1. Bloodsport
Alias: Robert DuBois
Debut: Superman (vol. 2) #4 (April 1987)
Created By: John Byrne, Karl Kesel
Suicide Squad Debut: Suicide Squad (vol. 7) #5 (September 2021)
Status: Current member / Alive
Determined to assassinate his enemy Superman, Lex Luthor sent some emissaries to recruit DuBois, giving him upgraded weapons, including a pistol capable of firing Kryptonite shells and a weapon teleporter plagiarizing him into believing he was actually in Vietnam with Michael.
Disgusted by the massacres committed by the criminal, Luthor himself tried to stop him. Still, it was a Superman cured of his Kryptonite wounds who defeated him by destroying his weapons.
Bloodsport then tried to detonate himself using the energy of his teleportation, but Jimmy Olsen tracked Michael down and took him to the scene, causing Robert to collapse psychologically.
Becoming a recurring enemy of Superman, he also had a skirmish against the famous hitman Deadshot. In the Avengers/JLA crossover, he set a trap for Vision and Aquaman and other supervillains: he later tried to kill Iron Man but was stopped by Hal Jordan and taken to prison.
Captured by Superman and taken to prison, Trent develops a heated rivalry with DuBois, locked up in the same prison: to ease the tension, the director instituted a boxing match between the two inmates, with Superman in the role of referee.
At the climax of the encounter, Trent used teleportation to obtain some weapons, sparking a riot in which the fates of the two criminals reached tragic conclusions: DuBois stole one of the weapons and attempted to escape being killed by the guards, while Trent was recaptured and subsequently burned in his cell by the Aryan Brotherhood, disappointed by the weakness shown towards his rival.
We start our list with a character that would probably not have cut if not for James Gunn’s movie. And while Bloodsport is a formidable marksman, he has remained in the shadow of Deathstroke until Gunn gave him the spotlight in his movie. He has proven his worth there and that was enough for us to give him a place on this list.
2. Captain Boomerang
Debut: The Flash #117 (December 1960)
Created By: John Broome, Carmine Infantino
Suicide Squad Debut: Legends #3 (January 1987)
Status: Former member / Alive
George “Digger” Harkness is the illegitimate son of an American soldier, W. W. Wiggins, and a married Australian, Betty Harkness. George was raised in poverty in Korumburra, a small Australian town in Victoria, with his mother and her husband, Ian. He quickly discovered skills in handling boomerangs, which he then used as weapons.
As an adult, George is recruited by the toy company Wiggins to be its new mascot and promote the all-new Wiggins boomerang. Mr. Wiggins then provides him with his costume. George was unaware that Wiggins was his biological father. Under the name Captain Boomerang, George performs at public exhibitions where he demonstrates his talent for boomerangs.
To “erase” his criminal past, Amanda Waller offers him to join the Suicide Squad and participate in a very difficult mission: to face a creature sent by Darkseid. During the operation, an explosive charge was attached to his wrist in case he betrayed the squadron. At this time, George took over the costume and equipment of the first Mirror Master.
Once the contract is fulfilled, he runs away and resumes his criminal “career.” But his former criminal colleagues look down on him because of his involvement in the Suicide Squad. When all he does is petty theft, his only consolation is to learn that he has a son, Owen. However, George does not have the courage to approach him.
He doesn’t know he’s being handled by Jean Loring (Ray Palmer’s wife, the 2nd Atom), who has a pistol delivered to the Drakes. George and Jack Drake kill each other. As opposed to the way his father is being treated, Owen decides to take over from Captain Boomerang.
Abandoned by his father’s ex-comrades, he redeems himself by joining the Outsiders. In Blackest Night, George is temporarily resurrected and integrated into the Black Lantern Corps.
3. Bronze Tiger
Alias: Ben Turner
Debut: Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter #1 (May 1975)
Created By: Dennis O’Neil, Jim Berry, Leopoldo Duranona
Suicide Squad Debut: Legends #2 (December 1986)
Status: Former member / Alive
Since he was an infant, he was full of rage, so he took up martial arts to control his anger. He would eventually turn to the life of a small criminal in Central City. After a while, he went to the Far East to confront his demons, studying with the O-Sensei.
One night, Turner stopped a burglar, Richard Dragon, in an attempted robbery of his master’s dojo; the O-Sensei saw potential in Richard Dragon and took him in as his pupil alongside Turner.
Known for his tiger mask, Bronze Tiger rarely took his new attire off. Amanda Waller recruited himthe Suicide Squad for a while, but the newer comics portrayed him as a member of the League of Assassins once again.
Bronze Tiger is a brilliant hand-to-hand fighter, even though he has no inherent superpowers. Heroes, and villains, fear him, and he is certainly not someone you’d want to fight. He is strong, he is skilled, and he is deservedly on our list.
