In the first storyline, Mindboggler and Plastique, both from the pages of Firestorm, were included in short-term roles. One of the wonderful conceits of the series is that a large chunk of the cast could rotate in and out or be killed off during an arc. He’s not alone, though amnesiac former assassin Bronze Tiger stays with the team, hoping they can bring him some answers. Flag also has to babysit the likes of Deadshot, a Batman villain & skilled assassin, Captain Boomerang, a Flash rogue from Down Under, and The Enchantress, a woman with dual personalities created through magic. Unfortunately, he’s got the weight of legacy and his own mistakes from the past on his shoulders. Rick Flag, the son of the previous Squad’s leader, led the team on the ground. Amanda Waller runs the program, which straps remote explosive devices to super-criminals in government custody and sends them on dangerous missions against the foes of the era: Middle Eastern terrorists and Communist superpowers. It is the nickname for operations done out of Belle Reve Prison, a facility for super-criminals. The Suicide Squad is derived from The Dirty Dozen and Mission: Impossible. Ostrander retroactively introduces a World War II-era group in the pages of Secret Origins to set the stage for the modern team’s grand debut. Previously, the Suicide Squad were special agents sent on dangerous missions in a short-lived The Brave & The Bold run from the 1960s. This team was an old name repurposed into a new, exciting concept. Writer John Ostrander, new to DC Comics, plotted Legends and used it to introduce the Suicide Squad. The 1987 mini-series Legends served as a sort of table setting, spotlighting the characters who would be central to the next two decades. New doors were open, and the kinds of stories the company wanted to tell weren’t like what had come before. In the wake of Crisis on the Infinite Earths, the DC Universe was changed. DeMatteis, Paul Kupperberg, and Robert Greenberger)Īrt by Luke McDonnell, Bob Lewis, Erik Larsen, Keith Giffen, Al Gordon, and Rob Liefeld Written by John Ostrander (with Keith Giffen, J.M. Reprints Suicide Squad v1 #9-16, Doom Patrol/Suicide Squad Special, Justice League International #13, Secret Origins #28 Suicide Squad: The Nightshade Odyssey (2015)
Reprints Secret Origins #14, Suicide Squad v1 #1-8
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