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</style><table class="infobox ib-comics-story-arc ib-comics"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">"<i>The Janus Directive</i>"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">Cover of <i><a href="Checkmate_(comics)" title="Checkmate (comics)">Checkmate</a></i> #15 (May 1989), art by <a href="Gil_Kane" title="Gil Kane">Gil Kane</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="List_of_comics_publishing_companies" title="List of comics publishing companies">Publisher</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication date</th><td class="infobox-data">May – June <a href="1989_in_comics" title="1989 in comics">1989</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">

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<ul><li><a href="Spy_fiction" title="Spy fiction">Spy</a>, <a href="Superhero_comics" title="Superhero comics">superhero</a></li>

<li><a href="Fictional_crossover" class="mw-redirect" title="Fictional crossover">Crossover</a></li></ul>

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<tbody><tr><th style="border: 0;"><b>Title(s)</b></th></tr><tr><td style="border-style: solid none none;"><i><a href="Captain_Atom" title="Captain Atom">Captain Atom</a></i> #30<br><i><a href="Checkmate_(comics)" title="Checkmate (comics)">Checkmate</a></i> #15-18<br><i><a href="Firestorm_(character)" title="Firestorm (character)">Firestorm the Nuclear Man</a></i> #86-87<br><i><a href="Manhunter_(comics)" title="Manhunter (comics)">Manhunter</a></i> #14<br><i><a href="Suicide_Squad" title="Suicide Squad">Suicide Squad</a></i> #27-30</td></tr>

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<p>"<b>The Janus Directive</b>" is an eleven-part <a href="Comic_book" title="Comic book">comic book</a> <a href="Fictional_crossover" class="mw-redirect" title="Fictional crossover">crossover</a> first published by <a href="DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a> between May and June of 1989. Among the creators who contributed to the storyline were writers <a href="John_Ostrander" title="John Ostrander">John Ostrander</a>, <a href="Kim_Yale" title="Kim Yale">Kim Yale</a>, <a href="Paul_Kupperberg" title="Paul Kupperberg">Paul Kupperberg</a>, <a href="Cary_Bates" title="Cary Bates">Cary Bates</a> and <a href="Greg_Weisman" title="Greg Weisman">Greg Weisman</a>, and artists John K. Snyder III, Rick Hoberg, <a href="Rafael_Kayanan" title="Rafael Kayanan">Rafael Kayanan</a>, <a href="Tom_Mandrake" title="Tom Mandrake">Tom Mandrake</a>, and <a href="Pat_Broderick" title="Pat Broderick">Pat Broderick</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>The crossover storyline ran through the following titles: <i><a href="Checkmate_(comics)" title="Checkmate (comics)">Checkmate!</a></i> (#15-18), <i><a href="Suicide_Squad" title="Suicide Squad">Suicide Squad</a></i> (#27-30), <i><a href="Manhunter_(comics)" title="Manhunter (comics)">Manhunter</a></i> (#14), <i><a href="Firestorm_(character)" title="Firestorm (character)">Firestorm</a></i> (vol. 2) (#86), and <i><a href="Captain_Atom" title="Captain Atom">Captain Atom</a></i> (#30). <i>Checkmate!</i> and <i>Suicide Squad</i> were published biweekly for the duration of the event.

</p><p>The storyline focused on the covert operations super-teams and organizations that existed in the <a href="DC_Universe" title="DC Universe">DC Universe</a> at the time.

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<p>Suicide Squad leader <a href="Amanda_Waller" title="Amanda Waller">Amanda Waller</a> begins sending her agents on missions in the apparent pursuit of her own private agenda, the so-called "Janus Directive", bringing the Squad into conflict with other metahuman villains and government agencies. All-out mayhem breaks loose among these groups, involving various metahumans associated with the United States military and civilian agencies.

