- "This League is a joke! I'm tired of babysitting morons! I quit!"
- ―Batman
| "Battle Lines" | |
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| Suicide Squad | |
| Title: | "Battle Lines" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 13 |
| Cover price: | $1.00 |
| Cover date: | May, 1988 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jenette Kahn |
| Ex. Ed: | Dick Giordano |
| Writers: | John Ostrander |
| Pencilers: | Luke McDonnell |
| Inkers: | Bob Lewis |
| Cover artists: | Steve Leialoha |
| Cover inker: | Al Gordon |
| Colorists: | Carl Gafford |
| Letterers: | Todd Klein |
| Editors: | Robert Greenberger |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Suicide Squad #12 |
| Next: | Suicide Squad #14 |
"Battle Lines" is the thirteenth issue of the first Suicide Squad ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics. It was written by John Ostrander with artwork by Luke McDonnell and inks by Bob Lewis. It was colored by Carl Gafford and lettered by Todd Klein. The story was edited by Robert Greenberger. This issue shipped with a May, 1988 cover date and carries a cover price of $1.00 per copy (US).
"Battle Lines"[]
Featured characters
- Bronze Tiger, Ben Turner
- Captain Boomerang, George Harkness
- Deadshot, Floyd Lawton
- Duchess
- Javelin
- Nightshade, Eve Eden
- Rick Flag
- Vixen, Mari McCabe
Supporting characters
Antagonists
- Batman, Bruce Wayne
- Black Canary, Dinah Laurel Lance
- Blue Beetle, Ted Kord
- Booster Gold, Michael Jon Carter
- Captain Atom, Nathaniel Adam
- Green Lantern, Guy Gardner
- Mister Miracle, Scott Free
- Rocket Red No. 7, Dmitri Pushkin
Minor characters
- Hammer, Boris Ulyanov
- Molotov
- Red Star, Leonid Kovar
- Rocket Red No. 1
- Rocket Red No. 2
- Rocket Red No. 5
- Sickle, Natasha Ulyanov
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
- Aero disks
- Beetle Gun
- Boomerangs
- Force field
- Green Lantern ring
- Javelin
- Power armor
- Rocket Red armor
Vehicles
Powers
- Armored flight
- Energy constructs
- Energy projection
- Flight
- Force field generation
- Superhuman strength
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Suicide Squad was first conceived by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru and first appeared as the cover feature to The Brave and the Bold, Volume #25 in September, 1959. The modern iteration of the team was created by writer John Ostrander and debuted in issue #2 of the Legends mini-series. They then spun out into their own Suicide Squad ongoing series in 1987.
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- This issue shipped to retailers on February 2nd, 1988.
- This issue is reprinted in the Suicide Squad: The Nightshade Odyssey trade paperback collection, published in February, 2016, and in the Justice League International Omnibus, Volume 1 hardcover collection, published in December, 2017.
- This storyline continues from Justice League International #13.
- The cover to this issue is a reverse-angle image of the cover to Justice League International #13.
- Duchess points out that she recognizes Mister Miracle. That is because she is actually Lashina of the Female Furies, currently suffering from amnesia.
- This issue establishes that Deadshot has a psychological tendency to pull his shots when it comes to Batman. Batman calls Deadshot's bluff in this issue.
- Martian Manhunter and Vixen used to work together on the same team during the Justice League Detroit era.
- Captain Boomerang compares Guy Gardner to children's variety show host Fred Rogers.
- Tom Tresser tried to rescue author Zoya Trigorin back in Suicide Squad #5-7.
- Maxwell Lord makes reference to Superman and his fight against Titano. This took place in Superman Annual #1.
- Maxwell Lord makes reference to Joseph Heller, aka William Hell. The Suicide Squad dealt with him in Suicide Squad #4.
- The People's Heroes first appeared in Outsiders #10. Members Bolshoi and Pravda do not appear in this issue.
- Batman quits the Justice League International in this issue.