He's a simple kind of shark who just wants to eat people. King Shark isn't exactly the most scholarly member of the Suicide Squad and can be somewhat difficult to contain once the overwhelming bloodlust sets in. It's true that Karshon will actually be the second character based on a shark in the DCEU, but the relatively obscure comic book villain has very little in common with The Suicide Squad's beloved demigod King Shark. The biggest difference between the two characters, by far, is their intelligence. The rest of The Shark's more deadly psionic abilities are not mentioned, but he was unable to stop a shiver of normal sharks from killing him after spilling blood in the ocean, potentially indicating this version of the character was more limited. He then uses telepathy to constantly antagonize Fin, forcing the Atlantean to feel what his twin brother felt whilst being turned into chum. When he brutally murders Scale he actually rips him in half between his teeth with all the effort of snapping a toothpick. It is unclear which abilities the modern Suicide Squadversion of The Shark possessed, as the character was killed off before writers could explore his backstory. The Shark uses that link to instill fear into his victims, which feeds his bloodlust as an apex predator and makes him even stronger. In his first few pages as a sentient being, The Shark uproots a tree by creating a tornado, melts a rock formation, and kills an unspecified "heavyweight champion" by simply looking at him. He can also infiltrate the minds of others over a vast distance, so the longer he is around people, the more information the supervillain picks up. The atomic blast that accelerates his evolutionary process essentially gives him the ability to manipulate matter just by thinking about it. The original Green Lantern depiction of The Shark comes with a set of powers that even the mightiest of Earth's heroes would have a difficult time combatting. The two were expected to work together or risk being detonated by their superiors, but Fin was pushed too far and gets his revenge by stabbing The Shark with his own tooth and summoning more sharks to eat him. On his first mission with Task Force X, the team encounters a band of freedom fighters called The Revolutionaries, and after a battle that results in casualties to both sides, The Revolutionaries are implanted with bombs and forced to become members of the Suicide Squad. During the fight, The Shark kills and devours an Atlantean named Scale right in front of his telepathic twin brother Fin. The character was reintroduced in Tom Taylor's 2019 Suicide Squad series as The Shark, but like many of the group's seemingly disposable members, he doesn't last very long.
None of this was true, but Karshon was able to turn the people against Aquaman, take his throne and kidnap his family before finally revealing he was The Shark all along. Working in tandem with Black Manta, the Ocean Master and the Fisherman, he was able to seize power over Atlantis and convince the public that Aquaman had stollen something called Serum X, which the Justice League member was accused of selling to corporations on the surface who would mine the oceans for profit.
The Shark took on the name Karshon specifically for his most famous battle against Aquaman. During a 1976 arc in Adventure Comics, the disguised villain hatched a plot to completely strip the Protector of the Deep of his title, his people, and even his family-basically everything important to him.
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