Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	April 1990
Cover Price	1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Dan Raspler

Cover Details - "The Phoenix Gambit, Part 1 of 4"

Characters	Amanda Waller; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre	Superhero; Spy
Pencils	Geof Isherwood (signed)
Inks	Geof Isherwood (signed)

22 page Suicide Squad story "The Phoenix Gambit, Part One: Ashes"

Characters	Amanda Waller; Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Count Vertigo [Werner Vertigo]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Sarge Steel; General Stoneman; Nikolas Varga (deceased); Anya Kolchak; VILLAINS: W. James Heller; Steel Wolf [Stalnoivolk; Ivan Illyich Gort]
Synopsis	Sarge Steel offers to get Amanda out of jail if she'll start up the Suicide Squad again.
Genre	Superhero; Spy
Script	John Ostrander; Kim Yale
Pencils	Geof Isherwood
Inks	Geof Isherwood
Colors	Carl Gafford
Letters	Todd Klein
Notes	This story takes place one year after SUICIDE SQUAD #39.

1 page Suicide Notes letters page "Suicide Notes"

Script	Bob Greenberger
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters from readers - David J. Harrington, Robert Knuist, Melissa Page, Mark Lucas, Steve Zwanger, Edward Little and Neil Ahlquist - and responses from Bob Greenberger.

Suicide Squad insert or dust jacket "Suicide Squad Poster"

Characters	Steel Wolf; Amanda Waller; Suicide Squad [Deadshot [Floyd Lawton]; Pamela Isley [Poison Ivy]; Ravan; Ben Turner [Bronze Tiger]; Mari McCabe [Vixen]; George Harkness [Captain Boomerang; also as Digger]]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre	Superhero; Spy
Pencils	Geof Isherwood (signed)
Inks	Geof Isherwood (signed)
Colors	Tom Ziuko (signed)
Notes	Pull-out Suicide Squad poster.