A key member of the infamous Task Force X is back and after the events of Justice League: Dark Seid War, Amanda Waller needs a new weapon, and, that weapon's name is El Diablo.
From writer Jai Nitz and artist Scot Eaton, Sebastian Faust, the U.S. government's top arcane operative, has gone rogue! To track down America's most dangerous magician, Amanda Waller assembles a special-ops team unlike any other: an expendable coven of dark-arts experts including El Diablo, Enchantress and Gentleman Ghost. They are Suicide SquadBlack, and they will take you to places where even the dead can die!
Jai Nitz is an American comic book writer who has written for Marvel, DC, Image, Disney, Dynamite, and other publishers. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1998 with a degree in film studies. He won the prestigious Xeric Foundation grant in 2003 for his self-published anthology, Paper Museum. He won the Bram Stoker Award in 2004 for excellence in illustrated narrative for Heaven’s Devils from Image Comics.
One of the reasons I'm giving this two stars is probably completely irrational by most people's standards. The recent accusations, and before he went offline, regarding Jai Nitz's behavior would have me boycott his books. I will admit to finishing this because I was one digital floppy away from completing the story. Actually, the accusations do explain why I had such a mixed reaction to his writing of the female lead in Season of the Witch.
And, in some ways the shame of it is The Black Files portion of this two stories per issue series is the best story. The concept of that the Suicide Squad have a mystic section makes sense to me, and Nitz used obscure and new characters well. The threat was reasonable, even thought I think it got a bit absurd at the end.
The other story revolves longtime Batman and the Outsiders supporting character Katana. Eh, never a big fans of hers or the villain Kobra (except for Kirby brief run on a Kobra solo title which was fun).