WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Rick Flag Sr. (from the World War II Suicide Squad) — flashback, introduction, death
- Damita Waller (DC) — flashback, introduction, death
- Joseph Waller (DC) — flashback, introduction, death
- Joseph Waller Jr. (DC) — flashback, introduction, death
- Bashful Benjy (from The Suicide Squad) — introduction, flashback
- Carson (from The Suicide Squad) — introduction, flashback
- Coretta Waller (DC) — flashback, introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- May 1987
- On sale
- January 20, 1987
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #14 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$1.25 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$1.25 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893176605 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.75 CAD.
Barcode 0709893176605 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Story arc: Legends
This is part 28 of 30. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Batman (1940) #401
- Detective Comics (1937) #568
- Legends (1986) #1
- Legends (1986) #2
- The Green Lantern Corps (1986) #207
- Cosmic Boy (1986) #1
- Justice League of America (1960) #258
- The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #55
- Secret Origins (1986) #10
- Cosmic Boy (1986) #2
- Legends (1986) #3
- Justice League of America (1960) #259
- The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #56
- Blue Beetle (1986) #9
- Warlord (1976) #114
- Cosmic Boy (1986) #3
- Legends (1986) #4
- Justice League of America (1960) #260
- Blue Beetle (1986) #10
- Superman (1987) #3
- Adventures of Superman (1987) #426
- Warlord (1976) #115
- Action Comics (1938) #586
- Cosmic Boy (1986) #4
- Legends (1986) #5
- Justice League of America (1960) #261
- Legends (1986) #6
- Secret Origins (1986) #14
- DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2025) #nn
- DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Return (2025) #nn
Creators
pencils: Luke McDonnellinks: Dave Huntletters: Gaspar Saladino, Albert DeGuzmanscript: John Ostrander, Robert Greenbergercolors: Carl Gaffordediting: Robert Greenberger
Stories
- The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad · 38 pages
A look at the history of the Suicide Squad and Task Force X.
Characters
Princess DianaWonder WomanJay GarrickThe FlashAlan ScottGreen LanternCarter HallHawkmanBuddy BakerAnimal ManThe AtomAl PrattDeadshotFloyd LawtonRonald ReaganCharles McNiderAmanda WallerDr. Mid-NiteAce MorganBenjamin TurnerDigger HarknessCaptain BoomerangThe Bronze TigerDinah DrakeBlack CanaryRick Flag Jr.June MooneThe EnchantressSarge SteelCongo Bill
Reprinted in
Suicide Squad (2011), The Suicide Squad Case Files (2021), Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2021), DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2025)