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Warning : contains spoilers forSuicide Squad # 12 !
There is only one hero in the DC Universe who can in truth rest claim to being the society ’s tantamount ofDeadpool , andSuicide Squadjust sustain it’sAmbush Bug . Ambush Bug , late pressed into join Task Force X , regularly intermit the fourth wall , and inSuicide Squad # 12 , he meets aDeadpool pastiche from Earth-8 , and the confrontation bring out why Ambush Bug is truly DC ’s version of Deadpool . The issue is on sale now in print and digital , and is written by Robbie Thompson and Dennis Hopeless , thread by Eduardo Pansica , Julio Ferreira and Dexter Soy , color by Marcelo Maiolo and Matt Herms , and lettered by Wes Abbott .
make by Keith Gifffen , Ambush Bug first appeared in 1982’sDC Comics Presents # 52 . Ambush Bug ’s tangible name is Irwin Schwab ( or so he says ) and he wears a immature suit that allow for him to teleport anywhere in the multiverse . Ambush Bug ’s grasp on realism is flimsy at best , which allows him to break the fourth wall and utter to readers ; however , it also makes the other heroes view him as a joke and a liberal shank . Recently , Ambush Bugsomehowmade hisway to the Suicide Squad , which Amanda Waller has repurposed to avail achieve her destination of claiming a new Earth as her own . Waller seeks to build her own Justice League and use them to “ liberate ” Earth-3 , sealing it off from the rest of the multiverse . Ambush Bug has keep his impertinent - snap , metatextual ways even in the face of such heavy adventures , and on Earth-8 ( DC ’s parody of the Marvel Universe ) , reader learn why he rightfully is DC ’s Deadpool .
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Amanda Waller has ship the Suicide Squad , including Ambush Bug , to Earth-8 , a universe populated by pastiche of Marvel characters . Battling DC ’s parody of the Thunderbolts , Ambush Bug meets Blood Pouch , whosesuit powerfully resembles Deadpool’s- the only difference is Blood Pouch wears a merry andrew masquerade party . Clearly the Earth-8 Deadpool , stock Pouch fights Ambush Bug , but the two quickly realize they have a band in common - like vocalize like an“attractive Canadian”(a reference toDeadpoolactor Ryan Reynolds ) as well as continually breaking the quaternary wall . When Major Force , another Squad member , escalate the situation by slaughtering people indiscriminately , origin Pouch and the rest of his team teleport away . Ambush Bug seems sad , telling Blood Pouch to stick in soupcon .
Characters who regularlybreak the 4th rampart , such as Ambush Bug and Deadpool , are nothing novel in comics . However , few approached it with as much zany assuredness as Ambush Bug . Ambush Bug on a regular basis verbalise to readers , offering comment on not only the very event transpire around him , but also riffing on comic al-Qur’an tropes . Ambush Bug ’s custom of skewering superhero comic stay on with his sentence inSuicide Squad . If it had not been for Ambush Bug , other characters who get metatextual , such as Deadpool , She - Hulk , Harley Quinn and Blood Pouch , may not survive .
While other DC contenders exist - such as Harley Quinn , Teen Titans Academy ’s Stitch , and lineal parody Red Tool - only Ambush Bug genuinely embodies Wade Wilson ’s relationship with the comic medium , able-bodied to physically step outside the action and fully understand he ’s in a fictional world , even poking fun at the late press release of DC’sPeacemakershow . In getting as faithful as potential to demonstrate Ambush Bug receive Deadpool ’s thanksgiving , Suicide Squadacknowledges him as DC ’s only hero who can gather Wade Wilson quip for meta quip . Ambush Bug ’s meeting with Blood Pouch reinforces why this wacky , fourth - wall - breaking character is truly DC ’s tantamount ofDeadpool .
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