Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is finally available for fans to play, but many are looking for an explanation for the game’s ending.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is Rocksteady’s latest game in the award-winning DC game series (the same one that includes e.g. Batman: Arkham City and Batman: Arkham Asylum).
The story follows the Suicide Squad as they venture through Metropolis to battle members of the Justice League who have been brainwashed and turned evil by Brainiac.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Ending Explained
In Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice LeagueAmanda Waller assembles Task Force X (also known as the Suicide Squad) to stop Brainiac from ending their world.
In the story, they are transported to Earth-2, an alternate universe where a version of Brainiac already destroyed almost everything.
However, they meet Luthor-2, which is Earth-2’s version of Lex Luthor. Luthor-1 was already killed, so the Suicide Squad needs Luthor-2’s help.
Luthor-2 transports them back to Earth-1, and the Suicide Squad hunts down members of the Justice League who were brainwashed and turned evil by Brainiac.
![Batman in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League](https://images.thedirect.com/media/photos/suicidesquadbatman.png)
Towards the end of the game, Harley Quinn executes Batman in hopes of luring Superman out. The Last Son of Krypton arrives, but the Suicide Squad has to use Gold Kryptonite weapons because Brainiac changed his DNA to be more resistant to regular Kryptonite.
![Superman in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League](https://images.thedirect.com/media/photos/suicidesquadsuperman.png)
Task Force X eventually kills Superman, but then Brainiac shows up and brainwashes them to help his cause.
However, Luthor-2 comes to their rescue, teleporting them away and then revealing Brainiac’s location to them, while informing them that there are a total of 13 Brainiacs in the Multiverse. He also reveals that even if they kill one of them, they must hunt down and kill the rest of them to save the Multiverse.
![Brainiac in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League](https://images.thedirect.com/media/photos/suicidesquadbrainiac.png)
The Suicide Squad is then sent to Brainiac’s location, and as they battle him (even though he can use Flash’s speed powers), they eventually defeat him, capture him, and bring him back to Luthor-2 on Earth-1.
When they return to Earth-1, Waller and Luthor-2 are waiting for them. However, it looks like Brainiac is dead, which is a problem since Lex’s Dataspike can only work on living targets.
![Lex Luthor and Brainiac in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League](https://images.thedirect.com/media/photos/suicidesquadlex.png)
However, the villain is not dead, sitting up straight and staring at Luthor. While he is distracted, Waller thrusts the Dataspike into his forehead, causing the Brainiac web from his ship to load into the device.
However, after Dataspike has downloaded the data, Brainiac dies. The Suicide Squad then plans to go through different dimensions, find the 12 remaining Brainiacs and kill them.
Are the members of the Justice League really dead?
![Flash in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League](https://images.thedirect.com/media/photos/suicidesquadflash.png)
all the time Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice LeagueThe Suicide Squad is forced to kill the entire Justice League except for Wonder Woman, who seems to be immune to Brainiac’s brainwashing.
This means that the story includes the deaths of Superman, Green Lantern, Flash, and Batman.
Although Wonder Woman is not killed by the Suicide Squad, she does find herself at the hands of the evil Superman, so she ends up being killed as well.
Many fans probably find it hard to believe that Rocksteady would kill off all the major superheroes in their universe, but right now they’re all really dead and not necessarily coming back.
However, it is important to note that in certain scenes the game hints that the Justice League may survive.
For example, at one point Flash’s fingers break off, but they grow back. In another instance, Wonder Woman is mortally wounded while using kryptonite on Superman, but he survives.
Since Brainiac changed the Justice League’s DNA, that could mean they can heal from their wounds. If Rocksteady wanted to, it could bring back the entire Justice League (except maybe Wonder Woman) and use their DNA changes to explain it.
However, for now, fans can assume that the members of the Justice League are indeed dead.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is playable on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Windows.