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Owen Mercer

Captain Boomerang
Captain Boomerang (THE FLASH 7).jpg
Captain Boomerang (Digger Harkness)
The Flash (vol. 3) #7 (January 2011).
Art by Francis Manapul
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
Abilities
  • Master of Boomerangs
  • Expert Marksman
  • Expert Combatant
  • Utilizes a variety of Trick Boomerangs
Captain Boomerang
Boomerang mercer.jpg
Captain Boomerang (Owen Mercer).
Panel from Identity Crisis #6 (January 2005) by Rags Morales
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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