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Suicide Squad (2011) (Single Issues) #15,22
Suicide Squad: Their Greatest Shots
The ultimate graphic novel companion to the high-octane, highly anticipated Suicide Squad movie coming in 2021!
Featuring everyone’s favorite DC antiheroes–from Harley Quinn to Captain Boomerang–this collection is sure to thrill any fan seeking more high-stakes black-ops missions where no one is safe! Ranging from classic adventures by John Ostrander to contemporary takes with art by Jim Lee–all the comics heavy hitters who’ve shaped the Squad are featured in this collection!
Collects Suicide Squad #10 (1987), Suicide Squad #15 (2012), Suicide Squad #22 (2013), Suicide Squad: Rebirth #1 (2016), Suicide Squad #16 (2017), Suicide Squad #20 (2017), Suicide Squad #47 (2018), and Suicide Squad Special: War Crimes #1 (2016).
Featuring everyone’s favorite DC antiheroes–from Harley Quinn to Captain Boomerang–this collection is sure to thrill any fan seeking more high-stakes black-ops missions where no one is safe! Ranging from classic adventures by John Ostrander to contemporary takes with art by Jim Lee–all the comics heavy hitters who’ve shaped the Squad are featured in this collection!
Collects Suicide Squad #10 (1987), Suicide Squad #15 (2012), Suicide Squad #22 (2013), Suicide Squad: Rebirth #1 (2016), Suicide Squad #16 (2017), Suicide Squad #20 (2017), Suicide Squad #47 (2018), and Suicide Squad Special: War Crimes #1 (2016).
200 pages, Paperback
First published July 13, 2021
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About the author
John Ostrander
2,082 books174 followersJohn Ostrander is an American writer of comic books. He is best known for his work on Suicide Squad, Grimjack and Star Wars: Legacy, series he helped create.
Originally an actor in a Chicago theatre company, Ostrander moved into writing comics in 1983. His first published works were stories about the character "Sargon, Mistress of War", who appeared the First Comics series Warp!, based on a series of plays by that same Chicago theatre company. He is co-creator of the character Grimjack with Timothy Truman, who originally appeared in a back up story in the First Comics title, Starslayer, before going on to appear in his own book, again published by First Comics in the mid 1980s. First Comics ceased publication in 1991, by which time Ostrander was already doing work for other comics companies (his first scripts for DC Comics were published in 1986).
Prior to his career in comic books, Ostrander studied theology with the intent of becoming a Catholic priest, but now describes himself as an agnostic. His in-depth explorations of morality were later used in his work writing The Spectre, a DC Comics series about the manifestation of the wrath of God. His focus on the character's human aspect, a dead police detective from the 1930s named Jim Corrigan, and his exploration of moral and theological themes brought new life to a character often thought of as impossible to write. He has also worked on Firestorm, Justice League, Martian Manhunter, Manhunter, Suicide Squad, and Wasteland for DC.
Originally an actor in a Chicago theatre company, Ostrander moved into writing comics in 1983. His first published works were stories about the character "Sargon, Mistress of War", who appeared the First Comics series Warp!, based on a series of plays by that same Chicago theatre company. He is co-creator of the character Grimjack with Timothy Truman, who originally appeared in a back up story in the First Comics title, Starslayer, before going on to appear in his own book, again published by First Comics in the mid 1980s. First Comics ceased publication in 1991, by which time Ostrander was already doing work for other comics companies (his first scripts for DC Comics were published in 1986).
Prior to his career in comic books, Ostrander studied theology with the intent of becoming a Catholic priest, but now describes himself as an agnostic. His in-depth explorations of morality were later used in his work writing The Spectre, a DC Comics series about the manifestation of the wrath of God. His focus on the character's human aspect, a dead police detective from the 1930s named Jim Corrigan, and his exploration of moral and theological themes brought new life to a character often thought of as impossible to write. He has also worked on Firestorm, Justice League, Martian Manhunter, Manhunter, Suicide Squad, and Wasteland for DC.
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August 8, 2021
the vibes were immaculate here!
July 16, 2021
Huh. Not sure why I wasted my time on this.
September 10, 2021
Up Against the Wall
This was included I'm guessing for Rick Flag, Amanda Waller & her team (and maybe Deadshot). Frankly the first 4 pages had nothing to do with the actual plot of the story and could've been cut by an editor. Otherwise, I thought this was fun and easy to follow along with (and I can see why this story was picked for the companion to the recent movie for these characters).
Death of the Family
This is a helluva story to get thrown into without context. I wish we could see Harley and Deadshot together to see what that looks like, because I've seen plenty of Harley and Joker.
Light At the End of the Tunnel
Of all the stories, I wish we had more of this one, because it felt like it cut off at a strange place. I did enjoy this showing the team dynamic again, but it felt like we were cut off mid-way too harshly.
Rebirth
Well this was weird. I really like this art style though, especially for Harley. I think this was probably one of the better self-contained stories showing the squad working as a unit, which is mainly what I wanted to see.
War Crimes
To a degree I felt like this one had a similarly stupid end twist as the 2016's squad having to rescue Amanda Waller from chaos of her own making BUT again I was happy to see the squad function as a unit for a self-contained story. Not my favourite art but a fun ride.
Heroes and Villians
As much as I like the idea of the squad robbing Lex Luthor, the ending was a pretty big WTF, and also kinda anticlimactic.
Managing People
A pretty nice review of a lot of the different squad members, and a chance to showcase Killer Croc and Enchantress.
Agent of Oz
I think the set up was dumb nonsense but the moments of introspection (and the overall point) were good. But the whole time I was reading it was just kinda nod and go, "ok I guess this is happening now."
This was included I'm guessing for Rick Flag, Amanda Waller & her team (and maybe Deadshot). Frankly the first 4 pages had nothing to do with the actual plot of the story and could've been cut by an editor. Otherwise, I thought this was fun and easy to follow along with (and I can see why this story was picked for the companion to the recent movie for these characters).
Death of the Family
This is a helluva story to get thrown into without context. I wish we could see Harley and Deadshot together to see what that looks like, because I've seen plenty of Harley and Joker.
Light At the End of the Tunnel
Of all the stories, I wish we had more of this one, because it felt like it cut off at a strange place. I did enjoy this showing the team dynamic again, but it felt like we were cut off mid-way too harshly.
Rebirth
Well this was weird. I really like this art style though, especially for Harley. I think this was probably one of the better self-contained stories showing the squad working as a unit, which is mainly what I wanted to see.
War Crimes
To a degree I felt like this one had a similarly stupid end twist as the 2016's squad having to rescue Amanda Waller from chaos of her own making BUT again I was happy to see the squad function as a unit for a self-contained story. Not my favourite art but a fun ride.
Heroes and Villians
As much as I like the idea of the squad robbing Lex Luthor, the ending was a pretty big WTF, and also kinda anticlimactic.
Managing People
A pretty nice review of a lot of the different squad members, and a chance to showcase Killer Croc and Enchantress.
Agent of Oz
I think the set up was dumb nonsense but the moments of introspection (and the overall point) were good. But the whole time I was reading it was just kinda nod and go, "ok I guess this is happening now."
November 21, 2022
Not a fan of this collection. Mainly the first issues in what appear to be exciting story archs. Nothing really connected to the movie.
September 7, 2021
Much better than anticipated - not really a fan of non sequential character overviews but because I didn’t know a great deal about the suicide squad this was really interesting. Definitely a good starting point for looking at the characters in further detail. Paper it is printed on was lush as well, proper tactile nostalgia
August 14, 2021
Enhh.
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