CREATURE COMMANDOS Finale adds King Shark from THE SUICIDE SQUAD to the team

From the very first episode of Creature CommandosThe Max animated series had very explicit ties to both James Gunns The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker. These ties extend to characters like Amanda Waller and John Economos, to Task Force M itself being an extension of Task Force X. And in the Season 1 finale of Creature Commandoswe get another addition from Task Force X over to Task Force M, in the form of ever obscure King Shark. The finale shows him as one of Waller’s recruits for the team in season two. This half-human/half-shark creature stole the show in many scenes in Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. And it looks like he’s now officially a Creature Commando.

IN The Suicide Squadthe voice of King Shark came from none other than Rocky and Rambo icon, Sylvester Stallone. We doubt he’ll be back after Creature Commandos. However, James Gunn has stated that he wants his animated voice actors to be the same as live-action performers. At least as much as he possibly can. So maybe we’ll hear Sly as King Shark once more. James Gunn has the opportunity to make the most fun here. He could have King Shark on the same team as Shark, another “shark mutated into a humanoid” DC villain. The Shark was technically a Green Lantern bad guy.

King Shark first appeared in the 1994s Super boy #0 before making his first full appearance in Super boy #9. He becomes a recurring foe for Superboy, as well as Aquaman (obviously). King Shark’s real name is Nanaue. At first, everyone thinks he’s some kind of mutated great white shark. But he is actually the offspring of a mythical shark god named Chondrakha and a human woman. Another iteration has him raised by Amanda Waller in a lab from birth, which may be the origin Gunn uses. None of this is really touched on The Suicide Squadso maybe season two of Creature Commandos will give us Gunn’s version of King Shark’s tragic backstory. Whatever the bizarre story may be.