Chato Santana (Prime Earth)

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El Diablo

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Real Name

Chato Santana

Main Alias

El Diablo

Other Aliases

Black King's Knight

Affiliation

Suicide Squad Black · formerly Checkmate, Suicide Squad

Base Of Operations

Belle Reve · formerly L.A.

Status

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Eyes

Black

Hair

Bald

Origin

Universe

Prime Earth

Creators

Jai Nitz · Phil Hester

First Appearance
Suicide Squad Vol 4 #1 (November, 2011)

Chato Santana is El Diablo, a powerful pyrokinetic reluctantly pressed into service for the Suicide Squad.

1 History
2 Powers and Abilities
- 2.1 Powers
- 2.2 Abilities
3 Notes
4 Related
- 4.1 Footnotes

History

While attempting to collect on a debt owed by some local gang members, he had set fire to their building, and killed everyone inside. When he realized that there were innocent women and children who he had killed in the blaze, he went with the police quietly. While on death row at Belle Reve prison, his cell filled up with gas and he was implanted with a micro-bomb to insure his obedience. After undergoing torture to test his loyalty, El Diablo was officially inducted into Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad.

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Powers and Abilities

Powers

Pyrokinesis
- Transformation: When Chato uses his full power he transforms into a demon like form with wings.
  - Flight

Abilities

Firearms

Notes

Chato Santana was created by Jai Nitz and Phil Hester, first appearing in El Diablo (Volume 3) #1. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Chato Santana first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Suicide Squad (Volume 4) #1 by Adam Glass and Federico Dallocchio.

Footnotes

Suicide Squad

Membership	Ace High • Aladdin • Alchemaster • Atom • Atom Smasher • Azucar • Bane • Beast • Big Sir • Black Adam • Black Manta • Black Orchid • Black Spider • Blackguard • Blackstarr • Blockbuster • Blowhard • Bolt • Booster Gold • Briscoe • Bronze Tiger • Bulldozer • Captain Boomerang • Captain Cold • Catalyst • Chase • Chemo • Chronos • Clock King • Cluemaster • Copperhead • Count Vertigo • Deadline • Deadshot • Deathstroke • Doctor Light • Double Down • Duchess • El Diablo • Electrocutioner • Eliza • Enchantress • Enforcer • Firehawk • Flex • The General • Gentleman Ghost • Gyp • Harley Quinn • Havana • Hawkman • Hugh Evans • Icicle • Jeb Stuart • Javelin • Jess Bright • Jewelee • Joker's Daughter • Juniper • Kaliber • Karin Grace • Karma • Killer Croc • Killer Frost • Killer Shark • King Shark • Klarion • Knockout • Lady Liberty • Larvanaut • Lawless • Lawman • Major Disaster • Major Victory • Manchester Black • Manhunter • Marauder • Maser • Merlyn • Metamorpheus • Mindboggler • Mirror Master • Modem • Mongul • Mr. 104 • Multi-Man • Multiplex • Nemesis • Nickels • Nightshade • Oracle • Outlaw • Parasite • Pathfinder • Penguin • Persuader • Plasmus • Plastique • Poison Ivy • Power Girl • Psi • Punch • Putty • Quartzite • Rag Doll • Ravan • Reactron • Rick Flag • Sam Makoa • Scream Queen • Sgt. Rock • Shade, the Changing Man • Shimmer • Shiv • Shrapnel • Shrike • Sidearm • Sidewinder • Silent Majority • Silver Banshee • Silver Swan • Sledge • Slipknot • Snargoyle • Solomon Grundy • Speedy • Sportsmaster • Stalnoivolk • Star-Spangled Kid • Steel • Sudden Death • Superboy • Tattooed Man • Thinker • Thermal • Twister • Virtuoso • Vixen • Voltaic • Weasel • White Dragon • Wildcat • Windfall • Writer • Yasemin Soze
Supporting	Amanda Waller • Checkmate • Derek Tolliver • Father Craemer • Flo Crawley • General Brent • Jack Kale • John Economos • King Faraday • Mac McCoy • Marnie Herrs • Mary White • Mitch Sekofsky • Murph • Sarge Steel • Senator Cray • Simon LaGrieve • Vic Sage
Enemies	Agni • Antiphon • Badb • Basilisk • Birds of Prey • Brimstone • Creature of Ghost Lake • Digital Djinn • Djinn • Firestorm • Hyve • Ifrit • Incubus • Jaculi • Jihad • Kobra • Koschei the Deathless • L.O.A. • Mad Dog • Major Zastrow • Manticore • Master of the Dinosaurs • Mirage Master • Outsiders • People's Heroes • Piscator • Polyphemus • Red Orchid • Red Shadows • Red Wave Beast • Regulus • Rustam • Sculptor Sorcerer • Serpent in the Subway • Stalnoivolk • Superman • Teen Titans • Thinker • Tolteca • William Hell
Miscellaneous	Belle Reve • Flying Lab • Jotunheim • Sheba • Task Force X
Comics	Suicide Squad (Vol. 1) • Suicide Squad (Vol. 2) • Suicide Squad (Vol. 3) • Suicide Squad (Vol. 4) • Suicide Squad (Vol. 5) • New Suicide Squad • Suicide Squad Most Wanted: Deadshot and Katana • Suicide Squad Most Wanted: El Diablo and Boomerang
Creators	Robert Kanigher • Ross Andru • John Ostrander • Kim Yale • Luke McDonnell • Keith Giffen • Paco Medina • Javier Piña • Adam Glass • Federico Dallocchio • Sean Ryan • Jeremy Roberts

Suicide Squad member
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