Suicide Squad's New Era Turns Them into DC's Guardians of the Galaxy

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Warning: contains spoilers for Suicide Squad #15

The Suicide Squad are known for being a team of villains who go on morally ambiguous missions while working for the even more morally grey Amanda Waller, though recently it seems the group has entered a new era and have effectively been transformed into DC’s Guardians of the Galaxy.

The Suicide Squad’s debut was a far cry from how fans see them today, with the only similarity being the name and the fact that Rick Flag was the leader. As far as the team itself, it didn’t consist of established super-villains but rather a brave team of heroes who were willing to put their lives on the line when no one else would – hence the name ‘Suicide Squad’. Eventually, the team would be made up of dangerous villains and their name would take on an even more literal meaning as each member would have a bomb implanted in their heads to keep them in line and follow the mission. The Suicide Squad would either die on the mission or die for disobeying orders, with the chance of survival very minimal. At least, that’s what the team turned into under the leadership of Amanda Waller. In the most recent Suicide Squad story, the team has almost reverted back to the original days of their DC presence with an updated ‘antihero’ energy.

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In Suicide Squad #15 by Dennis Hopeless, Jesús Merino, Eduardo Pansica, and Julio Ferreira, Amanda Waller successfully took control over the Evil Justice League and conquered Earth-3, claiming it as her own. With her gone, the Suicide Squad was defunded, disbanded, and literally blown to smithereens. So, instead of going back to their solitary lives of crime, the members of this Suicide