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DC Cinematic Universe Poll, Phase 5

Next up, this one will be mostly sequels to Phase Two's movies. The first movie will be a Justice League movie, like before, with Anthony Ivo and Amazo as our main villains. The phase will end with a Teen Titans movie based on the Judas Contract storyline.

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Suicide Squad Legends: King Shark

Nanaue is another character that has become close to synonymous with the Suicide Squad thanks to his inclusion in several recent adaptations, movie, video game, and otherwise. He is a humanoid shark, the son of a shark god, and has been portrayed as a mindless killing machine, a big lovable doofus, a big tough bruiser, and probably a dozen other different characterizations under the sun.

In an adaptation, I want to have a sort of Jaws-type movie, where Jackson Hyde and Garth are helping protect Dolphin who is being hunted by Nanaue. After he is defeated there, getting picked up by Waller seems a perfectly natural place for the character to go if he's not killed.

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Suicide Squad Legends: King Faraday

King Faraday first appeared in 1950 as a counter-intelligence operative working for the United States government, and has consistently been a name and face used for that role throughout the near century since, even acting as part of Checkmate and the Suicide Squad at points.

In an adaptation, King Faraday is a perfectly viable character to throw in when you need a government agent who's not Amanda Waller or Wade Eiling. I'm sure there'll be plenty of opportunities for him to show up. As for casting, he feels like just the type of role Clancy Brown would show up in.

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Now, let's go back to the modern day Justice League era for Phase Six, which almost acts as a sort of Phase Two for Phase One, made up mostly of sequels to that original set of movies.

Green Lantern 2 - Hal Jordan is assigned to train a new Earth-based Green Lantern, a cocky ex-football player named Guy Gardner. Meanwhile, his boss and former girlfriend Carol Ferris stumbles upon a purple meteorite, containing a ring similar to Hal's own.

Main cast: Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Guy Gardner/Green Lantern, Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire, Hector Hammond (a childhood friend of Hal and Carol obsessed with the Green Lantern), Kilowog, Arisia Rrab, Salaak, Ch'p, and Thomas Kalmaku (returning characters), Jillian Pearlman (a new pilot at Ferris Air), Ganthet and Sayd (notable Guardians), and the Zamarons (creators of the Star Sapphire ring)

Aquaman 2 - Queen Mera's history is uncovered when an assassin identical to the queen infiltrates Atlantis, intent on killing its king.

Main cast: Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Mera, Hila/Siren (Mera's twin sister), Jackson Hyde/Aqualad, Garth of Shayeris, Orm Marius/Ocean Master, Tula Marius/Aquagirl, Queen Atlanna (returning characters), and King Nereus (ruler of Xebel)

Green Arrow 2 - Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Arsenal work together as vigilante protectors of Starling City when they encounter a young girl named Mia Dearden, on the run from a sex trafficking ring run by one of the city's most powerful mob bosses.

Main cast: Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Roy Harper/Arsenal, Mia Dearden/Speedy, Danny Brickwell (the mob boss), Chien-na Wei (Brick's business associate), and Carrie Cutter (now working as an enforcer for Brick.

Martian Manhunter 2 - J'onn J'onzz is recruited by the Green Lantern Corps to help rescue two Green Lanterns, including his friend John Stewart, from a planet ruled by the greedy user of the Orange Lantern.

Main cast: J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter, John Stewart/Green Lantern, Katma Tui (John's Green Lantern partner), Larfleeze/Agent Orange, Saint Walker/Blue Lantern (an ally assigned to help J'onn find John and Katma), Ganthet, Sayd, and Scar (notable Guardians)

The Flash 2 - Barry and Wally find themselves summoned by a psychic message to a secret civilization of intelligent gorillas hidden in Africa, to help stop a power-hungry gorilla named Grodd from overthrowing the ruling council.

Main cast: Barry Allen/Flash, Wally West/Kid Flash, Gorilla Grodd, Solovar (the gorilla who summoned them), Iris West, Joe West, Ralph Dibny, Sue Dearbon, a couple of Rogues (returning characters)

Wonder Woman 2 - Wonder Woman and her allies discover a secret second city of Amazons hidden deep within an Egyptian desert. While there, she is challenged by the champion of that city for the title of Wonder Woman, a champion her mother favors.

