Boomerang – The fun don't start til M.O.D.O.K. gets here – Brian Manton

1.
Spider-man tied to a chair. His mask is rolled up half way and there is a ballgag in his mouth. Boomerang, wearing jeans and a white t-shirt, is walking out the door in the bkg.

2.
Boomerang is about to leave the store. We see that his nose is split and his t-shirt is soaked in blood. The wall behind his is decorated with a confederate flag, a US flag and a selection of license plates.

Spider-man (OP):  MMMmmmmMMMMMMM MMMM MMMMMM!

3.
Same shot, but he looks back hesitantly.

Spider-man (OP):  mmmmMMMM MmmmMMNNNN!

4.
Boomerang picks up a Hammer from counter, testing its weight.

5.
Laying the hammer back on the counter with his left hand, be picks up a baseball bat with his right.

6.
Holding bat with both hands, he notices a chainsaw on one of the low shelves.

7.
Holding the chainsaw now, he swings it, testing the motion.

8.
Angle looking down at Boomerang from a high shelf. He looks toward camera. He holds the chainsaw low in one hand.

9.
From his POV now, an ornate boomerang on the shelf.

Boomerang - Big Down Under - Niel Jacoby

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Panel One: Boomerang getting trounced by a variety of superheroes: Spider-Man, Iron Man, Deadpool, Iron Fist, and even a few jobber-level heroes.

Cap(Boomerang): HERE IN AMERICA, THE NAME BOOMERANG DOESN'T STRIKE FEAR AS MUCH AS AMUSEMENT. YOU CAN GUESS WHY.

Panel 2: A news broadcast of the newest incarnation of the Sinister Six klutzing up another job, with the headline "NOT-SO-SINISTER SIX?"

Cap(Boomerang): HELL, EVEN MY TEAM IS THE POOREST MAN'S SUPER-STABLE.

Panel 3: Fred Myers, aka Boomerang, in civilian garb, about to board a plane.

Cap(Boomerang): BUT EVEN WHEN I FEEL AS USELESS AS CAPTAIN AMERICA'S PERSONAL TRAINER, I CAN STILL FEEL GOOD ABOUT ONE THING.

Panel 4: Boomerang's booth at VilCon Sydney, Australia's premier supervillain and supervillain fan convention. It is swarmed with adoring fans yearning to get a picture with the man himself.

Cap(Boomerang): I'M ALWAYS APPRECIATED DOWN HERE.

Boomerang - Tune In Next Week - R.A. Wonsowski

Splash Page - a Thanksgiving table a-la-Rockwell and BOOMERANG is carving the turkey with a razorang, the female BEETLE standing behind him.  Sitting at the table, hungry and anxiously awaiting the food are ELECTRO, SHOCKER, BLACK CAT, VULTURE, JACK O'LANTERN, and the HYPNO-HUSTLER.  In the window, we can see the SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN hanging upside down as he looks in at the scen from outside (steam from his mask, as it is cold outside).

CAPTION: Thanksgiving is a time when we give thanks for all our good fortune, good friends, and family that sticks with you through thick and thin.  As I have finally moved my own family into our new home in Utah, I will be back next week with a fresh script.  I am especially thankful for my mates at ThoughtBalloons for granting me quite a lot of slack while we were going through our changes.  See you next week...

CAPTION: ...AND HAVE A SUPERIOR THANKSGIVING!!! - RAW

Boomerang - My Boomerang Won't Comeback - J.D. Coughlan

Panel 1: A stage in a seedy comedy club. Various low-grade supervillains from DC and Marvel sit in the audience. A banner reads "ANNUAL SUPERVILLAIN INSULT COMIC TOURNAMENT". On one side of the stage is Boomerang, on the other is Captain Boomerang. For simplicity, they are referred to here by their surnames (Myers and Harkness, respectively).

HARKNESS: Sorry, mate, but I don't even know who you are. Were you one of the Goblins?

MYERS: Hey, at least I was the leader of my team. You weren't even the best captain in yours.

AUDIENCE: Oooooooooooh!

Panel 2: Close-up on Harkness. He remains smug.

