| Kid Boomerang 101, originally posted: 2006-02-28 @ 23:49:00 |
[15 Oct 2009|01:06pm] |
Originally posted February 28, 2006 on the now-defunct scans_daily community on LiveJournal. That was over three and a half years ago, and Owen's continuity has progressed quite a lot since then. I'll get this caught up eventually.
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For dial-uppers: 73 thumbnails beneath the cuts
This post covers 17 issues: Identity Crisis 3-6, Flash 216-217, Flash 219, Flash ½, Flash 220-225, Infinite Crisis 2, Outsiders 32-33, Outsiders 34 cover
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Who is Captain Boomerang, Jr., and where has he showed up before in DC continuity? I could rant for a long time with my views on the character, but I think it's best to keep any commentary beyond the cut tags to a minimum in this post and just let him speak for himself.
"All my life, my damn life, I wanted a father. And you'd think finding out he was some lame villain would disappoint me.
"But it didn't."
( 'Some adopted kids have a real need to meet their biologicals.' )
( 'Listen, I'm sorry for leaving you...' )
( 'Golden Glider isn't my mother, is she?' )
( 'The one that puts m-- that puts /us/ back on the map.' )
( 'Son, do we look stupid to you?' )
( 'That's the whole point of a boomerang, right? You throw it away ... and it comes right back.' )
( 'He didn't want to take on the world, he wanted a little respect. But in the end, I think ... he just wanted to be a father.' )
( 'The offer is still open, Owen. If you want in, you're in.' )
( 'I know where they took your dad's body, Owen.' )
( 'He coulda been anyone. I was just glad he wanted to ... to talk to me. To know me.' )
( 'I need to know where they're hiding.' )
( 'Life isn't fair, McCulloch. Already knew that.' )
( 'Whatever Captain Boomerang did ... he doesn't deserve this.' )
( 'Well, right now -- thanks to you -- they're all I got.' )
( 'Tell my son ... I love him.' )
( 'Now listen. This has all been a big misunderstanding.' )
( 'Who are you?' )
( 'So why don't I feel better?' )
( 'If I'm dying today, I want the real thing ... not some half-ass in a parka.' )
( 'You're with the Society, so consider yourself lucky if you live long enough to die from the radiation here.' )
( 'He said the Outsiders would come for her. That was the plan.' )
( 'Might as well do this right.' )
Having followed Owen's story so far, one has to wonder...
( What comes next for young Boomerang? )
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