(February 1992)

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Price
1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1992-01-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dan Raspler

Atom Smashing! (Table of Contents)

Suicide Squad / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Geof Isherwood (signed)
Inks
Karl Kesel (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
spy; superhero
Characters
Atom [Ray Palmer]; Blacksnake
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

Batman's Best Friend Isn't On the Streets Tonight (Table of Contents: 1)

James Gordon / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Commissioner James Gordon

Indexer Notes

Public Service Announcement for American Heart Association on inside front cover.

[Legerdemain, Part Four]: Number the Dead (Table of Contents: 2)

Suicide Squad / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
John Ostrander; Kim Yale
Pencils
Geof Isherwood
Inks
Robert Campanella
Colors
Tom McCraw
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
spy; superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Amanda Waller; Atom [Adam Cray] (deceased); Ben Turner [Bronze Tiger]; George Harkness [Captain Boomerang; also as Digger]; Werner Vertigo [Count Vertigo]; Floyd Lawton [Deadshot]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; Thinker [Cliff Carmichael]]; Justice League [Aquaman [Arthur Curry; Orin]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]]; Sarge Steel; President George Bush; Marlo (villain); Hayoth [Golem; Ramban; Judith] (villains); Jihad [Agni; Badb; Piscator] (villains); Blacksnake (villain); Sting [revealed to be Ray Palmer; also appears as Atom] (villain); Major George McClellan (villain, dies); Agent Bailey (villain, dies); Agent Hubbard (villain, dies)
Synopsis
The Squad, with Batman, Superman and Aquaman, solve the mystery of the Atom's death.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Suicide Notes / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Raspler
Pencils
Geof Isherwood (signed)
Inks
Karl Kesel (signed)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Chris Khalaf, Sir Jon Johnson, Tom Ewing, Robert Hemedes and Shaggie D. Matthews - and responses from Dan Raspler. Preview of cover to SUICIDE SQUAD #63.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Atom Smashing!
    Suicide Squad
  2. 1. Batman's Best Friend Isn't On the Streets Tonight
    James Gordon
  3. 2. [Legerdemain, Part Four]: Number the Dead
    Suicide Squad
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Suicide Notes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Morbus Iff
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore