That trend continued in future incarnations of the Suicide Squad.
There are a LOT of them.
How the hell is this going to work as a movie?
Blockbuster was DCs closest thing to the Hulk and was a semi-regular Batman foe.
Mindboggler
First Appearance: Firestorm Vol.
Mindboggler was Leah Wasserman, a member of the group of killers known as the Assassination Bureau.
In the first issue of the title, she used her illusion powers to humiliate one Captain Boomerang.
Boomerang did nothing to pay Mindboggler back for the disrespect and caused her death.
With such a pedigree, one would think that a classic Silver Age character would have been safe.
During theMillenniumcrossover, the Squad was sent to take on a group of Manhunters.
Shaw reveals he has no memory of ever having known Grace.
The original female Squadie realizes thatherShaw was a Manhunter android.
Graces death warned readers that not even legacy characters were safe in the pages of the Suicide Squad.
Slipknot
First Appearance: Firestorm Vol.
This effectively ended Slipknots villainous career, the second victim of the Firestorm Suicide Squad curse.
Maybe if he was Mr. 105…
Psi
First Appearance: Supergirl Vol.
2 #1(1982)
Psi was a very powerful and very tragic woman.
Psi psychically fed off these delusions and grew convinced that the Decay was real and embodied in Supergirl.
On a Doom Patrol mission in Russia, Psi was shot by a Rocket Red.
Would Ostrander dare kill a villain with that kind of legacy?
Hell to the yes!
The Thinkers powers were fueled by his helmet which fell into the hands of Squad leader Rick Flag.
As for the Thinkers murderer…
Weasel
First Appearance: Firestorm Vol.
2 #38 (1985)
OK, seriously…Star Trek Red Shirts laugh at Firestorm villains.
Spinal Tap drummers mock Firestorm rogues.
Weasel was once a colleague of one half of Firestorm, Professor Martin Stein.
The villain was transformed into a, well, a were-weasel.
Shrike was childlike and easily manipulated.
Rick Flag Jr. was the main character in the title.
He lived and slept in Sheba and fit right in to the disturbing collection of rogues he ferried around.
At least he had the distinction of being torn to pieces and atomized by monsters created by Jack Kirby.
Ostrander portrayed him as a cowardly, moustache twirling scumbag, but a scumbag with deadly powers.
When he joined the Squad, Dr. Light was haunted by the ghost of his former partner Jacob Finlay.
Lights ghost would hang around the Squad for awhile and was eventually resurrected.
During the battle, Bronze Tiger broke Ravans back.
Ravan swore revenge, and was given an exo-skeleton to help his vengeful quest.
Tiger defeated him again and Ravan was imprisoned.
Even a worshipper of death could not find the fortitude to survive the Suicide Squad for long.
Enforcer
First Appearance: Firestorm Vol.
Enforcer had an advanced suit of combat armor and was impaled on a wooden spear.
Well, almost everybody.
Well, not for long.
Would they dare kill the Atom?
The answer is, partially.
A member of the Micro Squad, Blacksnake, impaled Adam Cray during a Squad mission.
Ray Palmer avenged his death and revealed the ruse to the Squad and the Justice League.
Cray swore revenge but was ever able to cash in his receipt.
Sidearm
First Appearance: Superboy Vol.
Oddly, he wouldnt be the last.
He possessed great strength, great tracking skills and very limited intelligence.
When the famous Sgt.
Not many villains can say they were a victim of patricideandkiller ants.
Eliza
First Appearance and Death: Suicide Squad #3 Vol.
2 (2002)
Eliza had the power to talk with animals.
She tried to talk with killer ants, it didnt go well.
Larvanaut
First and Last Appearance: Suicide Squad #3 Vol.
2 (2002)
Larvanaut had a lizard like appearance and used his tail as a weapon.
Killer ants, etc… ): Suicide Squad #3 Vol.
Sadly, Putty was claustrophobic and busted the ice exposing himself to the ants.
