Suicide Squad #1 [Canadian]

(May 1987)

Trial by Blood (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

John Ostrander (credited)

Pencils

Luke McDonnell (credited)

Inks

Karl Kesel (credited)

Colors

Carl Gafford (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Job Number

G-2939

Genre

spy; superhero

Characters

Amanda Waller; Suicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Mindboggler; Plastique [Bette Sans Souci]; Nemesis [Tom Tresser; undercover as Colonel Mushtaq]; Nightshade [Eve Eden; undercover as Chimera]]; Karin Grace; Briscoe (first appearance); Flo Crawley (first appearance); John Economos (first appearance; the warden at Belle Reve); Simon LaGrieve (first appearance; a psychiatrist); Marnie Herrs; Vicki Vale; Jihad [Djinn (first appearance); Jaculi (first appearance); Manticore (first appearance); Ravan (first appearance); Rustam (team leader; first appearance)] (villains); President Marlo of Qurac (villain); Parasite [Rudy Jones] (villain)

Synopsis

At Belle Reve Prison in Louisiana, Amanda Waller forms the Suicide Squad, made up of current inmates with special talents or powers, to serve the interests of the U.S. government on clandestine missions. Former Suicide Squad leader, Rick Flag, leads the first operation to take down terrorist group Jihad before they can attack the United States.

Reprints

• in Superamigos (Editora Abril, 1985 series) #44 (Dezembro 1988)
• in Suicide Squad (DC, 2011 series) #1 [First Edition] - Trial by Fire ([April] 2011), #1 [New Edition] - Trial by Fire ([November] 2015)
• in Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (DC, 2021 series) ([September] 2021)

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Suicide Squad (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Greenberger (credited as Bob Greenberger)

Pencils

Luke McDonnell

Inks

Karl Kesel ?

Colors

Carl Gafford ?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-2683

Characters

Amanda Waller; Suicide Squad [Enchantress; Captain Boomerang; Bronze Tiger; Deadshot; Rick Flag]

Indexer Notes

Bob Greenberger talks about how this series was developed.