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Issue Details

Issue #18
Published June 1989
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Jonathan Peterson

Cover Details - "The Janus Directive, Part 9 of 11"

Characters Checkmate Knights; Peacemaker [Chris Smith]; Duchess [Lashina]; Valentina Vostok
Genre Superhero; Spy
Pencils Gil Kane (signed)
Inks Gil Kane (signed)

1 page Publishorial text article "Publishorial: Jenette Kahn [Lex Luthor]"

Script Jenette Kahn
Letters typeset
Notes Jenette Kahn discusses Lex Luthor.

24 page Checkmate; Suicide Squad story "The Janus Directive, Part 9: Knight Fight"

Characters Checkmate [Harry Stein; Harvey Bullock; Black Thorn [Elizabeth Thorne]; Checkmate Knight [Gary Washington]; Checkmate Knights]; Valentina Vostok; Amanda Waller; Suicide Squad [Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Captain Boomerang [George Harkness; also as Digger]; Duchess [Lashina]; Dr. Light [Arthur Light]; Jewelee; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; Punch; Ravan; Shade, the Changing Man [Rac Shade]; Vixen [Mari McCabe]]; Peacemaker [Chris Smith]; Manhunter [Mark Shaw]; Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Mikhail Arkadin; Svarozhich]; Major Force [Clifford Zmeck]; Lois Lane; Dr. Heinrich Megala; Babylon; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Sarge Steel; General Wade Eiling; Force of July [Lady Liberty; Silent Majority]; Flo Crawley; Briscoe; J. Dansfield Kale; President George Bush; VILLAINS: Kobra; Blackadders; Dr. Valland
Synopsis The governmental agencies make peace and mount an attack on Kobra's space ark.
Genre Superhero; Spy
Script Paul Kupperberg
Pencils Steve Erwin
Inks Al Vey
Colors Julianna Ferriter
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Story continued from SUICIDE SQUAD #29 and story continues in SUICIDE SQUAD #30.