Suicide Squad #5 - Kill Your Darlings
([June] 2018)

DC, 2017 Series
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Volume
5
Price
14.99 USD; 19.99 CAD
Pages
132
On-sale Date
2018-04-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [circle and serifs]
ISBN
978-1-4012-7880-9 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401278809 51499
Editing
Andy Khouri (editor - original series); Harvey Richards (associate editor - original series); Jeb Woodard (group editor - collected editions); Scott Nybakken (editor - collected edtions)

Issue Notes

Collects Suicide Squad (DC, 2016 series) #21-25.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Suicide Squad / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eddy Barrows
Inks
Eber Ferreira
Colors
Adriano Lucas
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]]
Reprints

[Title Page] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Giuseppe Cafaro
Inks
Giuseppe Cafaro
Colors
Hi-Fi
Letters
?

Characters
Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]

Indexer Notes

Title page with illustration from Suicide Squad #25.

[Title and Credits] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Giuseppe Cafaro
Inks
Giuseppe Cafaro
Colors
Hi-Fi
Letters
?

Characters
Suicide Squad [Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]; El Diablo [Chato Santana]]; Amanda Waller; Tunguska

Indexer Notes

Title pages with creator credits, includes illustration from Suicide Squad #25.

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

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gus Vazquez
Inks
Gus Vazquez
Colors
Adriano Lucas
Letters
typeset

Characters
Suicide Squad [Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]]

Indexer Notes

Indicia and publisher information, includes illustration from Suicide Squad #21.

[Suicide Squad #21] (Table of Contents: 4)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eddy Barrows (signed)
Inks
Eber Ferreira (signed)
Colors
Adriano Lucas
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Color art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

[Suicide Squad #21 - black and white cover reprint] (Table of Contents: 5)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eddy Barrows (signed)
Inks
Eber Ferreira (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Black and white art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

[Kill Your Darling Part One:] The Entrance Fee (Table of Contents: 6)

Suicide Squad / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Rob Williams
Pencils
Gus Vazquez
Inks
Gus Vazquez
Colors
Adriano Lucas
Letters
Pat Brosseau

Genre
superhero
Characters
Amanda Waller; unnamed female reporter; unnamed cameramen; unnamed limo driver; unnamed Capitol staff; Suicide Squad [Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]]; Cosmonut; unnamed pilot; unnamed Bulgarian soldiers; unnamed congressman (conducting hearing); other unnamed congressional members; unnamed photographers; Gulag (of the Annihilation Brigade); Direktor Karla (Director of the Annihilation Brigade)
Synopsis
While Amanda testifies before a congressional committee investigating her involvement with Task Force X and the incident involving Rustam and the Burning World, the Squad travels to Bulgaria to track down and eliminate Direktor Karla and the People, but the mission runs into complications.
Reprints
Keywords
Bulgaria; Lincoln Memorial; Washington D.C.

Indexer Notes

The incident involving Rustam and the Burning World was detailed in the storyline "Burning Down the House" in issues #11-15.

Amanda learns that her daughter Coretta is expecting a baby girl, a granddaughter that Amanda fears that she will never see.

[Suicide Squad #22] (Table of Contents: 7)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eddy Barrows (signed)
Inks
Eber Ferreira (signed)
Colors
Adriano Lucas
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Color art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

[Suicide Squad #22 - black and white cover reprint] (Table of Contents: 8)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eddy Barrows (signed)
Inks
Eber Ferreira (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Black and white art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

Kill Your Darling Part Two: I Escaped (Table of Contents: 9)

Suicide Squad / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Rob Williams
Pencils
Agustín Padilla
Inks
Agustín Padilla
Colors
Adriano Lucas
Letters
Pat Brosseau

Genre
superhero
Characters
Amanda Waller; unnamed father in car; unnamed mother in car; unnamed child in car; Suicide Squad [Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]]; Direktor Karla; Justice League [Superman [Clark Kent]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Wonder Woman [Diana of Themyscira]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]] (image on monitor); Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz] (image on monitor); Hawkman [Carter Hall] (image on monitor); Bane (image on monitor); other unidentified super-powered beings (image on monitor); Killer Frost [Caitlin Snow] (image on monitor); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (image on monitor)
Synopsis
With the Squad trapped in the abandoned secret base of The People with a giant bomb that is about to detonate, Harley downloads The People's files to find out how to stop them bomb. However, she learns from the file that Boomerang had been working for Harcourt and had been the one who killed Hack. Harley goes after Boomerang to exact vengeance. Meanwhile, Amanda escapes from Direktor Karla and has a new mission in mind.
Reprints
Keywords
Bulgaria; Denali National Park Alaska; Fairbanks Alaska; Fort Wainwright

Indexer Notes

Boomerang killed Hack while working for Harcourt in issue #13, but the rest of the Squad was unaware of whom had killed Hack until now.

