Suicide Squad's King Shark Just Officially Became a DC Superhero
The Suicide Squad's King Shark is finally transitioning from being a villain to a full-fledged hero, in more ways than one! The fan favorite Suicide Squad character has decided to use his role on that team to do good instead of just doing what Amanda Waller tells him to do. The change of heart comes after being doused with liquid from the Well of Evolution in the last issue of Suicide Squad: King Shark.
Suicide Squad: King Shark, a series written by Tim Seeley with art by Scott Kolins and John Kalisz, recently delved into King Shark's backstory and motivations. King Shark is the alias of Nanaue, the son of the Hawaiian shark god Chondrakha. As a child, his father entrusted Nanaue’s custody to Amanda Waller, the commander of the Suicide Squad, a team of supervillains used by the government to deal with perceived threats to America. Chondrakha intended for King Shark’s time with Waller to make him strong enough to act as the Ocean’s champion in the Wild Games, a tournament held once every ten thousand years to determine what type of animal will be the dominant species on Earth. To ensure their species’ primacy, the victor of the tournament is allowed to bathe in the Well of Evolution, which will imbue their essence into the force that connects all animal life, the Red.
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In issue #11 of Suicide Squad: King Shark, King Shark and the other attendees of the tournament all bathed in the Red after a climactic battle with the Man-King resulted in the Well of Evolution spilling its contents onto everyone in its immediate vicinity. This sent their genes thousands of years into the future, inspiring a generation of animal heroes shown to be members of the
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