Review: Suicide Squad #36

Jamin Pierson

7 years ago

Explosions, murder, and revenge plots can be found in the pages of the Suicide Squad’s latest tale. After returning home from their fight with Damage, the Squad finds Belle Reve taken over by an old friend. Hack is alive, and thriving in Belle Reve’s mainframe. She threatens the prison with revenge and turmoil. Desperate to discover her killer, she captures the Squad and plans on giving them a trial. She knows that one of them killed her and that one of themÂ is a spy!

Even though the series had already revealed the spy in the series, I don’t think they needed to remind their readers. I felt like the one-panel reaction of Captain Boomerang’s fears to the trial seemed weird. The panel didn’t seem to fit in the issue for some reason. The issue was really more focused on Hack, and so little on the spy, that it seemed weird when he was touched upon.

I also felt that this issue didn’t have anything fresh to offer. I don’t read a lot of Suicide Squad, but it seems like I had already seen a lot of what was in this issue. There’s a lot of generic plot points and commonplace comic book material. I didn’t hate the issue, but I was far from impressed. There were parts that were interesting, but the comic couldn’t keepÂ me invested.

I thought the art was average. There isn’t anything in here that wows me. Sometimes, I thought the faces and the expressions were sort of awkward. I liked the line work to an extent, but found that the lines were overdone a little bit. If a few adjustments had been made, the overall art could’ve been pretty good.

I did like how the issue connects itself to Damage #2, and lets youÂ know when this issue takes place. A lot of times it seems like the DC books ignore each other, soÂ this was anÂ improvement.Â Despite story problems throughout, I am interested to see how the fated trial of the Suicide Squad goes, and if the spy is found out. Even though I haven’t had nice things to say about this issue, at least it left me with something.

I didn’t hate the issue, but I certainly didn’t like it. Full transparency, I’m not a big Suicide Squad fan,Â which isn’t helped whenÂ the issue in questionÂ wasn’t executed well. If the creative team can make adjustments, and think through their issues moving forward, there may be some hope for the Suicide Squad.

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Written by; Rob Williams
Art by; Eduardo Pansica
Cover Art by;Â David Yardin
Published by; DC Comics