[Suicide Squad #23] (Table of Contents: 10)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eddy Barrows (signed)
Inks
Eber Ferreira (signed)
Colors
Adriano Lucas

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]]; Killer Frost [Caitlin Snow]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Amanda Waller (background)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Color art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

[Suicide Squad #23 - black and white cover reprint] (Table of Contents: 11)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eddy Barrows (signed)
Inks
Eber Ferreira (signed)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]]; Killer Frost [Caitlin Snow]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Amanda Waller (background)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Black and white art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

Kill Your Darling Part Three: Out of Control (Table of Contents: 12)

Suicide Squad / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Rob Williams
Pencils
Gus Vazquez
Inks
Gus Vazquez
Colors
Adriano Lucas
Letters
Pat Brosseau

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; El Diablo [Chato Santana]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Amanda Waller; Killer Frost [Caitlin Snow]; Direktor Karla (flashback); unnamed Task Force X support team members; Justice League [Superman [Clark Kent]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Wonder Woman [Diana of Themyscira]; Green Lantern [Jessica Cruz]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Green Lantern [Simon Baz]; Shazam [Billy Batson]] (all images on monitors); Lobo (image on monitor)
Synopsis
Amanda sends the Suicide Squad to capture Killer Frost, which leads to a confrontation with Batman, who had freed her from Amanda previously.
Reprints
Keywords
Belle Reve Penitentiary

Indexer Notes

Story references Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (DC, 2017 series) #6, where Batman agreed to let Amanda Waller to continue to run the Suicide Squad as long as she agreed to release Killer Frost into Batman's custody.

[Suicide Squad #24] (Table of Contents: 13)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eddy Barrows (signed)
Inks
Eber Ferreira (signed)
Colors
Adriano Lucas
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]]; Tunguska
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Color art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

[Suicide Squad #24 - black and white cover reprint] (Table of Contents: 14)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Eddy Barrows (signed)
Inks
Eber Ferreira (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]]; Tunguska
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Black and white art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

Kill Your Darling Part Four: Unworthy (Table of Contents: 15)

Suicide Squad / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Rob Williams
Pencils
Agustín Padilla; Juan Ferreyra
Inks
Agustín Padilla; Juan Ferreyra
Colors
Adriano Lucas
Letters
Pat Brosseau

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]; El Diablo [Chato Santana]]; Amanda Waller; Justice League of America [Killer Frost [Caitlin Snow]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Vixen [Mari McCabe] (image on monitor); The Ray [Ray Terrill] (image on monitor); Black Canary [Dinah Lance] (image on monitor)]; Direktor Karla (hologram only); Annihilation Brigade [Tunguska; Gulag (in disembodied form)]; Suicide Suits (Amanda Waller's armored troops); unnamed international Suicide Squad soldiers; Justice League [Superman [Clark Kent]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Jessica Cruz]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]; Wonder Woman [Diana of Themyscira]] (all images on monitors)
Synopsis
At Belle Reve, Katana regrets her recent actions, Amanda holds Killer Frost captive, while Batman is heading to Belle Reve to free Frost. Amanda conspires with Direktor Karla to eliminate all the world's super-heroes and villains, while Harley and the rest of the Squad grow suspicious of Waller's intentions.
Reprints
Keywords
Belle Reve Penitentiary

[Suicide Squad #25] (Table of Contents: 16)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Juan Ferreyra (signed as JEF)
Inks
Juan Ferreyra (signed as JEF)
Colors
Juan Ferreyra (signed as JEF)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Enchantress [June Moone]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Color art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

[Suicide Squad #25 - black and white cover reprint] (Table of Contents: 17)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Juan Ferreyra (signed as JEF)
Inks
Juan Ferreyra (signed as JEF)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Enchantress [June Moone]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Black and white art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

Kill Your Darlings Conclusion: Death Over Slavery (Table of Contents: 18)

Suicide Squad / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Rob Williams
Pencils
Giuseppe Cafaro; Agustín Padilla (epilogue)
Inks
Giuseppe Cafaro; Agustín Padilla (epilogue)
Colors
Hi-Fi
Letters
Pat Brosseau

