About this Collection
This second volume of The Suicide Squad Case Files collects issues from the 2020s era of Task Force X, focusing on the team's high-risk black ops missions. It features stories that delve into the squad's rotating roster of incarcerated villains forced to serve the government, with a mix of action and dark humor typical of the series.
Contains 7 stories
The Big Fall
24 pp · Superhero
Booster Gold [Michael Jon Carter]Blackguard (introduction, villain)Mindancer (introduction, cameo)Skeets (introduction)Dirk DavisTrixie CollinsJimmy OlsenDr. Jenet Klyburn
Grave Matters
22 pp · Spy, Superhero
Amanda WallerSuicide Squad [AtomGeorge Harkness [Captain Boomerangalso as Digger]Floyd Lawton [Deadshot]]Justice League [Batman [Bruce Wayne]Flash [Wally West]Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]Superman [Clark KentKal-El]Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]]Ian Lawton (George's father)Tom Lawton (George's brother)Betty Lawton (George's motherflashback)Mick WentworthWalt W. Wiggins (revealed to be George's real father)Flash [Barry Allen] (flashback)
Batman: Harley Quinn
48 pp · Superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]Alfred PennyworthDr. ArkhamHarley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]JokerPenguin [Oswald Cobblepot]Poison Ivy [Pamela Isley]Ernie (dies)
I Shot a Javelin Into the Air...!
23 pp · Superhero
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]JavelinThomas KalmakuCarol FerrisCarl FerrisBruce GordonCongressman BlochThe Shark (last page cameo)
The Ratcatcher
22 pp · Superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]Ratcatcher [Otis Flannegan] (villain, introduction)Judge Wyatt Hogan (death)Pinder (villain)Tubbs (villain)
In a grim twist of fate, Batman follows a trail of blood and chaos when a man is murdered by a swarm of rats during a weapons bust. The killer, a man known only as the Ratcatcher, emerges from the shadows with a chilling connection to Gotham’s underworld—setting Batman on a collision course with a new kind of menace.
The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad
38 pp · Superhero
Amanda Waller (origin)Colonel Richard M. Flag (flashback, introduction, dies)Mission X [Colonel Rick Flag, Jr. (origin)Karin GraceDr. Hugh Evans (dies)Dr. Jeff Bright] (flashback, origin)Suicide Squadron ["Bashful" Benjy (introduction)Lt. Carson (introduction)] (flashback)Sarge SteelSharon Race Flag (flashback, introduction, dies)Joseph Waller (flashback, introduction, dies)Joseph Waller, Jr. (flashback, introduction, dies)Damita Waller (flashback, introduction)Martin Waller (flashback, introduction)Jessie Waller (flashback, introduction)Coretta Waller (flashback, introduction)Control of the OSS (flashback)Ace Morgan (flashback)President Ronald ReaganPresident Harry S. Truman (flashback)Justice Society of America [AtomBlack CanaryGreen LanternWonder WomanHawkmanFlashDr. Mid-Nite] (flashback, disbands)Steve (flashback, introduction, dies)Marvin Collins (introduction)Jeb Stuart (flashback)the Forgotten Heroes [DolphinCave CarsonCongo BillAnimal ManRick Flag, Jr.Immortal Man](cameo flashback)Suicide Squad [DeadshotBronze TigerRick Flag, Jr.BlockbusterEnchantressCaptain Boomerang] (cameo flashback, origin)War Wheel (flashback, villain)Candyman (flashback, introduction, villain, dies)The Sportsmaster (flashback, villain)Brimstone (flashback, villain)
Of Like Minds Part 3
22 pp · Superhero
OracleBlack CanaryHuntressSensei OtomoLady ShivaSavant (origin)CreoteBatmanAndrew Fisher
