The canonical connections between the DCUs Creature Commands and the DCEU The Suicide Squad has an exciting implication for the work of David Corenswet Superman. Creature CommandsThe two-episode premiere establishes a clear bridge between the DCEU and the DCU through Amanda Waller, Rick Flag Sr., and Task Force M, all of whom find themselves on a mission to protect Pokolistan from Circe, in part because Waller is banned. to assemble a human team after the events of The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker. Meanwhile, the fate of the surviving Task Force X antiheroes is currently unknown.
Since Creature Commands' Task Force M is made up strictly of non-human anti-heroes, Weasel is the only member of Amanda Waller's Task Force X to return. However, the fact that Creature Commands confirms that Rick Flag Jr.'s death and Project Starfish are part of the DCU canon, suggests that DCEU characters like Harley Quinn, Ratcatcher II, and Bloodsport are alive and active somewhere out there. AND If Idris Elba's Bloodsport has the same backstory in the DCU, then it would be safe to say that part of Superman's backstory in the DCU has already been established.
Suicide Squad's Canon DCU Status Suggests Idris Elba's Bloodsport Almost Killed David Corenswet's Superman
Suicide Squad's bloodsport mystery may finally have an answer
In The Suicide SquadAmanda Waller introduces Robert Dubois, aka Bloodsport, to John Economos, telling him how Bloodsport “sent Superman to ICU with a kryptonite bullet”. Given that James Gunn The Suicide Squad served as a soft reboot of David Ayer's film Suicide Squadwhich version of Superman almost died due to Bloodsport's attack was left ambiguous. Still, it seemed like it was Henry Cavill's Man of Steel who had a near-death encounter with Bloodsport. Now this Creature Commands brings The Suicide Squad For DCU canon, it seems more likely that Bloodsport almost killed David Corenswet's Superman at some point in the past.
In retrospect, it makes more sense that Bloodsport tried to assassinate David Corenswet's Superman than Henry Cavill's. The DCEU followed Henry Cavill's Superman from his origin story to his death at the hands of Doomsday, to his resurrection and the creation of the Justice League, to Superman's promise to contain Black Adam under the command of Amanda Waller . If Cavill's Superman had suffered an assassination attempt, it likely would have been mentioned at some point in the DCEU, especially if Superman ended up working with his would-be assassin's boss, Amanda Waller.
Bloodsport's assassination attempt on Superman fits into the DCU timeline
David Corenswet's Superman must have already met several mid-level villains in the DCU
Creature Commands and Superman launch the DCU at a point in the timeline where the world is already full of metahumans, vigilantes, and monsters. David Corenswet's Kal-El isn't a veteran hero when he stars in his solo film, but The DCU's Superman must have encountered numerous enemies of all types, including some metahumans and some deadly assassins like Bloodsport. It seems more likely that David Corenswet's inexperienced Superman has a near-death experience with Bloodsport than Henry Cavill's more experienced Superman, who must have been wary of kryptonite before and after his battle with Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
For the DCU's Bloodsport, assassinating Superman may have seemed like a normal mission – another metahuman on his long list of targets. In The Suicide SquadAmanda Waller highlights Bloodsport's attempted assassination of Superman, but does not clarify whether this was the crime that sent Robert Dubois to Belle Reve. Perhaps Bloodsport was captured long after he shot Superman, while the DCU's Kryptonian hero focused on taking on other threats like SupermanThe antagonist of Lex Luthor and the Engineer. If Bloodsport had tried to kill Henry Cavill's Superman, other DCEU heroes like Batman and Wonder Woman would have given him a punishment worse than a sentence at Belle Reve.
Bloodsport Superman's Feat Will Put Suicide Squad's DCU Canon to the Test
Superman's Story Could Make or Break Suicide Squad's Connection to the DCU
So far, Creature Commands he does The Suicide Squad part of the DCU canon. As a result, The Suicide Squad could be rewatched as the first installment of the DCU – a canonical prequel to DCU installments like Creature Commands, Peacemaker 2nd season and Waller. Also, if Bloodsport's story remains intact in the DCU, then The Suicide Squad would feature the first mention of David Corenswet's Superman. However, if James Gunn Superman makes it impossible for Bloodsport's assassination attempt to fit into Kal-El's story, that would be the first element of THE Suicide Squad to be explicitly contradicted by the DCU.
The DCU already needs to retcon the Justice League cameo in Peacemaker season 1 finale, when James Gunn confirmed that the Justice League does not yet exist in the DCU. Harley Quinn's story will also have to be changed if Margot Robbie returns in a future DCU film or show. If the DCU also rectifies the Bloodsport attack in Superman, The Suicide Squadhis canonical status would start to get complicated.