Ravan (comics)
| Ravan | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Suicide Squad vol. 1 #1, (May 1987) |
| Created by |
John Ostrander (writer) Luke McDonnell (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Team affiliations |
Suicide Squad Jihad Black Lantern Corps |
| Abilities | A proficient martial artist |
Ravan is a fictional DC Comics villain. His first appearance was in Suicide Squad vol. 1 #1 (1987), he was created by John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell.
First appears as a member of the villainous mercenary team Jihad (renamed the Onslaught later). In an encounter with the Bronze Tiger his back was broken. He re-appears alongside the Onslaught in Suicide Squad vol. 1 #17, and is recruited for the Suicide Squad in his second encounter with the Bronze Tiger.
Part of the thuggee cult, Ravan tries to stop the coming of Kali and thereby the Kali Yuga, the Age of Chaos. By killing, he delays the coming of Kali another thousand years. It is through this practice that he both prevents and worships Kali. In this, his primary enemy is the villain Kobra who wishes to bring forth that same Age. Ravan joins the Suicide Squad, so he can continue these efforts while actually being sponsored by the American Government. He proceeds to develop a strange bond with Bronze Tiger, whom he swears to kill for his earlier defeats, but the two also form an effective team. During the Janus Directive, when Waller must make it seem she is being controlled by Kobra she sends the squad after the Force of July. Ravan kills Mayflower, a respected superhero.
Ravan becomes instrumental to Amanda Waller's plan to finish of the LOA, a drug-dealing organization. The villain's plan to expose the Squad succeeds. It is revealed that a Mr. Kale, who was seemingly the new boss, was just a front for Amanda Waller, who had never left power.
With the Suicide Squad on the verge of disbanding by her superiors, Amanda Waller gathers Ravan, Poison Ivy and Deadshot in an assassination mission of the LOA, a group that is planning to create a zombie army. The deal for the villains is simple: The three will help Waller in killing the LOA, and afterward they are set free.
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