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Take a group of supervillains serving lengthy prison terms or even awaiting execution and send them on government missions so dangerous that some of them will almost certainly die. That's the Suicide Squad.Waller ruthlessly pursues the government's agenda (and her own) as commander of the Suicide Squad.
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Belle Reve is a prison for superpowered criminals.
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The first Suicide Squad appeared in "The Brave and the Bold" No. 25 in 1959.
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The Suicide Squad was part of Task Force X, although they functioned independently or at the pleasure of other government agencies over the years.
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Amanda Waller assembled the modern Suicide Squad for the first time in the "Legends" miniseries.
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Rick Flag Jr. led the original team and is brought on as the field leader of the modern Suicide Squad (all subsequent questions will exclusively refer to the modern Suicide Squad).
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Rick Flag Jr. recruits Deadshot from Riker's Island in "Legends" No. 2.
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The explosive bracelets are a simple but effective method of keeping the villains in line.
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Blockbuster was killed battling Brimstone in "Legends" No. 3.
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Gordon takes on the Oracle identity, acting as the Suicide Squad's technical support.
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Batman and Waller butting heads is an ongoing Suicide Squad theme.
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While the actor was "leading" the Squad, they portrayed themselves as a more traditional hero team, but Waller was still in control.
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Both the Suicide Squad and Checkmate were divisions within Task Force X until the events of the "Janus Directive" caused them to be separated.
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Father Craemer, the team chaplain, lets the members of Suicide Squad talk about their issues and desires for redemption.
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Captain Boomerang was the original pie flinger, but others have carried on the pie-to-the-face tradition.
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"Carry on for us" is a phrase often spoken when a major member of the team dies (which happens fairly often).
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Everyone in the Force of July except Major Victory is killed when Kobra's pule cannon explodes. Victory is then assigned to join the Suicide Squad.
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You know what they say, "Nanites in the spine, works every time."
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Deadshot's death wish keeps him on the Suicide Squad for obvious reasons.
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Captain Boomerang tells Slipknot he thinks the arm bands are fake, mainly to see what happens if Slipknot goes out of range. What happens is his arm is blown off.
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Bronze Tiger was brought on when the team formed to keep an eye on the villains that were being recruited.
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Waller posed as Mockingbird in a complex plan to manipulate both the Suicide Squad and the Sinister Six.
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Waller only wanted to goad Black Adam's family into committing a murder on film to discredit them, and Persuader ended up punching his ticket, leaving team leader Atom Smasher feeling manipulated.
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Manchester Black altered Doomsday's mind to align with the Squad's goals, but the mission was still a disaster.
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Unofficially, King Shark has probably killed more Suicide Squad teammates than any other Squad member.
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Harley Quinn has a long conversation with "the Joker," actually a tied up Deadshot whom she has placed Joker's skinned face upon. Look, it's about true love, and you wouldn’t understand.
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Seven made it to the first "mission," which was really just another test to see who could hold up while being tortured. Six made the actual team.
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"The Dirty Dozen" is about a group of imprisoned soldiers, some on death row, recruited to carry out a suicide mission to assassinate Nazi leaders just ahead of the D-Day invasion.
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It's just like the old saying, "Surgically implanted nanobombs, that's a thing now I guess."
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It was Granny Goodness, which is only surprising if all you know about her is her name.
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