</p><p>It is revealed that Waller has not gone rogue - cult leader <a href="Kobra_(DC_Comics)" title="Kobra (DC Comics)">Kobra</a> tried to murder Waller and replace her with a subservient <a href="Doppelg%C3%A4nger" title="Doppelgänger">doppelgänger</a> to manipulate and mislead the various government agencies to keep them from stopping his own plan. Kobra plans to activate a massive space-based microwave pulse cannon that would fry all electronic systems (not to mention human nervous systems) in the eastern United States, unleashing the <a href="Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a>, the age of chaos he believes it is his destiny to commence. Waller has murdered her double and is playing the role of traitor in order to ferret out the true mastermind behind the Janus Directive. Eventually, the truth is revealed, the groups unite and storm Kobra's space ark, capturing him and destroying his weapon.

</p><p>The fallout of the Janus Directive results in an irate <a href="George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> reorganizing the various agencies to bring them under executive control; he dissolves <a href="Task_Force_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Task Force X">Task Force X</a>, the umbrella organization under which both Checkmate and the Squad operated (the component agencies becoming autonomous), and makes <a href="Sarge_Steel" title="Sarge Steel">Sarge Steel</a> a <a href="United_States_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Cabinet">Cabinet</a>-level official with overall control of all governmental metahuman activity on the civilian side. <a href="General_Wade_Eiling" title="General Wade Eiling">General Wade Eiling</a> is made his equivalent in the <a href="United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a>. Waller is put on probation by Bush because of her "lone wolf" tactics, much to her displeasure.

</p><p>Waller is soon imprisoned for taking matters into her own hands after leading an assassination team to personally liquidate the <a href="West_African_Vodun" class="mw-redirect" title="West African Vodun">Vodou</a>-oriented drug ring called the Loa. This leads to the shutdown of all Suicide Squad operations for one year.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_players">Major players</h2></div>

<th>Project Atom</th>

<th>Checkmate</th>

<th>Force of July</th>

<th>Project Peacemaker</th>

<th>Suicide Squad

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<td><a href="General_Wade_Eiling" title="General Wade Eiling">Major Wade Eiling</a></td>

<td><a href="Sarge_Steel" title="Sarge Steel">Sarge Steel</a></td>

<td><a href="Harry_Stein_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Stein (comics)">Harry Stein</a></td>

<td>Major Victory</td>

<td><a href="Peacemaker_(character)" title="Peacemaker (character)">Peacemaker</a></td>

<td><a href="Amanda_Waller" title="Amanda Waller">Amanda Waller</a>

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<td>Professor Heinrich Megala</td>

<td><a href="King_Faraday" title="King Faraday">King Faraday</a></td>

<td><a href="Harvey_Bullock_(character)" title="Harvey Bullock (character)">Harvey Bullock</a></td>

<td><a href="Lady_Liberty_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lady Liberty (comics)">Lady Liberty</a></td>

<td><a href="Bronze_Tiger" title="Bronze Tiger">Bronze Tiger</a>

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<td><a href="Captain_Atom" title="Captain Atom">Captain Atom</a></td>

<td>John Chase</td>

<td><a href="Valentina_Vostok" title="Valentina Vostok">Valentina Vostok</a></td>

<td>Mayflower</td>

<td><a href="Vixen_(comics)" title="Vixen (comics)">Vixen</a>

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<td><a href="Major_Force" title="Major Force">Major Force</a></td>

<td>Cherie Chase</td>

<td>Gary Washington</td>

<td>Silent Majority

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<td><a href="Ravan_(comics)" title="Ravan (comics)">Ravan</a>

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<td>Black Thorn</td>

<td>Sparkler</td>

<td><a href="Captain_Boomerang" title="Captain Boomerang">Captain Boomerang</a>

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<td><a href="List_of_Checkmate_members" title="List of Checkmate members">Checkmate Knights</a></td>

<td>Abraham Lincoln Carlyle</td>

<td><a href="Lashina" title="Lashina">Duchess</a>

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<td><a href="Shade%2C_the_Changing_Man" title="Shade, the Changing Man">Shade, the Changing Man</a>

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<td><a href="Count_Vertigo" title="Count Vertigo">Count Vertigo</a>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tie-in_issues">Tie-in issues</h2></div>

