The original Suicide Squad
Now this is a what a suicide squad story looks like, no team drama, just a plain solid story of action and betrayal
This tie-in once again takes place before the main event, this time several years ago, to when Waller first deployed the Suicide Squad
The squad's first mission was supposed to infiltrate Nourth Kourea to sabotage a metahuman development program that put the world in risk of war; obviously things don't go exactly as planned when the squad does a little of improvisation and stops listeningto Waller which then forces her to make sure this team's first mission is it's last.
The 3 things this issue accomplished were:
- Work as a true tie-in to a big event by providing backstory and character motivations for current events
- Give our villains some very needed personality that has been lacking in the main issues. This story portrays them in a way that makes them seem more menacing and uncontrollable which is very distinct from the main issues were we haven't seen them do much besides the opening scenes and acting very calmly after that (or at least up to issue 3)
- Make Waller look like a boss again
All in all, a very good story and very recommended if you're reading the main event