Alias: Barbara Ann Minerva
Debut: Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #7 (August 1987)
Created By: Len Wein, George Pérez
Suicide Squad Debut: Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #20 (July 2013)
Status: Former member / Alive
The third Cheetah is British anthropologist Dr. Barbara Ann Minerva. She visited a tribe in Africa that gave selected women the power of a Cheetah to serve as guardians of the tribe. When the newest guard died, Barbara decided to take her place.
Therefore, her transformation into the Cheetah became a curse, causing great pain and bloodlust. When Barbara discovered that Wonder Woman possessed the “Lasso of Truth”, an item Barbara desperately wanted in her archaeological collection, she sought out the heroine.
She nearly managed to take the Lasso from Wonder Woman, but she accidentally confessed her plan due to the Lasso’s magical power. Afterward, she tried several times to steal the Lasso by force. Later, her interest in the Lasso waned, and she just wanted to win against Wonder Woman in a fight.
Cheetah isn’t among the best-known members of the Squad, although she has a significant comic book legacy of her own. As Wonder Woman’s nemesis, she is one of the most powerful villainesses in the lore, but since she never played a major part in the Squad’s actions, we decided to give her a lower spot on the list.
5. Katana
Debut: The Brave and the Bold #200 (July 1983)
Created By: Mark W. Barr, Jim Aparo
Suicide Squad Debut: Suicide Squad (vol. 5) #1 (October 2016)
Status: Former member / Alive
Although sometimes portrayed as an anti-hero, Katana is one of DC Comics’ best female superheroes. She debuted in 1983 and was created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo.
She was best known as a member of the Suicide Squad and, later, the Birds of Prey throughout her appearances, although she was also a member of the Justice League and the Outsiders.
Katana has been featured in various DC Comics superhero teams, including the Justice League and the Birds of Prey, but is most commonly associated with the team known as the Outsiders, a team of heroes hand-picked by Batman to act as his personal black ops team, handling riskier missions.
Katana is technically not a supervillain, and she has been a member of the Suicide Squad similarly as Rick Flag – as a form of control. Waller used Katana to keep an eye on the villains, and while she wasn’t a villain, she was a powerful and important member of the Squad, which ultimately earned her a place on this list.
Alias: Killer Croc
Debut: Detective Comics #524 (March 1983)
Created By: Gerry Conway, Don Newton, Gene Colan
Suicide Squad Debut: Suicide Squad (vol. 5) #1 (October 2016)
Status: Former member / Alive
Killer Croc, Waylon Jones’ alter ego, is a fictional character from stories published in DC Comics, an opponent of Batman who debuted in Detective Comics #523 (1983) and was created by Gerry Conway (writer) and Gene Colan (artist).
He was in the drug and gun trade until Nightwing and Robin arrested him. Despite being a recurring enemy of Batman, Killer Croc has a marked rivalry with another enemy of Batman, Bane. During an encounter with Batman and Robin at a mall, Bane assaults Croc, breaking both of his arms. Soon, Croc sought revenge from Bane in the sewers of Gotham City when Bane had kidnapped Robin.
However, Croc tried to cure his rapidly growing disease thanks to a virus acquired during the Hush event to no avail. Batman discovered and captured Croc feeding on the remains of the villain known as the Orca. Croc ended up in Arkham Asylum. From there, he managed to escape to travel to Barcelona, convinced that he was the reincarnation of the Dragon who had to take revenge on Saint George (according to him, reincarnated in Batman).
7. King Shark
Alias: Nanaue
Debut: Superboy #0 (October 1994)
Created By: Karl Kesel
Suicide Squad Debut: Superboy (vol. 4) #13 (March 1995)
Status: Former member / Alive
King Shark, or Nanaue, is a fictional supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics and is one of the villains of the superhero Aquaman. The character was created by writer Karl Kesel and artist Tom Grummett. King Shark first appeared in Superboy #0 (1994) as a cameo before making his first full appearance in Superboy #9 (1994).
Born in Hawaii, Nanaue is a humanoid shark whose father was the “King of all Sharks,” also known as the Shark God. Originally, there were doubts regarding his origin, as other characters, such as Special Agent Sam Makoa, discarded the superstitious origins and referred to Nanaue as a “wild mutation”; he was thought to be one of the many “Wild Men,” animals that surpassed their usual level of evolution, but the conclusive Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis story put an end to the controversy by firmly establishing him as the son of the Shark God.
King Shark was responsible for a large number of missing persons many years before Superboy arrived in Hawaii. Sam Makoa was responsible for bringing him in and still bore the wounds that showed it. Shark King was freed by the Silicon Dragons who wished to hire him, but Nanaue was not interested and killed his liberators before heading to his mother’s house.
