| Release: | Jul 13, 2016 |
The Janus Directive - The Janus Directive - Suicide Squad (1987) #26-30, Checkmate (1988) #15-18, Manhunter (1988) #14, Firestorm (1982) #86, Captain Atom (1987) #30
| Release: | Jul 13, 2016 |
Amanda “the Wall” Waller has fought tooth and nail to keep her Suicide Squad of metahuman black ops agents in operation. Together with Checkmate, a covert government spy agency, these two teams make up Waller’s Task Force X, taking on the missions that the United States government deems too dangerous for anyone else. But the members of Task Force X aren’t the only ones doing the government’s dirty work…
When Waller uncovers a conspiracy code named the “Janus Directive,” it becomes clear that another government agency intends to wipe out Task Force X, and body count is not a consideration.
Is this the beginning of an all-out secret war between the country’s most dangerous operatives, or is someone else pulling the strings to further their own endgame? And if that’s the case, has someone finally done the impossible and outsmarted the Wall?
From an array of classic comics creators including John Ostrander, Paul Kupperberg, Kim Yale, John K. Snyder III, Steve Erwin, and many more, SUICIDE SQUAD: THE JANUS DIRECTIVE presents the classic crossover event in its entirety for the first time! Collects SUICIDE SQUAD #26-30, CHECKMATE #15-18, MANHUNTER #14, FIRESTORM #86 and CAPTAIN ATOM #30.
| Writer | Kim Yale, Paul Kupperberg, Greg Weisman, John Ostrander, Cary Bates |
| Artist | Tom Mandrake |
| Cover Artist | Gil Kane, Tom Mandrake, Pat Broderick, Doug Rice, Karl Kesel |
| Penciller | Doug Rice, Rafael Kayanan, John K. Snyder III, Steve Erwin, Rick Hoberg, Grant Miehm |
| Inker | Karl Kesel, Romeo Tanghal, Al Vey, Pablo Marcos |
| Colorist | Carl Gafford, Gene D'Angelo, Julianna Ferriter, Nansi Hoolahan |
| Letterer | Todd Klein, Carrie Spiegle, Augustin Mas, Gaspar Saladino, Albert DeGuzman, Duncan Andrews |
| Editor | Jonathan Peterson, Bob Greenberger, Dan Raspler, Barbara Kesel, Dennis O'Neil |
| Editor in Chief | Dick Giordano |
| Lois Lane | |
| Oracle | Barbara Gordon |
| Harvey Bullock | |
| Amanda Waller | |
| Elongated Man | Ralph Dibny |
| Vixen | Mari Jiwe McCabe |
| Captain Boomerang | George 'Digger' Harkness |
| Vicki Vale | |
| Captain Atom | Nathaniel Christopher Adam |
| Bronze Tiger | Ben Turner |
| Nightshade | Eve Eden |
| Parasite | Rudy Jones |
| Firestorm | Ronald 'Ronnie' Raymond |
| Firehawk | Lorraine Reilly |
| Black Manta | David |
| Lashina | |
| Count Vertigo | Werner Vertigo |
| Peacemaker | Christopher Smith |
| Shade the Changing Man | Rac Shade |
| Rick Flag Jr. | |
| Major Force | Clifford Zmeck |
| King Faraday | |
| Martin Stein | |
| Wade Eiling | |
| Manhunter | Mark Shaw |
| Rustam | Raza Kattuah |
| Harry Stein | |
| Jeb Stuart | |
| Jewelee | |
| Flo Crowley | |
| Kobra | Jeffrey Franklin Burr |
| Punch | Clyde Phillips |
| Ravan | |
| John Economos | |
| Major Victory | William Vickers |
| Punch | |
| Peggy Eiling | Margaret Adam |
| Silent Majority | |
| Lady Liberty | |
| Doctor Light | Arthur Light |
| Mindboggler | Leah Wasserman |
| Heinrich Megala | |
| Jeff Goslin | |
| Randy Eiling | Randall Adam |
| Black Thorn | Elizabeth Thorne |
| Marnie Herrs | |
| Major Force | Cliff Zmeck |
| Sarge Steel | |
| Sparkler | |
| Valentina Vostok | |
| Mayflower | |
| Rick Flag, Sr. | |
| Knight | Gary Washington |
| Knight | John Reed |
| Beast | |
| Bridgette D'Abo | |
| Bishop | Jacques Reynard |
| J. Daniel 'Murph' Murphy | |
| Briscoe | |
| Simon La Grieve | |
| Cherie Chase | |
| John Chase | |
| Rick Martin | |
| George Bush | |
| General Wade Eiling | |
| Abraham Lincoln Carlyle | |
| Flo Crowly | |
| BJ | |
| Shiv | |
| Babylon | |
| Knight | Ray Carson |
| J. Danfield Kale | |
| Lawless | |
| James Hancock Finch | |
| Firestorm (Raymond/Arkadin/Svarozhich) | |
| Ace High | |
| Nickels | |
| Blowhard | |
| Gyp |
| Age | Modern Age |
|---|---|
| Format | Digital Comic |
| Series Group | Suicide Squad |
| Genre | Action | Adventure | Super-Heroes |
| No. of Pages | 272 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |