- The Lightning Stri-- ohhhhhh I see what you did there.
- — Ambush Bug
Suicide Squad (Volume 7) #11 is an issue of the series Suicide Squad (Volume 7) with a cover date of March, 2022. It was published on January 4, 2022.
Synopsis for "One Last Job"
Appearing in "One Last Job"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Amanda Waller
- Doctor Rodriguez
- Agent Parker (Cameo)
- Yorick
Antagonists:
- Lightning Strikes (Earth 8) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Blood Pouch (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Dead Red (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Oedipus (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Thing-Man (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Thrill Kill (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Retaliators (Earth 8)
- American Crusader II (First appearance)
- Behemoth (Revealed to be alive)
- Ladybug (Revealed to be alive)
- Machinehead II (First appearance) (Apparent Death)
- Purple Rain (First appearance) (Apparent Death)
- Red Dragon
- Wundajin
Other Characters:
- Rick Flag's Suicide Squad
- Bloodsport (Joins team)
- Cheetah
- Fisherman
- Lor-Zod (Unknown Earth)
- Mirror Master (Sam Scudder)
- Peacemaker
- Rick Flag
- Parademon (Ghkeyy't)
- Mickey DuBois' Multiversal counterparts (Mentioned only)
- Mickey DuBois (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Pacemaker (Earth 9872) (Mentioned only)
- Ultraman (Earth 3) (Mentioned only)
- Vampires (Mentioned only)
- Zombies (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Multiverse (Mentioned only)
- Earth 0
- Task Force X Island
- Earth 8
- Earth 3 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 9872 (Mentioned only)
- Earth 0
Items:
- Bloodsport's Helmet
- Machinehead II's Armor (Single appearance) (Destroyed)
- Mirror Gun (Cameo)
- Wundajin's Axe
Concepts:
- Amalgam Comics (Mentioned only)
- Fourth Wall
- Magic
Notes
- This issue takes place after the events of Justice League Incarnate #1 where Retaliators were last seen being defeated by Tartarus.
- The deceased American Crusader is replaced by another man that may be his sidekick Silver Eagle as a reference to Sam Wilson becoming Captain America after the death of Steve Rogers.
- Behemoth seems to have come back to life which may also be a reference to Hulk's One Below All-granted resurrection abilities.
- Machinehead, who died back in Infinite Frontier #6, is also replaced by another armored man.
- Wundajin is mispelled as Wunda Jin.
Trivia
- There are many references to Marvel Comics in this issue:
- The Lightning Strikes team is obviously a pastiche of the Marvel's Thunderbolts:
- Thrill Kill is a pastiche of Punisher;
- Dead Red is a pastiche of the Red Hulk;
- Oedipus is an amalgam of Shang-Chi and Elektra;
- Being a pastiche of Elektra, Oedipus's name is clearly a reference to two psychoanalitic complexes, the Electra complex and the Oedipus complex.
- Thing-Man is an obvious parody of Man-Thing, a character with many similarities to Swamp Thing;
- Blood Pouch appears to be a pastiche of Deadpool, who is himself a takeoff of Deathstroke.
- During the Retaliators' presentation, Red Dragon is referred to as "a spy with a black past" which is a nod to being the pastiche of Black Widow, Purple Rain as a "witch with a vision" which is a nod to being the pastiche of Scarlet Witch and her husband Vision, Wundajin being "ready to hammer" which is a nod to being the pastiche of Thor and his hammer Mjolnir;
- During the Suicide Squad and the Retaliators' clash, Ambush Bug disguises himself as Stan Lee and jokes about Amalgam Comics being cool.
- The Lightning Strikes team is obviously a pastiche of the Marvel's Thunderbolts:
- Despite appearing on the cover of the issue, Major Max does not appear in the issue itself.
- Ambush Bug mentions reading Bloodsport's words with a British accent. This is a reference to the DCEU Bloodsport being portrayed by the British actor, Idris Elba.
- In this issue Peacemaker provides information to Bloodsport that convinces him to work against Amanda Waller despite her holding his brothers as leverage; what this information is is never revealed, and Waller will eventually compel Bloodsport back into her service by threatening his brothers.[1]
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Look at how sad this is making Batman. You did this.
Look at how sad this is making Batman. You did this.