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Issue: Suicide Squad #1

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Publication Date: May 1987

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Issues: #1 of 67 Issues (115 Printings)

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Variant: CA Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 02/26/1987

Volume:

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893120205

Price: $1.00 CAD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
3 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Robert Greenberger

Notes: On-sale date from DC Releases #36.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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2 Suicide Squad #1 [Direct]

Suicide Squad #1 [CA Cover Price]

Suicide Squad #1 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (3 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Howard Chaykin (signed)

Inker(s): Howard Chaykin (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset; Todd Klein (logo design)

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage, superhero

Feature(s): Suicide Squad

Character(s): Suicide Squad [Enchantress; Captain Boomerang; Bronze Tiger; Nightshade; Deadshot; Plastique; Rick Flag; Mindboggler]

First Line: These 8 people will put their lives on the line for our country. One of them won't be coming home!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

Trial by Blood

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): John Ostrander

Penciller(s): Luke McDonnell

Inker(s): Karl Kesel

Colorist(s): Carl Gafford

Letterer(s): Todd Klein

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage, superhero

Feature(s): Suicide Squad

Character(s): 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; VILLAINS: Jihad [Djinn (first appearance); Jaculi (first appearance); Manticore (first appearance); Ravan (first appearance); Rustam (team leader; first appearance)]; President Marlo of Quarac; Parasite [Rudy Jones]

Synopsis: Amanda Waller organizes a mission to take down the Jihad before they can attack the U.S.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Job Number: G-2939

Suicide Squad

Text Article on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Greenberger

Penciller(s): Luke McDonnell

Inker(s): Karl Kesel ?

Colorist(s): Carl Gafford ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage, superhero

Character(s): Amanda Waller; Suicide Squad [Enchantress; Captain Boomerang; Bronze Tiger; Deadshot; Rick Flag]

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: L-2683

Notes: Bob Greenberger talks about how this series was developed.