<ul><li>Part 1: <i>Checkmate!</i> #15 (May 1989)</li>

<li>Part 2: <i>Suicide Squad</i> #27 (May 1989)</li>

<li>Part 3: <i>Checkmate!</i> #16 (May 1989)</li>

<li>Part 4: <i>Suicide Squad</i> #28 (May 1989)</li>

<li>Part 5: <i>Checkmate!</i> #17 (June 1989)</li>

<li>Part 6: <i>Manhunter</i> #14 (June 1989)</li>

<li>Part 7: <i>Firestorm the Nuclear Man</i> (vol. 2) #86 (June 1989)</li>

<li>Part 8: <i>Suicide Squad</i> #29 (June 1989)</li>

<li>Part 9: <i>Checkmate!</i> #18 (June 1989)</li>

<li>Part 10: <i>Suicide Squad</i> #30 (June 1989)</li>

<li>Part 11: <i>Captain Atom</i> #30 (June 1989)</li>

<li><i>Firestorm the Nuclear Man</i> (vol. 2) #87</li></ul>

<p>Although not bannered as a part of the crossover, parts of <i>Firestorm the Nuclear Man</i> (vol. 2) #87 were an epilogue to the storyline.

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<ul><li><a href="List_of_government_agencies_in_DC_Comics" title="List of government agencies in DC Comics">List of government agencies in DC Comics</a></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20011219001553/http://www.geocities.com/mbrown123/xover/dc_janusdirective.html">The Unofficial Comics Crossover Index - The Janus Directive</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li>"<a href="Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths" title="Crisis on Infinite Earths">Crisis on Infinite Earths</a>" (April 1985)</li>

<li>"<a href="Legends_(comics)" title="Legends (comics)">Legends</a>" (November 1986)</li>

<li>"<a href="Millennium_(comics)" title="Millennium (comics)">Millennium</a>" (January 1988)</li>

<li>"<a href="Invasion!_(DC_Comics)" title="Invasion! (DC Comics)">Invasion!</a>" (January 1989)</li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>"<a href="Armageddon_2001" title="Armageddon 2001">Armageddon 2001</a>" (May 1991)</li>

<li>"<a href="War_of_the_Gods_(comics)" title="War of the Gods (comics)">War of the Gods</a>" (September 1991)</li>

<li>"<a href="Eclipso%3A_The_Darkness_Within" title="Eclipso: The Darkness Within">Eclipso: The Darkness Within</a>" (July 1992)</li>

<li>"<a href="The_Death_of_Superman" title="The Death of Superman">The Death of Superman</a>" (October 1992)</li>

<li>"<a href="Bloodlines_(comics)" title="Bloodlines (comics)">Bloodlines</a>" (1993)</li>

<li>"<a href="The_Children's_Crusade_(comics)" title="The Children's Crusade (comics)">The Children's Crusade</a>" (December 1993)</li>

<li>"<a href="Worlds_Collide_(comics)" title="Worlds Collide (comics)">Worlds Collide</a>" (July 1994)</li>

<li>"<a href="End_of_an_Era_(comics)" title="End of an Era (comics)">End of an Era</a>" (August 1994)</li>

<li>"<a href="Zero_Hour%3A_Crisis_in_Time!" title="Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!">Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!</a>" (September 1994)</li>

<li>"<a href="Underworld_Unleashed" title="Underworld Unleashed">Underworld Unleashed</a>" (November 1995)</li>

<li>"<a href="DC_vs._Marvel" title="DC vs. Marvel">DC vs. Marvel</a>" (April 1996)</li>

<li>"<a href="The_Final_Night" title="The Final Night">The Final Night</a>" (November 1996)</li>

<li>"<a href="Genesis_(DC_Comics)" title="Genesis (DC Comics)">Genesis</a>" (October 1997)</li>

<li>"<a href="DC_One_Million" title="DC One Million">DC One Million</a>" (November 1998)</li>

<li>"<a href="Day_of_Judgment_(comics)" title="Day of Judgment (comics)">Day of Judgment</a>" (November 1999)</li>

<li>"<a href="JLApe%3A_Gorilla_Warfare!" title="JLApe: Gorilla Warfare!">JLApe: Gorilla Warfare!</a>" (1999)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>"<a href="Our_Worlds_at_War" title="Our Worlds at War">Our Worlds at War</a>" (August 2001)</li>

