boomerang nation

Madds - she/her - 20 - just here for a man with stupid facial hair and an accent *im a repeat offender*

[thatflatenedfrogontheroad]

For those who it may concern . . . I will be refusing to answer any other questions at this moment

[gorogues]

Digger Harkness (Captain Boomerang I) chronology

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #44 (August 1990): "Grave Matters" [Flashback - childhood and young adulthood]

Flash Vol. 3 #7 (late January 2011): "What Goes Around, Comes Around" [Flashback - childhood and young adulthood]

Flash Vol. 1 #117 (December 1960): "Here Comes Captain Boomerang" [Flashback – he answers an ad to become the Wiggins spokesman]

Flash Vol. 1 #117 (December 1960): "Here Comes Captain Boomerang"

Flash Vol. 1 #124 (November 1961): "Space-Boomerang Trap"

Flash Vol. 1 #148 (November 1964): "The Day Flash Went into Orbit"

Flash Vol. 1 #155 (September 1965): "The Gauntlet of Super-Villains"

Legends of the DC Universe #16 (May 1999): "Dark Matters Part Two"

Legends of the DC Universe #17 (June 1999): "Dark Matters Part Three"

Flash Vol. 1 #174 (November 1967): "Stupendous Triumph of the Six Super-Villains"

Justice League of America Vol.1 #61 (March 1968): "Operation: Jail the Justice League"

Secret Origins Vol. 2 Annual #2 (1988): "Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt Part 2"

Flash Vol. 2 #190 (November 2002): "Rat Race" [Flashback - Hartley attempting to open up to the Rogues]

Flash Vol. 2 #218 (March 2005): "Rogue Profile: Heat Wave" [Flashback - Len and Mick squabble while the Rogues socialize]

Flash Vol. 1 #209 (September 1971): "Beyond the Speed of Life"

Flash Vol. 1 #227 (May-June 1974): "Flash-This Is Your Death"

Flash Vol. 1 #242 (June 1976): "The Charge of the Electric Gang"

Flash Vol. 1 #243 (August 1976): "If I Can't Rob Central City, Nobody Can"

Flash Vol. 1 #244 (September 1976): "The Last Day of June Is the Last Day of Central City"

Secret Society of Super-Villains #1 (May-June 1976): "Attend Or Die"

Secret Society of Super-Villains #3 (September-October 1976): "War for Earthdeath"

Secret Society of Super-Villains #4 (November-December 1976): "When Thieves Fall Out"

Secret Society of Super-Villains #5 (January-February 1977): "Endgame"

Secret Society of Super-Villains #6 (March-April 1977): [No Title]

Batman Vol. 1 #322 (April 1980): "Chaos--Coming and Going"

Flash Vol. 1 #275 (July 1979): "The Last Dance"

Flash Vol. 1 #283 (March 1980): "Flashback" [Flashback - the night of Iris' murder]

Flash Vol. 1 #278 (October 1979): "Road to Oblivion"

Flash Vol. 2 #215 (December 2004): "The Secret of Barry Allen Part 2" [Flashback - Roscoe brainwashed by Zatanna and brainwashes the Rogues]

Flash Vol. 1 #310 (June 1982): "Colonel Computron Strikes Back With a Vengeance"

Flash Vol. 1 #311 (July 1982): "Captives of the Boom-Boom-Boomerang"

Flash Vol. 1 #325 (September 1983): "Dead Reckoning"

Flash Vol. 1 #337 (September 1984): "Beware the Speed-Demons" [behind the scenes - sends a message to Piper]

Flash Vol. 1 #338 (October 1984): "The Revenge of the Rogues"

Flash Vol. 1 #339 (November 1984): "Warday!"

Flash Vol. 1 #340 (December 1984): "Reach Out and Waste Someone!"

