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Polter-Cow - Oct 20, 2004 1:16:40 pm PDT #6195 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

And how many things connect now confuse me more than ever.

Yeah...who the crap is Captain Boomerang? Is he a villain or a hero? Is it normal for him to go around killing people? And why does his son have speed? Who's his son? Who the fuck is the Monocle? Who were all those people? What the fuck is going on? Why is Firestorm dead? Do I care?

The War Games titles were pretty good this week. Very nice panel layout in the last two pages of Batgirl.

more of an Ultimate-Spidey-was-getting-too-navel-gazey-for-me way.

The latest issue is called "Jump the Shark." And it involves, apparently, the notion that Logan and Peter have inexplicably switched bodies.

DXMachina - Oct 20, 2004 1:23:43 pm PDT #6196 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Yeah...who the crap is Captain Boomerang?

P.C., Captain Boomerang is a member of Flash's rogues gallery, albeit an aging one, so he's a villain. He's sort of a boomerang version of Green Arrow or Merlyn. He's also been featured throughout IC, so I find your surprise at seeing him, well, surprising.

The fact that his son has speed powers is a complete asspull.

Polter-Cow - Oct 20, 2004 1:26:03 pm PDT #6197 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

P.C.

Huh. That's a new one.

I'm not surprised at seeing him. I just wasn't sure whether he was a hero or villain, and I was going to be more confused if he was supposed to be a hero. The whole "Captain" thing threw me off. And the touching father/son bonding moments. Et cetera.

Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 20, 2004 1:42:07 pm PDT #6198 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Isn't Jesse Quick too young to be the mother of Boomerang's son? I can't think of any other female 20th century speedsters .

Unless Professor Zoom was more of a Reverse Flash than we'd previously been led to believe ...

victor infante - Oct 20, 2004 2:02:19 pm PDT #6199 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

I think the kid is a clone from the DNA of the Flash and his archnemesis, Capt. Boomerang. He and Superboy will form a support group.

Also, more seriously, Capt. Boomerang has always been a villain, but he was VERY prominent in Suicide Squad.

Polter-Cow - Oct 20, 2004 2:11:15 pm PDT #6200 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

So, why is this murder so sloppy? I doubt Captain Boomerang is the Big Bad. He just walked in and would have left his trademark behind, totally fingering him for the crime. I wonder who's pulling the strings.

victor infante - Oct 20, 2004 2:55:28 pm PDT #6201 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

I'd say Calculator looks like the culprit, but it's hard to say. There's a lot that doesn't add up quite right.

Kalshane - Oct 20, 2004 4:39:01 pm PDT #6202 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

In regards to IC, yeah, I'm thinking Captain Boomerang is not the culprit. I mean, he seemed pretty surprised when Tim's dad shot him.

Also, I don't have any familiarity with the character, but does he have a history engaging in "honorable duels" or wanting the other guy to have a "fighting chance"? If not, I'm thinking the real murderer is the guy who sent Tim's dad the gun.

victor infante - Oct 20, 2004 5:43:21 pm PDT #6203 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

Nah, CB's pretty much a scoundrel. He's never arm an opponent.

Kalshane - Oct 20, 2004 6:26:12 pm PDT #6204 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

In that case, whoever the murderer is, they wanted to kill Captain Boomerang as well as those close to superheroes.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't both of the two suspects so far, Dr. Light and Slipknot, members of the Suicide Squad? If so, the killer seems to be trying to frame former members for the murders for some reason and now apparently stepped it up a notch, possibly because the heroes ended up not going medival on those he'd framed. So instead he creates a situation where both Captain Boomerang and Tim's dad are likely to be killed.

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