His mother let him bite her arm to feed him, and Superboy decided to take him down with his heat vision. When Makoa and Superboy were assigned to the Suicide Squad to destroy the Silicon Dragons, King Shark was forced to help them. An explosive belt was tied around his waist, ready to detonate if anything happened to Makoa. Other Squad members included Knockout and veterans like Deadshot and Captain Boomerang.
Nanaue was a crazy fighting machine, shredding legions of Dragons (and killing Sidearm too, when he betrayed the team). Although the belt detonated, King Shark survived the explosion and destruction of the venue. After a search party was sent to the scene to investigate the missing remains of the lair, Shark King was initially suspected, but it was revealed that it was Black Manta.
Shark King battled Superboy but was defeated and sent back to sea. King Shark subsequently returned to the Wild Lands and fought against Superboy and his allies, and, after a violent battle, it was assumed that he was killed, although nobody was ever found. He joined the Manchester Black Legion of Criminals, after which he jumped out in Metropolis and attacked Jimmy Olsen.
Superman beat him easily, knocking out most of his teeth (although he grew them back). In all previous appearances, he rarely spoke, but he was very talkative (although it could be due to Black’s mental influence). He was also smaller and a long way from the water. King Shark also appeared during a Joker revolt alongside Orca. King Shark was recruited into Lex Luthor’s Secret Society of Super-Villains and was one of many sent to attack Sub Diego, and during this battle, he killed Neptune Perkins.
James Gunn’s movie has popularized King Shark among the fans, but he is nevertheless an interesting and powerful character. He can withstand many blows, he is exceptionally dangerous, and he is a man-eating machine. All of this is certainly enough for us to put him on this list.
8. Captain Cold
Alias: Leonard Snart
Debut: Showcase #8 (June 1957)
Created By: John Broome, Carmine Infantino
Suicide Squad Debut: Suicide Squad #16 (September 1988)
Status: Former member / Alive
Leonard Snart was raised by an abusive father, a former cop-turned-alcoholic, and took refuge with his grandfather, who worked with a refrigerated truck. Snart is tired of his father’s abuse when his grandfather dies and embarks on a criminal career.
He joins a group of petty thieves and helps plan a heist, for which he is given a gun and a visor to protect his eyes. This visor will later be adapted and integrated into his villain costume. He will later add a radio receiver to capture the exchanges of the police forces and monitor their comings and goings.
Start and the other small strikes are captured by The Flash (then Barry Allen) and imprisoned. Start decides to go solo but knows he must find a way to stop the local hero, Flash. He reads an article that theorizes that the energy emissions could interfere with the speed of the Flash. He draws blueprints for a weapon based on this system and breaks into a laboratory working in this field to finalize his experimental weapon.
As he finishes his experiment, a security guard surprises him. Thinking to frighten the guard with his gun, he inadvertently pulls the trigger and discovers that his gun has been tampered with in a way he hadn’t imagined—the moisture in the air around the guard freezes. Intrigued by the result, Snart then dresses in a parka, wears a visor, and calls himself Captain Cold – the man who masters absolute zero.
Snart then embarks on a series of non-fatal crimes and becomes one of Flash’s most famous and constant enemies. But after Barry Allen’s death during Crisis on Infinite Earths, Captain Cold becomes a bounty hunter with his sister Lisa, the Golden Glider.
Cold thus attempts to give up his criminal life but soon reverted to his bad habits, this time becoming one of the villains opposing Wally West. The Rogues are first assembled when another enemy of The Flash, Gorilla Grodd, breaks them out of prison to distract The Flash.
Golden Glider, who had abandoned her career as a bounty hunter, creates her own costume and teams up with a gang of thugs. Already shaken by the death of her lover Top, it seems that the supposed death of her brother has pushed her to the limit. She ends up being killed by the villainous Chillblaine.
His murder causes Captain Cold to hunt him down, torture him and kill him by pushing him from the top of a building after freezing him. Soon after, Snart is charged with a series of murders he did not commit. The new Mister Element assassinates several police officers while simulating the effects of Captain Cold’s weapon.
Smart and Flash eventually find out who’s responsible. Following the death of his sister, and after having killed Chillblaine and Mr. Element for revenge, Cold becomes a criminal again without remorse.
As far as ice-themed villains go, Captain Cold is certainly among the more popular characters in DC’s lore. A sworn enemy of the Flash, he has proven himself to be a valuable and powerful member of the Suicide Squad, which is why we have placed him on this list.
9. Deadshot
Alias: Floyd Lawton
Debut: Batman #59 (June 1950)
Created By: David Vern Reed, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Bob Kane
Suicide Squad Debut: Legends #2 (December 1986)
Status: Former member / Deceased
Deadshot, whose real name is Floyd Lawton, is a DC Comics character created in 1950 by Bob Kane, David Vern Reed, and Lew Schwartz; inspired himthe historic WWII sniper Vasily Zaitsev inspired him. In fact, Deadshot is an infallible sniper and a ruthless mercenary assassin. He is one of Batman’s worst enemies.