Main cast: Princess Diana/Wonder Woman, Artemis of Bana-Mighdall (the champion), Queen Hippolyta, Steve Trevor, Barbara Ann Minerva, Etta Candy, Nubia (returning characters), Thomas Asquith Randolph (the man who financed their expedition to Bana-Mighdall), and Queen Antiope (ruler of Bana-Mighdall)

Warworld - The Justice League find themselves stolen from their homes and worlds and forced to compete in gladiatorial combat against some of the fiercest warriors in the known galaxy.

Main cast: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart, The Flash, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Hawkman, and Hawkgirl (the Justice League), Mongul (proprietor of Warworld), Draaga (Mongul's mightiest champion), various cameos from each Leaguer's supporting cast, various notable fighters from around the galaxy as fighters in Warworld.

And that is Phase Four. Or whatever name we'd give it. What do you think?

My Own DC Universe, Phase One

Here is the Phase One for a DC Universe I would make if I was in charge of running one, made up of seven movies culminating in a Justice League movie at the end.

Wonder Woman - While in pursuit of terrorist Paula von Gunther, U.S. marine Steve Trevor washes up on the lost island of Themyscira, meeting and befriending Diana, princess of the Amazons living there. Meanwhile, von Gunther also finds her way to the island, and attempts to seize control of the island using a dangerous biological weapon.

Main cast: Princess Diana/Wonder Woman, Steve Trevor, Baroness Paula von Gunther, Queen Hippolyta, Barbara Ann Minerva and Etta Candy (two marines under Steve's command who also survived the crash), Donna Troy (Diana's little sister), and Dr. Isobel Maru/Doctor Poison (a conspirator with von Gunther)

Green Arrow - Vigilante Oliver Queen finds himself captured by the government and forced to join Task Force X, a special team of criminals and outlaws tasked with infiltrating the enemy nation of Vlatava and taking out Count Vertigo, a Vlatavan noble plotting a chemical attack on the United States.

Main cast: Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, fellow Suicide Squad members Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Roy Harper/Speedy, Slade Wilson/Deathstroke, Floyd Lawton/Deadshot, Carrie Cutter/Cupid, and William Tockman/Clock King, Amanda Waller (the government agent overseeing the team), and Werner Zytle/Count Vertigo)

Martian Manhunter - A Martian warrior finds himself stranded on Earth after falling through a portal, only for the portal's inventor to die of a heart attack before he can return. Hunted by the United States government, the Martian joins forces with a former marine named John Stewart in order to find a way back home.

Main cast: J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter, John Stewart, Cameron Chase (head of the DEO taskforce pursuing J'onn), and Dr. Saul Erdel.

Green Lantern - While in battle with a dangerous new enemy wielding a Red Lantern ring, Green Lantern Abin Sur crashlands on Earth, passing on his ring to fighter pilot Hal Jordan. Hal is then recruited by Sur's teammates to help them track down the Red Lantern before he can recruit more followers.

Main cast: Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Thaal Sinestro (Hal's new commanding officer with a secret), Atrocitus (the Red Lantern), Kilowog, Arisia Rrab, Salaak, and Ch'p (the rest of Sinestro's Lantern team), Carol Ferris and Thomas Kalmaku (Hal's friends), and Abin Sur.

The Flash - While trying to stop a heist, a police scientist and his girlfriend's little brother both get caught up in an explosion that gives them super speed. The pair learn to work together in order to bring in the gang of criminals called the Rogues.

Main cast: Barry Allen/The Flash, Wally West/Kid Flash, Iris West (Barry's girlfriend and Wally's sister), Joe West, Rogues' membership: Len Snart/Captain Cold, Digger Harkness/Captain Boomerang, Sam Scudder/Mirror Master, Mick Rory/Heat Wave, James Jesse/ Trickster, Mark Mardon/Weather Wizard, and Hartley Rathaway/Pied Piper; and Ralph Dibny (a scientist at STAR Labs)

Aquaman - Sixteen years before, David Milton Hyde encountered a beautiful Atlantean. Now, he is a pirate obsessed with finding Atlantis and proving its existence. His half-Altantean son Jackson accompanies him, meeting and befriending a young Atlantean named Garth and choosing to protect the kingdom from his father.

