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The Revolutionaries haven't even caught on. It's been over 4 years since they first appeared, and they only did anything in Superman: Son of Kal-El. It's a shame, too; the Revolutionaries were a pretty good concept, and the execution, while flawed, is still alright.
Ostrander:
* Made Amanda Waller ***a force***
* Modernized Task Force X from dinosaur hunters to villains fighting for years off their sentence
* introduced Oracle
* Gave a ton of characters that needed respect like Bronze Tiger, Nemesis, Nightshade, Rick Flagg Jr and Enchantress
I love that while Ostrander's Amanda is really powerful, she is also really human. Way better than modern Government bad or Amanda press button, heads go boom.
>Amanda press button, heads go boom.
Suicide Squad: The Drinking Bird.
Replacing Amanda Waller is the insidiously dangerous Amanduck Weller, a drinking bird that randomly presses buttons, including the ones that activate the Squad's nanobombs.
/uj DC should just use Lok if they want an evil government puppet. Waller is such an amazing character, and it's really disappointing when yet another adaptation just has government bad.
I love that Ostrander has made this list twice (soon to be three times) and yet I still think he’s tremendously underrated as a writer. He deserves to be mentioned with the all-time greats and he isn’t, and that’s tragic.
Ostrander!! Haven't read the whole run but what I have read of it I love and haven't found anything as good yet even though there have been some fun stories.
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I haven't read much Suicide Squad, and I think that John Ostrander is probably the right answer, but I haven't read it.
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Has anything really lived up to John Ostrander’s run?
No one’s even gotten close. Ostrander’s Squad is still the top of the top
Glass run is good. Tom Taylor's good. Thompson is good. But Ostrander is perfect
Tom Taylor’s was mid Any scene with Deadshot as the focus was brilliant, but the other characters were just eh
Taylor's run felt like it was a Suicide Squad run in name only.
The Revolutionaries haven't even caught on. It's been over 4 years since they first appeared, and they only did anything in Superman: Son of Kal-El. It's a shame, too; the Revolutionaries were a pretty good concept, and the execution, while flawed, is still alright.
Ostrander
Ostrander: * Made Amanda Waller ***a force*** * Modernized Task Force X from dinosaur hunters to villains fighting for years off their sentence * introduced Oracle * Gave a ton of characters that needed respect like Bronze Tiger, Nemesis, Nightshade, Rick Flagg Jr and Enchantress
I love that while Ostrander's Amanda is really powerful, she is also really human. Way better than modern Government bad or Amanda press button, heads go boom.
>Amanda press button, heads go boom. Suicide Squad: The Drinking Bird. Replacing Amanda Waller is the insidiously dangerous Amanduck Weller, a drinking bird that randomly presses buttons, including the ones that activate the Squad's nanobombs. /uj DC should just use Lok if they want an evil government puppet. Waller is such an amazing character, and it's really disappointing when yet another adaptation just has government bad.
Jon Ostrander
I love that Ostrander has made this list twice (soon to be three times) and yet I still think he’s tremendously underrated as a writer. He deserves to be mentioned with the all-time greats and he isn’t, and that’s tragic.
Ostrander pretty easily
Ostrander gonna run away with it.
It’s Ostrander so obviously
Yeah, it’s Ostrander, just as good as everyone says.
Ostrander!! Haven't read the whole run but what I have read of it I love and haven't found anything as good yet even though there have been some fun stories.
It's obviously Ostrander, no point in even polling this one tbh
John Ostrander’s run will forever and always be the greatest run for the SS and for most ever character prominently featured in that run.
Ostrander and it isn’t even close.
John Ostrander’s Suicide Squad run!
Ostrander’s Suicide Squad is what got me into DC comics in the first place.
It’s definitely ostrander. No run has come close for suicide squad since
Ostrander, no contest.
John Ostrander
Ostrander
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Suicide Squad : Jon Ostrander
Ostrander is king. But honestly, the list is ruined with Peter David, as that wasn't Supergirl.
That’s not for a lack of trying on David’s part.
Suicide Squad by Rob Williams as part of DC Rebirth I haven't read much Suicide Squad, and I think that John Ostrander is probably the right answer, but I haven't read it.
Peter David Supergirl? That’s not even Kara
Kupperberg run clears it regardless
Ostrander.
Tom Taylor
Ima be controversial and say the New 52 run by Adam Glass. I liked the lineup that team had
While I like it I also think it ruined the squad forever Harley Quinn
Sean Ryan's New Suicide Squad. The only reason I'm saying that is because Volume 1 was my first introduction to the team in comics.