([March] 1988)

DC, 1988 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1987-12-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc. [not printed on item]
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike Gold (editor); Robert Greenberger (editor)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock
newsprint
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

This comic has no indicia on any of the interior pages. On-sale date from DC Releases #46.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Doom Patrol; Suicide Squad / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Erik Larsen (signed as Erik Larsen [stacked name])
Inks
Bob Lewis (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin (sourced)
Genre
spy; superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol: Robotman [Cliff Steele]
Doom Patrol: Celsius [Arani Caulder]; Negative Woman [Valentina Vostock]; Tempest [Joshua Clay]
Rick Flag; Suicide Squad [Colonel Rick Flag; Mr. 104; Psi; Thinker; Weasel]; Rocket Red Brigade
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Indexer Notes

Wrap-around cover.

Cover Thumbnail for The Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special (DC, 1988 series) #1 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special (1988 series) #1 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special (1988 series) #1 [Canadian]
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Red Pawn (Table of Contents: 1)

Doom Patrol; Suicide Squad / comic story / 45 pages (report information)

Script
John Ostrander (plot); Paul Kupperberg (script)
Pencils
Erik Larsen
Inks
Bob Lewis
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Steven Haynie
Genre
spy; superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol [Celsius [Arani Caulder]; Negative Woman [Val Vostok]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]; Tempest [Joshua Clay]]; Suicide Squad [Colonel Rick Flag; Mr. 104 [John Dubrovny] (dies); Psi [Gayle Marsh] (dies); Thinker [Clifford DeVoe] (dies); Weasel (dies)]; Hawk [Hank Hall]; Amanda Waller; President Ronald Reagan; Rocket Red Brigade; Major Zastrow; Stalnoivolk; The Sandinistas (villains)
Synopsis
Hawk is captured while running guns to the Contras. The Suicide Squad, Doom Patrol and Rocket Red Brigade are all sent to bring him in.
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Indexer Notes

This story takes place during Suicide Squad (DC, 1987 series) #11-12, between Doom Patrol (DC, 1987 series) #'s 6 and 7 and after Teen Titans Spotlight (DC, 1986 series) #9 and Booster Gold (DC, 1986 series) #17.

The Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Greenberger
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-3055
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Indexer Notes

Bob Greenberger talks about how this story was developed, from potential two-part fill-in story for the Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad to a one-shot holiday special.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Doom Patrol; Suicide Squad
  2. 1. Red Pawn
    Doom Patrol; Suicide Squad
  3. 2. The Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Scott Arthur
  • Ruben Cortes
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Morbus Iff
  • Roy Lyons
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ron Sadowski
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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