Script:	John Ostrander (credited) (plot) Len Wein (credited) (script)
Pencils:	John Byrne (credited)
Inks:	Karl Kesel (credited)
Colors:	Tom Ziuko (credited)
Letters:	Steven Haynie (credited as Steve Haynie)

• Genre:superhero
• Job Number:G-2797

• Story Arc:Legends
• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Titans Tower, on a private island in Manhattan's east river:
• Keywords:Apokolips
Universe:DC : mainstream

Justice League of America

• The Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]

  (cameo flashback)
• Gypsy [Cindy Reynolds]

  (cameo flashback)
• Martian Manhunter [J'Onn J'Onzz]

  (cameo flashback)
• Vibe [Paco Ramone]

  (cameo flashback)

Suicide Squad

• Blockbuster [Mark Desmond]

  (first appearance as a team, death)
• The Bronze Tiger [Benjamin Turner]

  (first appearance as a team)
• Captain Boomerang [Digger Harkness]

  (first appearance as a team)
• Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]

  (first appearance as a team)
• The Enchantress [June Moone]

  (first appearance as a team)
• Colonel Rick Flag

  (first appearance as a team)

• Batman [Bruce Wayne]
• Brimstone

  (without a universe)

  (also in flashback, death)
• Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]

  (also in flashback)
• Changeling [Garfield Logan]
• Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]

  (cameo flashback)
• Darkseid
• Desaad
• The Flash [Wally West]
• G. Gordon Godfrey
• Macro-Man

  (death in flashback)
• The Phantom Stranger
• President Ronald Reagan
• Robin [Jason Todd]

  (also in flashback)
• Sarge Steel
• Superman [Clark Kent]
• Lisa Sutton

  (name is given)
• Amanda Waller

Warhounds; Lisa Sutton's parents

Synopsis:

As President Reagan's executive order goes into effect, the heroes are either forced underground when in action, or to retire, such as the Justice League. As Godfrey's speeches continue to rally an anti-hero fervor, Robin (Jason Todd) is surrounded by a frenzied mob shortly after he saves a boy, and is injured by them. Brimstone is also revived and faces the new Suicide Squad (as Task Force "X," composed of villains making deals with the govt. for their freedom), with Blockbuster as their first casualty.

Reprints (11)

• in Månadens äventyr (Semic, 1985 series) #4/1988 ([april] 1988)
• in Lendas (Editora Abril, 1988 series) #3 (Setembro 1988)
• in Justice League [Lega della Giustizia] (Play Press, 1990 series) #2 (Maggio 1990)
• in Batman Sonderband (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1989 series) #14 - Legenden - Teil 2 (1991)
• in Legends: The Collection (DC, 1993 series) ([July] 1993)
• in JLA - Légendes (Semic S.A., 2004 series) (2004)
• in Legends 30th Anniversary Edition (DC, 2016 series) ([August] 2016)
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #94 - Legenden ([Dezember 2016])
• in Lendas do Universo DC: Darkseid (Panini Brasil, 2017 series) ([Junho] 2017)
• in DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (DC, 2025 series) ([May] 2025)
• in Legends (Urban Comics, 2026 series) #1 - Première partie (février 2026)

The new incarnation of the Suicide Squad goes into action this issue. Character information from Thom Jacobson via the Error List.

Script:	Mike Gold (responses)
Letters:	typeset

• Job Number:L-2561

Letters from: T. M. Maple [Jim Burke], Rick Stasi, Richard Pachter, Dave Dykema, Charles Myerson, Helmut Schroetter, and Stephen Scott Beau Smith.