Flash Vol. 1 #341 (January 1985): "Trial and Tribulation"

Flash Vol. 1 #342 (February 1985): "Smash-Up"

Flash Vol. 1 #348 (August 1985): "The Final Verdict"

Flash Vol. 1 #349 (September 1985): "And the Truth Shall Set Him Free"

Flash Vol. 1 #350 (October 1985): "Flash Flees"

Batman Vol. 1 #388 (October 1985): "The Round-Trip Looking Glass"

Detective Comics #555 (October 1985): "Returning Reflections"

Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo"

Blue Devil #30 (November 1986): "Too Many Rogues"

Legends #3 (January 1987): "Send for... the Suicide Squad!"

Legends #4 (February 1987): "Cry' Havoc...!"

Legends #5 (March 1987): "Let Slip the Dogs of War"

Legends #6 (April 1987): "Finale!"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #1 (May 1987): "Trial by Blood"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #2 (June 1987): "Trial by Fire"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #3 (July 1987): "Jailbreak"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #4 (August 1987): "William Hell's Overture"

Fury of Firestorm Vol. 1 #64 (October 1987): "Through the Gauntlet"

Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Annual #5 (1987): "Ground Zero"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #5 (September 1987): "The Flight of the Firebird"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #7 (November 1987): "Thrown to the Wolves"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #8 (December 1987): "Personal Files" [commits crimes while dressed as Mirror Master]

Millennium #4 (January 1988): "Forth"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #9 (January 1988): "The Final Price"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #11 (March 1988): "Blood and Snow Part One" [also disguised as Mirror Master]

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #12 (April 1988): "Blood and Snow Part Two"

Justice League International Vol. 1 #13 (May 1988): "Collision Course"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #13 (May 1988): "Battle Lines"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #14 (June 1988): "The Nightshade Odyssey, Part 1: Slipping into Darkness"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #15 (July 1988): "The Nightshade Odyssey, Part 2: Devil to Pay"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #16 (August 1988): "The Nightshade Odyssey, Part 3: Deathzone"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #17 (September 1988): "Battleground Manhattan"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #18 (October 1988): "Manhattan Massacre"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #19 (November 1988): "Personal Files - Amanda Waller" [behind the scenes - report of Mirror Master crimes]

Flash Vol. 2 #19 (December 1988): "A Meeting of Rogues"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 Annual #1 (1988): "Ghosts and Shadows"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #20 (December 1988): "Practice to Deceive" [also disguised as Mirror Master]

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #21 (winter 1988): "Rogues"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #22 (Holiday 1988): "Final Round"

Invasion! #2 (1988): "Battleground Earth"

Invasion! #3 (1989): "World Without Heroes"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #23 (January 1989): "Weird War Tales" [Flashback to the Invasion! war]

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #23 (January 1989): "Weird War Tales"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #24 (February 1989): "Slings and Arrows"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #25 (March 1989): "Sea of Troubles"

Checkmate Vol. 1 #15 (early May 1989): "The Janus Directive, Part 1: Knight Kill"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #27 (early May 1989): "The Janus Directive Part 2: Scattermove"

Checkmate Vol. 1 #16 (late May 1989): "The Janus Directive, Part 3: Shadow Knights"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #29 (early June 1989): "The Janus Directive Part 8: Heavy Squad"

Checkmate Vol. 1 #18 (late June 1989): "The Janus Directive, Part 9: Knight Fight"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #30 (late June 1989): "The Janus Directive Part 10: Endgame"

Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #87 (July 1989): "Freakstorm"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #31 (July 1989): "Acts Of Contrition"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #32 (August 1989): "Steel Trap"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #33 (September 1989): "Into the Angry Planet"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #34 (October 1989): "Armagetto"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #35 (November 1989): "That Hideous Strength"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #36 (December 1989): "In Final Battle"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #37 (January 1990): "Threads"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #41 (May 1990): "The Phoenix Gambit Part 2: Embers"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #42 (June 1990): "The Phoenix Gambit Part 3: Firefight"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #43 (July 1990): "The Phoenix Gambit Part 4: Black Queen's Mate"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #44 (August 1990): "Grave Matters"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #45 (September 1990): "The Jerusalem Serpent"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #46 (October 1990): "Choice of Evils"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #49 (January 1991): "Out of Control"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #50 (February 1991): "Debt of Honor"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #51 (March 1991): "Fractured Image"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #54 (June 1991): "The Dragon's Hoard, Part II: Divine Wind"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #55 (July 1991): "The Dragon's Hoard Part III: Dead Man's Hand"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #56 (August 1991): "The Dragon's Hoard Part IV: Dragon's Teeth"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #57 (September 1991): "The Dragon's Hoard Part V: Dragon's Blood"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #58 (October 1991): "Suicide Attack"