<li>"<a href="Last_Laugh_(comics)" title="Last Laugh (comics)">Joker: Last Laugh</a>" (December 2001)</li>

<li>"<a href="JLA/Avengers" title="JLA/Avengers">JLA/Avengers</a>" (September 2003)</li>

<li>"<a href="Identity_Crisis_(DC_Comics)" title="Identity Crisis (DC Comics)">Identity Crisis</a>" (June 2004)</li>

<li>"<a href="Infinite_Crisis" title="Infinite Crisis">Infinite Crisis</a>" (December 2005)</li>

<li>"<a href="Amazons_Attack!" title="Amazons Attack!">Amazons Attack!</a>" (March 2007)</li>

<li>"<a href="Sinestro_Corps_War" title="Sinestro Corps War">Sinestro Corps War</a>" (August 2007)</li>

<li>"<a href="Final_Crisis" title="Final Crisis">Final Crisis</a>" (July 2008)</li>

<li>"<a href="Blackest_Night" title="Blackest Night">Blackest Night</a>" (June 2009)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>"<a href="Brightest_Day" title="Brightest Day">Brightest Day</a>" (May 2010)</li>

<li>"<a href="Reign_of_Doomsday" title="Reign of Doomsday">Reign of Doomsday</a>" (January 2011)</li>

<li>"<a href="Flashpoint_(comics)" title="Flashpoint (comics)">Flashpoint</a>" (May 2011)</li>

<li>"<a href="The_Culling_(comics)" title="The Culling (comics)">The Culling</a>" (November 2011)</li>

<li>"<a href="Batman%3A_Night_of_the_Owls" title="Batman: Night of the Owls">Batman: Night of the Owls</a>" (April 2012)</li>

<li>"<a href="Batman%3A_Death_of_the_Family" title="Batman: Death of the Family">Death of the Family</a>" (October 2012)</li>

<li>"<a href="H'El_on_Earth" title="H'El on Earth">H'El on Earth</a>" (October 2012)</li>

<li>"<a href="Throne_of_Atlantis" title="Throne of Atlantis">Throne of Atlantis</a>" (November 2012)</li>

<li>"<a href="Wrath_of_the_First_Lantern" title="Wrath of the First Lantern">Wrath of the First Lantern</a>" (February 2013)</li>

<li>"<a href="Batman%3A_Zero_Year" title="Batman: Zero Year">Batman: Zero Year</a>" (June 2013)</li>

<li>"<a href="Trinity_War" title="Trinity War">Trinity War</a>" (July 2013)</li>

<li>"<a href="Forever_Evil" title="Forever Evil">Forever Evil</a>" (September 2013)</li>

<li>"<a href="Forever_Evil%3A_Blight" title="Forever Evil: Blight">Forever Evil: Blight</a>" (October 2013)</li>

<li>"<a href="The_New_52%3A_Futures_End#September_2014_event" title="The New 52: Futures End">The New 52: Futures End</a>" (September 2014)</li>

<li>"<a href="Convergence_(comics)" title="Convergence (comics)">Convergence</a>" (April 2015)</li>

<li>"<a href="Darkseid_War" title="Darkseid War">Darkseid War</a>" (June 2015)</li>

<li>"<a href="The_Button_(comics)" title="The Button (comics)">The Button</a>" (April 2017)</li>

<li>"<a href="Dark_Nights%3A_Metal" title="Dark Nights: Metal">Dark Nights: Metal</a>" (June 2017)</li>

<li>"<a href="The_Lazarus_Contract" title="The Lazarus Contract">The Lazarus Contract</a>" (July 2017)</li>

<li>"<a href="Doomsday_Clock_(comics)" title="Doomsday Clock (comics)">Doomsday Clock</a>" (November 2017)</li>

<li>"<a href="Milk_Wars" title="Milk Wars">Milk Wars</a>" (March 2018)</li>

<li>"<a href="Heroes_in_Crisis" title="Heroes in Crisis">Heroes in Crisis</a>" (September 2018)</li>

<li>"<a href="The_Terminus_Agenda" title="The Terminus Agenda">The Terminus Agenda</a>" (March 2019)</li>

