Owen Mercer

Owen Mercer is the son of Captain Boomerang, inheriting his father's criminal legacy while occasionally operating as the second Captain Boomerang. He possesses his own boomerang-based skills and has moved between villainy and reluctant heroism within DC's Rogues circle.

Owen Mercer arrived in the Modern Age with a splash in 2004, born from the creative partnership of Geoff Johns and Justiniano in The Flash #1/2 — a half-issue debut that immediately signals there's something special about this character. A DC figure who has kept genuinely electric company over nearly two decades, sharing pages with the likes of The Flash, Green Lantern, and Captain Boomerang across titles ranging from Flash to Outsiders to The Other History of the DC Universe. His appearances may be selective rather than sprawling, but that kind of curated presence across 19 years of DC storytelling speaks to a character with real staying power in the corners of the universe that matter.