COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Flash 117 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #:
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1999342001
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
issue #117 features the origin and first appearance of Captain Boomerang, Digger Harkness. It also features the only SA appearance of Winky, Blinky & Noddy. In the story, the W.W. Wiggins Game Company hires "Digger" Harkness, a petty crook, to be its mascot to sell boomerangs, which allows him to launch his own criminal career as Captain Boomerang, using gimmicked boomerangs to commit crimes.
Following Captain Boomerang's first robbery, Barry Allen investigates. Confronting Captain Boomerang, the Flash falls for a sob story that he's on the straight and narrow and that he's working to help care for his elderly parents (really crooks in disguise).
Later, following more crimes of jewelry theft, Flash runs into Captain Boomerang again. Flash avoids the first boomerang, but iCaptain Boomerang uses a lightning boomerang to strike Flash from behind, knocking him out. When he awakens, Flash finds himself tied to a giant boomerang, which the Captain launches into the ocean. However, Flash manages to free himself by vibrating through the ropes and running across the ocean back to Central City. Flash then captures Captain Boomerang and his criminals turning them over to the police.
While I am not crazy about the centering of our book, it is the single highest-graded copy.
9/2019: Unfortunately, this book’s reign of single highest graded was short indeed as there are now two 9.6s. Naturally, the second one went much cheaper-and, frankly, is also cut better.
We acquired the book privately from Pedigree Comics in 2019.
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