<li>"<a href="Year_of_the_Villain" title="Year of the Villain">Year of the Villain</a>" (May 2019)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>"<a href="Dark_Nights%3A_Death_Metal" title="Dark Nights: Death Metal">Dark Nights: Death Metal</a>" (June 2020)</li>

<li>"<a href="Joker_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Joker War">Joker War</a>" (September 2020)</li>

<li>"<a href="Generations_(DC_Comics)" title="Generations (DC Comics)">Generations</a>" (September 2020)</li>

<li>"<a href="Endless_Winter" title="Endless Winter">Endless Winter</a>" (December 2020)</li>

<li>"<a href="Future_State" title="Future State">Future State</a>" (January 2021)</li>

<li>"<a href="Infinite_Frontier" title="Infinite Frontier">Infinite Frontier</a>" (June 2021)</li>

<li>"<a href="Fear_State" title="Fear State">Fear State</a>" (August 2021)</li>

<li>"<a href="War_for_Earth-3" title="War for Earth-3">War for Earth-3</a>" (March 2022)</li>

<li>"<a href="Shadow_War_(DC_Comics)" title="Shadow War (DC Comics)">Shadow War</a>" (April 2022)</li>

<li>"<a href="Dark_Crisis" title="Dark Crisis">Dark Crisis</a>" (May 2022)</li>

<li>"<a href="The_New_Golden_Age" title="The New Golden Age">The New Golden Age</a>" (November 2022)</li>

<li>"<a href="Lazarus_Planet" title="Lazarus Planet">Lazarus Planet</a>" (January 2023)</li>

<li>"<a href="Knight_Terrors" title="Knight Terrors">Knight Terrors</a>" (July 2023)</li>

<li>"<a href="Gotham_War" title="Gotham War">Gotham War</a>" (August 2023)</li>

<li>"<a href="Titans%3A_Beast_World" title="Titans: Beast World">Titans: Beast World</a>" (November 2023)</li>

<li>"<a href="House_of_Brainiac" title="House of Brainiac">House of Brainiac</a>" (April 2024)</li>

<li>"<a href="Absolute_Power_(comics)" title="Absolute Power (comics)">Absolute Power</a>" (July 2024)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Launch lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="DC_Universe" title="DC Universe">DC Universe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="DC_Explosion_and_DC_Implosion" title="DC Explosion and DC Implosion">DC Explosion/DC Implosion</a> (1978)</li>

<li><a href="DC_Rebirth" title="DC Rebirth">DC Rebirth</a> (2016–2017)</li>

<li><a href="The_New_Age_of_DC_Heroes" title="The New Age of DC Heroes">The New Age of DC Heroes</a> (2018–2020)</li>

<li><a href="New_Justice" title="New Justice">New Justice</a> (2018–2021)</li>

<li><i><a href="The_Sandman_Universe" title="The Sandman Universe">The Sandman Universe</a></i> (2018–2024)</li>

<li><a href="Infinite_Frontier" title="Infinite Frontier">Infinite Frontier</a> (2021–2023)</li>

<li><a href="The_New_Golden_Age" title="The New Golden Age">The New Golden Age</a> (2022–2024)</li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other continuities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Hanna-Barbera_Beyond" title="Hanna-Barbera Beyond">Hanna-Barbera Beyond</a></i> (2016–2019)</li>

<li><a href="Murphyverse" title="Murphyverse">Murphyverse</a> (2017–2023)</li>

<li><i><a href="Milestone_Returns" title="Milestone Returns">Milestone Returns</a></i> (2020–2025)</li>

<li><a href="Absolute_Universe" title="Absolute Universe">Absolute Universe</a> (2024–)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Suicide_Squad457" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Suicide_Squad457" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Suicide_Squad" title="Suicide Squad">Suicide Squad</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div>

<ul><li>Created by <a href="Robert_Kanigher" title="Robert Kanigher">Robert Kanigher</a></li>

<li><a href="Ross_Andru" title="Ross Andru">Ross Andru</a></li>

<li><a href="John_Ostrander" title="John Ostrander">John Ostrander</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_Suicide_Squad_members" title="List of Suicide Squad members">Current members</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Director</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Amanda_Waller" title="Amanda Waller">Amanda Waller</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Field Leader</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Peacemaker_(character)" title="Peacemaker (character)">Peacemaker</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Ambush_Bug" title="Ambush Bug">Ambush Bug</a></li>

