Suicide Squad Vol 7 9

"The Final Frontier": Waller sends her team to Oa to retrieve a secret weapon. Before they leave, Talon reveals to Culebra that he's not really crazy and that he and Dr. Rodriguez will need her help soon. It turns out that Dr. Rodriguez is also working with Rick Flag against Amanda Waller. Flag'

Suicide Squad (Volume 7) #9 is an issue of the series Suicide Squad (Volume 7) with a cover date of January, 2022. It was published on November 16, 2021.

Synopsis for "The Final Frontier"

Waller sends her team to Oa to retrieve a secret weapon. Before they leave, Talon reveals to Culebra that he's not really crazy and that he and Dr. Rodriguez will need her help soon. It turns out that Dr. Rodriguez is also working with Rick Flag against Amanda Waller. Flag's team meanwhile, is under the ocean where the find a caged man called The Fisherman and ask if he wants revenge on the person who caged him, Amanda Waller.

Once Waller's team makes it to Oa, they make their way to the science cells but are met by Jo Mullein who tries to stop them. Ambush Bug takes the opportunity to teleport into the science cell and retrieve the weapon, a creature named Yorick who wishes to do evil acts again. The Suicide Squad make it back to their ship, but before they can head back to Earth, a group of Thanagarians show up and fire at the ship, blowing it up.

Appearing in "The Final Frontier"

Featured Characters:

• The Suicide Squad
  • Ambush Bug
  • Black Siren (Earth 3)
  • Culebra
  • Major Force
  • Nocturna (Unknown Earth)
  • Superboy (Match)
  • Talon (William Cobb)

Supporting Characters:

• Amanda Waller
  • Doctor Rodriguez

Antagonists:

• Green Lantern (Jo Mullein)
  • Yehdioag (Single appearance)
• United Planets (Behind the scenes)
  • Thanagarians

Other Characters:

• Rick Flag's Suicide Squad (Cameo)
  • Cheetah
  • Fisherman (First appearance) (Cameo) (Joins team)
  • Lor-Zod (Unknown Earth) (First appearance)
  • Mirror Master (Sam Scudder)
  • Rick Flag
  • Parademon (Ghkeyy't) (Real name revealed) (First full appearance)
• "Yorick" (First appearance)
• Green Lantern Corps (Mentioned only)
• Guardians of the Universe (Mentioned only)
• Kryptonians (Mentioned only)
• Parademons (Mentioned only)
• Zombies (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse (Mentioned only)
  • Earth 0
    • Earth
      • Atlantic Ocean
        • Fisherman's Prison (Single appearance)
      • Task Force X Island
      • United States of America
        • Hollywood (Mentioned only)
    • Oa
      • Sciencells
  • Earth 424 (Mentioned only)
  • Sphere of the Gods
    • Hell (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Central Power Battery of Oa (In ruins)
• Green Lantern Ring

Vehicles:

• Old Kryptonian Ship (First appearance) (Destroyed)
• Parademon's Spaceship (First appearance)

Concepts:

• Amalgam Comics (Mentioned only)
• The Disaster of Oa (Mentioned only)
• Fourth Wall
• Magic
  

Notes

• This issue takes place after the events of Green Lantern (Volume 6) #2 but before the events of Deathstroke Inc. #3.
• Lor-Zod being an adult is a continuity error as he was still a child in his last appearance.
  • However, this could be a consequence of the rebirth of the Multiverse or he could be a doppleganger from another Earth.
    • The events of Action Comics #1060 implies that he comes from an alternate reality.

Trivia

• Amanda Waller briefly references the Central Power Battery's destruction from Green Lantern (Volume 6) #2.
• Ambush Bug is shown reading Amalgam Comics.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Suicide Squad series
• Images from Suicide Squad Vol 7 9

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