Suicide Squad
The DC FanDome panel for James Gunn’sTheSuicide Squadrevealed a slew of raw information about the forthcoming film , include afull cast inclination for the new Task Force X. But one of the most interesting details involve Idris Elba ’s characterBloodsport – specifically the reason for his arrest , as the only person foolish enough to try toshoot Superman with a kryptonite hummer .
There have been a few edition of Bloodsport seen in the pages of DC Comics over the twelvemonth , but it ’s the original whom fans now know . Because believe it or not , Robert DuBois rightfully was the man known for shooting the Man of Steel with a bullet in DC canon .
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DuBois ’ Bloodsport first appeared inSupermanVol 2 # 4 by John Byrne back in 1987 . The character is ab initio render as a vindictive veteran of the Vietnam War , angry at the people of Metropolis for their“senseless dissipation of the freedoms we conk out to protect for you!”Jimmy Olsen , a attestator of Bloodsport ’s first attack , call in Superman , who promptly catch up to Bloodsport and disarm him . Bloodsport then happen another accelerator out of thin air , but Superman thinks nothing of it . “There ’s no side arm on Earth that can harm me!”he allege . unluckily , he spoke just a little too presently .
Bloodsport proceeds to shoot Superman in the articulatio humeri , but or else of ricocheting off him like usual , the slug actually penetrates his tegument . Bloodsport expose that the gun is laden with bullets made of kryptonite . He nigh puts another one right in Superman ’s head , but Jimmy Olsen intervenes wield Bloodsport ’s other arm , stimulate the scoundrel to fly . later on , while recovering in the hospital , Superman deduces that there ’s only one human race who could have supplied Bloodsport with bullets made of kryptonite : Lex Luthor . turn out , Superman is right-hand - his puckish - nemesis is indeed the man behind Bloodsport .
However , Lex only want him to kill Superman , not mow down innocent civilian , but Bloodsport proved to be too harebrained to curb . Luthor sends men to terminate Bloodsport before he can kill anyone else , but Superman find him first . as luck would have it , Bloodsport settle he does n’t ask kryptonite bullets to finish the job and tries to take Superman on without them . He nearly sets off a bomb that could blow up ten substantial mile of the city , but Jimmy Olsens salve the day ( for the 2d clip in the issue ) by establish up with Bloodsport ’s brother , Mickey , who convinces Robert to give up the fight .
It ’s unknown if the panorama of Bloodsport shoot down Superman will really be inThe Suicide Squador just mention as part ofBloodsport’sbackstory , but either way , it ’s nice to know the picture show will beloyal to the rootage stuff .
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