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Issue Details

Issue #14
Published May 1987
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages 52
Editing Robert Greenberger

Cover Details - "Legends Chapter 22"

Characters Colonel Richard M. Flag; Suicide Squad [Rick Flag, Jr.; Bronze Tiger; Deadshot; Blockbuster; Captain Boomerang; Enchantress]
Genre superhero
Pencils Luke McDonnell
Inks Dave Hunt

38 page Suicide Squad story "The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad"

Characters Amanda Waller (origin); Colonel Richard M. Flag (flashback, introduction, dies); Mission X [Colonel Rick Flag, Jr. (origin); Karin Grace; Dr. Hugh Evans (dies); Dr. Jeff Bright] (flashback, origin); Suicide Squadron ["Bashful" Benjy (introduction); Lt. Carson (introduction)] (flashback); Sarge Steel; Sharon Race Flag (flashback, introduction, dies); Joseph Waller (flashback, introduction, dies); Joseph Waller, Jr. (flashback, introduction, dies); Damita Waller (flashback, introduction); Martin Waller (flashback, introduction); Jessie Waller (flashback, introduction); Coretta Waller (flashback, introduction); Control of the OSS (flashback); Ace Morgan (flashback); President Ronald Reagan; President Harry S. Truman (flashback); Justice Society of America [Atom; Black Canary; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman; Hawkman; Flash; Dr. Mid-Nite] (flashback, disbands); Steve (flashback, introduction, dies); Marvin Collins (introduction); Jeb Stuart (flashback); the Forgotten Heroes [Dolphin; Cave Carson; Congo Bill; Animal Man; Rick Flag, Jr.; Immortal Man](cameo flashback); Suicide Squad [Deadshot; Bronze Tiger; Rick Flag, Jr.; Blockbuster; Enchantress; Captain Boomerang] (cameo flashback, origin); War Wheel (flashback, villain); Candyman (flashback, introduction, villain, dies); The Sportsmaster (flashback, villain); Brimstone (flashback, villain)
Synopsis A look at the history of the Suicide Squad and Task Force X. The JSA is shown to have disbanded in 1951.
Genre superhero
Script John Ostrander
Pencils Luke McDonnell
Inks Dave Hunt
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Notes This story takes place after LEGENDS #6 and before SUICIDE SQUAD #1.

2 page Secret Admirers letters page "Secret Admirers"

Script Bob Greenberger
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - T.E. Pouncey, Daryl S. Herrick, Anthony R. Cardno, Charles D. Brown and Robert T. Jeschonek - and responses from Bob Greenberger.