<li><a href="Bloodsport_(character)" title="Bloodsport (character)">Bloodsport</a></li>

<li><a href="Chemo_(character)" title="Chemo (character)">Chemo</a></li>

<li><a href="Major_Force" title="Major Force">Major Force</a></li>

<li><a href="Match_(DC_Comics)" title="Match (DC Comics)">Match</a></li>

<li><a href="Nocturna_(DC_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nocturna (DC Comics)">Nocturna</a></li>

<li><a href="Parasite_(comics)" title="Parasite (comics)">Parasite</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable former members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Atom_Smasher_(DC_Comics)" title="Atom Smasher (DC Comics)">Atom Smasher</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Adam" title="Black Adam">Black Adam</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Manta" title="Black Manta">Black Manta</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Mask_(character)" title="Black Mask (character)">Black Mask</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Spider" title="Black Spider">Black Spider</a></li>

<li><a href="Bronze_Tiger" title="Bronze Tiger">Bronze Tiger</a></li>

<li><a href="Captain_Boomerang" title="Captain Boomerang">Captain Boomerang</a></li>

<li><a href="Captain_Cold" title="Captain Cold">Captain Cold</a></li>

<li><a href="Cheetah_(character)" title="Cheetah (character)">Cheetah</a></li>

<li><a href="Copperhead_(DC_Comics)" title="Copperhead (DC Comics)">Copperhead</a></li>

<li><a href="Count_Vertigo" title="Count Vertigo">Count Vertigo</a></li>

<li><a href="Deadshot" title="Deadshot">Deadshot</a></li>

<li><a href="Deathstroke" title="Deathstroke">Deathstroke</a></li>

<li><a href="Doctor_Light_(Arthur_Light)" title="Doctor Light (Arthur Light)">Doctor Light (Arthur Light)</a></li>

<li><a href="El_Diablo_(character)" title="El Diablo (character)">El Diablo</a></li>

<li><a href="Enchantress_(DC_Comics)" title="Enchantress (DC Comics)">Enchantress</a></li>

<li><a href="General_Zod" title="General Zod">General Zod</a></li>

<li><a href="Giganta" title="Giganta">Giganta</a></li>

<li><a href="Harley_Quinn" title="Harley Quinn">Harley Quinn</a></li>

<li><a href="Duela_Dent" title="Duela Dent">Joker's Daughter</a></li>

<li><a href="Katana_(DC_Comics)" title="Katana (DC Comics)">Katana</a></li>

<li><a href="KGBeast" title="KGBeast">KGBeast</a></li>

<li><a href="Killer_Croc" title="Killer Croc">Killer Croc</a></li>

<li><a href="Killer_Frost" title="Killer Frost">Killer Frost</a></li>

<li><a href="King_Faraday" title="King Faraday">King Faraday</a></li>

<li><a href="King_Shark" title="King Shark">King Shark</a></li>

<li><a href="Lashina" title="Lashina">Lashina</a></li>

<li><a href="Nemesis_(DC_Comics)" title="Nemesis (DC Comics)">Nemesis</a></li>

<li><a href="Nightshade_(DC_Comics)" title="Nightshade (DC Comics)">Nightshade</a></li>

<li><a href="Barbara_Gordon" title="Barbara Gordon">Oracle</a></li>

<li><a href="Parasite_(comics)" title="Parasite (comics)">Parasite</a></li>

<li><a href="Peacemaker_(character)" title="Peacemaker (character)">Peacemaker</a></li>

<li><a href="Penguin_(character)" title="Penguin (character)">Penguin</a></li>

<li><a href="Plasmus" title="Plasmus">Plasmus</a></li>

<li><a href="Plastique_(character)" title="Plastique (character)">Plastique</a></li>

<li><a href="Poison_Ivy_(character)" title="Poison Ivy (character)">Poison Ivy</a></li>

