CATALOG RECORD
Suicide Squad #23
first appearance of Oracle
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Oracle (Barbara Gordon) — first appearance, computer screen only
Dates
- Cover date
- January 1989
- On sale
- December 8, 1988
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #23 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098931202901
This edition’s page
Story arc: Invasion!
This is part 27 of 29. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Invasion! Special: Daily Planet #1
- Firestorm the Nuclear Man #80
- Wonder Woman #25
- Superman #26
- Power of the Atom #7
- Adventures of Superman #449
- Animal Man #6
- Captain Atom #24
- Checkmate #11
- Detective Comics #595
- Doom Patrol #17
- Flash #20
- Flash #21
- Invasion #1
- Justice League International #22
- Starman #5
- Swamp Thing #81
- The Spectre #23
- Firestorm the Nuclear Man #81
- Wonder Woman #26
- Superman #27
- Power of the Atom #8
- Captain Atom #25
- Flash #22
- Invasion #3
- Justice League International #23
- Suicide Squad #23
- Checkmate #12
- Blasters Special #1
Creators
pencils: Luke McDonnellinks: Karl Keselcolors: Anthony Tollin, Carl Gaffordscript: John Ostrander, Kim Yale, Robert Greenbergerletters: Todd Klein
Stories
- Weird War Tales · 22 pages
The Squad splits up to fight aliens in Russia and Australia.
Publisher’s description
Featuring the first appearance of Barbara Gordon as Oracle! The Squad splits up to fight the invading aliens in Russia and Australia!
Characters
Barbara GordonOracleAmanda WallerFlo CrowlyJohn Economos
Reprinted in
Suicide Squad (2011)