Suicide Squad: Rebirth #1 by Rob Williams


Suicide Squad: Rebirth #1
Title : Suicide Squad: Rebirth #1
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ISBN : -
Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 25
Publication : First published August 3, 2016

Soldier. War hero. Traitor. Captain Rick Flag was one of America’s greatest military commanders before he was banished to a secret military prison. But after years of isolation, Flag’s life changes forever when a woman called Amanda Waller offers him redemption in exchange for taking on the single most dangerous job in the entire DC Universe: keeping the Suicide Squad alive!


Suicide Squad: Rebirth #1 Reviews


  • Roxanne

    This is a pretty good start, it introduces some of the characters and sets up building the groundwork for the rest of the volume, Flag gets tasked to keep order of the suicide squad, Waller is being her scary ass boss self and it's just business as usual but it looks promising. It loosely looks like the movie, the plot is very similar so if you're picking this up after watching the movie i don't think you'd be disappointed. Also quick mention about the film it's awesome, seriously go and see it!

  • Alex ☣ Deranged KittyCat ☣

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    In this first issue we get to see how Amanda Waller recruited Rick Flag.

    I really like the art. Harley's hair resembles the one in the movie version, but, fortunately, she is spared of those shorts and high-heeled boots. It's a mystery to me why a woman who fights a lot would go for no material on her legs.
    Joining Harley on the Squad's mission, are Deadshot and Captain Boomerang. While it's good to see them again, the truth is I read the SS comics because of Harley Quinn.

    All in all, I'm looking forward to the Rebirth SS series.

  • Brendan

    I enjoyed the setup for the ongoing series and this rebirth one shot deliveries an interesting Rick Flagg. This should of been the story for the movie version instead of Incubus, who looked terrible. This series has potential and looks like it will deliver, I'm really interested in suicide squad and Red Hood at this stage. These anti hero stories are really working for me.

  • Gucifi

    The comic is hands down awesome.

  • Ahmed Gamal

    Well, this was a very good start. I liked how they set things up. The conversations were also pretty good.
    Can't wait to see the rest and how this gonna work.

  • Dr Rashmit Mishra

    i have said this before i don't like too much politics in my comics , i mean i spending good money to read 24 pages and when those 24 pages have political chatter it really saddens me and feels like a waste of my investment . That said i think with what's been going around with the Suicide squad movie i believe it fit perfectly and explained why Suicide can't be your joy-filled , humourous ride Like Marvel movie , it focussed on why Suicide squad despite the comedic influences on it's story is actually one of the most dark and disturbing tale of Criminals being deprived of their basic human rights and forced to do missions and risk their life , The story in this focussed mainly on how Amanda Waller Recruited Rick Flag , giving Rick Flag a new origin story that in my opinion fits much better than the previous one

    special mention to the artists to finally draw Obama on the pages of DC comics & how come Amanda Waller is slim in the Batman rebirth titles but overweight in Suicide squad , another case of timeline mess

  • auteaandtales

    Okay, 2 things:

    1: Harley Quinn is cute, and mostly clothed so I'm assuming the new movies are based from the Quinn before the rebirth? That would make sense, I'm new to DC comic books so I probably sound like an idiot to many people right now.

    Secondly, LOL. This was great, like it a lot.

  • Siona St Mark

    Actual rating: 3.75 stars.

    Not bad, but I'm just not very excited about this line yet. Hopefully once a few more people get introduced the story will be more interesting.

  • Terri

    A reboot of the comic. A great start.

  • Higor Hebert

    É... Arte do Lee tá ok, roteiro tá ok... Ler SS por causa do pistoleiro não tá sendo bom...

  • Meera A.S.

    First of all, can we take a moment to appreciate the beautiful cover??

    I reeeeeeally liked the setup for this series! It was short and quick.
    Excited to see the other members being introduced and joining the squad. I've always been a HUGE FAN!!
    And Harley is such a BADASS (As always!)



    Looking forward to
    Suicide Squad (2016-) #1

  • Brooke

    4.0

    Interesting start up to the series! Unlike most of these reviews, I happened to enjoy the new Suicide Squad movie, even though I know the source material fairly well. I'm excited for our set up, and the new character designs look sick! Very excited for this next launch of Suicide Squad indeed.

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  • Ashly Lynne

    RTC

  • Malcom Villegas

    I enjoyed the setup for the ongoing series and this rebirth one shot deliveries an interesting Rick Flagg. This should of been the story for the movie version instead of Incubus, who looked terrible. This series has potential and looks like it will deliver, I'm really interested in suicide squad and Red Hood at this stage. These anti hero stories are really working for me.

  • Elaine White

    Great start to the story. Introduces everyone with great graphics and drama.

    *I got this copy through GeekFuel, with an exclusive variant cover*

  • Aly

    Seems promising enough.

  • chevonne books

    Loved and cant wait to read the next one to see where it goes and what will happen, will have to buy the next few soon

  • Norrin Shearer

    Not bad. A solid introduction to the suicide squad and what they do. Not the most gripping story of the rebirth one shots, but a very effective intro.

