Suicide Squad #27

Dates

Cover date

[May] 1989

On sale

March 23, 1989

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #27 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 07098931202927

  This edition’s page

Story arc: The Janus Directive

This is part 2 of 8. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Checkmate (1988) #15
2. Suicide Squad (1987) #27
3. Checkmate (1988) #16
4. Suicide Squad (1987) #28
5. Checkmate (1988) #17
6. Firestorm the Nuclear Man (1987) #86
7. Manhunter (1988) #14
8. Suicide Squad (1987) #29

Creators

Stories

• The Janus Directive, Part 2: Scattermove · 22 pages

  Waller introduces the leaders of Task Force X to a secret operation known as the Janus Directive whereby either the Force of July or Project Atom is going to turn on them and try to seize power in the covert intelligence community. Waller tells her allies that she wants to strike first and take out the two teams. She sends the Suicide Squad after the Force of July and tells Bronze Tiger that she wants them dead. Ben is uncomfortable with this, especially as Oracle can't confirm that the Janus Directive even exists. The Squad battles the Force and wins.

Reprinted in

Suicide Squad (2011), DC Finest: Peacemaker: Kill for Peace (2025)