SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE Spoilers Reveal The Truth About That Controversial Batman Leak

SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE Spoilers Reveal The Truth About That Controversial Batman Leak

Major details about Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League recently leaked online, but a new update finally clears up the controversy surrounding Batman's supposed demise at the hands of Harley Quinn.

By JoshWilding - Dec 28, 2023 05:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Suicide Squad
Source: eXputer (via GameFragger.com)

While the title should have made it obvious, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will see Task Force X set out to, well, murder the Justice League. They do so after the team falls under Brainiac's control, but after a recent plot leak surfaced, a great many fans were unhappy about those deaths. 

The one which generated the most controversy was Batman; the game will serve as the late Kevin Conroy's final performance as the Dark Knight, and many argued that to have the hero die at the hands of Harley Quinn in such a brutal and disrespectful fashion did the beloved actor a disservice. 

It's a peculiar argument as there's no way Rocksteady could have known Conroy would pass away after recording his lines and he clearly had no issue with signing up for the project after being made aware of Rocksteady's plans. Unsurprisingly, social media appears to have blown the situation out of proportion. 

eXputer (via GameFragger.com) has sifted through the leak and reports, "Make no mistake, the Justice League survives the events of Suicide Squad. From what I’ve been able to uncover through my own data mining and a month of research (and counting), each 'death' is presented with several hints to the audience that they’re fakeouts."

"Flash’s death takes place away from prying eyes with many questioning whether it even happened," the site continues. "Later in the game, Task Force X (the in-universe name for the Suicide Squad) attempts to storm Brainiac’s ship, but are thwarted by a shield apparition created by Green Lantern."

"After Deadshot (who famously never misses) finally lands the killing blow, Green Lantern falls to his death - but the shield stays up. 'What, did you miss?' Captain Boomerang asks. Deadshot laughs knowingly under his breath."

They later elaborate on that by explaining the seemingly dead heroes will return in post-launch content, with the campaign concluding with the Justice League reunited and ready to take their revenge on a villain described here as being "Multiversal" in nature. 

We don't know how League survives or why Task Force X essentially fakes their deaths, but this is bound to calm down those who have argued Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has ruined the legacy of the "Arkhamverse."

As always, stay tuned for updates as we have them.

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Evansly
Evansly - 12/28/2023, 5:35 PM
So... how was Batman's death "brutal and disrespectful"? This tells us nothing on why it is controversial in the first place
MuadDib
MuadDib - 12/28/2023, 6:03 PM
@Evansly - Supposedly he get shot in the head by Harley point blank.

Anyway, Kevin will always be the Bat voice in my head.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 12/28/2023, 6:14 PM
@MuadDib -

Scarilian
Scarilian - 12/28/2023, 7:00 PM
The trouble is that this game retcons the events of the Arkham series, confirming Batman is alive. The character is brought back solely to be killed off.

While all the other Justice League members have potential 'fake-out' deaths in that the deaths occur off-screen or something happens to hint they are alive... potentially... in this version it's straight-up showing him be killed off.

It feels very disrespectful to tap into a continuity and universe you did not work on, bring back an iconic and popular character confirming an ending that was intended to be ambiguous and then proceeding to have them die by being shot in the back of the head by a character who is mocking them.

To have Batman be the ONLY confirmed non-fakeout death speaks to the sensibilities of those involved, remember how you had multiple DC franchises suddenly try to mock Batman (The Flash), make him inept (Justice League), label him as a fascist (Blue Beetle), etc... This is all part of that.

To the extremists in DC, Batman is just 'a rich white guy' that they need to mock, ridicule and bring down. So similar to how they bring back characters as old, pathetic and kill them off, they decided to do the same with the most popular video game portrayal of Batman.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 12/28/2023, 7:14 PM
@Scarilian - Arkham Knight ends with Batman still alive, assuming you do 100% of the tasks. You get an extra ending scene showing Batman back on the streets taking out criminals.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 12/28/2023, 11:58 PM
@Scarilian - “ It feels very disrespectful to tap into a continuity and universe you did not work on”