<li><a href="Polka-Dot_Man" title="Polka-Dot Man">Polka-Dot Man</a></li>

<li><a href="Power_Girl" title="Power Girl">Power Girl</a></li>

<li><a href="Punch_and_Jewelee" class="mw-redirect" title="Punch and Jewelee">Punch and Jewelee</a></li>

<li><a href="Ravan_(comics)" title="Ravan (comics)">Ravan</a></li>

<li><a href="Reactron" title="Reactron">Reactron</a></li>

<li><a href="Daniel_West_(character)" title="Daniel West (character)">Reverse-Flash (Daniel West)</a></li>

<li><a href="Roy_Harper_(character)" title="Roy Harper (character)">Roy Harper</a></li>

<li><a href="Savant_(DC_Comics)" title="Savant (DC Comics)">Savant</a></li>

<li><a href="Slipknot_(comics)" title="Slipknot (comics)">Slipknot</a></li>

<li><a href="Solomon_Grundy_(character)" title="Solomon Grundy (character)">Solomon Grundy</a></li>

<li><a href="Thinker_(DC_Comics)" title="Thinker (DC Comics)">The Thinker</a></li>

<li><a href="Unknown_Soldier_(DC_Comics)" title="Unknown Soldier (DC Comics)">Unknown Soldier</a></li>

<li><a href="Vixen_(comics)" title="Vixen (comics)">Vixen</a></li>

<li><a href="Weasel_(DC_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Weasel (DC Comics)">Weasel</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Antagonists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Brainiac_(character)" title="Brainiac (character)">Brainiac</a></li>

<li><a href="Brimstone_(DC_Comics)" title="Brimstone (DC Comics)">Brimstone</a></li>

<li><a href="Darkseid" title="Darkseid">Darkseid</a></li>

<li><a href="Eclipso" title="Eclipso">Eclipso</a></li>

<li><a href="Enchantress_(DC_Comics)" title="Enchantress (DC Comics)">Enchantress</a></li>

<li><a href="General_Wade_Eiling" title="General Wade Eiling">General Wade Eiling</a></li>

<li><a href="Imperiex" title="Imperiex">Imperiex</a></li>

<li><a href="Joker_(character)" title="Joker (character)">Joker</a></li>

<li><a href="Kobra_(DC_Comics)" title="Kobra (DC Comics)">Kobra</a></li>

<li><a href="League_of_Assassins" title="League of Assassins">League of Assassins</a></li>

<li><a href="Manhunters_(DC_Comics)" title="Manhunters (DC Comics)">Manhunters</a></li>

<li><a href="Eobard_Thawne" title="Eobard Thawne">Professor Zoom</a></li>

<li><a href="Riddler" title="Riddler">Riddler</a></li>

<li><a href="Starro" title="Starro">Starro</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Animated</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Batman%3A_Assault_on_Arkham" title="Batman: Assault on Arkham">Batman: Assault on Arkham</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Suicide_Squad%3A_Hell_to_Pay" title="Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay">Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live-action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Suicide_Squad_(2016_film)" title="Suicide Squad (2016 film)">Suicide Squad</a></i>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_accolades_received_by_Suicide_Squad" title="List of accolades received by Suicide Squad">accolades</a></li>

<li><a href="Suicide_Squad_(soundtrack)" title="Suicide Squad (soundtrack)">soundtrack</a></li></ul></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Suicide_Squad_(film)" title="The Suicide Squad (film)">The Suicide Squad</a></i>

<ul><li><a href="The_Suicide_Squad_(soundtrack)" title="The Suicide Squad (soundtrack)">soundtrack</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Amanda_Waller_(DC_Extended_Universe)" title="Amanda Waller (DC Extended Universe)">Amanda Waller</a></li>

<li><a href="Harley_Quinn_(DC_Extended_Universe)" title="Harley Quinn (DC Extended Universe)">Harley Quinn</a></li>

<li><a href="Peacemaker_(DC_Extended_Universe)" title="Peacemaker (DC Extended Universe)">Christopher "Chris" Smith / Peacemaker</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Suicide_Squad_Isekai" title="Suicide Squad Isekai">Suicide Squad Isekai</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video game</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Suicide_Squad%3A_Kill_the_Justice_League" title="Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League">Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League</a></i></li></ul>

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