War of the Gods #3 (November 1991): "Casualties of War"

Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #61 (January 1992): "To Avenge an Amazon"

War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End" [behind the scenes - is present at the big fight, but isn't shown]

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #59 (November 1991): "Legerdemain, Part One: Forces in Motion"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #61 (January 1992): "Legerdemain, Part 3: Snafu"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #62 (February 1992): "Number the Dead"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #63 (March 1992): "True Minds"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #64 (April 1992): "Nasty As They Want To Be"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #65 (May 1992): "Run Through the Jungle"

Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #66 (June 1992): "And Be a Villain"

Flash Vol. 2 Annual #5 (1992): "Run-In!"

Showcase '94 #6/2 (early June 1994): "Allure of New Orleans"

Outsiders Vol. 2 #9 (July 1994): "Breakout"

Adventures of Superman #520 (February 1995): "Christmas Thieves"

Superboy Vol. 3 #13 (March 1995): "Watery Grave: Suicidal Tendencies"

Superboy Vol. 3 #14 (April 1995): "Watery Grave: Kill Them All"

Superboy Vol. 3 #15 (May 1995): "Watery Grave: Honor Among Thieves"

Underworld Unleashed #1 (November 1995): "Underworld Unleashed"

Flash Vol. 2 #120 (December 1996): "Presidential Race, Ch. 1: Circular Logic" [behind the scenes - the undead Rogues steal back their weapons]

Flash Vol. 2 #121 (January 1997): "Presidential Race, Ch. 2: Down To The Wire"

Flash Vol. 2 #123 (March 1997): "The Flash of Two Cities"

Flash Vol. 2 #125 (May 1997): "Cause and Effect"

Flash Vol. 2 #126 (June 1997): "Trial Run"

Flash Vol. 2 #127 (July 1997): "Hell to Pay, Part 1: Hell Breaks Loose"

Flash Vol. 2 #128 (August 1997): "Hell to Pay, Part 2: Heart and Souls"

Flash Vol. 2 #129 (September 1997): "Hell to Pay, Part 3: An Attack of Conscience"

Flash Vol. 2 #134 (February 1998): "Still Life in the Fast Lane"

New Year's Evil: The Rogues #1 (February 1998): "Men & Gods"

Flash Vol. 2 #138 (June 1998): "The Human Race, Part III: Home Run"

Flash Vol. 2 #140 (August 1998): "The Black Flash, Part II"

Flash 80-Page Giant #1/4 (August 1998): "The Professional"

Adventures of Superman #565 (March 1999): "The World Is My Backyard"

Robin Vol. 2 #62 (March 1999): "Faster Than Anything!"

Robin Vol. 2 #63 (April 1999): "The Blink of an Eye"

Robin Vol. 2 #64 (May 1999): "Stop Me If You've Heard This One"

Flash Secret Files & Origins #2 (November 1999): "Twenty-First Century Rogue"

Flash Vol. 2 #179 (December 2001): "Smile for the Camera"

Flash Vol. 2 #183 (April 2002): "Crossfire, Prologue: Tricked!"

