I like Captain Boomerang.

I really like Owen Mercer/Captain Boomerang II. I don't really know why. Well, aside from the fact that he's a smart-mouthed obnoxious redhead and I may have a type. But I like him.

I like the legacy element and family ties. Son of Captain Boomerang, descendent of Professor Zoom, half-brother of Bart Allen. I like that he tried the villain thing out and didn't like it so went with the hero thing instead. I also like that he makes a real effort to find some sort of peace with Tim Drake, what with what happened to their fathers. (It's funny how he was so much more competent and kickass in that Robin issue than he tends to be in Outsiders...)

I'd really like to see him used more. If only so I can read him in comics I actually like as opposed to Outsiders and Supergirl. Though to be fair, I like most of the characters in Outsiders whose initials aren't Dick Grayson, I just am not a fan of the story style. And in Supergirl, his thing with Kara is probably the least bothersome thing about the whole comic. He's not that much older than her after all.

Wonder if he'll get his speed back soon. Because speed-chucking Boomerangs is such a stupid talent that it loops around to awesome. It's speed-chucking Boomerangs!

Though will they ever explain how he ended up in the past? Because that seems like pertinent information.

Oh well. He's cute and easily tortured and an obnoxious redhead. So I guess I'm just doomed to like him in spite of myself.