CATALOG RECORD
DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire #nn
Dates
- Cover date
- [May] 2025
- On sale
- March 11, 2025
- Pages
- 564
Editions and covers
Story arc: Millennium
This is part 22 of 22. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Firestorm the Nuclear Man #67
- Flash (1987) #8
- Justice League International (1987) #9
- Millennium (1988) #1
- Wonder Woman (1987) #12
- Batman (1940) #415
- Blue Beetle (1986) #20
- Legion of Super-Heroes (1984) #42
- Millennium (1988) #2
- Young All-Stars (1987) #8
- Millennium (1988) #3
- The Green Lantern Corps #220
- Millennium (1988) #4
- Suicide Squad (1987) #9
- Detective Comics #582
- Millennium (1988) #5
- Wonder Woman (1987) #13
- Millennium (1988) #6
- Young All-Stars (1987) #9
- Millennium (1988) #7
- Millennium (1988) #8
- DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2025) #nn
Also part of: Legends
Creators
Stories
- Once Upon a Time...! · 22 pages
Darkseid begins a plan to destroy the legends of Earth's superheroes. Creating the monstrous villain Brimstone, he uses it to attack the current Justice League (led by Martian Manhunter), and defeats them. Firestorm absorbs his powers to weaken the monster, but it will return again later to attack once more. Meanwhile, Shazam! fights Macro-Man, and accidentally kills him, causing Billy to revert to normal and swear not to use his powers ever again.
- Breach of Faith! · 22 pages
As Darkseid's plan continues, Billy has already vowed not to use his powers as a result of last issue's events. Darkseid then uses his lackey, Glorious Godfrey (disguised as political activist G. Gordon Godfrey), to launch a crusade vs. the heroes, using Macro-Man's "death' as the catalyst. President Reagan, influenced by Godfrey, creates an executive order banning heroes from action.
- Send for... the Suicide Squad! · 22 pages
As President Reagan's executive order goes into effect, the heroes are either forced underground when in action, or to retire, such as the Justice League. As Godfrey's speeches continue to rally an anti-hero fervor, Robin (Jason Todd) is surrounded by a frenzied mob shortly after he saves a boy, and is injured by them. Brimstone is also revived and faces the new Suicide Squad (as Task Force "X," composed of villains making deals with the govt. for their freedom), with Blockbuster as their first casualty.
- Cry "Havoc"...! · 22 pages
Darkseid's plan to destroy all of Earth's heroes through their legends is succeeding quite well, thanks to Godfrey (as G. Gordon Godfrey)'s actions. Phantom Stranger, meanwhile, has been viewing these events, and warns Darkseid his plan will fail, although helpless to actually interfere in these events.
- Let Slip the Dogs of War! · 22 pages
As Darkseid's plan has almost reached its conclusion, the heroes rise up in a final standoff against Glorious Godfrey (as G. Gordon Godfrey) in Washington, D.C., where he plans a huge rally to crush the heroes once and for all. Billy, realizing things have really gotten worse for the heroes, decides he has to become Captain Marvel once more to aid them.
- Finale! · 30 pages
As Glorious Godfrey unleashes a final assault versus the heroes in Washington, D.C. with a frenzied mob, they are stopped thanks to Robin (Jason Todd) appearing with young children, forming a human shield around the heroes. Godfrey slaps a child who refuses to move out of the mob's way, which then awakens the mob, and turns them versus him. He retaliates using warhounds to attack everyone, with the heroes defending them successfully, but he steals Fate's helmet, and is defeated by it when he attempts to use its powers for his own purposes as he puts it on. Darkseid's plan fails.
- The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad · 38 pages
A look at the history of the Suicide Squad and Task Force X.
- Trial by Blood · 22 pages
At Belle Reve Prison in Louisiana, Amanda Waller forms the Suicide Squad, made up of current inmates with special talents or powers, to serve the interests of the U.S. government on clandestine missions. Former Suicide Squad leader, Rick Flag, leads the first operation to take down terrorist group Jihad before they can attack the United States.
- Trial by Fire · 22 pages
The Squad goes to Qurac to put an end to the Jihad before they can go on their first mission. One of them doesn't come back.
- Jailbreak · 22 pages
Darkseid sends the Female Furies to Belle Reve prison to retrieve Glorious Godfrey, whom Darkseid wants to punish for failing in his last mission. The Suicide Squad has no idea what they are dealing with when they go up against them.
- William Hell's Overture · 22 pages
The Squad is sent in to discredit a white supremacist.
- To Regain Tomorrow · 22 pages
The dying Stein convinces Ron that Firestorm must force the US and the Soviet Union to surrender all nuclear weapons.
- Rogue Hero · 22 pages
Reaction to Firestorm's threat to detonate a nuclear missile in the United States and in Russia if the two sides didn't immediately disarm their nuclear stockpiles elicits various reactions from members of the superhero community. President Reagan orders Captain Atom to attempt to capture Firestorm but Captain Atom is unsuccessful.
- Through the Gauntlet · 22 pages
Firestorm wants to turn himself in, but before they can do that, the Suicide Squad attacks.
- Ground Zero · 38 pages
Firestorm is attacked by the Justice League, the Suicide Squad and finally by Pozhar and the combined might of the US and Russian governments. Mikhail Arkadin becomes part of the Firestorm matrix.
- The Flight of the Firebird · 22 pages
- Hitting the Fan · 22 pages
- Thrown to the Wolves · 22 pages
- Personal Files · 22 pages
- Forth · 5 pages
- The Final Price · 22 pages
The Suicide Squad is sent in to destroy the Manhunter's temple. Karin Grace is revealed to be a Manhunter, but she changes sides before she dies.
- Sole Survivor · 22 pages
- Up Against the Wall · 22 pages
Batman has found out about the existence of the Suicide Squad, and he doesn't like it.