Script:	John Ostrander (credited)
Pencils:	Luke McDonnell (credited)
Inks:	Dave Hunt (credited)
Colors:	Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters:	Albert DeGuzman (credited as Albert De Guzman)
Editing:	Robert Greenberger (credited)

• Genre:superhero; war; adventure; science fiction
• Job Number:G-2803

• Story Arc:Legends
• First Line of Dialogue or Text:It'd be wrong, sir!
Universe:DC : mainstream

The Forgotten Heroes

• Animal Man [Buddy Baker]

  (cameo flashback)
• Cave Carson

  (cameo flashback)
• Congo Bill

  (cameo flashback)
• Dolphin

  (cameo flashback)
• Rick Flag

  (cameo flashback)
• Immortal Man

  (cameo flashback)

Justice Society of America

• The Atom [Al Pratt]

  (cameo flashback, disbands)
• Black Canary [Dinah Drake]

  (cameo flashback, disbands)
• Doctor Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]

  (cameo flashback, disbands)
• The Flash [Jay Garrick]

  (cameo flashback, disbands)
• The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]

  (cameo flashback, disbands)
• Hawkman [Carter Hall]

  (flashback, disbands)
• Wonder Woman [Princess Diana]

  (cameo flashback, disbands)

Suicide Squad

• Jess Bright

  (flashback, death)
• Dr. Hugh Evans

  (flashback, death)
• Dr. Karin Grace

  (flashback)

Suicide Squad

• Blockbuster [Mark Desmond]

  (flashback, death)
• The Bronze Tiger [Benjamin Turner]

  (cameo flashback)
• Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]

  (cameo flashback)
• Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]

  (cameo flashback)
• The Enchantress [June Moone]

  (cameo flashback)
• Colonel Rick Flag

The Suicide Squadron

• Bashful Benjy

  (introduction, flashback)
• Carson

  (introduction, flashback)

• Brimstone

  (cameo flashback, villain)
• Control

  (flashback)
• Colonel Rick Flag

  (flashback, introduction, death)
• Ace Morgan

  (flashback)
• President Ronald Reagan
• Sarge Steel
• General Jeb Stuart

  (flashback)
• Harry S. Truman

  (flashback)
• Joseph Waller Jr.

  (flashback, introduction, death)
• Amanda Waller

  (also origin in flashback))
• Coretta Waller

  (flashback, introduction)
• Damita Waller

  (flashback, introduction, death)
• Joseph Waller

  (flashback, introduction, death)

Sharon Race Flag (flashback, introduction, death); Steve (flashback, introduction, death); Mission X (flashback, origin); War Wheel (flashback, villain); Martin Waller (flashback, introduction); Jessie Waller (flashback, introduction); Candyman (flashback, introduction, villain, death); Marvin Collins (flashback, introduction); The Sportsmaster (cameo flashback, villain)

Synopsis:

A look at the history of the Suicide Squad and Task Force X.

Reprints (5)

• in Suicide Squad (DC, 2011 series) #1 [First Edition] - Trial by Fire ([April] 2011), #1 [First Edition] - Trial by Fire ([April] 2011), #1 [New Edition] - Trial by Fire ([November] 2015)
• in The Suicide Squad Case Files (DC, 2021 series) #2 ([September] 2021)
• in Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (DC, 2021 series) ([September] 2021)
• in DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (DC, 2025 series) ([May] 2025)

The JSA is shown to have disbanded in 1951.
This story takes place after Legends (DC, 1986 series) #6 and before Suicide Squad (DC, 1987 series) #1.

Script:	Robert Greenberger (signed)
Letters:	typeset

• Job Number:L-2674

• Feature Logo:Secret Admirers

Letters from: T.E. Pouncey, Daryl S. Herrick, Anthony R. Cardno, Charles D. Brown, and Robert T. Jeschonek; responses from Bob Greenberger.