Suicide Squad #28

Dates

Cover date

[May] 1989

On sale

April 6, 1989

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #28 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 07098931202930

  This edition’s page

Story arc: The Janus Directive

This is part 4 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

• Death Game · 22 pages

  Furious that Harry tried to capture her, Waller sends members of the Suicide Squad to Checkmate headquarters where they end up getting involved in a pitched battle between Peacemaker and Major Force. They succeed in taking out both players but fail to bring in either Megala or Harry. Meanwhile, Harry is trying to defuse the Janus Directive conflict by sending Black Thorn to persuade Eiling of Project Atom to contact him so they can talk things out. Kobra, the real mastermind behind the Janus Directive, feels his plan is being derailed a bit and decides to get things back on track.

Reprinted in

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