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; El Diablo [Chato Santana]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Enchantress [June Moone]]; Amanda Waller; Justice League of America [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Killer Frost [Caitlin Snow]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]]; innocent civilians; Suicide Suits (Amanda Waller's armored troops, flashback); Annihilation Brigade [Gulag (in disembodied form); Tunguska; Cosmonut (flashback); Tankograd (flashback)]; Justice League [Superman [Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana of Themyscira]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Cyborg [Victor Stone]] (all images on monitors); Green Arrow (image on monitor); unnamed pilots; Direktor Karla (death); unnamed international Suicide Squad soldiers (deaths); Original Suicide Squad [Karin Grace; Rick Flag Sr.]
Synopsis
Amanda, under the mental control of Gulag, works with Direktor Karla to unleash international Suicide Squads around the world with the mission to eliminate all super-heroes and super-villains. That leaves it up to Harley and the rest of the Squad to stop Amanda, the Annihilation Brigade, and the international squads to save the world's super beings.
Reprints
Keywords
Belle Reve Penitentiary

Suicide Squad Variant Cover Gallery (Table of Contents: 19)

Suicide Squad / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Whilce Portacio
Inks
Whilce Portacio
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]

Indexer Notes

Introduction to cover gallery of variant covers, includes illustration from the variant cover of Suicide Squad #25.

[Suicide Squad #21 Variant Cover] (Table of Contents: 20)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Whilce Portacio (signed)
Inks
Whilce Portacio (signed)
Colors
Alex Sinclair (signed as Sinc)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Gulag (of the Annihilation Brigade)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Color art from issue variant cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

[Suicide Squad #22 Variant Cover] (Table of Contents: 21)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Whilce Portacio (signed)
Inks
Whilce Portacio (signed)
Colors
Alex Sinclair (signed as Sinc)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Color art from issue variant cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

[Suicide Squad #23 Variant Cover] (Table of Contents: 22)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Whilce Portacio (signed)
Inks
Whilce Portacio (signed)
Colors
Alex Sinclair (signed as Sinc)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Killer Frost [Caitlin Snow]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Color art from issue variant cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

[Suicide Squad #24 Variant Cover] (Table of Contents: 23)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Whilce Portacio (signed)
Inks
Whilce Portacio (signed)
Colors
Hi-Fi (signed)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Suicide Squad [Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]; Captain Boomerang [George "Digger" Harkness]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Color art from issue variant cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

Alex Sinclair is credited as the colorist for the variant cover, but the cover is signed by Hi-Fi.

[Suicide Squad #25 Variant Cover] (Table of Contents: 24)

Suicide Squad / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Whilce Portacio (signed)
Inks
Whilce Portacio (signed)
Colors
Alex Sinclair (signed as Sinc)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Color art from issue variant cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.

The Squad Goes Rogue...To Save the World? (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

Suicide Squad / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Related Scans
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Suicide Squad
  2. 1. [Title Page]
  3. 2. [Title and Credits]
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. [Suicide Squad #21]
    Suicide Squad
  6. 5. [Suicide Squad #21 - black and white cover reprint]
    Suicide Squad
  7. 6. [Kill Your Darling Part One:] The Entrance Fee
    Suicide Squad
  8. 7. [Suicide Squad #22]
    Suicide Squad
  9. 8. [Suicide Squad #22 - black and white cover reprint]
    Suicide Squad
  10. 9. Kill Your Darling Part Two: I Escaped
    Suicide Squad
  11. 10. [Suicide Squad #23]
    Suicide Squad
  12. 11. [Suicide Squad #23 - black and white cover reprint]
    Suicide Squad
  13. 12. Kill Your Darling Part Three: Out of Control
    Suicide Squad
  14. 13. [Suicide Squad #24]
    Suicide Squad
  15. 14. [Suicide Squad #24 - black and white cover reprint]
    Suicide Squad
  16. 15. Kill Your Darling Part Four: Unworthy
    Suicide Squad
  17. 16. [Suicide Squad #25]
    Suicide Squad
  18. 17. [Suicide Squad #25 - black and white cover reprint]
    Suicide Squad
  19. 18. Kill Your Darlings Conclusion: Death Over Slavery
    Suicide Squad
  20. 19. Suicide Squad Variant Cover Gallery
    Suicide Squad
  21. 20. [Suicide Squad #21 Variant Cover]
    Suicide Squad
  22. 21. [Suicide Squad #22 Variant Cover]
    Suicide Squad
  23. 22. [Suicide Squad #23 Variant Cover]
    Suicide Squad
  24. 23. [Suicide Squad #24 Variant Cover]
    Suicide Squad
  25. 24. [Suicide Squad #25 Variant Cover]
    Suicide Squad
  26. 25. The Squad Goes Rogue...To Save the World?
    Suicide Squad
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  • Juan Gonzalez
  • John Monagle
  • Jim Van Dore