Belle Reve

Belle Reve is a prison that features in DC Comics.

History

Origin

Belle Reve

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. The original Belle Reve penitentiary was built by French architects during the American Civil War. It served as a place to house the most dangerous criminals but not the insane as it served as a prison for the functional criminals with many bounty hunters bringing their targets to it. (Suicide Squad v4 #26)

Five years ago, the rise of superheroes on the planet saw the nation’s greatest scientists rebuilding Belle Reve entirely. It was designed to deal with the modern criminal and contain some of the worst of humanity that consisted of powerful beings. (Suicide Squad v4 #26)

After acquiring the Heart of Darkness, Maxwell Lord used the power of Eclipso to take control over the Justice League and place them under his command. In the resultant battle, a section of Belle Reve was destroyed whilst the mind controlled League sought to take over the world. Despite the damage to the prison, Flagg and others managed to ensure that the remaining prisoners were kept contained. (Justice League Vs. Suicide Squad v1 #5)

Inhabitants

Staff

• Amanda Waller :
• Flo Crawley :
• John Economos :
• Marnie Herrs :
• Simon LaGrieve :

Prisoners

• Deadshot :
• Captain Boomerang :
• Harley Quinn :

Notes

• Belle Reve was created by John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell where it made its first appearance in Suicide Squad v1 #1 (May, 1987).

In other media

Television

• In Justice League Unlimited, Belle Reve Correctional appeared in the DC Animated Universe in the episode "Task Force X". Criminals sent there faced the death sentence which was where Cadmus along with Amanda Waller recruited members for Task Force X.
• In Young Justice, Belle Reve appeared in the animated series as a prison in the episode "Terrors". It was run by Amanda Waller with Hugo Strange serving as the prison's psychiatrist with its prisoners including supervillains.

Films

• In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Belle Reve made its first appearance in the DC Extended Universe in the live-action film. Following the Showdown in Wayne Station and the death of Superman, a SWAT team stormed the Kryptonian scout ship Metropolis to arrest and imprison Lex Luthor at Belle Reve Federal Penitentiary. There, Luthor was shaved bald, and was later interrogated by Batman, who revealed that he had arranged for him to be transferred to Arkham Asylum in Gotham City. Fiercely, Luthor exclaimed the eventual arrival of Darkseid and his armada.
• In Suicide Squad, the Belle Reve Special Security Barracks appeared in the DC Extended Universe in the live-action film. Months later, Amanda Waller, the director of A.R.G.U.S., planned to assemble Task Force X, composed of several criminals with superhuman abilities and powers to protect the United States. They included the marksman Floyd Lawton, the climber Christopher Weiss, the Australian thief George Harkness, the psychopath Harleen Quinzel, the monstrous crocodilian metahuman Waylon Jones, the pyrokinetic metahuman Chato Santana, and the witch Enchantress, who would be guided by Colonel Rick Flag and the samurai Tatsu Yamashiro. Months later, Amanda Waller, the director of A.R.G.U.S., planned to assemble Task Force X, composed of several criminals with superhuman abilities and powers to protect the United States. They included the marksman Floyd Lawton, the climber Christopher Weiss, the Australian thief George Harkness, the psychopath Harleen Quinzel, the monstrous crocodilian metahuman Waylon Jones, the pyrokinetic metahuman Chato Santana, and the witch Enchantress, who would be guided by Colonel Rick Flag and the samurai Tatsu Yamashiro.
• In Suicide Squad, the Belle Reve Correctional Facility appeared in the animated film. It served as the headquarters of Task Force X and from where Amanda Waller directed the actions of the Suicide Squad with supervillain convicts returned there after the completion of a mission. In 2016, peace vigilante Christopher Smith was jailed at Belle Reve on a 30-year sentence, at the same time that George Harkness escaped from his cell to become a wanted criminal in Gotham City. Among the new prisoners were the mercenary Robert DuBois, the rat-handler Cleo Cazo, the anthropomorphic weasel Weasel, the metahuman Abner Krill, the shark metahuman Nanaue, the alien Mongal, the athlete Gunter Braun, the computer vigilante Brian Durlin, the detachable metahuman Cory Pitzner, and the weapons expert Richard Hertz.

Video games

• In Injustice 2, Belle Reve was mentioned in dialogue interactions between Deadshot and Harley Quinn in the fighting video game.
• In DC: Unchained, Belle Reve appeared in the setting of the mobile video game. The villains during the story mode investigated the prison when they came under attack from Parademons and brainwashed humans that were serving Darkseid.

Appearances

• Suicide Squad v1: (1987)
• Suicide Squad v4:

External Links

• Comicvine Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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