DC's Suicide Squad Series To End in May 2022
Warning! Spoilers for Suicide Squad #15
DC Comics is bringing Suicide Squad to an end with Suicide Squad #15 releasing in May. The version of the team had been inspired by James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, with Peacemaker leading the villains.
When Suicide Squad debuted in March 2021, it coincided with the DC movie and the publisher’s latest initiative, Infinite Frontier. With Peacemaker at the helm of a new roster of villains including Bloodsport, the team dynamic was refreshingly different. Amanda Waller instructed the new Suicide Squad to recruit Talon, the assassin from the Court of Owls, and even brought Superboy onboard. Also featuring the fourth wall-breaking Ambush Bug, Task Force X was unlike any past version of the team. Traveling in space and visiting other Earths, their adventures had a much bigger scale than the typical missions assigned by Amanda Waller.
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As the series written by Robbie Thompson and Dennis Hopeless approaches its final issue, many readers are disappointed with its abruptly announced cancellation. Suicide Squad #15 will be written solely by Dennis Hopeless, with art by Julio Ferreira and Eduardo Pansica, with a variant cover by Dexter Soy. The finale synopsis teases that Peacemaker’s Suicide Squad might find liberation from Amanda Waller’s leash, which would be a satisfying note for the series to end on. Ambush Bug is likely to make a nod at the finale, as he’s known for breaking the fourth wall.
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