In his first appearance, Deadshot was a crime fighter, only to discover that in reality, he aims to replace Batman in this task. Jailed, he later changes his costume and begins his career as a mercenary killer.
The reasons for the search for a spectacular death are probably due to his childhood when his mother convinced her two children to kill their father, a horrible man; Floyd tried to prevent his brother, whom he adored, from committing the crime but inadvertently killed him.
Years later, Floyd had a son, whom he named Eddie after his dead brother, whom his mother, still full of hatred towards her ex-husband, kidnapped to force him to finish the job he did not finish years ago. Still, when the kidnapper accidentally killed the child, Deadshot made a massacre, until he arrived in front of his mother and, in front of the amazed eyes of the psychiatrist who was taking care of her, he shotthe kidnapper accidentally killed the childho has no qualms about betraying his companions to achieve his goal; he has no feelings for anyone except for his little daughter Zoe. Floyd always, after each mission, secretly goes to Star City to greet his daughter, who lives with her mother.
Deadshot was trained, among others, by David Cain. In Bruce Wayne: Fugitive, he is hired to kill his ex-instructor. Amanda Waller recruited Floyd to be the leader of the Suicide Squad. Later after several missions, Amanda Waller will also recruit Aquaman’s dangerous enemy, Black Manta.
For leadership reasons, Black Manta will face Deadshot in hand-to-hand combat, but Manta’s skill is that Deadshot risked being killed. Retiring from the Suicide Squad, he joined the new team of mercenaries known as the Secret Six, alongside criminals like Bane, Catman (Thomas Reese Blake), Cheshire (Jade Nguyen), Scandal (Vandal Savage’s daughter), and the strong Sportsmaster ( Lawrence “Crusher” Crock).
Despite an apparent harmony with each member, Floyd does not hesitate to endanger the life of his companions to save his own or if they had to risk a job and, therefore, the possibility of compensation. After Black Manta left the Suicide Squad for good to join the Injustice League founded by Lex Luthor and the Joker, Deadshot has returned to lead the squad.
As DC’s arguably best marksman, Deadshot has always been a notable addition to the Suicide Squad. But, he is much more than just a great mercenary; he is a character that actually has depth, which is great in character development. As one of Batman’s most dangerous foes, Deadshot certainly deserves a place on this list.
10. Killer Frost
Alias: Caitlin Snow
Debut: Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Man #19 (June 2013)
Created By: Dan Jurgens
Suicide Squad Debut: Suicide Squad (vol. 5) #8 (February 2017)
Status: Former member / Alive
Killer Frost was reintroduced in September 2013 as part of Forever Evil’s “Villains Month,” in which she is revealed to be Dr. Caitlin Snow, a scientist sent to the STAR Outpost laboratories located in the Arctic to work on a thermodynamic engine whose original creator had committed suicide. Snow discovered that H.I.V.E had infiltrated the placehey tried to kill her inside the engine, Caitlin frantically started the cooling system, and this caused her body to blend with the ice. By transforming into a metahuman who must feed on heat, she killed the H.I.V.E. out of revenge. She then went out into the cold until she came across a Norwegian camp. After hijacking a helicopter, she returned to her hometown of Pittsburgh. She even created a suit that helped her retain heat for longer.
She later encountered the superhero Firestorm and discovered that her powers could temporarily heal her mutation. She tried to recreate the Firestorm Nuclear Array multiple times, only to fail with each attempt. When Firestorm and the Justice League were declared dead by the Crime Syndicate, she lost hope of curing her condition.
Later, Killer Frost has a scientist named Byte who tracks Martin Stein, the original creator of the Firestorm Matrix, to his isolated cabin while in hiding during the Crime Syndicate’s takeover of Earth. She encountered Steve Trevor, who was sent there on a mission to find the Justice League who were imprisoned within Firestorm. Upon learning that he was alive, Snow teamed up with the two men to find them.
They were soon attacked by Black Bison, Hyena, Tempest, and Plastique for betraying the Syndicate. While fighting them, Stein, Trevor, and Frost teleported to another ARGUS base, where they learned that to free the Justice League, they needed Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth. They discover that Cheetah was keeping it as a trophy; they found her and her family of animals but were subdued.
Doctor Light (Arthur Light) suddenly appeared and knocked everyone except Frost and Trevor unconscious. After defeating him, they delivered the Lasso of Truth to Cyborg, who used it successfully to free teammates from him.
Killer Frost is a fascinating character. Among the other ice-themed villains, she stands out because of her story and her uniqueness, which is why we included her on this list. She is a compelling character, and the Suicide Squad was always a lot more powerful when she was part of the group.
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