After weeks of build-up, three different solo heroes and a secret team of government operatives have all found their way into the Louisiana swamps for the same purpose: to find and destroy the Manhunter stronghold on Earth. The four titles all interlink, but it’s Suicide Squad that tells the over-arching narrative with hints of the happenings in the other titles, so we start there.
Art by Jerry Bingham. Owned by DC Comics and used for review purposes.
The first thing that’s odd about the book is that the guest cover from Jerry Bingham leaves off two of the key players inside the issue: the Privateer and Karin Grace. They join our four cover stars along with Slipknot as they all drive a craft wired with an explosive that will likely kill all of them, although only Flag knows this.
Before they can reach the stronghold, they are confronted by Captain Atom on his own mission from Eiling’s rival task force. He has no plans to start a confrontation but does realize that Flag is on a suicide mission. He promises to help if he can, but he’s confronted by the Manhunters’ main line of defense: Firestorm. He flies off to face him in a battle in his own title.