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Cover: Howard Chaykin
Suicide Squad #1
“Trial by Blood”
writer John Ostrander · artist Luke McDonnell · inker Karl Kesel · colorist Carl Gafford · letterer Todd Klein · cover Howard Chaykin
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Cast · 37 characters
Amanda WallerAnastasio CorvoBenjamin TurnerBette Sans SouciBriscoeCaptain BoomerangChimeraColonel Rick FlagDeadshotDigger HarknessDjinnDr. Simon LaGrieveEve EdenFlo CrowlyFloyd LawtonJaculiJohn EconomosJune MooneKarin GraceLeah WassermanManticoreMarnie HerrsMindbogglerMushtaqNemesisNightshadeParasitePlastiquePresident MarloRavanRaza KattuahRudy JonesRustamThe Bronze TigerThe EnchantressTom TresserVicki Vale
Full credits
writer John Ostrander
artist Luke McDonnell
inker Karl Kesel
colorist Carl Gafford
letterer Todd Klein
cover pencils, inks Howard Chaykin
Full plot ⚠ may contain spoilers
▸ Reveal full plot — may contain spoilers
At Belle Reve Prison in Louisiana, Amanda Waller forms the Suicide Squad, made up of current inmates with special talents or powers, to serve the interests of the U.S. government on clandestine missions. Former Suicide Squad leader, Rick Flag, leads the first operation to take down terrorist group Jihad before they can attack the United States.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).