[Some Pun Involving the Word Boomerang]
The Good: I'm not sure how I felt about Captain Boomerang before now. He was certainly an interesting character in The Dastardly Death of the Rogues, and I never hated him, he just never fell in my radar. This might also be due to my minimal exposure to Flash before this series. Whatever the cause, Geoff Johns makes him interesting here. His current misadventures are interesting, but for most of the issue, the real meat is in his backstory, which is chopped up into perfectly sized large chunks, and holds your interest tightly.
I especially loved seeing how he got into the Rogues, and the comparison of his time in the Rogues to his time in the Suicide Squad.
The scene at the funeral is especially powerful, and especially emotionally awesome.
Boomerang's conversation with Zoom has some phenomenal dialogue.
Scott Kolin's artwork looks A LOT cleaner than it did in Blackest Night: The Flash, and it was a good choice here. He draws some great boomerang flight paths, and I really love how he draws Zoom. the focus on his crazy bloodshot eyes, and the weird blurray way he's always moving, it's absolutely awesome.
Some dark implications for the next issue.
We only have to wait 2 weeks for the next issue.
The Bad: SOmething about the tail end of Boomerang and Zoom's conversation just doesn't flow right, and every time I read it I always find myself a bit confused.
No Flash, but then again, that's not really a bad thing this time.
Are there 2 Mirror Masters on that last page?
In Conclusion:
It seems like Geoff Johns is trying his hardest to turn DC's Big Three into the Big Five, and I really think he can do it. His work on Green Lantern has been amazing, and his run on Flash is already superb. This would be a decent jumping on point, although The Dastardly Death of the Rogues is extremely worth reading. Geoff Johns is doing an amazing job at taking the helm of 2 of DC's most iconic characters not in the trinity and I don't want to see him stop any time soon.
