Aquaman Forms His Own Atlantean Suicide Squad

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The later chapter of theSink Atlantisstoryline has seenAquamangranted license to constitute an Atlantean version of theSuicide Squadin order to counter the American Task Force X ’s effort to destroy his Carry Amelia Moore Nation . This is not the first time Arthur Curry has work alongside the ilk of King Shark for a imposing cause , but it is the first time it has happened with the prescribed sanction of the Atlantean governance .

The conflict between Aquaman and Task Force X is only the latest brush in a long shadow war between the Atlantean and American governments in the pages ofAquaman . The past two age have seen The United States onslaught Atlantis in response to the actions of an Atlantean separatist group called The Deluge and an attack mastermind by Black Manta and the terrorist grouping NEMO that was stand for to depend like a pre-emptive rap launched from Atlantis . A rogue element of the US political science also undertake to assassinate Arthur Curry using a mathematical group called the Aquamanrines - an elite team of USMC troops genetically - altered to survive underwater .

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Afterthe Atlantis civil warand with the sunken city - state nowback on the surface of DC ’s Earththanks to the breakage of the curse that originally lapse it , these same hawkish element within the American government felt now was the stark clock time to finish the scourge of Atlantis once and for all .

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Enter Amanda Waller and Task Force X , who are force to take a hand in things by Admiral Meddinghouse - the valet responsible for creating the Aquamarines . With the scourge of her own unsporting laundry being aired if she does n’t cooperate , Waller post a squad to deliver an volatile load that should safely slump Atlantis to its former position . The team soon agnize , just before they are discovered by Arthur Curry and the security system surrounding Queen Mera ’s coronation ceremony , that their shipment is a magically - enhanced nuclear bomb that will destruct Atlantis outright rather than but sink it .

Ironically , it ’s Harley Quinn and Deadshot - the two members of the Suicide Squad who tried to back out of the mission when they realized what they were hold - who are captured by Aquaman and lag , while the rest of the team crawfish out into the lowest depth of Atlantis . RecognizingHarley and Deadshot from theJustice League vs Suicide Squadevent , Aquaman describe the group to Queen Mera and the Catch-22 berth Atlantis is in . They know the Suicide Squad is run by the American government , but there ’s a rationality they use known super - villains for the programme - plausible deniability . By retaliating against the United States for the actions of Task Force X , it will frame Atlantis as the violent threat Admiral Meddinghouse and his ally want them to be and bend the sleep of the open human race against them .

With no other selection available to her , Mera grants Arthur ’s request to get hold of King Shark - a crime - foreman who extend the lowest division of Atlantis where theSuicide Squadis hiding - and the other malefactor who lentAquamantheir support during the polite war . Distasteful as they may be , they were at long last loyal to The Crown of Atlantis when it number and they have a go at it the foundations of Atlantis better than anyone . It remains to be confirm whether this new Atlantean Suicide Squad will be capable to foresee their surface - dwelling counterpart , but the battle between them is certain to be an exciting one .