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Issue Details

Issue #27
Published [May] 1989
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Robert Greenberger

Cover Details - "The Janus Directive, Part 2 of 11: First Blood!"

Characters Suicide Squad [Duchess; Captain Boomerang; Bronze Tiger; Punch; Jewelee]; Force of July [Major Victory; Lady Liberty; Silent Majority]
Genre Superhero; Spy
Pencils Karl Kesel (signed)
Inks Karl Kesel (signed)

22 page Suicide Squad; Checkmate story "The Janus Directive, Part 2: Scattermove"

Characters Amanda Waller; Suicide Squad [Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Count Vertigo [Werner Vertigo]; Duchess [Lashina]; Dr. Light [Arthur Light]; Jewelee; Punch; Ravan; Shade, the Changing Man [Rac Shade]; Vixen [Mari McCabe]]; Checkmate [Harry Stein; Harvey Bullock; Checkmate Knight [John Reed]]; Project Peacemaker [Peacemaker [Chris Smith]; Dr. Bridgette D'Abo]; Dr. Heinrich Megala; Babylon; Wade Eiling; Force of July [Major Victory; Lady Liberty; Silent Majority; Abraham Lincoln Carlyle (dies); Mayflower (dies); Sparkler (dies)]; Flo Crawley; Cherie Chase (first appearance); John Chase (first appearance); VILLAINS: Kobra (behind the scenes); A Kobra Cult agent
Synopsis The Suicide Squad versus the Force of July.
Genre Superhero; Spy
Script John Ostrander; Kim Yale
Pencils John K. Snyder III (layouts); Pablo Marcos (finishes)
Inks Pablo Marcos
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Todd Klein
Notes Story continued from CHECKMATE #15 and continues in CHECKMATE #16.

1 page Suicide Notes letters page "Suicide Notes"

Script Bob Greenberger
Pencils Karl Kesel (signed)
Inks Karl Kesel (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Chris Hines, Anthony R. Cardno, Uncle Elvis, Joe Decker, Scott R. Pyle, Jacob Gilbert, Marson Fedrick and George Gustines - and responses from Bob Greenberger. Preview of cover to SUICIDE SQUAD #28.