Suicide Squad
Warning : hold spoilers forSuicide Squad : King Shark # 7 !
Among theSuicide Squad , the being known asKing Sharkis considered one of the premiere member of the squad as well as a lover - deary . Especially after the successful release of 2021’sThe Suicide Squaddirected by James Gunn , Nanaue ( King Shark ’s birth name ) has appeared in the comics with more regularity than before . But in Suicide Squad : King Shark # 7 , DC finally answers the query of whether or not King Shark is half - human … and why he has a lower one-half in the first post .
In King Shark ’s solo series , Amanda Waller makes full on her dealwith Nanaue ’s father : Lord Chondrakha , the God of All Sharks . Waller has allowed King Shark to periodically pass on the prison house of Belle Reve for kin visit . In return , King Shark ’s father allows Waller to use his Logos on dangerous missions ; she ’s ineffectual to place the modest explosive inside his head due to his think pelt which renders him impervious to acerate leaf ( and his rapid healing factor could potentially appropriate him tosurvivethe explosion as well ) .
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In a revelatory flashback sequence at the commencement of the yield , lector seeAmanda Waller meet Lord Chondrakhaand Nanaue for the first time . But ever before that memorable encounter , lector see a baby Nanaue play with a heel outside his syndicate home . King Shark ’s father is despondent at his Word ’s playful nature . “Despite me give him the two - legged mankind - phase so that he might compete against other example … he is soft!“Father clear wishes his Word to become a killer … which is exactly what happen , good manners of Waller .
The Wild Games aretremendouslyimportant to Lord Chondrakha . He bonk that the arena will be sate with a miscellanea of creature with different attributes . Thus , hegranted King Shark the ability to walk and runon two legs to well compete with the other objector . This is a monolithic vantage for a being that mostly be at home in the water ; King Shark would otherwise move awkwardly on land and be easy to drink down . The other attribute - the orca instinct - was give to him by Waller .
This unveil once and for all that King Shark was notarrested and placed into Belle Reve , unlike the vast bulk of Suicide Squad prisoner . King Shark was a creation of his father specifically to win the Wild Games . In that esteem , Waller and Lord Chondrakha are very much likewise : both use theSuicide SquadandKing Sharkto further their very specific end .
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