Summary
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leaguefeatures the possible deaths of many of the DC Universe’s most famous heroes, but a newly discovered Easter egg hints that the small-time villain Kite Man may have met his own grisly end. Nearly a decade after the releases ofBatman: Arkham KnightandBatman: Arkham VR, Rocksteady Studios has returned to its Arkhamverse franchise forSuicide Squad, which shifts the spotlight toward Task Force X as they embark on the dangerous assignment of eliminating the members of the Justice League after they are taken over by the evil Brainiac.
Just as the laterBatman: Arkhamgames gave players an open-world version of Gotham City to explore as the Dark Knight,Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leaguepresents a sandbox take on Superman’s home of Metropolis that has become a warzone in the wake of Brainiac’s invasion. This sandbox is filled with enemies to battle and side missions to complete, but eagle-eyed players have been spottingsome interesting DC-related Easter eggswhile out on patrol. For example, some fans might notice a brainwashed Batman spying on them from afar, while others have discovered street art referencing possibleSuicide SquadDLC characters like Deathstroke or Peacemaker.
If a recent post from Reddit user onebadluvguru is of any indication, there is one DC supervillain who won’t be joining the cast ofSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leagueanytime soon. Onebadluvguru wasexploringSuicide Squad’s open world as Harley Quinnwhen they came across a broken green kite hanging on a wall with a splatter of blood beside it. This kite is a likely reference to minor Batman villain Kite Man, and other users in r/Suicide SquadGaming have been drawing morbid theories about how the small-time crook might have fatally crashed into the wall sometime before Brainiac’s invasion began.
Kite Man’s video game appearances have been relatively minimal, with him only popping up as aplayable character inLEGO DC Super-VillainsandDC Legends. Charles “Chuck” Brown (who is named after thePeanutscharacter) first appeared in the pages ofBatman#133 in August 1960 and has since been regarded as a joke character due to his primary gimmick of using kites and kite-themed weaponry in his crimes. Outside of gaming, Kite Man recently had a recurring role in theHarley Quinnanimated series, and is set to receive his own spin-off show titledKite Man: Hell Yeah!on Max sometime later this year.
While Kite Man’s fortunes on the small screen have been looking up over the past few years, hisincarnation in the Arkhamversemight not have been so lucky.Suicide Squad’s open world is filled with fun references to the larger DC universe, and it looks like Kite Man flew his last kite before the game’s story. Hopefully,Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s alternate universe version of the Joker has a much easier time of things when he is added as the game’s first DLC character in March.
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
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Play as the Suicide Squad to take down the World’s Greatest DC Super Heroes, The Justice League. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, is a genre-defying, action-adventure third-person shooter from Rocksteady Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham series.