Rocksteady literally created the whole universe, what does this even mean?
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 12/29/2023, 6:11 AM
@Nightwing1015 - It means Rocksteady is now a DEI company and the people making this game are not the same group that made the other ones.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 12/29/2023, 11:21 AM
@WarMonkey - What leads you to that conclusion? Aside from anything, Sefton Hill only left Rocksteady last year, after this game had been in development for like 6 years. Many people who worked on Knight worked on this game.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 12/29/2023, 6:01 PM
@Evansly - i mean, take in consideration who wrote this
Slotherin
Slotherin - 12/29/2023, 6:02 PM
@Scarilian - is this even same continuity? Wasn't Deadshot white in the Arkham games?
theprophet
theprophet - 12/28/2023, 5:35 PM
multiverse overkill
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 12/28/2023, 6:22 PM
@theprophet - DC invented the idea then used it and co. from then on ... you get the multiverse. The problem is it is 100% screwed up because Marvel wanted to stay ahead of DC and introduced the idea in a rushed, discombobulated way.
When the Arrow Verse does a considerably better job with the multi-verse storyline on a tv budget?
They were able to seamlessly keep the story on with special events and the whole world fitting perfectly with each other.
theprophet
theprophet - 12/28/2023, 6:43 PM
@lazlodaytona - not talking bout that, everyone is using multiverse shit now
Origame
Origame - 12/28/2023, 5:36 PM
That's so dumb. Why reveal that now? That's a huge spoiler. More than revealing they die.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 12/28/2023, 5:56 PM
@Origame - Cus it’s a leaker and he’s calming down the dumbass premature fan outrage based on partial information
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 12/28/2023, 5:37 PM
Long overdue for a JL focused video game project, doesn't sound like a bad setup.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/28/2023, 5:46 PM

I never played the first game.

Is it good?

RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 12/28/2023, 8:04 PM
@DocSpock - yes
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/28/2023, 8:34 PM
@RegularPoochie -

Cool. Thanks. I’ll check it out.
OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 12/28/2023, 10:54 PM
@DocSpock - First one's story was amazing. I'm not much into horror, and I loved every second of it.

Second one dropped the ball pretty hard story-wise, but the gameplay was pretty good. Since these are the kind of games you play more for the story than the gameplay, it was disappointing.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/28/2023, 11:10 PM
@OrgasmicPotatoe -

Thanks for the review.

I’m gonna check them out.
ArakPrime
ArakPrime - 12/28/2023, 5:48 PM
So a game called "Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League" neither the SS nor the Justice League die?
TheloniousJay
TheloniousJay - 12/28/2023, 5:59 PM
SO... A bunch of millenials and Gen-Z'rs are upset on social media about dumb shit, yet again! Not surprising.
TheDpool
TheDpool - 12/28/2023, 5:59 PM
Am I the only one here that struggled to read this? Like it was missing the first half of the article and reads as if it's something we're currently looking at, not something that hasn't been mentioned in weeks.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 12/29/2023, 2:37 AM
@TheDpool - I kinda have that with more articles. They're not really made to skim without reading them thoroughly I suppose
WarMonkey
WarMonkey - 12/29/2023, 6:15 AM
@TheDpool - I had to scroll up after reading it thinking I missed something. I thought same as you.
bailey90
bailey90 - 12/28/2023, 6:09 PM
I think it's all going to be a simulation
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 12/28/2023, 6:30 PM
I'm in on Gunn's plan to bring together Cinema, Television, comicbooks, and even animation.

Video games are ALSO included. NEVER WILL HAPPEN OR WORK. Even Gunn and Safran couldn't control that many facets of a shared universe.

Remember, take your time and focus, succeed and celebrate :p
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 12/29/2023, 2:40 AM
@lazlodaytona - I think it's doable. Star Wars even managed to unite movies, tv, games, comics, novels and board under one banner, and from what I can keep up with it works imo
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 12/28/2023, 6:41 PM
So the whole game is pointless then. Look there’s a lot of things to pick apart about this game but I was hoping the story would be up to snuff given Rocksteady’s amazing pedigree. If you are going to make a game called Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League you can’t takeout killing the Justice League. That’s the whole reason people would play the story mode is to see that happen
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