Captain Boomerang

Similar 🠚 Captain Boomerang, from the Arkhamverse Expanded Media

Captain Boomerang
Biographical Information
Full Name	George "Digger" Harkness
Occupation	Professional Musician (formerly) Professional Criminal Fan Club President (self-proclaimed)
Base of Operations	Central City
Affiliations	Ian Harkness (father) Rogues Suicide Squad
Physical Description
Hair	Blonde
Eyes	Blue
Height	6'0" (183cm)
Weight	210 lbs (95 kg)
Game Information
Appeared in	Batman: Arkham Origins (mentioned) Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Voice Actor	Daniel Lapaine
First Appearance	Flash #117 (December 1960)

George "Digger" Harkness, better known as Captain Boomerang, is a professional criminal recruited by Amanda Waller to join the Suicide Squad in order to kill the Justice League.

Incident Reports

George Harkness’ father abandoned George when he was born. Growing up in Australia, he did not get many news updates, due to the lack of substantial news outlets there. At some point in his youth, Digger was in a band called Trigger Discipline; serving as their bass guitarist. Digger heavily implies that he gave himself brain damage because of incredibly stupid choices in his childhood. He was also known for being a bit of a compulsive liar. He is confirmed to have ate a lot of paint chips and began drinking underage after being told that it would stunt his growth.

When it came to his choice of theme for super villainy, Digger chose boomerangs because they were cheap and a homage to his homeland; the final touch was giving himself the title of "Captain", believing a military rank would invoke respect and awe. To get to the United States of America, Digger hid in the wheel well of a plane; even having to mail his boomerangs to himself.

Arkham Origins Incident

Boomerang was mentioned by one of the 20 escaped Blackgate Prisoners. The prisoner told the thugs around him that he needed a place to hide because: "It's some guy with a boomerang!". The other thugs thought that he meant Batarang and were talking about Batman, but the prisoner told them: "No. It's definitely not the Bat. Dressed totally different. Calls himself Captain and... Look can we finish this conversation somewhere else? Somewhere SAFE?" It seemed as if Captain Boomerang had a grudge against that particular prisoner.

Before Kill the Justice League Incident

Over the years, Boomerang joined fellow enemies of the Flash as part of a group known as the Rogues, despite the fact they had a "No Killing" policy; Boomerang only complied in order to have a group to fit in with. Some of his new allies were Mirror Master, Top and Pied Piper. Piper dropped out of the villain business once Superman fought him; having heard Piper planning a sound-based attack on the Man of Steel two cities away. He claimed that his friends (possibly the rogues) thew him down an elevator shaft, likely to haze him.

An aspiration of Boomerang's was to join the Legion of Doom but wasn't able to afford the membership fees; he was a "working class" criminal and thus didn't have a steady supply of money. However, it wasn't the notoriety of being in the group Boomerang wanted; it was the apparently great dental plan provided to its members.

Captain Boomerang claimed to have a rivalry with Flash, but it was clearly one sided, although they clearly fought on a number of occasions. Captain Boomerang’s scorn for the Flash seems to stem from the latter making him look foolish.

At some point Boomerang was taken to Arkham Asylum and remained there for an undetermined amount of time.

Kill Arkham Asylum

Boomerang escaped in the chaos Amanda Waller created by opening all the cells in Arkham. During his escape, Boomerang was halted by a quartet of villains who wished to hire his mercenary services in helping them escape; Mad Hatter, Crazy Quilt, Spellbinder and Hypnotic. The mental manipulators promised quite a bounty for simply helping them escape; quite a fortune in money, jewels and rare treasure would be his reward. Unfortunately, they ended up in a trap along with Condiment King. Waller tasking them with killing each other until only one remained. Boomerang survived Mad Hatter tricking him by realizing there was no way he'd live to a ripe old age with all the binge drinking; Hatter and King were Boomerang' victims. Everyone else took themselves out.

Kill the Justice League Incident

Following Brainiac's invasion on Metropolis, as a last-ditched effort to take him down, Amanda Waller recruits Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, Harley Quinn and King Shark and sends them into the city.

Gameplay

His gameplay specifics are as follows:

• Firearms expertise: Shotguns, SMGs, Sniper Rifles
• Traversal: Dr. Thaddeus Sivana’s Speed Force Gauntlet - Captain Boomerang uses a special gauntlet originally built by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana, which was designed to emulate the speed force, essentially becoming a copy of the Flash, which allows him to dash at inhuman speeds for a brief period of time, and teleport short distances via the speed force. He also throws one of his boomerangs with the gauntlet attached, which allows him to teleport to it via the speed force, which in turn allows him to dash in midair. For his traversal attack, Speedster’s Surprise, he taps into the speed force via the speed force gauntlet to dash repeatedly in a star-shaped pattern, knocking enemies back.
• Melee Weapons: Boomerangs - For his melee weapon, he utilizes various weaponized boomerangs, which he throws at enemies.
• Grenades: As with other members of the squad, he can throw grenades at enemies.

