Suicide Squad #11: Finale Discussion and Spoilers
Alright as with most series right now Tom Taylor's run on Suicide Squad is coming to an end after all the twists, turns, and death. Pretty much the entire issue has spoilers in it from the get go, so most of this will be in spoiler box but I will say a few things before hand. Do I think this is a good send off for the Suicide Squad? eh, not really Waller is not even in this issue and the only long lasting Suicide Squad member at this point is Harley. Is it a good send off for the revolutionaries? Yes it is. Is it a good send off for Deadshot and Harley? For Deadshot I think so and for Harley she will be just fine over in Tynion's Batman and her inevitable next series.
I will say that if you have come to like the Revolutionaries throughout this run, which I have because they are fun at times, you will probably really like this story but if you wanted a classic Suicide Squad story with Waller and all the villains you are normally used to it is not really that when it comes down to it. It really just comes down to how to do you feel about these characters Taylor made and the story he wrote. That said I liked it and taken as a story overall I think its an enjoyable series.
[spoil] So there is no doubt that Taylor is planning a Revolutionaries series, by the end of this it is pretty clear he used this book as a test pilot for the revolutionaries. Because by the end of this series, pretty much everyone from the Suicide Squad is gone. Boomerang left issues ago, Deadshot died, Waller left in the first issue, and Harley quits in the end of this issue but gets one last note by talking to Deadshot's daughter. The only one still hanging with them after all this is Zebraman and honestly I don't think people really care deep down what Zebraman is up to so he can be a member or quit for all we really care.
Though Zebraman does get to save the day.....along with a revived Jog who we learn is apparently the son of the Black Racer which is a lot to take in on the last issue. No seriously the New God of death is his dad, that is like the first few pages and it is every part of weird as you might think it is and I can only assume has something to do with the Black Racer future state book. But they just kind of sweep it away for now because he has to go save the day, which in turn saves TNTeens sister who joins the team at the end as well.
So in the end the day gets saved, and the Revolutionaries end the issue by kidnapping everyone involved with creating the Suicide Squad/Task Force X and basically blackmail them into never coming after them because if they do then people (I'm not sure if they meant the justice league or personal friends) will release documents to the public exposing them for their crimes. Thus, the Revolutionaries end Task force X and leave as one big group to their next adventure.
Like I said I do not think long time Suicide Squad fans will be a fan of this, because pretty much by the end of this series it is no longer the Suicide Squad at all with entire characters just either dead or having left to go do their own thing and the Revolutionaries blackmail anyone they can who helped create and fund the squad. Honestly if you are like me and are a Tom Taylor fan and just enjoying the story and new character you might like it but like I said long time fans will no doubt have a problem with this. [/spoil]