  • Amelia

    I really liked it and recommend it for writers at all levels.

  • Rick Hunter

    There are two things that made me interested in this series. The 1st of those things is that Jim Lee, my all-time favorite comic artist, is one of the two artists for this series. The 2nd thing is that Harley Quinn is a main character. The premise of Suicide Squad is a cool one, but often I don't really care about the villains that they put on the team so I end up losing interest very quickly. This series has shown Katana and Killer Croc in some promo material and both are on the cover of this issue. It is too bad that the cover is the only place you see them because they are nowhere else in this issue. I like both of those characters. Deadshot is on the team as has been the case in pretty much all of the Suicide Squad books. I really don't care much for that character. After a couple of issues, he becomes lame pretty quickly. He's best used in small doses scattered pretty far apart. The same can be said for Captain Boomerang even though I do like him a little more than Deadshot. Rick Flagg is also in the book. Don't really know much about the character and it wouldn't hurt my feelings if he was never used in another comic. Waller is around still being the character everyone loves to hate. Pretty much the only interesting character in the issue is Harley.

    The only thing I knew about writer Rob Williams before reading this issue was that he wrote for a Martian Manhunter series I've never read. As far as I know, I've never read anything from the guy. After reading this issue, I won't be expecting a lot from his writing. I know that a single issue is hard to judge someone's writing skills on, but so far, it seems like his writing is on par with that of most Michael Bay movies. I actually think that is what DC is going for with series. They want it to be like a fun, mindless, action-packed summer blockbuster movie. Rob Williams delivers on the mindless and action packed, but has to figure out the fun part to keep me reading this series. The writing gets 3 stars.

    As I said at the beginning, Jim Lee is one of the artists for this series. However, he is not the artist for this issue. Philip Tan is the artist for this one. His art isn't horrible, but isn't great either. It hovers in the average to good range. The outlines and faces of characters look pretty good, but something is amiss with his detail work. It seems like he doesn't fully understand where detail lines should be and just puts some random scratches down so that there is some sort of mark there. Hell, maybe it is not even his fault. Maybe the inker did those marks. Either way it takes away from the attractiveness of the art. His art gets 3 stars.

    This is a 3 star overall book. I'll pick up the Jim Lee issue simple because his art is breathtaking. I don't even have to read the script to enjoy his art. I won't read it if the writing doesn't get any better than it is now. I'll read through the first arc before decided whether to cut back to only the Jim Lee issues, but as of right now, I'm still up in the air about this one and can't really recommend it to anyone else.

  • Naima

    * It was... okay. Not really anything of substance. Same ol' Waller recruiting Flagg to keep an eye on the squad.
    * It's tagged for racism because Captain Boomerang is a racist. Don't know how anyone missed that part of the bio when they started stanning for him after the Suicide Squad movie. (He sings a racist song about Mongolians and Genghis Khan)
    * A really thin team for Suicide Squad. Just Harley, Deadshot, and Boomerang to take on every super soldier made from a bomb? I knew they said they wanted to thin out the ranks, but that's a little much.
    * Obama was in this, so that was an immediate +1 star because. wow they really put Obama in this comic.
    * Harley was just. awfully drawn. She's cross-eyed a lot and there's not much to her in this comic- it's actually kinda annoying
    * Waller was really well-utilized in this, though, and she's back to being her original self, instead of the lightwashed, thinner version of what they wanted her to be, so I'll give it a whole 3 stars

  • David Dalton

    All right. What a good start for the Rebirth of the Suicide Squad. I think DC got this one right. A good beginning and a perfect starting point for new readers and new fans from via the movie (which as a comic book junkie I enjoyed. Seen it twice within a week). My only concern is that Harley, Capt. Boomerang, and Deadshot will prove to be too popular and be involved in every mission and never get killed. With a title like this, you got to figure the odds of surviving many missions would be slime to none. I hope they do not turn this into a JLA for bad guys, they need to stay true to the Dirty Dozen theme.

  • Jack

    not bad, but not great.

  • Peter

    2.5 - Suicide Squad couldn’t help but paint by the numbers in their debut with the eyes of movie-goers potentially fixated on the comic. It’s more or less a retread of the film, but in 20 pages and much higher quality (not hard to achieve).

    I’d typically expect this to stick with crowd-pleasing popcorn plots, but Rob Williams is one of my favorite writers and he does transgressive characters very well.

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  • Barbara

    A strong start for setting up the framework of the Squad. This issue showcases Waller's ruthless, yet patriotic streak. Her involvement with Taskforce X has always been an intriguing element in the comics. There are also some wonderfully funny pop culture references peppered in that keeps the writing fresh & the humor going. I'm interested to see where this goes.

  • Marisa Carpico

    Good not great. Has to do a lot of set up so there's not much to it. Williams does have a really good handle on the characters though.


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