Codex

From the Files of Lex Luthor

Captain Boomerang has fashioned an identity as a themed supervillain enjoying a storied rivalry with The Flash. In fact, over 100 hours of Arkham therapy footage, Harkness has mentioned this rivalry an average of 15 times per hour. However, scrubbing through hours of Hall of Justice security footage, “Captain Boomerang” is mentioned exactly once. Followed by “who”.

He is an irritant with delusions of grandeur and appropriative weaponry. Still. A chaotic dimwit who can tap into the Speed Force may have his uses yet...  

Gallery

"Oh shi....!"

One of Captain Boomerang's victory screens in Kill the Justice League

Trivia

• Captain Boomerang is thus far the only Australian villain in the Arkhamverse.
• Captain Boomerang has not made use of firearms prior to the invasion of Metropolis. Deadshot trained him in the use of firearms.
• Apparently, Boomerang wasn't aware of the Flash's secret identity until Wonder Woman calls the Flash by his first name in front of Task Force X. Later when he records himself calling out the Flash before their final confrontation, Harkness will mockingly call him "Barry".
• Its worth noting this version of Captain Boomerang is less known than a lot of his other variants. Considering he is a B list villain at worst in the comics and cartoons; seeing as he often teams up with the other Rogues.
• When asked about what he would do upon meeting a doppelganger of himself, Boomerang implies he would sleep with the double regardless of sex, indicating that he is pansexual.
• Boomerang throws in a lot of local Australian and British jargon when he talks, using words such as "Dunnie" for “a toilet”, "Munted" for “broken”, Drongo for “a stupid or incompetent person”, “Hoon” for “speeding”, “larrikin” for “a boisterous, often badly behaved young man”, “tinnie” for “a can of beer”, “mate” for “a friend or acquaintance”, “mo” for “moment”, “coldie” for “a chilled can or a can of beer”, “arsehole” for “asshole”. “Fair dos” for “fair enough”, “cark it” for “die”, “bloody” or “flaming” as intensifiers for emphasis, “bollocking” for “reprimanding or dressing down”, “hols” for “holidays”, “sprog” for “a young child or baby”, “righto” as an affirmation, “bizzo” for “business”, “taking the piss” for “mocking at the expense of others or joking around”, “grass up” for “informing on someone”, “deffo” for “definitely, “oi” as a term used to get someone’s attention, “get shot of” meaning “to get rid of”, “squaddie” for “a low-ranking soldier”, “bloke” for “a man”, “chuck a sickie” for “taking a day off of work while feigning a sickness”, “barney” for “a fight, dispute, or argument”, “biffo” for “a verbal or physical conflict”, “gave you the bash” for “giving someone a beating or assaulting them”, “sheila” for “a woman”, “derro” for “a vagrant”, “nob” for “male genitalia”, “bugger” for “an annoying person”, “nipper” for “a young person or child”, “do a runner” for “leaving a place quickly”, “ranga” for “a redhead”, “mental” for “crazy”, “ripper” for “fantastic”.
• Boomerang has a weak immune system, which is implied to be due to drinking too much alcohol over the years.
• Captain Boomerang had a Hooq profile in the past, according to an in-game conversation. Hooq was a Singaporean video streaming service that was liquidated around late March of 2020. And shut down in April, the same year.
• Harley Quinn describes Captain Boomerang’s smell as being akin to a southern double-wattled cassowary.
• Boomerang has a rank body smell, which he describes as “machismo”.
• Boomerang implies a lot of people back in Australia want to kill him.
• It's implied in Kill the Justice League that Captain Boomerang is well endowed, with differing reactions from his teammates.
• Captain Boomerang’s belief that he is a fan club president is of such a high degree that he even envisions having newspapers written about him complete with sudoku and comics.
• Despite having the nanite bomb injector on him at all times, Boomerang doesn't try injecting Waller with it; despite the fact his super speed could get it done without notice.
  • It would be delicious irony and payback, as Waller would taser herself whenever she zapped the Squad.
  • Plus the Squad would be content that at least they got to die by making Waller miserable as possible if she decided to detonate the bombs on them, without knowing she was killing herself as well.
  • The fact he hasn't despite all the rudeness and shouting Waller does to earn payback is nothing short of amazing; that or he's too stupid to think of doing this.