Main cast: Jackson Hyde, David Milton Hyde/Black Manta, Garth/Aqualad, Arthur Curry/Aquaman and Queen Mera (the rulers of Atlantis), and Cal Durham (a member of David's crew that Jackson is close to)

Justice League - After the portal between Earth and Mars creates an escape route from a dimension known as the Phantom Zone, an army of superpowered aliens called Kryptonians arrive on Earth and begin to conquer it as the "New Krypton." Billionaire Bruce Wayne brings together Princess Diana of Themyscira, Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Arthur Curry, and J'onn J'onzz to help defend against them. As he researches the Kryptonians, he learns of a crash near Smallville, Kansas, twenty-five years before, leading him to discover a Kryptonian hiding out on Earth as a reporter.

Main cast: Bruce Wayne/Batman, Princess Diana/Wonder Woman, Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Barry Allen/The Flash, Arthur Curry/Aquaman, J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter, and Clark Kent/Superman (the team), Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, John Stewart (Also fought in the battles, Oliver turned down Bruce's invite), Kryptonians: General Zod, Faora, Ursa, Non, and Jax-Ur; Lois Lane, Jonathan Kent, and Martha Kent (secret-keepers for Clark), Amanda Waller, Iris West, others cameoing from previous movies.

And there we go. What do you think? I tried to work in a lot of standard major DC characters and give them all good origins from directions different from how we've seen them before. I also worked in Superman and Batman without giving them movies so that the others could have a chance to shine.

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Suicide Squad Legends: Killer Croc

Any fan of Batman knows who Killer Croc is. Waylon Jones is a man born with a skin condition that gives him reptilian scales. He also might be a metahuman considering how far some series go with his "crocodile-ness." Growing up in the sewers, he became a criminal and a murderer, often working as a henchman for others.

In an adaptation, I have Killer Croc running around throughout most of the Batman series, mostly as a secondary baddie. This kinda leaves him open to be recruited to the Suicide Squad here and there, I suppose, so long as he doesn't get killed by the end of any of them before his role is over. And that's about it.

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Suicide Squad Legends: KGBeast

What a name. Anatoli Knyazev first appeared in 1988 as a cybernetically enhanced super soldier trained by a special branch of the KGB called "The Hammer." As relations started to improve between the United States and Russia, The Hammer's general sent Knyazev to assassinate ten notable U.S. targets and disrupt the relations. Naturally, his general M.O. and skills are right up the Suicide Squad's alley, so he has been forced to join it in the past.

In an adaptation, if I did use KGBeast, I think I'd use him in a Rocket Red movie, possibly, with him being sent on a similar mission to maybe disrupt a treaty or something that would get the Justice League International involved. As for casting, Andrey Ivchenko (Grigori from Stranger Things season 3) would probably be the vibe I'd go for.

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Suicide Squad Legends: Katana

We know Tatsu Yamashiro pretty well by this point, a Japanese martial artist with a cursed sword that traps the souls of its victims, including that of her husband. She has been a regular face among the Outsiders, the Birds of Prey, and even as part of the Suicide Squad sometimes.

In an adaptation, I want to introduce Katana in an Outsiders teamup series, alongside Metamorpho, Black Lightning, and Geo-Force, and she'd probably show up here and there elsewhere. I'd definitely try to get her on a Birds of Prey team at some point. As for Suicide Squad, could be part of her origin, maybe?

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Suicide Squad Legends: Imperiex

I don't know what it is with Amanda Waller forming Suicide Squads to go after targets WAAAAAY above their paygrade, but here we are. Imperiex is basically the Galactus of the DC Universe, an embodiment of pure entropy designed to devour the entire universe. A Squad was formed to try and take that down. Good luck to them.

As for casting, Imperiex is certainly a villain I want to use at some point somewhere in the universe I'd build, probably as a big final villain for a large arc. The Suicide Squad could be a part of that. I'm not gonna tell them no. They would very much all die, but yeah.

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Suicide Squad Legends: Heat Wave

Mick Rory is well-known as one of the core members of the Rogues in most of the team's incarnations, being the "guy with a flamethrower" among them, generally with a strong dynamic with Captain Cold specifically. He has been roped into the Suicide Squad from time to time.

In an adaptation, while Captain Boomerang would get picked up by Waller after getting kicked out by Cold, my general plan is for Mick to remain faithful to Cold, so he wouldn't find himself in a similar position. That said, the Rogues would have plenty of opportunity to get defeated and arrested throughout the series, so, it's possible.

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Suicide Squad Legends: Harley Quinn

And now we come to a face that's practically become synonymous with the Suicide Squad brand thanks to several movies and video games and, well, just a lot of popular culture, Harley Quinn is well-known as the girlfriend and henchwoman of the Joker who finds herself captured and roped into being part of the Suicide Squad, typically after being left behind by her boss.

