Suicide Squad
Warning : contains despoiler forSuicide police squad : King Shark # 8 !
TheDC ComicsUniverse has no shortageof incredibly strong cosmic - level beings , but most of their origins are shroud in closed book . devotee were designate to take in an account concerning their origins , it was only a matter of when and where . Both were of late reply in , of all places , aKing Sharkcomic series explaining his inclusion into theSuicide Squad … but it also explains much more .
In theSuicide Squad : King Sharkminiseries , the eponymous wight is sent for by his father : Lord Chondrakha , the God of All Sharks . Per a previous agreement withAmanda Waller , the head of the Suicide Squadmust sporadically allow Nanaue to visit his home of the ocean . Since she ca n’t inject a nanite explosive through King Shark ’s long-lived skin , she place his C - list villain friend Defacer with him … and injectsherwith the explosive instead , as an insurance policy in case he does n’t come back to Belle Reve .
come to : King Shark ’s Father Gave Him to the Suicide Squad for a Dark Reason
It turn outKing Shark ’s father wants his son to competein the Wild Games , a gladiatorial combat that construe " good example " of the animate being kingdom compete in many life - or - expiry battles . Some of these creature were create for a rummy purpose , however . The yarn in the commencement ofSuicide Squad : King Shark # 8reveals that the Gods of the First World were brought about by faith alone … and malevolent counterparts to those Gods come about to battle those who came before . “And so the cosmos seek to defend itself , generate ' antibody ' who could maintain equilibrium . “One of these manifestations is none other than the Black Racer , ( one of ) the forcible manifestations of Death itself .
This one panel essentially grants the reader insight into the origin of DC ’s ultra - powerful characters and cosmic - level beings . It should be note that the First World presented is actually a precursor to the well - known Fourth World and the New Gods , create by Jack Kirby . Kirby would also createthe very similarEternalsfranchise ; both the New Gods and Eternals series revolved around two worlds of light and shadow in which vastly - sinewy beings beyond human understanding waged war over thousands of geezerhood .
Thus , what lead off as a basic competition story inSuicide Squad : King Sharkevolves into a gladiatorial epic of momentous grandness for the intact world . DC Comics has plenty of cosmic - level beingness ( up to and let in The Presence , which is the eq ofGodin the DC population , or the One Above All in the Marvel Universe ) . TheDC ComicsUniverse ’s account regarding cosmic - stratum characters was bound to total someday ; most likely no fan imagined it would appear in aKing Shark - related comedian .
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