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Warning ! Spoilers forFree Comic Book Day ’s Suicide Squad : King Shark # 1
Throughout the eld , there have been many take onKing Sharkthat have play with theDC Comicsvillain ’s backstory . While the most notorious retcon has been vary the coinage of shark he is supposed to be , one of the most eccentric changes is making him a metahuman . However , DC Comics just repeat that the lovableSuicide Squadmember is a full - blown shark in a new special focused on King Shark .
King Shark originally debuted inSuperboy#9 and was make by Karl Kesel . Nanaue is a shark with a human - like torso , who is the descendant of a genuine Shark God . In his first appearance , it ’s strongly imply that he ’s the boy of a man and a shark , but the storyline was never followed up on . or else , his god - like lineage is creditworthy for his unequaled shape and abilities . While DC has given King Shark unlike forms , including making him a hammerhead shark during The New 52 geological era , his origin has mostly stayed consistent . However , on CW’sThe Flash , King Shark was a metahuman - which has since blurred his true origin .
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InFree Comic Book Day ’s Suicide Squad : King Shark # 1by Tim Seeley , Scott Kolins , John Kalisz , and Wes Abbott , readers are taken inside Belle Reve , where the villain Defacer opens up about being locked up for disfigure a statue of Nightwing while being on parole for orotund - scale public vandalism . However , after being save from a baneful attack by Hot Take by King Shark ( who eat on her intact trunk ) , Amanda Waller questions the inmate on the incident . She asks Defacerwhat she know about King Sharkand tell her , " I be intimate he ’s half adult male , half shark . " Waller at once correct her , address the villain " full shark . "
It might not sound like a big deal to divulge King Shark is " full shark , " but with the confusedness created fromThe Flash’stake on him , it was n’t exactly clear where DC Comics stood on his genuine parentage . WithThe Suicide Squadmaking King Shark more democratic than ever , it was the perfect time to clear thing up in the comic strip .
While King Shark has n’t had a particularly high profile in recent years , he does now thanks toThe Suicide Squadand DC Comics ' upcoming miniseries on the lineament . retell that King Shark is n’t a metahuman or half - humanpaints a clearer icon of who the part is and where he ’s follow from . Readers are go to see a lot moreKing Sharkgoing forward , so clarification is ultimately needed and the right call . Free Comic Book Day ’s Suicide Squad : King Shark # 1is in comic book shops now .
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