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Secret Origins Vol. 2 14

SECRET ORIGINS VOL. 2 #14

Cover Date: May 1987
Cover Price: $1.25

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Cover Credits:
Art: Luke McDonnell (signed)


Story: "The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad" (38 Pages)
Legends Spin-Off, Chapter 22

Credits:

StoryJohn Ostrander
PencilsLuke McDonnell
InksDave Hunt
LetteringAlbert De Guzman
ColorsCarl Gafford
EditingRobert Greenberger

Feature Character(s):

Amanda Waller (Head of Task Force X and Suicide Squad; last in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #50; next in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #1; also in flashbacks in between flashbacks in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #31 and in flashback in between flashback in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #8 and flashback in issue #28)
Col. Richard R. Flag (last in Legends #5; next in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #1; in flashbacks preceding Brave and the Bold #25; also in flashbacks to events during Brave and the Bold #25- #27, and in flashback in between panels of flashback in Action Comics #552, and in flashback in between flashback in Action Comics #552 and flashback in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #50, and in flashback in between flashback in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #50 and Action Comics #552, and in flashback in between Action Comics #553 and Legends #1; see Comments)
Col. Richard M. Flag (first appearance; Richard R. Flag's father; in flashbacks; dies; in flashback in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #26 in between flashbacks; see Comments)
Karin Grace (in flashbacks preceding Brave and the Bold #25; also in flashbacks to events during Brave and the Bold #25- #27, and in flashback in between panels of flashback in Action Comics #552, and in flashback in between flashback in Action Comics #552 and flashback in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #50, and in flashback in between flashback in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #50 and Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #1; as member of Mission X, the modern incarnation of Task Force X)
Hugh Evans (in flashbacks preceding Brave and the Bold #25; also in flashbacks to events during Brave and the Bold #25- #27, then both in flashback in between panels of flashback in Action Comics #552, then both in flashback in between flashback in Action Comics #552 and flashback in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #50 and then both in flashback in between flashbacks in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #50; as member of Mission X, the modern incarnation of Task Force X)
Jeff Bright (in flashbacks preceding Brave and the Bold #25; also in flashbacks to events during Brave and the Bold #25- #27, then both in flashback in between panels of flashback in Action Comics #552, then both in flashback in between flashback in Action Comics #552 and flashback in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #50 and then both in flashback in between flashbacks in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #50; as member of Mission X, the modern incarnation of Task Force X)
"Bashful" Benjy (first appearance; member of the Suicide Squadron; in flashback)
Lt. Carson (first appearance; member of the Suicide Squadron; in flashback)

Guest Star(s):

Sarge Steel (last in Legends #3; next in Superman Annual Vol. 2 #1)

Villain(s):

A War Wheel
Candyman (first appearance; drug dealer and child molester; dies in flashback)
Sportsmaster (in flashback following flashback in Detective Comics #786 and preceding Brave and the Bold #62)

Guest Appearance(s):

Control of the OSS (in flashback; last in Blackhawk Special Vol. 3 #1; next in flashback in Suicide Squad Annual Vol. 1 #1; given control of the Task Force X division known as Argent)
Ace Morgan (earliest chronological appearance; in flashback preceding a behind-the-scenes reference in New Adventures of Superboy #1)

Other Character(s):

Sharon Race Flag (first appearance; Richard M. Flag's wife and Jeb Stuart's cousin; dies in flashback)
Joseph Waller (first appearance; Amanda's husband; dies in flashback)
Joseph Waller Jr. (Amanda's firstborn son, dies in flashback)
Damita Waller (Amanda's firstborn daughter; first appearance; dies in flashback)
Martin Waller (first appearance; next in flashback in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #31
Jessie Waller (first appearance; next in flashback in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #31)
Coretta Waller (first appearance; Amanda's youngest daughter; next in flashback in Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #31)
President Ronald Reagan (last in Green Lantern Corps #210)
President Harry S. Truman (in flashback to 1951)
Steve (first appearance; an old boyfriend of Karen's; dies in flashback)
Marvin Collins (first appearance; a congressman)

Comment(s):

This story takes place after Legends #6 and before Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #1.
Due to the events of Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag, the early, pre-Squad histories of "Rick Flag, Jr." and Richard M. Flag may be fictional.


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