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Suicide Squad
Cover of Suicide Squad (vol. 5) #33 (March 2018). Art by Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, Adriano Lucas, and Mason Fox.
Group publication information
Publisher
DC Comics
First appearance
Original: The Brave and the Bold #25 (September 1959) Modern: Legends #3 (January 1987)
Created by
Original: Robert Kanigher Ross Andru Modern: John Ostrander
In-story information
Base(s)
Belle Reve Penitentiary, IMHS[1]
Member(s)
List of Suicide Squad members
Suicide Squad
Cover of Suicide Squad #1 (May 1987). Art by Howard Chaykin.
Series publication information
Publisher
DC Comics
Schedule
Monthly
Format
Ongoing series
Genre
Spy, superhero
Publication date
Vol. 1: May 1987 – June 1992 Vol. 2: November 2001 – October 2002 Vol. 3: November 2007 – June 2008 Vol. 4: November 2011 – July 2014 New Suicide Squad: September 2014 – July 2016 Vol. 5 August 2016 – January 2019 Vol. 6 December 2019 – November 2020 Vol. 7 March 2021 – present
Number of issues
Vol. 1: 68 (#1–66 plus 1 Annual and 1 Special) Vol. 2: 12 Vol. 3: 8 Vol. 4: 32 (#1–30 plus issue #0 and one Special) New Suicide Squad: 22 (20 regular, 1 Annual and 1 Special) Vol. 5 50 (plus a DC Rebirth one-shot) Vol. 6 11
Creative team
Writer(s)
Vol. 1:
John Ostrander (#1–67, Annual #1)
Paul Kupperberg (Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special #1)
Original: Robert Kanigher Ross Andru Modern: John Ostrander
Editor(s)
Vol. 1:
Robert Greenberger
Dan Raspler
Mike Gold
Vol. 2:
Peter Tomasi
Stephen Wacker
Vol. 3:
Joan Hilty
Rachel Gluckstern
Vol. 4:
Pat McCallum
Rachel Gluckstern
Sean Mackiewicz
Rickey Purdin
Mike Marts
Darren Shan
Brian Cunningham
Wil Moss
Harvey Richards
Kate Durréh
New Suicide Squad:
Taylor Esposito
Dave Sharpe
Collected editions
Trial by Fire
ISBN 1-4012-3005-9
Suicide Squad: From the Ashes
ISBN 1-4012-1866-0
Kicked in the Teeth
ISBN 1-4012-3544-1
Basilisk Rising
ISBN 1-4012-3844-0
Death Is for Suckers
ISBN 1-4012-4316-9
Discipline and Punish
ISBN 1-4012-4701-6
Walled In
ISBN 1-4012-5012-2
New Suicide Squad: Vol. 1
ISBN 1-4012-5238-9
The Suicide Squad is an antihero/supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version of the Suicide Squad debuted in The Brave and the Bold #25 (September 1959) and the second and modern version, created by John Ostrander, debuted in Legends #3 (January 1987).
Various incarnations of the Suicide Squad have existed throughout the years as depicted in several self-titled comic book series, from its origins in the Silver Age to its modern-day post-Crisis re-imagining, to the current version that was introduced in 2016. The current iteration of the team appears in the sixth volume of the Suicide Squad comic series, and the recurring members include Enchantress, Katana, Killer Croc, Captain Boomerang, Deadshot and Harley Quinn.
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