Oh, the irony.
Modem
First Appearance: Suicide Squad Vol.
2 #2 (2001)
Death: Suicide Squad Vol.
Havana
First appearance: Suicide Squad Vol.
2 #2 (2001)
Death: Suicide Squad Vol.
Punch
First appearance: Secret Origins Vol.
A vengeful Jewelee shattered the glass.
Tragically, Punch, who survived a number of Wallers missions, pressed his luck one time too many.
3 #7 (2008)
After Keith Giffens short lived Squad led by Sgt.
Rock, Ostrander returned to the title in a 2008 mini-series.
Late in the third Squad series, the character of the General betrayed the team.
The Generals first move was to pop off Blackguards head like a flip top.
Windfall uses her powers to kill her assailants and was arrested.
Windfall was reduced to a skeleton by Chemos chemical spew.
Well, that was certainly a dark character path.
arch rival in High School.
Carmichaels own cousin ended up wearing the helmet and was paralyzed as a result.
Carmichael blamed Raymond and became one of Firestorms most persistent adversaries.
Carmichael ended up using the Thinkers helmet and became the second villain to use that identity.
He also became the second Thinker to die as a member of the Squad.
When the General betrayed the Squad, Carmichael took control of the monstrous Chemo from a remote location.
Before that, Carmichael shot Amanda Wallers right hand man, King Faraday.
Carmichael, always arrogant, underestimated Faradays toughness and was shot by the bleeding King, ending Chemos rampage.
Twister
First Appearance: New Teen Titans Vol.
2 #26
Death: Suicide Squad Vol.
3 #8 (2008)
Twister was once a member of the Church of Blood.
After the Generals betrayal, Twister was killed by White Dragon.
Marauder
First Appearance: Aquaman Vol.
6 #23 (2004)
The Marauder was an armored villain who mostly battled Aquaman.
He was recruited by Waller to join the Squad but betrayed the team and joined with the General.
The General sent the armored menace to take out Deadshot who was temporarily blinded.
Deadshot was saved by the son of Captain Boomerang who destroyed Marauders armor with an explosive Boomerang.
This moment contrasted Boomerangs Seniors actions in the Squads first very storyline.
Later, Hell adopted the name White Dragon and fought Hawkman.
The villain was a proud member of the Aryan nation and an all around utter scumbag.
He joined the team and was among the Generals crew that betrayed Wallers.
He was brutally killed by Plastique after he killed Twister.
In this special issue, a reunited Squad went up against Deadshots new team, the Secret Six.
Savant was a pretty major villain in the pre-New 52Birds of Preyseries.
His first appearance in the rebooted DCU was as a recruit for the Squad.
Savant broke under the interrogation wasapparentlykilled revealing forbidden secrets.
Savant turned out to be alive a few issues later and was tasked with bringing in Harley Quinn.
He was last seen stepping on a landmine that had yet to detonate.
Voltaic
First appearance: Suicide Squad Vol.
4 #1 (2011)
Death: Suicide Squad Vol.
4 #2 and #4 (2011)
Voltaic was the only Squad member to die twice.
He mysteriously returned without explanation and was stabbed through the chest fighting the Red Orchid.
He does not die there but later, is beaten to death by new Squad recruit the Unknown Soldier.
Doctors tried to revive the electrical Voltaic with some sort of immortality serum but his body explodes.
Oh, New 52…
Yo Yo
First Appearance: Suicide Squad Vol.
4 #3 (2012)
Death: Suicide Squad Vol.
A noble end for a man that was almost sentient shark poo.
In their first mission, Waller sent the twins to return an escaped Harley Quinn to the Squad.
Light
First Appearance: Green Arrow Vol.
5 #1 (2011)
Death: Suicide Squad Vol.
He told the smoldering, dying Light that if anyone was to kill Waller, it would be him.
Disclaimer:Many Firestorm villains were harmed during the writing of this article.
This article originally ran in 2014.
