Suicide Squad #5 Preview

[Hypo]

Suicide Squad #5 Preview
Writer: Robbie Thompson
Artists: Dexter Soy and Eduardo Pansica

[sifighter]

Hold up, DC is telling me that Waller not only recruited the man who seriously injured Superman with a bullet but that she made a specialized suit of armor for him (I know it’s movie synergy) and has him as an agent of chaos throughout the multiverse and kidnapping/killing people on other earths....somewhere out there Darkseid is doing a slow impressed clap.

I’m serious though this is actually big supervillain stuff right here on a multiverse scale, I would not be surprised if we eventually get the Justice Incarnate coming after her for crimes against the multiverse.

[The Cool Thatguy]

Why is it so much to ask to just have regular black op missions?

[Frontier]

Well, perfect time to reintroduce Bloodsport.

[Captain Nostalgia]

The issue was okay, there is a lot of plot jumping around. They bring in Red x, he escapes, now the story circulates around the new guy, so I hope it all gets sorted.

The writer however is doing a really good job of making me "hate" Amada Waller. She comes off as cruel and callous person who abuses her squad like caged animals.

Is she always like this? The only real exposure I've had of her is the old Justice League Unlimited cartoon, in which she was a little more likable and humane.

[Bromor]

The issue was okay, there is a lot of plot jumping around. They bring in Red x, he escapes, now the story circulates around the new guy, so I hope it all gets sorted.

The writer however is doing a really good job of making me "hate" Amada Waller. She comes off as cruel and callous person who abuses her squad like caged animals.

Is she always like this? The only real exposure I've had of her is the old Justice League Unlimited cartoon, in which she was a little more likable and humane.

Yeah, she's been always like this. It was amazing the fact she let them wander around freely in costume in previous issues.
She sees them as criminals, and treats them as such.

[Captain Nostalgia]

Yeah, she's been always like this. It was amazing the fact she let them wander around freely in costume in previous issues.
She sees them as criminals, and treats them as such.

Wow! I though that was just the new writer's take on her.

It will be interesting if Peacemaker gathers some sort plot against her, either for their freedom or retribution on the way they're treated.

[The Cool Thatguy]

Yeah, she's been always like this. It was amazing the fact she let them wander around freely in costume in previous issues.
She sees them as criminals, and treats them as such.

No, she wasn't always like this.

In this series, she's needlessly cruel, abusive and frankly, stupid in ways her John O depiction never was.

[titanfan]

Wallers not needlessly cruel. She can be remorseless, but she also knows how to motivate.

[The Cool Thatguy]

Wallers not needlessly cruel. She can be remorseless, but she also knows how to motivate.

She is abusive towards Superboy on the basis that he's a clone, basically enslaving him and she tried to kidnap Bolt for her Squad/Justice League, basically attempting to turn a refugee into a slave.

So yeah #notmywall.

[SuperX]

She is abusive towards Superboy on the basis that he's a clone, basically enslaving him and she tried to kidnap Bolt for her Squad/Justice League, basically attempting to turn a refugee into a slave.

So yeah #notmywall.

If it turns out that the superboy that's in this book is a clone she had created,then I can see why she treats him like property and not a person.

Bolt and Waller probably made a agreement that bolt would work for her,she tried getting her to do just that the easy way,when it didn't work,she had to do it the hard way

[The Cool Thatguy]

If it turns out that the superboy that's in this book is a clone she had created,then I can see why she treats him like property and not a person.

Bolt and Waller probably made a agreement that bolt would work for her,she tried getting her to do just that the easy way,when it didn't work,she had to do it the hard way

The fact that Waller is trying to enslave a KID is bad enough. No 'agreement' with a kid to serve on a black ops squad is moral, especially when said kid is working towards being a heroine.

Lets not forget that Waller threw Flag in prison for objecting to her inane plan to make her own Justice League, a plan that's so amazingly dumb I can't imagine why an editor allowed it.

Seriously, why can't we just have an espionage squad?

[sifighter]

Guys....she takes criminals forces them in missions where they could likely die and also threatens them with death via implanted Explosives. When the heck has Waller ever been nice?

And as for Espionage, even Ostrander sent them to Apokolips once or twice.

[The Cool Thatguy]

Guys....she takes criminals forces them in missions where they could likely die and also threatens them with death via implanted Explosives. When the heck has Waller ever been nice?

And as for Espionage, even Ostrander sent them to Apokolips once or twice.

When the Squad started, all but Boomer joined willingly, and all received time off. And she kept them in line with explosive wrist bands. Ask Slipnot which is better

And yes, Ostrander sent them to Apokolips, but that was the exception, not the rule (and it shook up the team considerably). This Squad is still on the dumb 'replace the League' plotline, a storyline that's worthless for countless reasons in-universe and without.

[Frontier]

When the Squad started, all but Boomer joined willingly, and all received time off. And she kept them in line with explosive wrist bands. Ask Slipnot which is better

And yes, Ostrander sent them to Apokolips, but that was the exception, not the rule (and it shook up the team considerably). This Squad is still on the dumb 'replace the League' plotline, a storyline that's worthless for countless reasons in-universe and without.

Yeah, you got arcs with Apokolips or fighting Enchantress but those were interspersed with a bunch more normal stuff.