Suicide Squad

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Suicide Squad
Nick Name
Task Force X
Suicide Squad I Founders
Capt. Richard Rogers Flag Sr. Dr. Hugh Evans Jess Bright Karin Grace
Suicide Squad II
Amanda "The Wall" Waller Atom II Atom III Batman I Big Barda Black Adam Black Orchid Blockbuster I Bolt Bronze Tiger Captain Boomerang I Captain Cold Captain Rick Flag Jr. Catalyst Chronos I Copperhead Deadshot Dr. Light III Duchess Enchantress Enforcer II Firehawk Javelin Jewelee Karma Katana Killer Frost II King Shark II Knockout Lady Liberty Maser (Air Wave II) Major Victory Manhunter III Mindboggler Mr. 104 Multiplex Nemesis I Nightshade Oracle Outlaw Parasite Penguin Plastique Poison Ivy Psi Punch Ravan Shade the Changing Man I Shrike Sidearm Silent Majority Silver Swan I Sledge Slipknot Speedy Sportsmaster II Stalnoivolk Thinker I Thinker II Vixen Weasel (The) Writer
Suicide Squad III
Chemo Plasmus Shrapnel Steel III Manchester Black Mongul II
Suicide Squad IV
Big Sir Blackstarr Bulldozer Chemo Clock King Clue Master Eliza General Rock Havana Larvanaut Major Disaster Manchester Black Modem Mongul II Multi-Man Plasmus Putty Reactron Shrapnel Solomon Grundy
Suicide Squad V
Amanda "The Wall" Waller Atom Smasher II Captain Boomerang II Count Vertigo Electrocutioner Persuader Plastique
Suicide Squad VI
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Occupation
Suicide Squad I United States special operatives task force commanded by Captain Rick Flag Sr. Suicide Squad II United States covert special operative task force utilizing criminal metahumans, organized by Amanda "The Wall" Waller and commanded by Captain Rick Flag Jr. Suicide Squad III Strike force whose sole objective was to reprogram Doomsday to attack Imperiex. Suicide Squad IV United States covert special operative task force utilizing criminal metahumans commanded by General Frank Rock.
Legal Status
Sanctioned and funded by the United States Government.
Nation or Planet of Origin
Apokolips & Earth
Group Alliances
Checkmate Doom Patrol Justice League
Base of Operations
Suicide Squad I Mobile Suicide Squad II Federal Prison, Louisiana Suicide Squad III Mobile Suicide Squad IV Mobile
Accessories
Suicide Squad I Resources of the United States Government. SS-1: Flying-lab jet aircraft Suicide Squad II, III & IV Resources of the United States Government and participating paroled members.
Common Enemies
Suicide Squad I Aliens Criminals Dinosaurs Monsters Suicide Squad II Brimstone (The) Cabal Darkseid Female Furies King Kobra (The) Onslaught Suicide Squad III Imperiex Suicide Squad IV (The) Covenant
Regularly Appearing
Suicide Squad I Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 Suicide Squad II Suicide Squad Vol. 1 Suicide Squad III Adventures of Superman Suicide Squad IV Suicide Squad Vol. 2
First Appearance
Suicide Squad I The Brave and The Bold #25 (Sept. 1959) Suicide Squad II Legends #1 (Nov. 1986)
Creator
Suicide Squad I Robert Kanigher & Ross Andru Suicide Squad II John Ostrander, Len Wein & John Byrne
Origin
The first Suicide Squad was the informal name of an Army platoon during World War II reputed for its high casualty loses and disaffected soldiers as willing to fight one another as they were the enemy. Things changed under the command of Captain Richard Flag. The squad saw service in Korea, where Captain Flag would lose his life serving his country. His son Rick would be orphaned when his mother died in an auto accident. The young boy became the ward of General Stuart. Graduating from West Point, Captain Rick Flag would use his skills as a pilot to join the space program. He would leave NASA to command a newly formed Suicide Squad at the request of his guardian, General Stuart. Armed with the latest in cutting edge technology the Suicide Squad would battle threats from monsters and aliens to common criminals, achieving worldwide acclaim for their exploits. The need for the squad would diminish with the proliferation of super-hero teams, and the program's funding was discontinued. Years later the squad would find new purpose in the form of a covert special taskforce utilizing paroled metahuman criminals and super-villains. Organized by Amanda "The Wall" Waller, an ambitious African-American woman that had worked her way from poverty to be a congressional aid. Waller found reference to the Suicide Squad in government documents, and began to plan the formation of a new team. Captain Flag was recruited as the field commander, with a small cell of trusted paroled super-villains to keep other recruits in line. The team would operate for many years, but with the death of Flag and public exposure the team was again disbanded. Under the leadership of United States President Lex Luthor, a new squad was formed under the command of a man supposedly General Frank Rock.