avenge his master. After meeting with Talia al Ghul, Boone continued his education by members of the League of Assassins. Taking on his mentor's name, the new Shrike became one of the world's foremost assassins, killing throughout Asia and the former Soviet bloc, before returning to America to become the new chief enforcer of criminal kingpin Blockbuster in order to assassinate Nightwing. He twice failed in this regard. Shrike later appeared, after the death of Ra's al Ghul, as a member of Nyssa al Ghul's new League of Assassins. Like his mentor and their namesake, the Shrike, Shrike uses a number of bladed and spiked weapons, such as swords, bladed tonfa, nets with fishing hooks added to them, and various knives and shuriken. In Infinite Crisis, Boone joined Alexander Luthor, Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains. Following DC's "Infinite Frontier" relaunch, Boone appears as a member of the Suicide Squad under Peacemaker, and, after the deaths of Bolt and Film Freak, is left to die by Joker's laughing gas. His brother code-named Blue Shrike appears as well, battling Nightwing in honor of his brother on Lazarus Island. Queen Shrike The notorious Queen Shrike aka Khea Taramka is the queen of Hawkworld for over two thousand years and returned during Brightest Day. She is allied with Hath-Set, and after capturing Hawkgirl, she reveals that she is the mother of Princess Chay-Ara of Egypt. She kills Hath-Set with her legs. The entity of The Star Sapphires, The Predator takes over the queen. It states to Hawkman and Hawkgirl that this is their last incarnation. The Hawks separate the queen from the entity, then the skeletons from their past incarnations come alive to take the queen to another dimension. In other media The Boone version of Shrike appears in Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. He is among the supervillains that attack Superman and Batman. References DC Comics martial artists DC Comics supervillains Fictional assassins in comics Comics characters introduced in 1966 Comics characters introduced in 1999 Comics characters introduced in 2000 Characters created by Murphy Anderson Characters created by Dave Cockrum Characters created by Chuck Dixon Characters created by Gardner Fox DC Comics code names Suicide Squad members