As the surviving squad members attempt to recover from the. Suicide squad member katanas deadly adventures continue in her own solo graphic novel. Suicide squad director david ayer reveals cut katana scene. Unlike the dceu version she has no attachment or prior relationship with rick flagg and is simply there because. A samurai with a magic sword that traps the souls of its victims, katana is a vigilante assigned to help. Some rave at the new approach to a comic book movie. Not only was katana a member of both the batmanled outsiders. New suicide squad series takes cues from film including. Assemble a team of the worlds most dangerous, incarcerated super villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the governments disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. Tony guerrero chats with rob williams and jim lee behind suicide squads rebirth coming this august. It is also an extended edition so it was even better. That hero is katana, aka tatsu yamashiro of batmans outsiders. Its kind of crazy that suicide squad is going to be the first dc comic book to get a movie after warner bros.
In the prequel comic to injustice 2, katana is shown to be a member of this universes suicide squad. Aside from being in the team picture and a showing up in a few quick shots in the comiccon trailer, we havent learned anything substantial about suicide squads katanauntil now. Wielder of the fearsome soultaker sword, tatsu yamashiro escaped a tragic. Comprised of troublemaking soldiers, they were led by a man. However, like harley quinn, she too despises ras al ghul and an impostor batman for their cowardly actions on killing the civilians including the original blue beetle, ted kord to lure batmans insurgency and the remaining peace conference governments to surrender. Katana screenshots, images and pictures comic vine comic book girl, comic books. Meanwhile, kobras queen, eve, makes nefarious use of katanas body as she infiltrates the suicide squad. Tatsu is an infamous master of swordplay and martial arts, trained to the highest level in the ancient art form. The vicious terrorist kobra will stop at nothing to destroy those who have crossed him. She has also dabbled with justice league membership, and an alternate timeline version of tatsu was an honorary member of the amazon.
In suicide squad, the highly anticipated new installment of the dc extended universe, director david ayer has tasked himself with quite a number of goals for just one film. However, katanas quest for justice isnt a solo affairthe souls of her dead husband and countless others. To beat the sorcerer, this magically fueled task force needs something he covets. One of the stars of 2016s blockbuster film suicide squad, get her own solo graphic novel. This baddiefocused film looks to be just the adventure that comic book fans dc fans in particular have been. I wanted a comic book, not a catalog of other comics to buy. Katana print new 52 dc comics suicide squad comic book characters. She is a proxy member of the suicide squad, and, of note, the only voluntary member as rick flag s personal bodyguard. She takes possession of the sword that killed her husband, the soultaker, which absorbs the essence of each person it kills, and uses her martial.
Enter the suicide squad, who storm the hague itself to save america from her own dark secrets. It was taken in a duel with the man who killed her family, takeo yamashiro. The suicide squad is a group mostly comprised of incarcerated supervillains who are sent on black ops missions, by the government, that have a low chance of survival in return for lowering their incarceration time. After the death of her husband at the hands of the yakuza, martial arts expert and samurai master tatsu yamashiro journeyed to america, where she became the vigilante hero known as katana. One of the stars of 2016s blockbuster film suicide squad.
By the time we meet katana in suicide squad, her origin story has already been written. By killing his beloved lady eve, the suicide squad swordswoman called katana has. Suicide squad is my most anticipated comic book movie of the year. The suicide squad is the name of two fictional antihero teams appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Suicide squad members and i laughed out loud when katana broke captain boomerrangs. Without a doubt 2016 has gone comic book movie crazy. Convergence suicide squad 2015 dc doom patrol and suicide squad 1988 doom patrol and suicide squad 1988 canadian price variant. Katana was a mostly silent member of task force x in suicide squad.
The suicide squad is a team of imprisoned supervillains who perform highrisk missions for the u. Suicide sqaud katana statue discount comic book service. Batman eventually recruited her to become a member of his blackops team the outsiders during a mission in markovia. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Her blade is the soultaker sword, a relic that steals the essence of those it slays and stores them inside. She wrote for marvel comics in the late1980s, writing daredevil, editing the. The art was good, story was decent, but half the damn book was ads for other comics and toys and such. Katanas role in suicide squad came as pleasant surprise to many fans who anticipated actress karen fukuhara would portray plastique. Japan badge flag embroidered sew on patch by thepatchlab on etsy ice. Tatsu yamashirokatana in suicide squad most wanted. Could margot robbies allfemale superhero movie be dcs. Based on the comicbook series of the same name, the suicide squad is a team of supervillains recruited to go on missions that have almost no odds of survival. How suicide squad will use katana, the mysterious warrior.
