Suicide Squad Confirms Amanda Waller Is King Shark's Mother
Warning: contains spoilers for Suicide Squad: King Shark #12!
In its concluding issue, Suicide Squad: King Shark #12 just dropped the bombshell that Amanda Waller and the humanoid shark Nanaue are far more deeply connected than even the most hardcore fan suspected. At the beginning of the series, Amanda allowed King Shark out of her custody to battle in the Wild Games — a metaphysical tournament of animal life that will decide which species holds dominion over the Earth far into the future. Now, Nanaue is back, ready to spill some home truths and establish a new status quo.
Waller's usual implanted bombs weren't enough to guarantee King Shark would obey her order to return, so when she allowed him to leave Belle Reve to visit his father — the Shark God Chondrakha — she sent along Defacer, a low-level criminal who Nanaue considered a friend, and who Waller would execute if he failed to return. While the Wild Games took Defacer out of Waller's reach, her unorthodox victory in the contest alongside King Shark means she's now back home, where she'll be vulnerable. The issue comes from Tim Seeley, Scott Kolins, and John Kalisz, and is currently available from digital retailers.
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Returning from the Wild Games, King Shark tells Waller that from now on, he'll be choosing his missions with the Suicide Squad, acting as a brutal hero rather than her villainous muscle. When Waller threatens to kill Defacer rather than agree to his terms, Nanaue reveals that he knows the Suicide Squad boss won't do something so cruel, because she considers King Shark her child. Earlier issues revealed that Chondrakha, wanting Nanaue to live a hard life so he would be ready
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