HARKNESS: Oh that's right; the Sinister Second-stringers.

AUDIENCE (O.P.): Hahaha!

Panel 3: Close-up on Myers, also smug.

MYERS: I know, I know, it's not like being handpicked for a team called "the Suicide Squad." How bad d'you have to be to get chosen for a team whose mission is to die?

AUDIENCE (O.P.): Hahahahahahahaha!

Panel 4: On Harkness again, angrier. Pointing at Myers.

HARKNESS: I'm not the one who's been defeated by just about every hero out there. Spider-Man, Hulk, Daredevil, even bloody Iron Fist!

Panel 5: On Myers again, extremely smug.

MYERS: Whereas you've only ever been defeated by the Flash... and Robin's dad.

AUDIENCE (O.P.): Oooooooooh!

Panel 6: Shot of the stage again. Harkness looks grumpily defeated. Myers shrugs to the audience.

MYERS: Looks like this boomerang won't comeback!

AUDIENCE: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! WHOOOO!

END OF PAGE

Boomerang - Pulling Off The Wrong Job - Shaun Richens.

PAGE ONE – 8 PANELS.

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1.1

Page wide panel. We open in a down and out dive bar, the kinda place c list spidey villains would hang out to seem like the cool guys.

BOOMERANG, OVERDRIVE, BEETLE, SPEED DEMON and SHOCKER all sit around a table in the centre of the bar.

They are all in costume and nursing half finished drinks.

We can see the bar behind them. An old CTR Tv is up on the wall in the far corner of the bar. A news report is currently on.

SHOCKER:

I know what you're all thinking and its not my fault.

1.2

Cut to a close up on Speed demon, he is massaging his forehead with two fingers, he can feel a migraine coming on.

SPEED DEMON:

Its all your $*%@£&! fault pal.

1.3

Cut back to shocker, he looks as hurt and defenceless as a dude in a full face mask can.

SHOCKER:

My guy told me they where moving a lot product.

SHOCKER:

And to be fair, they were.

1.4

Close up on Boomerang.

BOOMERANG:

Everyone shut up. We need to make a pact right here, right now.

BOOMERANG:

We never speak of this to anyone. Ever.

1.5

Repeat of 1.1. Page wide panel, the whole crew sat around. The news report is still playing in the background.

EVERYONE:

Agreed.

1.6

Cut to close up on the TV. A well dressed news-reporter stands on the side of a busy street. Behind her cornered off with police tape is a large truck. The back doors hang on their hinges wide open.

REPORTER:

You join me live downtown on the scene of one of the most unusual crimes this city has ever seen.

REPORTER:

Earlier on today, this truck transporting sperm samples to the new state of the art sperm bank was set upon my a band of masked robbers.

1.7

Pull in even closer on the TV. In the upper corner of the screen are now the mug shots of all five of our would be “bank robbers”.

REPORTER:

These are the five suspects believed to have been involved in the incident.

1.8

Page wide panel. The crew sat slumped at their table. A YOUNG MAN stands at the bar pointing at them his eyes wide, a huge grin on his face.

YOUNG MAN:

Guys look, its the great sperm robbers.

Boomerang – The Big Leagues – MK Stangeland Jr.

(7 Panels)

PANEL 1: Areal view of a baseball field, either that of the New York Yankees or the New York Mets.

ANNOUNCER (1): (Off panel) Welcome back, fans, to what has been a game unlike any I’ve seen before.

ANNOUNCER (2): (Off panel) This, baseball fans, is how rivalries are born, as we watch what are no doubt two of the greatest pitchers in the league today battling it out.

PANEL 2: Split panel, showing a single individual in each half. In on half is BEN POINDEXTER – BULLSEYE – but dressed a member of the NEW YORK YANKEES instead of as a supervillain. In the other is FRED MYERS – BOOMERANG – dressed up in a NEW YORK METS uniform.

ANNOUNCER (1): (Off panel, in BEN POINDEXTER half) This as we watch Ben “Bullseye” Poindexter of the Yankees…

ANNOUNCER (2): (Off panel, in FRED MYERS half) …duke it out against Fred Myers and his Mets.

