Suicide Squad: 30 Easter Eggs & References You Must See

18. Incubus

Suicide Squad Easter Eggs
Warner Bros.

Let's just acknowledge this here and move on - Incubus, the big bad of the film - is woeful. Like Scorpion King awful.

But despite people questioning why Ayer would use a random monster when he could have used a classic Suicide Squad villain (like a giant pterodactyl for instance), he is from the comics.

In the Nightshade Odyssey, Incubus attempts to reunite with Enchantress (not the other way round as in the film) and they have sex to make a new body for their father. Presumably with about eighteen toes.

The film avoids the incest, but gives Incubus a completely different look that is so bad that you could be forgiven for wishing he hadn't just put the moves on his sister instead. Here's his origial look:

Suicide Squad Comics Incubus
DC Comics
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