Comments on: A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments - Day 4

By: Callum

Callum — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:44:26 +0000

Anybody's copy of Suicide Squad 18 missing the 2nd half of the letter column? Mine has an advertisement on the last page instead.

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:44:17 +0000

Um, sorry, just don't see it...

By: The Mad Maple

The Mad Maple — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:39:36 +0000

That's the moment that made me love Captain Cold. Man, I am so glad I checked this list out!

By: Felicity

Felicity — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:41:03 +0000

I love Captain Cold's sunglasses, and I wish I had the early-nineties Flash TV series on tape so I could see Michael Champion (whom I enjoyed in Total Recall) as Captain Cold.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:33:17 +0000

It SHOULD have been a big hit series. If only they could have had better artists.

Luke McDonnell actually did a nice job in the early issues. It was not the trendiest style in the late-'80s, but it worked well in the service of the title. He did the Dave Cockrum job pretty well. The problem was that DC never found a John Byrne to take over once he left. A young, up-and-coming artist probably could have launched that title from cult status to giant hit status. However, DC had a hard time finding "the next artist" to build readership for a lot of titles during the late '80s and early '90s.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:48:36 +0000

Brian, you just gotta include the following!

Issue #26: What Flag does on his solo mission.

Issue #50: The exchange between Floyd and Amanda before they're off to rescue Flag's son, and Tresser's confrontation with Jess Bright at the very end.

Issue #51: The very last page with Floyd versus "Deadshot."

I'm positive there will be tons more ahead.

By: Kirth

Kirth — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:53:07 +0000

SS was one of the five best reads of the 1990s.

By: DaVeO

DaVeO — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:44:01 +0000

Suicide Squad along with Justice League International and later L.E.G.I.O.N. were my three fave series back in the 80's. John Ostrander was ahead of his time, and we can thank his work on SS that has influenced books like Gail Simone's Villains United/Secret Six.

John took so many b and c-list characters and made you care for them, worry about them, or love to hate them. Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, Vixen, Bronze Tiger, Nemesis, Mark Shaw (Manhunter), Rick Flag and of course Amanda Waller. I hope to be seeing a lot more Squad moments here.

By: Professor Fury

Professor Fury — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:57:39 +0000

If good writing + good art = hit comic in today's market, then we'd all still be reading Fraction/Kitson The Order. I'm actually a big fan of Luke McDonnell, the original Squad penciller, though I grant that the above is not the best example of his work. His unglamorous, gritty style was perfect for the series and I think his influence, directly or indirectly, is evident in the contemporary work of Mike Perkins, Steve Epting, and others working on titles like Captain America and Daredevil in the last few years.

By: stephen cade

stephen cade — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:10:43 +0000

Suicide Squad was a cool comic--some of the cool moments involved seeing some of my letters published!
I'm looking forward to seeing which ones are covered.

I always enjoyed the humourous interludes between the stories as much as the stories.

By: Richard J. Marcej

Richard J. Marcej — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:17:30 +0000

My fave Suicide Squad moment involves Boomerang misinforming a fellow member (i.e. fellow villain) about the validity of their "explosive" wrist bands.

(Won't go into detail here in case Brian plans to use it)

By: Pedro Bouça

Pedro Bouça — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:26:53 +0000

My fave Suicide Squad moment is still the Count Vertigo vs. Kanto scene during the Apokolips storyline. Vertigo utters the best line ever on that one!

(Won't repeat here in case Brian plans to use it.)

Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

By: adam barnett

adam barnett — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:23:03 +0000

I agree with Rusty. If those same scripts were given some of the art treatment that is available today, SS would be overwhelmingly awesome. In fact, I'd be afraid that the sheer awesomeness would leak from the books and flood my basement.

By: Jacob T. Levy

Jacob T. Levy — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:34:51 +0000

Yep. All-time best Captain Cold moment (and line) ever-- even better than his appearance in Catwoman.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:57:40 +0000

Seeing the Suicide Squad brings to mind another reason I disliked Identity Crisis: the careless tossing away of Captain Boomerang.

By: Scott MacIver

Scott MacIver — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:57:08 +0000

That was a pretty "cool" line from Captain Cold. I really aught to read SS.

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:20:33 +0000

Ostrander's another amazing writer that should get more projects...

And while we're at it, some decent collections of his Suicide Squad and Spectre series would be nice...

I think he ought to be offered a new Suicide Squad ongiong, with someone like Norm Breyfogle drawing (once he's kick-started the new Archie series, natch!)

By: Rusty Priske

Rusty Priske — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:00:24 +0000

Suicide Squad is a good example of what was mentioned in a previous article... good writign can be hidden by 'less good' art.

It SHOULD have been a big hit series. If only they could have had better artists.

By: Ro b

Ro b — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:43:38 +0000

Honestly, you could probably do an entire month on Ostrander's Suicide Squad. I loved that series. I admit being married and having a 7 year old daughter makes it hard for me to go down to the basement and re-read the series' that I miss. OK, so there is one disadvantage to being a family man.

By: Omar Karindu, back from an Internet Thogal ritual

Omar Karindu, back from an Internet Thogal ritual — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:27:56 +0000

He didn't kill Agni, who's carted off by the Squad at the issue's end and returns as what's left of the Jihad for the penultimate Squad story, "Atom Quest" in issues #59-62.