Suicide squad, as you may have heard, isnt quite the shot in the arm dcs budding comicbook movie universe seems to desperately need. And to promote the arrival of the suicide squad on august 5th, warner bros. Suicide squad is one of my favorite movies and this dvd set particularly comes with 3 dvds 2 blue ray and one original. Harley quinn and the suicide squad april fools special 2016 harley quinn and the suicide squad april fools. Katana tatsu yamashiro, yamashiro tatsu is a fictional superheroine that appears in comic books published by dc comics. Suicide squad director david ayer has seemingly been fuelled by the news about zack snyders justice league receiving an hbo max release as hes just dropped another big ayer cut reveal on twitter. The next powerful member of the suicide squad is a skilled. The original suicide squad, called the suicide squadron, were a very expendable team that existed during world war ll. Suicide squad the suicide squad are the subject of this film. Alongside batman, the new series will feature the signal, orphan, suicide squad member katana and black lightning, in his most highprofile comic book. Katana is a swordwielding japanese superhero with magical weaponry. The revenge of kobra suicide squad black files 20182019.
Over the years katana has also been a member of the suicide squad, as a member of the government side of the operation working alongside rick flagg and begrudgingly serving under amanda waller. The teams actions are highly classified, and the government is able to deny any involvement by claiming that they are not responsible for the damages of a random supervillain attack. Suicide squad director reveals epic deleted scene for katana. The threat of having your soul stuck in a sword for eternity makes katana a very scary member of the suicide squad, but karen fukuhara, the 24yearold actress playing the character, believes it. Barr returns to the character he cocreated in katana, cult of the kobra, with art katana needs to know more about soultakers origin if shes going to have any hope of controlling the sword instead of falling under its influence. First finding a home under the guidance of the batman as a part of his team the outsiders, katana eventually served as a part of the suicide squad, and later, became a member of the birds of prey as well the justice league of america. The writer who started a revolution, john ostrander returns to the suicide squad for the first time in a decade to tell one of his boldest and bloodiest stories ever.
Harley quinnled followup to suicide squad would prove warners slate of dc. Pictures has launched a fun way to show your allegiance to the rogues gallery of misfits and maniacs by making your very own icon. Task force x, amanda wallers strike team of incarcerated supercriminals. Could margot robbies allfemale superhero movie be dcs trump card. Coloring dc harley quinn and suicide squad sc 2016 dc an adult coloring book. The movie lineup for suicide squad includes characters from across the comic book series decadeslong history, making up a team that has never quite existed in the pages of a dc entertainment. Also in this issue, suicide squad black tries to leave its deadly first mission in the past and get one step ahead of the apocalypse warlock, sebastian faust. First appearing in 1983, katana is a samurai warrior whose skill with a sword allows her to fight for justice as a superhero. The best suicide squad comics from the john ostrander era on through the new. Tatsu yamashiro nee hikari is a japanese samurai assassin codenamed katana after her weapon of choice. The relentlessly determined samurai vigilante may not be vicious enough to deserve time behind bars like the rest of the squad. Suicide squad by david ayer david ayer, will smith, jared. How suicide squad failed the suicide squad comics gq. Katana has been a member of many teams other than the suicide squad, her longest serving stint though was with the batman formed outsiders team alongside heroes such as geoforce, black lightning and metamorpho.
The character made her feature film debut in the 2016 film suicide squad. The suicide squad film might not hit theaters until august, but dcs hoping to tap into the excitement for the film with the new oversized miniseries suicide squad most wanted. Her tragic backstory includes the death of her husband, maseo, whose soul becomes trapped in her blade, the soultaker. Published september 27th 2016 by dc comics first published september 20th. The story of katana is a fascinating and tragic one. Reviews have already started pouring in, and they are decidedly mixed. While she fought along the team throughout the movies runtime, she had a limited amount of dialogue and character development. Suicide squad is primarily deadshots story, with the comic trying and to keep the team under control, each member of the squad has a nanite bomb injected in their necks. Batman and the outsiders comic book series to launch. Katana started life as a superhero and sidekick to batman as part of the. Katana tatsu yamashiro yamashiro tatsu is a fictional superheroine that appears in comic books published by dc comics. Book 2 of 4 in the suicide squad most wanted series. See more ideas about tatsu yamashiro, katana, dc comics suicide squad.
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