Tomboy is a Superhero from The Interregnum, created by Edvard Moritz and published by Sterling in Captain Flash #1-4. She's secretly Janie Jackson, a seemingly-demure 10-year-old and daughter of a police lieutenant, who goes out and fights crime as Tomboy.
Not to be confused with the more modern comic, the film or the trope.
This comic contains examples of
- Arch-Enemy: Despite being a One-Shot Character, it's heavily implied that Lard Vinsion, crime boss and Big Bad of Captain Flash #3, has tangled with Tomboy many times before, an honour no other villain receives.
- Brother–Sister Incest: Accidental example. Janie Jackson's brother Bill is in love with her alter ego Tomboy, and completely unaware of them being the same person.
- For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself: Janie goes as Tomboy to her brother's masquerade party in Captain Flash #3, knowing about his crush on her alter ego and wanting to prank him.
- Frame-Up: Captain Flash #4 has Tomboy clearing her father's name after a gambling ring frames him for bribery. He was actually using the frameup as an excuse to go undercover and take them down.
- Fright Deathtrap: In Captain Flash #2, Sound Wave gets funding for his superweapon by agreeing to torment a rich man's uncle with voices until he dies of fright.
- Hidden Villain: Sound Wave, from Captain Flash #2, uses radio communication so that he can manage robberies without being present.
- Kid Hero: Possibly the first female kid super heroine.
- Make Some Noise: Captain Flash #2 villain Sound Wave has a sonic gun he uses to subdue his enemies.
- More Teeth than the Osmond Family: One of the Claw's most distinct features is his toothy, maniacal grin.
- Shout-Out: Tomboy's hometown is named Gotham.
- Starter Villain: The Claw, an escaped crime boss who intends to bomb the docks and use the distraction to rob a museum. He's killed in a plane crash at the end of the issue.
- Tomboy: Janie deliberately invokes the trope in her superheroic image, right down to the name. However, she's actually more of a girly girl in her civilian identity.
- Would Hurt a Child: All of Tomboy's rogues gallery are like this, due to their nemesis being ten.
