Owen Mercer
| Captain Boomerang | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
Flash #117 (December 1960) |
| Created by |
John Broome Carmine Infantino |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | George "Digger" Harkness |
| Team affiliations |
Secret Society of Super Villains Rogues Suicide Squad Injustice Gang Black Lantern Corps |
| Notable aliases | Mirror Master |
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| Captain Boomerang | |
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Captain Boomerang (Owen Mercer).
Panel from Identity Crisis #6 (January 2005) by Rags Morales |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
Identity Crisis #3 (October 2004) |
| Created by |
Brad Meltzer Rags Morales |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Owen Mercer |
| Team affiliations |
Rogues The Society Outsiders Suicide Squad Black Lantern Corps |
| Notable aliases | Owen Harkness, Captain Boomerang Jr., Silver Boomerang |
| Abilities | Uses a wide variety of gimmicked boomerangs Limited superhuman speed called "speed bursts" |
George "Digger" Harkness, best known under his alias Captain Boomerang or just Boomerang, is a fictional character, a supervillain and an antihero, who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is an enemy of both Barry Allen and Wally West, who each hold the heroic mantle of the Flash. After Harkness is killed during the 2004 crossover Identity Crisis, his son, Owen Mercer (also known as Owen Harkness), takes over his father's mantle for a period of time until his death. Following the event of Blackest Night, Harkness returns to life and returns as Captain Boomerang.
The George "Digger" Harkness incarnation of Captain Boomerang was portrayed by Jai Courtney in the 2016 Suicide Squad film.
Digger Harkness first appears in The Flash and was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino. Throughout the first several years of the character's existence, Captain Boomerang spoke with an American accent. Beginning in the late 1980s he developed an Australian accent.
Owen Mercer first appeared in Identity Crisis #2 (2004) and was created by Brad Meltzer and Rags Morales
Secretly the illegitimate son of an American soldier and an Australian woman, Harkness was raised in an Australian town called Korumburra in poverty, during which time he developed great skill in making boomerangs, and in using them as weapons. As a young adult, he was hired as a performer and boomerang promoter by a toy company which was, unbeknownst to him, owned by his biological father. It was at this time that he developed the Captain Boomerang persona that he would continue to use in his later criminal career. Audiences ridiculed him, and a resentful Harkness turned to using his boomerangs for crime. As he began committing crimes he threw suspicion off of himself by briefly pretending another man was impersonating him, showing his 'parents', (really other crooks) to the Flash after the Flash caught him next to a crime scene. He nearly succeeded in killing the Flash after knocking him out with a boomerang, then tying him to a giant boomerang that he fired, which then got sent into space and then fell into the ocean. However, the Flash was able to escape from his friction-proof bonds by quickly vibrating his molecules. He also increased the boomerang's velocity so much he was able to use it to defeat and jail Harkness and the two crooks.
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