King Shark is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain owned by DC Comics and existing in that company's fictional DC Universe. The character was introduced in Superboy vol.3, #0 in October 1994.
Born in Hawaii, Nanaue is a humanoid shark, his father is "The King of all Sharks" — also known as the Shark God. Other characters, such as special agent Sam Makoa, have dismissed this as superstition and referred to Nanaue as a "savage mutation"...
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King Shark is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain owned by DC Comics and existing in that company's fictional DC Universe. The character was introduced in Superboy vol.3, #0 in October 1994.
Born in Hawaii, Nanaue is a humanoid shark, his father is "The King of all Sharks" — also known as the Shark God. Other characters, such as special agent Sam Makoa, have dismissed this as superstition and referred to Nanaue as a "savage mutation" with no mystical nature. Given the reality of magic within the DC Universe, either origin is equally likely. It has also been implied he was one of the "Wild Men", evolved animals based on those in Kamandi. The now-ended new Aquaman series, however, seems to have put an end to the controversy by firmly establishing him as the shark god's son.
King Shark was responsible for several missing persons several years before Superboy arrived in Hawaii. Sam Makoa was responsible for bringing him in and bore the scars forever after. In Superboy #0,...
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