10 Times Supervillains Killed Other Villains

Unless your name is Harley Quinn, there isn't really such a thing as plot armour in DC's Suicide Squad.

Dozens of supervillains who've been pressed into the employ of Amanda Waller's Task Force X program have met an untimely end, either at the hands of the targets they've faced or by the explosive implants placed in the back of their skulls.

There are a few mainstays of DC's Dirty Dozen though, among them the aforementioned Harleen Quinzel, but one in particular who met a brief demise at the hands of a famous adversary of Superman - Captain Boomerang.

During the 2016 Suicide Squad series written by Rob Williams and with art from Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair, Task Force X unwittingly uncover a portal to the Phantom Zone. Rather than leave it be, Boomer approaches the portal and is incinerated instantly by General Zod, who was lying in wait.

It's a pretty shocking death as it only occurs in the second issue of the series, and while yes Harkness does manage to rematerialise a few issues later, this was definitely one of the punchier openings to a comic in recent years.