Suicide Squad #4

In "The Janus Directive, Part 1: Knight Kill," Ray—posing as a mob contact entangled in a high-stakes assassination plot—is ambushed by an armored assassin known only as Bishop, who defeats him and seemingly eliminates the target. Forced to regroup, Ray returns as Warwick, now armed with a modified Checkmate suit, ready to face Bishop again. As tensions escalate, Amanda Waller arrives at Checkmate with reinforcements, signaling that the conflict is far from over—and the intelligence world is about to be torn apart.

In "The Janus Directive, Part 2: Scattermove," Waller enlists the Suicide Squad in a high-stakes mission to eliminate the Force of July, claiming they’re part of a larger conspiracy threatening the covert intelligence world. As tensions rise and doubts surface—especially for Ben, who questions the existence of the Janus Directive—The Squad pushes forward, facing off against a ruthless enemy they’re not sure they can trust.

In "The Janus Directive, Part 3: Shadow Knights," Megala’s capture by Checkmate sets off a chain reaction when his hidden chair activates a tracking signal. With Waller’s Janus Directive spiraling out of control, Harry confronts her recklessness head-on, while Gary, Val, and Black Thorn launch a daring infiltration of Belle Reve—only to clash with the Suicide Squad as Waller slips away.

In "Death Game," the Suicide Squad is sent to Checkmate headquarters on Waller’s orders after Harry’s failed attempt to capture her, plunging them into a brutal clash between Peacemaker and Major Force. As the squad eliminates both combatants, they’re left empty-handed—Megala and Harry remain at large. Meanwhile, Harry tries to de-escalate the Janus Directive crisis by sending Black Thorn to reach out to Eiling, while Kobra, the true architect of the scheme, grows impatient and intervenes to steer events back on course.

In the aftermath of a shattered headquarters, Checkmate regroups at the abandoned NORAD complex, where Harry pushes Eiling to see the truth: the Janus Directive may be a trap. As Kobra strikes across the globe, targeting Checkmate Knights on missions, the fragile alliance between Checkmate and the Atom Project becomes their only hope to uncover the conspiracy before it’s too late.

In "The Janus Directive, Part 8: Heavy Squad," the Suicide Squad finds themselves caught in a crossfire as Checkmate, the CBI, and Project Atom converge on their HQ to seize Waller. With alliances fractured and trust in question, Waller reveals a shocking truth: she was never the Kobra doppelganger they believed—she was playing a deeper game all along, and the real danger lies in the hidden consequences of Kobra’s Janus Directive.

In "The Janus Directive, Part 9: Knight Fight," the Suicide Squad faces off against Kobra’s crumbling space ark as global agencies unite for a final assault. With the mad scientist’s plan unraveling, Kobra unleashes his pulse cannon in a desperate bid to turn the tide.

In the high-stakes finale of *The Janus Directive*, the Suicide Squad faces off against Kobra’s global threat as rival agencies finally unite to stop his pulse cannon and space ark. With trust shattered and alliances forged in fire, President Bush reorganizes the intelligence landscape—placing Sarge Steel in charge of covert meta-human ops, Eiling over military efforts, and dissolving Checkmate to absorb Project Peacemaker. Waller keeps the Suicide Squad, but only on one condition: she stays in line.