Flash Vol. 2 #208 (May 2004): "Red Carpet" [behind the scenes - left messages with Trickster for a loan]

Flash Vol. 2 #213 (October 2004): "Slow Motion"

Identity Crisis #2 (September 2004): "House of Lies"

Identity Crisis #3 (October 2004): "Serial Killer"

Identity Crisis #4 (November 2004): "Who Benefits"

Flash Vol. 2 #215 (December 2004): "The Secret of Barry Allen, Part Two: Reformed"

Identity Crisis #5 (December 2004): "Father's Day"

Identity Crisis #6 (January 2005): "Husbands and Wives" [as a corpse; the Rogues are informed of his death]

Flash Vol. 2 #216 (January 2005): "The Secret of Barry Allen, Part Three: Spinning" [the Rogues are informed of his death; scene identical to Identity Crisis #6]

Flash Vol. 2 #217 (February 2005): "Post-Crisis" [as a corpse]

Flash Vol. 2 #220 (May 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 1" [as a corpse]

Flash Vol. 2 #221 (June 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 2" [as a corpse]

Flash Vol. 2 #222 (July 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 3" [as a corpse]

Flash Vol. 2 #223 (August 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 4" [as a corpse]

Flash Vol. 2 #225 (October 2005): "Rogue War Conclusion" [buried]

Blackest Night #8 (May 2010): "Blackest Night" [returns to life]

Brightest Day #0 (June 2010): "Carpe Diem"

Red Robin #15 (October 2010): "The Hit List, Part Three: Secret Identity Crisis"

Red Robin #16 (November 2010): "The Hit List, Part Four: The Best-Laid Plans"

Flash Vol. 3 #1 (June 2010): "Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues"

Flash Vol. 3 #2 (July 2010): "Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues"

Flash Vol. 3 #3 (August 2010): "Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues, Part Three"

Flash Vol. 3 #4 (September 2010): "Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues, Part Four"

Flash Vol. 3 #5 (November 2010): "Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues, Part Four"

Flash Vol. 3 #6 (early January 2011): "Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues, Part Six"

Brightest Day #7 (October 2010): "The Secret Of Life"

Flash Vol. 3 #7 (late January 2011): "What Goes Around, Comes Around"

Brightest Day #18 (late March 2011): "Easy Come Easy Go"

Brightest Day #23 (early June 2011): "Rise and Fall"

Brightest Day #24 (late June 2011): "Brightest Day"

Red Robin #26 (October 2011): "What Goes Around..."

Chronology Uncertain

It is uncertain where these stories fit into his chronology.

Batman #645 (November 2005): "Show Me Yesterday, For I Can't Find Today" [Flashback - during Jason Todd's stint as Robin]

Flash Vol. 2 #224 (September 2005): "Rogue War Chapter 5" [Flashback - Digger sent to the future and meets Meloni Thawne]

Secret Origins Vol. 2 #41 (June 1989): "A Rogue by Any Other Name"

Superman Secret Files and Origins 2004 (August 2004): "Suicide Watch"

DC Retro-Active: The Flash: 1980s (Oct 2011): "The Path Of True Love"

JLA 80-Page Giant #1 (1998): "The Secret Society of Super-Villains"

JLA 80-Page Giant #2 (1999): "With Friends Like These..."

DC Comics Presents: The Flash (October 2004): "The Fastest Man--Dead!"

Chronology also available at WordPress.

[gorogues]

Today (May 19th) is Digger’s birthday! Fainting's not allowed, only fun! 🪃🦘💰🍺

[gorogues]

Spoilers for New History of the DC Universe - The Dakota Incident!

In the past, Digger was sent with Task Force X to cover up the US government's role in the experimental creation of the Bang Babies (metahumans) in the city of Dakota. Bronze Tiger was horrified to realize this involved brutality against civilians in the city, including the use of lethal violence, so he switched sides.

But President Luthor and the US government forced the heroes of Dakota to keep quiet about the origin of their powers and to not use their metahuman abilities, and that sets the stage for current continuity. Milestone Comics are now part of the DCU, so this issue retconned some events and added new stuff (such as Task Force X and the Justice League) to establish a new status quo.

It's interesting to see Suicide Squad used as an expressly oppressive force, which of course they have been at times. No surprise that Tiger has a conscience and Digger and Deadshot don't, but we don't really see what happened to the Squad after the Justice League arrived.

[brainwavejrsoldermankink]

Justice for James his response isn't even that bad what the fuck does this mean

[camenxi]

poor wally 😢😢 god forbid he wants some ice cream with sprinkles too

[gorogues]

A collection of Rogue mugshots. This does not include the cops' and heroes' massive collection of Rogue file photos, which will be in another post.

