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The metropolis - sized monster that surprised audiences in theDCEU’sThe Suicide Squadgot an upgrade that made him even more dangerous thanks to theGreen Lantern’sworst rivals . The giant reservoir of anger within Starro the Conqueror made him a stellar candidate for the rage - fueled Red Lantern Corps in the page ofInjustice 2 .
James Gunn give DC buff a treat when he included the threat get laid as Starro the Conquerer as the third act villain in 2021’sThe Suicide Squad . Comic reader may be familiar with the giant sea star - mold being as one of the first villain encounter by the Justice League . But Starro ’s inclusion in the DCEU sure raise the extraterrestrial being ’s visibility well . Using miniature version of himself , Starro can clutch control over anyone his spore impound to , adding them to his threatening hivemind . With an heroic sizing and mind control ability , Starro has been shownto be quite the brawny threat .
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But as powerful as Starro was inThe Suicide Squad , an alternate universe facilitate him understand his terrifying potential . Injustice 2 # 59by Tom Taylor and Xermanico preface a variation of the alien who joined forces with the most dire Corps in the Emotional Spectrum . The Red Lanterns operate very much like their Green counterparts , only powered by fury alternatively of will power . The Corps ' loss leader Atrocitus has brought the Conqueror into his ranks and plans to use Starro to launch an attack on the Green Lantern Corps ' home base of Oa . Hal Jordan , temporarily under the influence of a Red Lantern ring , regains command of himself and attempts to admonish the Guardians of the Universe . regrettably , he ’s too late as the Red Lantern Starro attacks the Green Lanterns with his madness - infect spores .
On his own , Starro is already an imposingly terrifying being . With his endless production of mini Starros , he has enslave entire race and a number of the DC Universe ’s most powerful poor boy . mouth of shuddery , the Red Lantern Corps are probably more frightening than the fearfulness - based Sinestro Corps , considering the mindless freak its phallus become once bath in the Red Light of furore . Combining the two preternatural forces takes the bad aspects of both threats and create something that could really decimate the DCU .
Starro go off of a corporate consciousness . When his spores attach to others , they become a part of him and share everything he thinks and feels . While that ’s restrain on its own , it becomes even worse when the Red Lanterns are brought in . red-faced Lantern rings latch onto its exploiter ' hate and make it the predominant feeling until they turn a loss themselves to rage . A Red Lantern Starrocould effortlessly propagate his anger with his knockoff , causing those inauspicious enough to meet one to harm themselves or others in a furious state of madness . Starro may be plenty dangerous in theDCEU , butGreen Lanternshowed he could be much , much worse .
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