In an adaptation, I mostly want to focus in a bit on her story with the Joker throughout the Batman series, reaching the point where she finally breaks away from him, as she does in a lot of recent media, but the current plan for it doesn't really allow for much time over with the Squad, and I was planning for her to just go away with Ivy and find some real peace. Putting her in the squad then would take away from that, but that is what Waller do, so . . .

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Suicide Squad Legends: Enchantress

June Moone, we have covered a few times at this point. She was a freelance artist who visited an old castle only to encounter a cursed painting and become possessed by a demonic witch. She has been a member and enemy of the Suicide Squad over the years.

In an adaptation, I would not handle her the way that Suicide Squad did. Instead, I would keep her the villainous focus of a movie, with a strong horror bent, like say, a movie starring Constantine, and she is the mystery he's investigating. The Suicide Squad could be involved, but meh.

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Suicide Squad Legends: El Diablo

El Diablo is a name with a long history in DC comics. The first, Lazarus Lane, was a contemporary of Jonah Hex, struck by lightning and left in a coma during a shootout, he came to be possessed by a minor demon that allows his spirit to wander the earth as a bringer of vengeance. The more modern version, Chato Santana, was a small time crook who encountered Lazarus's still-living body and ended up recruited to the Suicide Squad.

If there was anything the original Suicide Squad movie did right, it was its portrayal of Chato Santana's version. As such, if I were to adapt any version of El Diablo, I'd probably go back to Lazarus Lane in a Jonah Hex-centered old west story. As such, he probably wouldn't show up in a Suicide Squad movie.

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Suicide Squad Legends: Doctor Light

We've covered Arthur Light quite a bit in the last little while as well, as a criminal with special light-based weaponry, who has acted as an enemy of the Teen Titans and regular face among the standard DC Rogues.

In an adaptation, I know the place I'd use him is in connection with the HIVE Academy, acting as a teacher keeping the students in line. He would then naturally slide into being part of the Squad when Deathstroke is hired by HIVE to infiltrate the Teen Titans in a sequel.

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Suicide Squad Legends: Deathstroke

We all know Slade Wilson. He is possibly one of the most popular villains in all of the DC Universe, a mercenary and super soldier with an iconic mask who has made enemies of Batman, the Teen Titans, the Justice League, Green Arrow, and so many others. He has been a regular part of the Suicide Squad.

In an adaptation, Slade would be a major part of that first Green Arrow movie, acting as the final boss of the movie when Oliver turns against the squad to get himself, Roy, and Dinah out. He would then go on to play a major role in a Teen Titans Judas Contract movie, and on and on and on, almost always in connection with the Suicide Squad.

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DC Cinematic Universe Poll, Phase 4

And now returning to the present day Justice League series, we have a phase made up mostly of sequels, leading up to a Warworld movie with Mongul as the villain. The first two movies are:

A Green Lantern sequel, with Guy Gardner brought in as Hal's new partner and Star Sapphire as the villain.

An Aquaman sequel, with the Siren as the villain, delving us into Mera's backstory.

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Suicide Squad Legends: Deadshot

Floyd Lawton has been covered quite a bit by this point, but he is probably most well known in connection with the Suicide Squad, being the team's go-to sniper and pretty close to being the team's "main character" of sorts.

In an adaptation, Deadshot would very much be a part of a team I'd make from the beginning, starting off with the team's appearance in a Green Arrow movie, and then move on through all future formations of the team. I sorta have a scene in my head that would take place during a Blackest Night storyline, where Waller is cornered by zombies of past Squad members, with Waller calling for him to take the shot to get her out of there, and he chooses not to. I just feel like, if there was ever a fitting way for Waller to go . . .

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Suicide Squad Legends: Darkseid

Darkseid, we well know by this point as the closest thing to a "Big Bad" of the entire DC Universe, a New God who rules over the planet Apokolips and seeks the Anti-Life Equation so that he might conquer the will of all life in the universe. He's had a few crossovers with the Suicide Squad, mostly with them being sent to fight him. Now, that's a suicide mission.

In an adaptation, Darkseid will be the main villain of an overarching plotline at some point, with most of the DC main characters brought into the fight against him. Will the Squad be part of that? Well, I can't imagine Amanda Waller would just send in no one, so . . .