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Captain Boomerang

111 appearances · Silver Age · 1960–2026 · 6 key issues
Who is Captain Boomerang?

Few Silver Age villains have proven as stubbornly, gloriously enduring as Captain Boomerang, who burst onto the scene in The Flash #117 in 1960, conjured by the legendary creative duo of John Broome and Carmine Infantino. What began as a colorful rogues' gallery entry in one of DC's flagship titles has blossomed into a six-decade-plus career spanning well over a century of catalog appearances and six key collector issues — a testament to just how much readers keep coming back to this guy. He's made himself at home across Suicide Squad and multiple Flash series, sharing pages with the heaviest hitters in the DC Universe — Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash himself — which tells you everything about the kind of high-stakes company he keeps. Whether you're a Silver Age purist or a modern DC devotee, Captain Boomerang is the kind of character whose longevity demands respect and whose appearances reward the hunt.

The Flash
#117
★ First appearance
The Flash #117
Dec 1960

Appearances

52 (2006)
#6
Blackhawk (1957)
Detective Comics (1937)
Justice League of America (1960)
#61
Limited Collectors' Edition (1972)
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
Legends (1986)
Cosmic Boy (1986)
#3
Superman (1987)
Hawkman (1986)
#10
Secret Origins (1986)
Adventures of Superman (1987)
Action Comics (1938)
Who's Who: Update '87 (1987)
#1
Justice League International (1987)
#13
Secret Origins Annual (1987)
#2
Action Comics Weekly (1988)
Checkmate (1988)
Hawkworld (1990)
Hawk and Dove (1989)
#21
Hawkworld Annual (1990)
#2
Hawk and Dove Annual (1990)
#2
Flash Annual (1987)
#5
Showcase '94 (1994)
#6
Robin (1993)
#64
Flash & Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold (2001)
Wizard: The Comics Magazine (1991)
Firestorm (2004)
#13
Superman: That Healing Touch (2005)
Infinite Crisis (2005)
#1
Green Arrow: Year One (2007)
#1
Adventure Comics (2009)
DCU: Legacies (2010)
DC Retroactive: Flash - The '80s (2011)
#1
DC Universe: Legacies (2011)
The Flash Omnibus by Geoff Johns (2011)
#2
Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013)
#3
Wonder Woman '77 (2015)
#3
Flash by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar (2016)
Shade, the Changing Girl (2016)
#5
Nightwing (2016)
#29
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One: The Deluxe Edition (2018)
Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium (2019)
#1
The Flash Annual (2018)
#3
Teen Titans Academy (2021)
#13
DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2025)
Batgirl (2025)
#9
Michel Fiffe Portfolio (2016)
#2