Rocksteady Studios’ Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will not be the final we’ll see of the Arkhamverse’s Batman. A newly found Easter egg hints that the Darkish Knight will return in some style, regardless of the premise of the sport’s title.
YouTube channel Batman Arkham Movies posted an intriguing discovery from Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League on Thursday: Rocksteady hid 12 calendar pages all through the sport’s Metropolis which include a secret message. As deciphered by Batman Arkham Movies, the 12 dates circled on these calendar pages spell out the phrase, “He’ll return.”
That tease would possibly appear to be a obscure trace if the ultimate “circle” on the calendar month of December wasn’t formed like a Batman image.
[Warning: This post contains spoilers for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.]
Batman followers would possibly rightly assume that the Suicide Squad Easter egg may not be a tease about Batman’s return, however that of Calendar Man. That Batman villain appeared in Batman: Arkham Metropolis and Arkham Knight. However take into account this: The situation of the ultimate piece of the calendar puzzle is in Metropolis’ Centennial Park, the place Batman meets his final destiny in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Sure, Batman does die through the occasions of Kill the Justice League, however Rocksteady’s new team-based loot shooter can also be a narrative in regards to the multiverse, or as DC calls them, Elseworlds. One model of Lex Luthor dies within the sport, solely to be rapidly changed by his Earth-2 model. And the sport ends with the promise that gamers might want to take down Brainiacs from a dozen different Elseworlds to totally eradicate him as a risk.
Future seasons of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League promise Elseworlds-themed variations of Metropolis for gamers to discover. Rocksteady has proven off variations that make Metropolis appear to be Gotham Metropolis, or see it lined in ice or lavishly Joker-fied.
Rocksteady is actually keen to welcome a brand new model of the Joker in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League — not the incarnation that died in Arkham Metropolis, however a brand new, alternate-dimension Clown Prince of Crime. Will it do one thing related for Batman? Time will inform.
