Suicide Squad Easter Egg hints at Batman’s return
Rocksteady Studios’ Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League may not be the last we’ll see of Arkhamverse’s Batman. A newly discovered Easter egg indicates that the Dark Knight will return somehow, despite the premise of the game’s title.
Youtube Channel Batman Arkham Videos posted an intriguing discovery of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League on Thursday: Rocksteady hid 12 calendar pages in the game’s Metropolis that contained a secret message. As deciphered by Batman Arkham Videos, the twelve dates circled on those calendar pages spell out the phrase: “He will return.”
This tease might seem like a vague hint if the last “circle” of the calendar month of December wasn’t in the shape of a Batman symbol.
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.)
Batman fans can rightly assume that the Suicide squad Easter Egg may not be a tease about Batman’s return, but Calendar Man’s. That Batman villain appeared in Batman: Arkham City And Arkham Knight. But consider this: the location of the final piece of the calendar puzzle is in Metropolis’ Centennial Park, where Batman meets his ultimate fate. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Yes, Batman dies during the events of Kill the Justice League, but Rocksteady’s new team-based loot shooter is also a story about the multiverse, or as DC calls them, Elseworlds. One version of Lex Luthor dies in the game, but is quickly replaced by his Earth-2 version. And the game ends with the promise that players will have to take out Brainiacs from a dozen other Elseworlds to completely eliminate him as a threat.
Future seasons of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League promise Elseworlds-themed versions of Metropolis for players to explore. Rocksteady has shown off versions that make Metropolis look like Gotham City, or see it covered in ice or liberally covered in Joker.
Rocksteady is certainly willing to welcome a new version of the Joker Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League – not the incarnation in which he died Arkham city, but a new Clown Prince of Crime with an alternate dimension. Will it do something similar for Batman? Time will tell.