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5September 1987
$0.75; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP

Suicide Squad #5

DC · September 1987 · on sale 1987-06-02

First appearance: Major ZastrowFirst appearance: Zoya Trigorin2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Suicide Squad (DC, 1987 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
September 1987
Key date
1987-09-00
On-sale date
1987-06-02
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.75; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Major Zastrow - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Zoya Trigorin - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Mission to Moscowcover1pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bob LewisThe Bronze Tiger, Oswald Cobblepot, Deadshot, The Enchantress, Rick Flag Jr., Floyd Lawton, June Moone, Penguin, Benjamin Turner
1The Flight of the Firebirdcomic story22script: John Ostrander; pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bob Lewis; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Todd KleinThe Bronze Tiger, Captain Boomerang, Oswald Cobblepot, Deadshot, Eve Eden, The Enchantress, Rick Flag Jr., Mikhail Gorbachev, Digger Harkness, Dr. Simon LaGrieve, Floyd Lawton, June Moone, Nemesis, Nightshade
2-letters page2script: Bob Greenberger; pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bob Lewis

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.75 USD; barcode 0709893120209
Canadianprice 1.00 CAD; barcode 0709893120209

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Trial by Fire
ISBN 9781401230050		2011On eBay ›
Trial by Fire
ISBN 978-1-4012-5831-3		2015On eBay ›
Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-77951-444-8		2021On eBay ›
DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-79950-075-9		2025On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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