You may recall that 'Henry Darrow' was one of Hartley's aliases.

(The goofy last three batches are of extremely dubious canonicity, but they're so much fun.)

[gorogues]

[brainwavejrsoldermankink]

Congratulations to Digger for actually buying his own popcorn. Unlike... unlike someone...

[briellbeorn]

My twin drew the Rogues and they are so gosh darn adorable! I love the way she draws, (she used a base but all the details are hers) she’s amazing at fine details and derpy simplicity. They all look like cute little dolls and Len looks so protective.

[sp7]

important low quality images of the rogues being held like little kittens from jl: the flashpoint paradox

[gorogues]

Rogues personal photos. Some of these were taken by the Rogues, some were taken by others and they kept it. That photo of them defeated by the Flash was hanging up in their hideout.

Regarding the panel of James and Hartley at James' place, that sure looks like a grinning photo of James next to the sad clown. And I can't be certain that's James on the back cover of the stuntman magazine, but it also looks like him and fits thematically with the panel of him.

The photos of Lisa and Roscoe-in-Henry's-body kind of don't fit here because they were secretly taken by a cop and not something they took themselves, but they're personal moments so I decided to include them. Same with the photo of Mark getting arrested by Julie Jackam; she framed that on her wall for some reason. Was that just a career highlight for her, or did she eventually figure out the identity of Josh's father and keep it because of that?

[gorogues]

Spoilers for Absolute Flash #10!

You can see some preview pages here.

Looks like Eobard's been watching the Highlander movies from the Still Point/Speed Force/whatever the Absolute Universe is calling it, because he's declaring "there can be only one". Presumably he means speedsters, but it remains to be seen whether that's actually true or just him wanting things to be that way; it might be that speedsters have to share a limited resource and he can't reach maximum speed unless he's the only one using it. Wally meets Barry and some possible other former speedsters in the Still Point at the end of the story, and assuming it's really them and not some kind of illusory trick, they might shed some light on what's going on with the speedsters and their power source in the next issue.

It's nice to see Weather Wizard awake and lucid, and he even helps save the day with Mick. Obviously it was worthwhile to rescue him! He speaks in a familiar way to the other Rogues, but this is the first time they've shown signs of knowing each other…though he was stuck as a project at Fort Fox and might have seen the other Rogues around when they got their tech. Jesse will probably never return to the Rogues (nobody likes her, and who could trust her now?), so maybe Mark/Marco will take her place in the group.

We still don't know how Len knows Mick, but Len tries to appeal to him by reminding him of Len and Lisa's identities, so it was obviously a personal relationship. Maybe not a very close one because Len refers to and addresses him as "Rory" or "Mick Rory" rather than "Mick", but maybe he's just putting some distance between them because things didn't necessarily end well with them. There's been some speculation that they used to be a couple, but we'll have to see.

Jesse and Elenore seem to be doing a speedrun toward being utterly hated by everyone else in the book, and presumably Eobard isn't going to be much more popular when he properly shows up to get into some real mischief. And where's Mirror Master (both Mirror Masters) in all this?

[gorogues]

Flash and villains jam page.

Flash -Mike Perkins

Captain Boomerang - Derec Donovan

Captain Cold - Jim Calafiore

Gorilla Grodd - Ty Templeton

Heat Wave - Will Conrad

Mirror Master - Mike DeCarlo

Pied Piper - Joe Staton

Reverse Flash - Breed

Trickster - Greg LaRocque

Weather Wizard - Alex Saviuk

[dcinthe90s]

With friends like these, who needs enemies? The Hero of Hawaii ends up on a mission with the Suicide Squad, but one of them is a traitor… Superboy #13 came out in early 1995!

[maswartz]

The Rogues hear the Top's final words.

I love when villains try to guess details about a hero's private life and I love how even they hate Roscoe's top puns Also why not just play the tape for him?

[wildavisart]

Going Rogue