The key thing to know about The Suicide Squad’s King Shark
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James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad features one grinning DC Comics villain whose presence dominates the company’s adaptations in every medium of entertainment: movies, video games, live action, and animated television. He’s in the Arrowverse, he’s in the Harley Quinn cartoon, he’s going to be in Rocksteady’s upcoming Suicide Squad game.
It’s not the Joker: It’s King freakin’ Shark.
The DC Universe just... has a shark man in it? Is that allowed? And why is he in so many DC Comics adaptations? How did he get tied in to all of these disparate projects of wildly different continuities, tones, and lead characters?
Once you know the secret of King Shark, his appeal becomes obvious. One, he is a shark. And two, that is the only thing you really need to know about him. Really.
KING SHARK IS A SHARK MAN WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION
It is a truth universally acknowledged that every comic book villain has an origin story. Maybe it’s full of pathos, like how Killer Croc has a weakness for the underdog because was mistreated based on his appearance, or how Man-Bat is always seeking a cure for his tragic condition. Maybe he’s a weird but strangely enduring major Flash villain like Gorilla Grodd, who comes from a secret African city of sentient gorillas called Gorilla City. But what you need to understand is this: In a genre notorious for convoluted continuity, gritty reboots and decades of history...
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