Arrowverse villain Black Siren just proved she belongs on the Suicide Squad by taking down a small army all by herself in Suicide Squad Annual #1.
WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Suicide Squad Annual #1, available now from DC Comics.
Amanda Waller has been running through Suicide Squad members faster than usual as of late. She’s working on building her ideal Suicide Squad, whether the members were in her captivity at the time or were placed there at her direction. One such member isn’t even native to Waller’s universe. The Black Siren, an evil version of Black Canary, was abducted from Earth-3, home of the Crime Syndicate, and brought over to Earth-0.
However, this proved to be a brilliant move on Waller’s part as Black Siren got to show her chops by taking out a small army of robots, proving that she is more than just a holdover from the Arrowverse in Suicide Squad Annual #1, by Robbie Thompson, Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferreira, Dexter Soy, Chris Sotomayor and Wes Abbott.
The Suicide Squad had successfully returned to Earth-3 with a rescued Bloodsport and the captive Black Siren in tow. But they didn’t return to Belle Reve, instead having been transported to a secret Russian city where they needed to collect some type of medicine for Superboy. Unfortunately, this was impeded by the arrival of another Superboy. So while the two Kryptonians duked it out above the streets, the rest of the squad, and a muzzled Black Siren, descended below ground to find their objective.
None of them expected to find a secret black site laboratory formerly owned by the Agenda beneath the city. And given its ruined state, no one anticipated an army of guard robots to have been left behind, or still be functional for that matter.
But even without the need to restrain themselves, the Suicide Squad was still quickly overwhelmed by sheer numbers. Superboy was to occupied with his own issues to help, Bloodsport couldn’t summon anymore weapons, and even Talon and Culebra — both renowned for their martial prowess — couldn’t stand up to the small army surrounding them.
Realizing that they had a secret weapon though, Culebra briefly unmuzzled Black Siren, allowing her to use her Siren Cry to obliterate the entire force of robots that had them dead to rights not even moments before. It was an impressive display of power and proof that Waller’s choice of Black Siren was not one to be scrutinized. In one fell swoop, Black Siren did what some of the deadliest killers on the planet were incapable of doing together.
She was promptly knocked out by Culebra of course, but that was just a precautionary measure. Anyone that powerful from an evil Earth needed to be kept on a tight leash and Culebra had just given their new teammate more breathing room than any of them could trust her to use.
Black Siren has become more prominent in the last few years, having been a main character on Arrow. Much like the DCU’s Black Siren, this version of her was also and evil alternate counterpart to Black Canary. Only she hailed from Earth-2.
But much like her DCU counterpart, Black Siren left her Earth behind to join the main Earth of the Arrowverse. Over the course of her time with Team Arrow though, Black Siren was slowly redeemed, eventually taking the mantle of Black Canary as proof of how far she had come since leaving her dimension.
It’s doubtful though that this new Black Siren will be as fortunate. The one in the Arrowverse had the benifit of working alongside heroes to help show her a better path forward. Black Siren of Earth-3 had been kidnapped from her home by a group of criminals and will undoubtedly be subjected to the same inhumane treatment Waller uses against all of her soldiers. But for now, she has already distinguished herself as a powerhouse among the team and should she ever get the opportunity to free herself, it won’t end well for the Suicide Squad.
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