Suicide Squad
As an iconicSuicide Squadmember , King Sharkis heavy link with the black - ops team , but it was his short - lived time with theSecret Sixthat turn Superboy ’s old foe into a cannibalistic fan - favorite . Much like his ocean habitat , there ’s more to Nanaue than what ’s seeable on the airfoil . And though he ’s typically see as a brutish brawler , he ’s get a batch of unexpected personality .
Created by Karl Kesel and Tom Grummett , and lately voiced by Sylvester Stallone inThe Suicide Squad , Nanaue may be the boy of an ancient shark god , but that does n’t have in mind he ca n’t be a team player . Not only has he worked with the Suicide Squad , but he even teamed up with Aquaman for a while . But in the end , it was during Gail Simone ’s iconicSecret Sixrun that this shark really became a tycoon .
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King Shark first encountered his next squad long after his time with the Squad when the Secret Six were in self-command of theGet Out of Hell devoid circuit board . Hunting them down alongside an army of scoundrel , King Shark gets his arm rip off and his jaw dislocated by the banshee Jeannette . His branch eventually regrows and he clearly does n’t harbour any hard feeling as he later connect a new iteration of the team at Jeannette ’s request . Alongside the unexampled Six , Nanaue travels to the mythologic realm of Skartaris , face off with his fair share of warlords and dinosaurs and lose an eye in the process . When this sliver squad coalesce withthe proper Secret Six , King Shark sticks around , realise his blot in the mathematical group as their brutal , on the face of it amoral muscle , exhaust slews of foe all the way to the splendid last point of view that ends the series .
Though their time together was short , Nanaue still ground himself wrap up up in some passably crazy situation that really helped devotee get to screw the character . One such example occurs inSecret Six # 33by Simone and Jim Calafiore , when Nanaue finds himself psychically ensnare in his own personal Hell : an inescapable vegetarian restaurant . instance like these gaveKing Shark ’s irreverent personality sentence to glow , and it was in these moments that fans fall in love with the character .
plenteousness of on - screen adaptations , from his function in this year’sThe Suicide Squadto HBO Max’sHarley Quinnhave reference Nanaue’sSecret Sixportrayal in some lowly way , and for in force reason . While his depiction in other medium may not appear as externally vicious as King Shark in the comic , they ’re all still undeniably loveable : a trait they share with their shockingly violent comic book counterpart . While theSuicide Squadare an effective unit , theSecret Sixwere a family , and as a kinsfolk , each member of the group gets the chance to fully be themselves without focusing solely on Amanda Waller ’s foreign mission - it just so happens thatKing Shark ’s self is a poisonous , carnivorous demigod who really loves being a shark .
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