer instead of other mercenaries is to highlight his assholeness. If there's no one for Captain Boomerang to be a jerk to, what's the point?
Im not going to hunt down an entire legacy of flash comics just to get a better understand of CB when its next to impossible in this day and age without buying all the copies some of which don't even exist any more
Modern day Captain Boomerang really only shows up in the Flash whenever the Rogues get together, so it'd probably be a Rogue Team up.
IMO, the required reading for captain Boomerang would probably be:
Suicide Squad (80's) Seriously, read this! It's a great Series and is what made Captain Boomerang popular.
Various Flash Rogue Comics. It's late but If this thread is still up when i get out of work I'll find the issue numbers for you.