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After the League · 1987

Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire

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Inspired The Suicide Squad: Amanda Waller pulls villains out of prison for missions no one else would take; collects the start of John Ostrander's run

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  • Main story6 of 8
  • Chronological8 of 15
  • Everything3 of 15
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Quick recap

Amanda Waller builds Task Force X: villains locked up in Belle Reve get time off their sentences if they take secret government missions they might not come back from. Rick Flag leads the team in the field, with names like Deadshot, Captain Boomerang and Bronze Tiger, and a bomb on each wrist keeps them in line. After a debut against a fire villain, the team is sent into countries where the U.S. can't officially show its face, against the terrorist group Jihad. Every mission takes its toll, and not everyone makes it back. By the end of these first issues, the Squad has already lost members, and the distrust between Flag and Waller is set up for what comes next.

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Trivia

  1. ReferenceInspiration on the label

    DC itself sells this collection as the classic story that inspired The Suicide Squad.

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  2. Behind the scenesThe creator on screen

    John Ostrander, who reinvented the Squad in 1987, appears in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad. He was already in the trailer.

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  3. Behind the scenesOld name, new team

    The Suicide Squad name dates back to 1959, as a team of adventurers. Ostrander turned it into a crew of jailed villains working for the government.

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