Green Lantern's Suicide Squad Makes the Movie Team Look Pathetic
A forerunner to the Suicide Squad led by Green Lantern Guy Gardner makes the movie team look downright pathetic in comparison. The Suicide Squad that fans know and love made its debut during the 1987 Legends crossover event. But a year prior, as the Crisis on Infinite Earths raged across the DC Universe, Guy Gardner assembled a ragtag group of villains and led them in assault on the all-powerful Anti-Monitor—putting the movie version, as well as most other subsequent versions, to shame.
The first Suicide Squad, also known as Task Force X, debuted in 1959’s The Brave and the Bold #25 by Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru; this version would fade into obscurity soon after. A new incarnation of the team, resembling the one best known to fans, premiered in 1987’s Legends #3 by John Ostrander, Len Wein and John Byrne. Comprised of some of the DC Universe’s vilest villains, the Suicide Squad undertakes hazardous missions on behalf of the United States government, in exchange for time off their sentences. At the helm of Suicide Squad is Amanda Waller, an indomitable force of nature who uses strong arm tactics and sheer intimidation to keep the Squad in line.
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However, a year prior to the debut of Waller's team, a forerunner of sorts to the Suicide Squad came together in Green Lantern #168-198 by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton. These issues, which also tied into then-current Crisis on Infinite Earths, see Guy Gardner reinstated to the Green Lantern Corps full-time. The Guardians believe that a tactical strike on the Anti-Monitor’s home world of Qward will defeat him and charge Gardner with coordinating the team. To help, Guy marshals together a team of
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