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Dave the Wonder Boy said:
I know absolutely nothing about SUICIDE SQUAD. I know it was published by DC in the late-80's/early-90's, in the same period as JUSTICE LEAGUE/JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL and JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE (the latter series which I love and highly recommend, as I said several pages back in the topic. WTF in a very good way ! )

Any issues you'd recommend to sample SUICIDE SQUAD ?




The Ostrander series was a spin off from Legends.Its a villain book: a secret government program allows villains to be released from jail if they successfully complete a mission. To ensure they don't run away mid-job, they have explosive bracelets fitted to their wrists.

The series notable for the most profound and subtle character change in the lead protagonist, Amanda Waller, as the issues progress.

It ultimately became an espionage book, dropping all costumes for about 12 issues, and it finally died at about issue 58 or 60.

Great book, ceertainly ahead of its time when you read and compare contemporary titles like Queen & Country and The Losers.


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Also, I'm amazed how little anyone has to say about MIRACLEMAN.

Another aspect of MIRACLEMAN that's WTF is that it was originally MARVELMAN when it appeared one chapter per month in WARRIOR magazine in Britain, from 1981-1982, in the first 15 or so issues (V FOR VENDETTA was also serialized in WARRIOR).
When Eclipse Comics first announced that MARVELMAN would be published in the U.S. in 1985, Marvel threatened legal action if it was published as MARVELMAN. Hence the name change to MIRACLEMAN.

I loved Alan Moore's editorial in the first issue, that if in a few years a company came along called Miracle Comics and sued over the name Miracleman, they'd continue publishing it as MACKERALMAN, if it came to that.
The first 6 MIRACLEMAN issues reprint the serialized stories from WARRIOR (printed for the first time in color).
Both the Marvelman and V For Vendetta series were abruptly abandoned by Moore, mid-story, before their conclusion, when Alan Moore was offered a job in 1983 writing SWAMP THING for DC.
And both series (Marvelman and V For Vendetta) were later concluded when reprinted in the U.S., with new material to conclude the series.

The most recent MIRACLEMAN fiasco, between the two men who together own the MIRACLEMAN character and publishing rights (Todd McFarlane and Neil Gaiman) is another giant WTF.

I wonder if we'll ever get past that acrimony and see new trades of these stories.



Eventually someone will win, or do a deal - its too valuable a property to leave lying about.

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