XOWComics.com

Issue: Suicide Squad #28

- Attribution History

Publication Date: May 1989

Issue #28
- #18
- #19
- #20
- #21
- #22
- #23
- #24
- #25
- #26
- #27
- ✓ #28
- #29
- #30
- #31
- #32
- #33
- #34
- #35
- #36
- #37
- #38
- more...
- Show Variants

Detail

Issues: #28 of 67 Issues (115 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume:

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 07098931202930

Price: $1.25 CAD
$1.00 USD

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:

Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.

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

Format Notes:

Variants2

2 Suicide Squad #28 [Direct]

Suicide Squad #28 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images0

Have this cover scanned?
Become an editor.

Assets0

Content Items (3 total)

The Janus Directive, Part 4 of 11: "Death Game"

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Karl Kesel (signed)

Inker(s): Karl Kesel (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage, superhero

Feature(s): Suicide Squad

Character(s): Peacemaker [Chris Smith]; Duchess [Lashina]; Major Force [Clifford Zmeck]

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[The Janus Directive, Part 4]: "Death Game"

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): John Ostrander; Kim Yale

Penciller(s): John K. Snyder III (layouts); Karl Kesel (finishes)

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 [Count Vertigo [Werner Vertigo]; Duchess [Lashina]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; Shade, the Changing Man [Rac Shade]; Vixen [Mari McCabe]]; Checkmate [Harry Stein; Harvey Bullock; Black Thorn [Elizabeth Thorne]; Checkmate Knight [Gary Washington]]; Project Peacemaker [Peacemaker [Chris Smith]; Dr. Bridgette D'Abo]; Valentina Vostok; Wade Eiling; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Sarge Steel; King Faraday; Flo Crawley; Warden John Economos; Murph [Daniel Murphy]; Cherie Chase; John Chase; Lois Lane; VILLAINS: Kobra; Blackadders

Synopsis: Furious that Harry tried to capture her, Waller sends members of the Suicide Squad to Checkmate headquarters where they end up getting involved in a pitched battle between Peacemaker and Major Force. They succeed in taking out both players but fail to bring in either Megala or Harry. Meanwhile, Harry is trying to defuse the Janus Directive conflict by sending Black Thorn to persuade Eiling of Project Atom to contact him so they can talk things out. Kobra, the real mastermind behind the Janus Directive, feels his plan is being derailed a bit and decides to get things back on track.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Job Number: G-4718

Notes: Story continues from Checkmate (DC, 1988 series) #16 and story continues in Checkmate (DC, 1988 series) #17.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Greenberger

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Suicide Notes

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: L-3669

Notes: Letters from readers - D. Sluss, Marson Fedrick, Deejay Dayton, Dale Coe, Donnie Matthews, Anthony Rapp and Charles D. Brown - and responses from Bob Greenberger.