PANEL 3: BEN POINDEXTER is on the pitchers mound. He throws a pitch.

PANEL 4: BEN POINDEXTER’s pitch flies near FRED MYERS head. MYERS leans back to avoid the ball, but a ‘ghost’ image of MYERS original position makes it clear that while the ball came close to MYERS head, it was never in danger of actually hitting him.

UMPIRE: BALL!

ANNOUNCER: This is a showdown that led to some questionable plays by both men.

PANEL 5: FRED MYERS points his bat at BEN POINDEXTER (off panel) with a ‘I’m coming for you’ or ‘I’m hitting it right there’ look.

 PANEL 6: The ball flies past BEN POINDEXTER on the pitchers mound in a mirror of PANEL 4. POINDEXTER leans back to avoid the ball as it flies near him, but the ‘ghost’ of where he was originally standing makes it clear he wasn’t in danger of actually getting hit.

ANNOUNCER: And kept officials on their toes!

PANEL 7: Image of the crowd as they’re watching the showdown intensely.

ANNOUNCER: I can tell you one thing, though – the crowds are eating this right up!

(END PAGE)

Boomerang - BOOMERANG! - Ben Rosenthal

1.  Fred Myers sits at a desk, pen in hand and a blank piece of paper in front of him.  He is scratching his head, thinking.

FRED
Boomerang.  Boomerang.


2.  A tight shot of Fred's face - it's a light bulb moment.

FRED 
That's it!


3.  Fred is scrawling feverishly on the page in front of him.

FRED
That's what I'll call it!


4.  The page has one word written on it - BOOMER-SANG

FRED (off panel)
A boomerang that emits a sonic vibration to knock anyone off their feet!


5.  Same as Panel 4.  Fred's hand is scrunching up the page.  It is a stupid idea.

FRED
Just like a......boomerang.


6.  Fred is tossing the screwed up page over his shoulder, discarding it.

FRED
Why does everything have to be a pun?

Boomerang - Easy as Pie - Simon McDonald

Panel One
Inside the S.H.I.E.L.D helicarrier. Boomerang is wielding Captain America's iconic shield, surrounded by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. He looks confident. He always does. Usually right before his plans fall apart.

CAPTION (1)

These guys, right?

 

CAPTION (2)

The worst.

Panel Two
Boomerang changes his stance, preparing to throw Cap's shield.

CAPTION (1)

But they're not going to stop me.

 

CAPTION (2)

This thing? Priceless.

 

CAPTION (3)

But, yes, I will be accepting offers.

Panel Three
The shield has been thrown, is cutting through a line of agents as it flies from his arm.

SFX (several)

Oof!

Argh!

Gah!

Argh!

 

CAPTION

Easy as pie.

Panel Four
From behind Boomerang's perspective. The shield is still going, knocking down agents, but it's a long way gone now.

CAPTION

Easy as...

Panel Five
It's now a speck. Boomerang's stance has changed. Dejected. It's not coming back. The S.H.I.E.L.D agents are getting back to their feet.

CAPTION

...

 

Panel Six

All the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are standing again. Guns pointed at Boomerang. Chin down. Defeated.

 

CAPTION

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... pie.

 

BOOMERANG

(small)

Dammit.

 

Why Boomerang?

Until The Superior Foes of Spider-Man - an awesome new Marvel series you should be reading if you like good, fun comics - the only Boomerang I knew from comics was a Captain and a member of the Flash's rogues gallery from the Distinguished Competition.

 

But 5 issues into Superior Foes, I absolutely adore him. Frank Myers has no super-powers - he's an average guy who has honed his natural abilities thanks to an early baseball career, which eventually spiralled into the world of super-villainy. 

 

The Superior Foes of Spider-Man paints Boomerang as the aspirational (but incompetent) leader of the Sinister Six. He wants to be a major player, but sheer ineptitude has, so far, limited his opportunity to fulfil that dream.

 

Who knows what awaits Boomerang in the hands of our Thoughtballoons tenures - or you, dear reader and comics scripter, who we welcome with open arms to submit a script below.