Suicide Squad #5 Discussion/Spoilers
This chapter offered some revelations and I still don't know what to think of them.
Tom Taylor continues his story about the old members of the Squad trying to work alongside with the new ones for the sake of everyone. The first half concerning the hunt for Boomerang is solidly handled with good action and character moments here and there, at first I thought that Taylor was still giving his recently-created characters the spotlight once again but then BAM! Deadshot actually gets a good moment as well.
Then the big surprise comes towards the end when we see Lok's actual boss and this is... shocking. The thing is that while is indeed a typical Taylor shock value moment, it makes you scratch your head once you start thinking about it since after all, this is one of the purest superheroes there is, a hero who prefered to die before being corrupted in the previous continuity and thus, makes me think that this is another instance of Taylor not understanding a character.
Bruno Redondo's artwork continues to impress with beautiful and expressive characters along with strong action scenes.
Mixed thoughts, not sure if I'm into what's happening next.
Suicide Squad #5 Spoilers/Discussion
I honestly wasn’t sure about writing this but I just had to get this off my chest. This was a big issue with a pretty big surprise, probably the most shocking one I’ve seen in a while, and sets up a story that I genuinely want to follow along for what will happen next. In fact I will say this, I’m gonna put this entire thing in a spoiler box and ask that you don’t read the spoilers, I want you to read the issue and then come back. People should read this cold. All I will say is that from now on I don’t think this should be a series to ignore, that there is some story to be told.
Edit: Mod’s someone beat me to it, please remove this thread or something so not to confuse people.
[spoil] Alright so surprisingly after the end of last issue the team catches Captain Boomerang without a lot of problems. Jog gets burnt but that’s it, but it’s what happens after that when things take a turn.
Boomerang is brought to Lok and Lok orders Deadshot to kill him. He wants to set an example of what happens when you out the Suicide Squad or mess with the mission. It’s honestly very tense, when the revolutionaries and the squad pull off the unthinkable....they take down Lok’s forcefield and kill him along with his guards. They secure their freedom though Jog ends up dying.
It’s then that the biggest shock of all happens, they call the new person in charge of the Suicide Squad. Who is on the line is none other then Ted Kord, the Blue Beetle. I repeat, the person who is now controlling the Suicide Squad behind the scenes since issue 1, the big shadowy figure who is controlling Lok, turns out to be Ted Kord of the Justice League. I don’t know what this means honestly, it’s a bit shocking to see Ted Kord in the situation and I’m not sure what else there is to this story. No idea what to make of a character I like and read about in what looks like a shady situation sending out criminals with bombs in their necks.
But the issue doesn’t give us any answers, all we know is the Suicide Squad is free, on the run, and coming for Ted Kord.
Normally I think something like this would upset people, and I’m sure that people are already upset with the idea that Ted Kord could possibly be the villain. However for me if this wasn’t Tom Taylor I would write this off. However I feel like Taylor has some bigger story that he just hasn’t told us yet. I mean, how could Ted Kord of all people take control of Task Force X from Amanda Waller and the government, and then as of next issue send Batman after them. I think there is something else at play and we need to stay patient for what is next. Either way I’m invested.[/spoil]