Because you know they're not going to die, and the point of this book is that they could die. If you throw some characters that you're more familiar with into the story, I think there's no tension there. So's the film, so tonally, it's going to be the same, or similar.īut like I said, I wanted to use characters that hadn't been around a while, that I could actually do something with it. Again, this book's rated R, which is different for a lot of DC characters, property-wise. Tonally, I would say it's pretty similar. Did the upcoming Suicide Squad film have any impact or factor into any of your decision-making about the team or this story?īrian Azzarello: I didn't want to use any of the characters in that team, for one thing. There are a lot of new characters or less familiar characters. Some of these guys, nobody's done anything with them for years. 's a new character, but there's Wild Dog and Firefly. Then there were a lot of characters no one's used for years. And then to actually give her a really good reason and some tension, the mission is to go after Joker.
Pretty much my only marching order was: Harley had to be in it. What went into creating the lineup on this team? It seems to be one of the more intriguing elements, in that you haven't seen these characters join forces before.īrian Azzarello: That was one of the reasons to do it. It's not difficult to imagine a different series in which Jason Todd terrorizes the metahuman yard as though this were a season arc from Oz, but that's a comic for better realities.RELATED: Batman Damned: The Story DC Took TEN YEARS To Tell Azzarello's dialogue remains quippy enough to cloak the exposition and it quickly leads to prison where the writer lingers in territory he previously relished in comics like Hellblazer and 100 Bullets.
Red Hood's introduction provides all of the context an unfamiliar reader might need, complete with an effective splash from Maleev, as he is shanghaied into the Squad. The introductions, before any violence commences in the 48-page issue's back half, provide a very specific form of genre enjoyment as low-level creeps and sociopaths are placed in hostile environments together. Unfortunately, the fun times never really materialize as even a few final bloody pages are more eyebrow-raising than thrilling. It sounds like a fun enough time with plenty of killable characters to really indulge that "Black Label" stamp.
He is first tasked with leading a team-primarily consisting of also-ran's and never-were's as well as Harley Quinn-to assassinate Joker in the middle of Gotham City. Jason Todd) finds himself imprisoned and therefore enrolled in Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad.
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