Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad is a comic book team that first appeared in The Brave and The Bold #25
The Suicide Squad are a group comprised mostly of incarcerated super-villains who are sent on black op missions, by the government, that do not have a high chance of survival.
The Suicide Squadron
The original Suicide Squad, called the Suicide Squadron, were a very expendable team that existed during World War 2. Comprised of trouble-making soldiers, they were led by a man named Rick Flag, Sr. The Suicide Squad is under the control of the government organization called Task Force X.
The Suicide Squad
Years later, the Suicide Squad returns under Task Force X, as it's now run by Amanda Waller. This time, the Suicide Squad is comprised of mostly incarcerated super-villains who are willing to go on very dangerous missions in return for a speedier release from prison. Their missions are all black operation missions and are not officially sanctioned by the government. True to its name, there were several members who never returned back home from a mission.
To prevent any member of the Squad to run away on a mission, Amanda Waller fits every untried and untrustworthy member with an explosive bracelet that detonates if they try to remove it or if they stray too far from their mission leader. This Squad's usual mission leader was Rick Flag Jr, the son of the original Suicide Squad's leader.
Often, the non-villain members on the team were paying off favors from the government.
Task Force X was eventually forced to work freelance and kept Amanda Waller as their leader, invoking a new version of the Suicide Squad.
Since then, several other incarnations of the team have been recognized in the DC Universe.
Suicide Squad: Raise the FlagMany of the regular characters appear in the series. The series seems to take place roughly between the Squad's appearance in Checkmate and the events of Salvation Run. Waller has already been ousted from her position at Checkmate, but Deadshot is still with the Squad and not exiled. The main plot of the series has revolved around Rick Flag's return to active duty with the Squad. He is shown to have survived his apparent death in Bialya by being transported to the world of Skartaris along with his enemy Rustam. Surviving there he finally kills Rustam and finds his way back home where he ends up in a Quraci prison and is eventually rescued by the Squad. Flag is welcomed back to the Squad but is greeted with two pieces of shocking news. The first is that his former employer and nemesis General Wade Eiling is a captive of the Squad, having had his mind transferred into the body of the villain Shaggy Man. The second is that Flag is in fact not Rick Flag Jr and never has been. Eiling had implanted the false identity of Rick Flag into his mind upon recruitment. Eiling also reveals that he had planted a post-hypnotic suggestion in Flag's mind which makes him ultimately loyal to Eiling. With the help of Cliff Carmichael, Eiling has been secretly co-opting other members of the Squad, with the intent of killing Waller and seizing control for himself. The new squad consisted of Rick Flag, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang Jr., Plastique, Bronze Tiger, Count Vertigo, Multiplex, Cliff Carmichael, Marauder, Blackguard, Windfall, Twister, and the General.
When the Squad is sent against a corporation which developed a dangerous bioweapon, Eiling offers to destroy the Squad for them if they meet his financial demands. As the attack begins, Eiling makes his move.
Blackguard gets his head snapped off by the General, Windfall dies at the hands of a mind controlled Chemo,Twister gets killed by White Dragon,Cliff Carmichael gets shot to death by King Faraday,White Dragon gets burned to death by Plastique, and Marauder gets killed by an explosive boomerang from Captain Boomerang Jr.
Then,the Genral gets brain damage from an explosive blow in his head.
Then after the mission Bane and Nightshade get recruited into the Suicide Squad.
Most recently, The Suicide Squad captured many villains and shipped them off to another planet. (Salvation Run)
The Suicide Squad roster currently is Rick Flag Jr.,Bronze Tiger,Multiplex,Plastique,Count Vertigo, and The General.
Deadshot and Bane were part of the Suicide Squad only to be betrayed by the team. (Salvation Run #2)
The Suicide Squad has fought the Justice League and Birds of Prey recently.
| Team Name: | Suicide Squad |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| 1st Appearance: | The Brave and The Bold #25 |
| Appears in: | 151 issues |
| Disbanded in: |
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