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Suicide Squad #1 [First Edition]

DC · [April] 2011 · on sale 2011-02-09

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Identification plate

Series
Suicide Squad (DC, 2011 series)
Issue
#1 [First Edition]
Issue title
Trial by Fire
Publication date
[April] 2011
Key date
2011-04-00
On-sale date
2011-02-09
Indicia publisher
DC Comics
Price
$19.99; 22.99 CAD
Pages
236
Barcode
978140123005051999
ISBN
9781401230050

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Suicide Squadcover1pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Karl Kesel; colors: Drew MooreSuicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Mindboggler]
1Suicide Squad: Trial by Fireillustration1pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Dave Hunt; colors: Carl Gafford, David TanguayRick Flag; Animal Man [Buddy Baker]; Immortal Man
2Suicide Squad: Trial by Firecredits, title page2pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bob Lewis; colors: Carl Gafford, David TanguaySuicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]]
3Indicia pagecredits, title page1letters: typeset
4Table of Contentstable of contents1letters: typeset
5Suicide Squad: Trial by Fireillustration1pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Karl Kesel; colors: Carl Gafford, David TanguaySuicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Mindboggler; Plastique [Bette Sans Souci]]
6Secret Origins #14cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Dave HuntColonel Richard M. Flag; Suicide Squad [Rick Flag, Jr.; Bronze Tiger; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Blockbuster [Mark Desmond]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Enchantress [June Moone]]
7The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squadcomic story38script: John Ostrander; pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Dave Hunt; colors: Carl Gafford, David Tanguay; letters: Albert DeGuzmanAmanda Waller (origin); Colonel Richard M. Flag (flashback, introduction, dies); Mission X [Colonel Rick Flag, Jr. (origin); Karin Grace; Dr. Hugh Evans (dies); Dr. Jeff Bright] (flashback, origin); Suicide Squadron ["Bashful" Benjy (introduction); Lt. Carson (introduction)] (flashback); Sarge Steel
8Suicide Squad #1cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Howard Chaykin; inks: Howard ChaykinSuicide Squad [Enchantress [June Moone]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Plastique [Bette Sans Souci]; Rick Flag; Mindboggler]
9Trial by Bloodcomic story22script: John Ostrander; pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Karl Kesel; colors: Carl Gafford, David Tanguay; letters: Todd KleinAmanda Waller; Suicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Mindboggler; Plastique [Bette Sans Souci]; Nemesis [Tom Tresser; undercover as Colonel Mushtaq]; Nightshade [Eve Eden; undercove
10Suicide Squad #2cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Karl KeselSuicide Squad [Enchantress [June Moone]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Rick Flag; Mindboggler]
11Trial by Firecomic story22script: John Ostrander; pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Karl Kesel; colors: Carl Gafford, David Tanguay; letters: Todd KleinSuicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Mindboggler (dies); Plastique [Bette Sans Souci]; Nemesis [Tom Tresser; undercover as Colonel Mushtaq]; Nightshade [Eve Eden; undercover as Chi
12Suicide Squad #3cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Karl KeselSuicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; Nemesis [Tom Tresser]]; Female Furies [Bernadeth; Lashina; Mad Harriet; Stompa]
13Jailbreakcomic story22script: John Ostrander; pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Karl Kesel; colors: Carl Gafford, David Tanguay; letters: Todd KleinAmanda Waller; Suicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Floyd Lawton [Deadshot]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Nemesis [Tom Tresser]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]]; Plastique [Bette Sans Souci]; Karin Grace; Flo Crawley; John Economos; Dr. Moon;
14Suicide Squad #4cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bob LewisSuicide Squad [Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Rick Flag]; William Hell [W. James Heller]
15William Hell's Overturecomic story22script: John Ostrander; pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bob Lewis; colors: Carl Gafford, David Tanguay; letters: Todd KleinAmanda Waller; Suicide Squad [Rick Flag; Black Orchid; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Chronos [David Clinton]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]]; Karin Grace; Marta Williams (first appearance); William Hell [W.
16Suicide Squad #5cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bob LewisSuicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]]
17The Flight of the Firebirdcomic story22script: John Ostrander; pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bob Lewis; colors: Carl Gafford, David Tanguay; letters: Todd KleinAmanda Waller; Suicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Nemesis [Tom Tresser]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]]; George Harkness [Captain Boomerang; also as Digger]; Simon LaGrieve; Premier Mikhail Gorbachev; Zoya Trigo
18Suicide Squad #6cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bob LewisSuicide Squad [Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]]
19Hitting the Fancomic story22script: John Ostrander; pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bob Lewis; colors: Carl Gafford, David Tanguay; letters: Todd KleinSuicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Nemesis [Tom Tresser]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]]; Zoya Trigorin; Leonard Twilliby; Yulanov (villain); Mishka (villain)
20Suicide Squad #7cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Jerry Bingham; inks: Jerry BinghamSuicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]]; The People's Heroes [Hammer; Sickle; Bolshoi]
21Thrown to the Wolvescomic story22script: John Ostrander; pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bob Lewis; colors: Carl Gafford, David Tanguay; letters: Todd KleinSuicide Squad [Rick Flag; Black Orchid; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Nemesis [Tom Tresser]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]]; Briscoe; Zoya Trigorin (dies); Premier Mikhail Gorbach
22Suicide Squad #8cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Jerry Bingham; inks: Jerry BinghamSuicide Squad [Rick Flag; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]]; Simon LaGrieve
23Personal Filescomic story22script: John Ostrander; pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bob Lewis; colors: Carl Gafford, David Tanguay; letters: Todd KleinSuicide Squad [Rick Flag; Ben Turner [Bronze Tiger]; Captain Boomerang (disguised as Mirror Master) [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Floyd Lawton [Deadshot]; Enchantress [June Moone]]; Amanda Waller; Dr. Simon LaGrieve; Dexter Tolliver; Karin Grace; Marnie Herrs; Flo Crawley; Madame Xanadu; Privat
24They Were Expendablepromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Luke McDonnell; inks: Bob LewisSuicide Squad [Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Enchantress [June Moone]]

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