Warning: Spoilers for Titans #16With Amanda Waller out of the picture after her rise and fall from power, DC’s Suicide Squad New leadership is needed at the helm, and that leader may have just arrived. The DC Universe is undergoing major changes, and the team’s hierarchy of power faces its own upheaval. An underrated Suicide Squad member has stepped up in Waller’s place, proving he has what it takes to replace her permanently: Clock King.
in Titans #16 by John Layman, Pete Woods and Wes Abbott The Titans have merged with the Justice League and are ready to begin a shining new era as a team. But things don’t go according to plan, and the Titans begin to experience vivid flashbacks of moments from their past that they have no control over. As the heroes fall one by one to the mysterious visions, the puppeteer behind their anguish appears: Clock King, a member of the Suicide Squad.
Clock King may be more than a member of the Suicide Squad now, though. With the Titans weakened, he explained, “Before I’m done with you, you’ll wish it was Waller still calling the shots.” This hints that since Waller has been locked away, Clock King has taken her place as the leader of the Suicide Squad.
Clock King becomes the new leader of the Suicide Squad
This underrated Gotham villain gets a power boost with his promotion
Clock King’s last appearance in the DC Universe was in the Suicide Squad: Dream Team Miniseries by Nicole Maines and Eddie Barrows. In this story, while enlisted to join the titular team alongside Dreamer, he and the others end up fighting Dreamer once she goes rogue and tries to take Waller down. His loyalty to Waller stems from the core premise of Suicide Squad. As Deadeye puts it Suicide Squad: Dream Team #4, “We can follow orders, or we can die.“Here, Clock King seems to be the one calling the shots, so his loyalties are to himself for a change.
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Along with this implied promotion, Clock King boasts upgraded powers that make him a greater threat than ever before. Since its introduction in the 1960s The best world #111 by Ed Herron and Lee Elias Clock King has used a variety of time-related gimmicks, and his latest ability is his most impressive. now, Clock King can turn back people’s mental clocks and trap them in their own memoriesAs seen when the Titans are forced to relive traumatic moments. Judging by how formidable he has become, it makes sense that Clock King is a candidate to lead the Suicide Squad in Waller’s absence.
Amanda Waller has been replaced in the Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad is still changing Absolute power
The events of Absolute power Have left a vacancy in the leadership of the suicide squad, which is why Clock King is operating without taking orders from Waller. in Absolute power #4 by Mark Waid and Dan Moore, Waller’s lies about heroes are exposed to the public, and she is arrested for her crimes against the superhero community and the world at large. She even has a bomb implanted in her brain, an ironic twist since she has historically done the same to subordinates like Clock King. Amanda Waller doesn’t call the shots anymore, and Clock King is the perfect candidate to lead them Suicide Squad in her place.
Titans #16 is available now from DC Comics.