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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published September 1988
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.35 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Robert Greenberger

Cover Details - "The Jihad is Back!"

Characters Suicide Squad [Rick Flag; Captain Cold]
Genre Superhero; Spy
Pencils Joe Brozowski (signed)
Inks Karl Kesel (signed)

22 page Suicide Squad story "Battleground Manhattan"

Characters Amanda Waller; Suicide Squad [Rick Flag; Bronze Tiger [Ben Turner]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; Nightshade [Eve Eden]; Shade, the Changing Man [Rac Shade]; Vixen [Mari McCabe]]; Derek Tolliver; VILLAINS: Jihad [Badb; Agni; Ifrit [Mindboggler]; Jaculi; Koshchei; Manticore; Ravan; Rustam]
Synopsis The Jihad has come calling! There are some very old scores to settle and some new ones to start as the newly stocked membership of the Jihad demands revenge. Can a battle-weary Squad handle the attack? [per next issue box]
Genre Superhero; Spy
Script John Ostrander
Pencils Luke McDonnell
Inks Bob Lewis
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Todd Klein

2 page Suicide Notes letters page "Suicide Notes"

Script Bob Greenberger
Pencils Joe Brozowski (signed)
Inks Karl Kesel (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Kelvin Childs, Darcey McLaughlin, Chris Ayers, Chris Hines, T.M. Maple, Tom Trout, Mark Lucas and Bob Felber - and responses from Bob Greenberger. Preview of cover to SUICIDE SQUAD #18.