


Flag tried to talk to El Diablo but was shut down saying that he isn't going to fight again. El Diablo denied being the person in the footage saying that person is dead, frustrating Waller. "And yet, here you are." ―El Diablo and Amanda Waller Īt Belle Reve, El Diablo was approached by Amanda Waller and Rick Flag who showed him footage of him killing several inmates. "Nah, they say it's me, but that ain't me. Saving the World Recruited into Task Force X "That ain't me." Deemed far too dangerous for a federal prison, the fiery homeboy was subsequently transferred to Belle Reve, where he was put inside a container capable of dousing fire. Upon entering, he was jumped by several other inmates in the recreational area during a prison riot, prompting him to freak out and torch the entire area, killing anyone nearby. This resulted in him setting their house ablaze, unwillingly killing both Grace and their two children.ĭevastated, a remorseful El Diablo handed himself over to police custody voluntarily and was subsequently charged to life incarceration in a federal prison. When the married couple had an argument with her threatening to take their children away to her mother's, El Diablo lost his temper and had a hard time controlling his pyrokinesis. Her suspicions were later confirmed when she found a stash of money and pair of pistols in their closet, prompting a confrontation between the two. One day, during breakfast, Grace accused Santana of continuing his criminal activities when she dropped a newspaper in front of him which spoke of six people having died in an arson fire in Boyle Heights. After being released, Santana then returned to his original life of crime. Lazarus Lane then bequeathed upon him the powers of a minor wrath of vengeance. While in the hospital, Santana finally came into contact with the original El Diablo, an individual named Lazarus Lane. In 2011, Santana together with his gang was caught in an LAPD bust where he was shot and subsequently arrested. He operated a landscaping company as a cover for his criminal activities, yet he was still widely recognized by the greater community as a gangster. He thus realized that this might spike his dangerous abilities further and adjusted to the life of a family man, marrying his high school sweetheart Grace and fathering a son and daughter with her. Becoming known as "El Diablo" on the streets, he was suspected, although never charged, with the murder of fifteen men in East Los Angeles. However, this eventually led Santana to weaponize them to his advantage and draw him into getting involved in gang activity at age 17, moving up the ranks by stealing cars, dealing drugs and selling handguns. As the pyrokinetic powers he was born with slowly developed in strength with his age, he struggled to hide these abilities and curbed the temptation to use them growing up. Except my old lady." ―El Diablo Ĭhato Santana was born on June 3, 1981, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, into a family of Catholic immigrants from Mexico, and spent most of his childhood in the watchful custody of his grandmother. The more power on the street I got, the more firepower I got. I kept it hidden for most my life, but the older I got, the stronger it got. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do.Biography Early Life "I was born with the Devil's gift. In the album below, you can check out initial concepts for Enchantress's mystical tattoos a handful of designs for Boomerang's jacket that incorporates elements of the Australian flag and have "BEERMULLAH BOOMERS" and "BROKENHILL BOOMERS" centered on the front initial ideas for Killer Croc's crocodile-skin jacket and a whole slew of unused motorcycle biker patches several designs for Diablo's coat and variations of Katana's hairstyle and wardrobe, which mixed clothing elements worn by Bōsōzoku gangs and ancient samurai warriors.Īssemble a team of the world's most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government's disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity.
