A new fan poster imagines The Suicide Squad’s King Shark as the titular character of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster, Jaws. James Gunn’s latest comic book extravaganza, Warner Bros./DC’s The Suicide Squad, sees the return of Task Force X albeit in different form. Joining Rick Flag and Harley Quinn are newcomers Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Ratcatcher 2, Polka Dot Man, and the equally lovable, brutal, and seemingly indestructible Nanaue aka King Shark (voiced by Sylvester Stallone).
While King Shark has been depicted as a transformed marine biologist in The Flash and a generally positive genius in Harley Quinn, Amanda Waller describes The Suicide Squad's King Shark as the descendant of an ancient shark god. In short, he’s a humanoid shark with limited mental capacity and an insatiable hunger for human flesh (as evident by “nom nom…” and all the gore). The latter attribute makes King Shark both a problem and an asset during Task Force X’s mission on Corto Maltese. While at first King Shark feels like more of a liability, Ratcatcher 2 teaches him not to eat his friends. Unfortunately for the inhabitants of Amity Island, Spielberg’s monster had no friends.
Digital artist Mizuri recently shared a piece featuring King Shark on the poster for cinema’s premiere blockbuster, Jaws. This parody poster simply and effectively replaces the iconic great white with the dim-witted Nanaue, who, of course, is reading William James' The Varieties of Religious Experience upside down. Check it out below:
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Like Jaws, The Suicide Squad is one of, if not the biggest, movie of the summer. Unlike Jaws, The Suicide Squad’s great white is half of its film’s weird heart. Early on in the film, King Shark tries to eat Ratcatcher 2 but is stopped by Bloodsport. Ratcatcher 2 then asks King Shark if he eats his friends to which he replies, “I no friends.” It is at this moment that Ratcatcher 2 befriends King Shark saying “if I die because I gambled on love, it will be a worthy death.” Gunn has said that these two characters and Polka Dot Man are his favorites—which makes sense considering his affinity for oddballs and outcasts.
The child-like King Shark is the strongest member of The Suicide Squad. Within the context of the “Gunn-Verse,” he’s often been compared to the Guardians of the Galaxy’s humanoid tree, who also has a limited vocabulary and seemingly innocent demeanor but is outrageously dangerous. However, not only is King Shark more vicious than Groot but more dangerous than Jaws' great white—who’s useless on dry land. Hopefully, fans will get to see more of King Shark either in HBO Max’s Peacemaker spinoff or other future DC projects. At one point or another, we'll almost certainly need a bigger boat.
Source: Mizuri
