This month, we get a double dose of Suicide Squad....
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| Suicide Squad 22 |
Comic Title: Suicide Squad #22
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date: November 1, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
Editor: Robert Greenberger
Title: "Final Round"
Writer: John Ostrander
Penciller: Luke McDonnell
Inker: Karl Kesel
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Carl Gafford
Cover Credits
Penciller: Luke McDonnell
Inker: Karl Kesel
As I talk about in the episode, if memory serves correctly, this is the first issue of Suicide Squad I picked up off the stand.
Special times..
Anywho....
Amanda Waller sends the Suicide Squad to Washington to stop Rick Flag from killing Tolliver and Senator Cray by any means necessary. They arrive too late to prevent the murder of Tolliver. The group splits up to search the city for Flag. Deadshot finds him at the Lincoln Memorial with Cray in his sites. Deadshot prevents Flag from killing Cray by shooting the Senator himself. When the police arrive moments later they open fire on Deadshot. He is hit multiple times, but he survives. Flag disappears, and despite his efforts the story of the Suicide Squad is publicly exposed.
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| Suicide Squad 23 |
Cover Date: January 1989
On Sale Date: December 6, 1988
Cover Price: $1.00
Title: "Weird War Tales"
Writer: John Ostrander
Writer: Kim Yale
Penciller: Luke McDonnell
Inker: Karl Kesel
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Carl Gafford
Editor: Robert Greenberger
Cover Credits
Penciller: Luke McDonnell
Inker: Karl Kesel
Synopsis: from Mikes
John Economos meets with the Bronze Tiger to discuss his recent mission to Russia during the alien invasion. He, Vixen, and the Duchess battled the Thanagarians and Okaarans alongside the Rocket Red Brigade. The New Guardians and Soyuz were also involved in the battle.
Nemesis pays a visit to Nightshade. He tells her about his mission to Australia to battle the Khunds. On the return trip Captain Boomerang was thrown off a boat by several Australians. He is considered an embarrassment in his homeland.
Elsewhere in Belle Reve, Simon LaGrieve and Marnie Herrs evaluate potential candidates for the team. Marnie announces that she is quitting. Flo receives a mysterious communication from someone named Oracle. Nemesis becomes the latest victim of a pie in the face just after seeing a mysterious black light flash in the sky.
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