I received a free eARC copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher.3.5 stars. I enjoyed this pretty well, though it felt like the beginning of something (which it was) that never really got off the ground like it has the potential to. Well, it gathers the first 8 issues of the New Suicide Squad, and perhaps it is with further issues that I would really become invested in the story a bit better. Now, I should note that this is my first reading experience with the Suicide Squad. It does see...

Full review to come, but what really saved this one for me was the ending. FULL REVIEW Dear Ms. Amanda Waller,Sorry, we don't think you're getting good enough results with your undercover ops team made of psychopathic criminals. Therefore, we're giving your job to some bureaucratic moron who thinks the SUICIDE SQUAD needs more chaos!!!We're going to add Joker's Daughter (who is basically useless and kind of a dumbass), and Deathstroke, mainly because it will be fun to see them jockey for posit...

2.5 stars, I hate the first story so much! There's no need for my beloved Harley Quinn to cat fight with the Joker's Daughter like highschool girls! I hate it! The second story is a bit better but....what happened to Deadshot damnit!? He looks like a...worn out uncle when he used to be such a sexy hitman and a worthy love interest in Suicide Squad: Kick In The Teeth! ARGHHH that's so wrong!And I just don't know what to think with the whole drama with the Chinese government's top secret experimen...

Harley is still cool in this, so that's a plus. But Pure Insanity is a pretty good description of the plot. Lots of things go BOOM!, lots on infighting, and lots of team members come and go without much fanfare. Deadshot, Deathstroke, Harley Quinn, Joker's Daughter, and Manta make up the first round of teammates, but it doesn't last very long. Deathstroke (it's apparently mandated that he worms his way into every title possible) quickly leaves the team because of {insert spoilery reasons}.J...

Um… New Suicide Squad is… good?!I wasn’t a fan of Adam Glass, Ales Kot or Matt Kindt’s takes on New 52 Suicide Squad and I’m not really sure why DC decided to reboot the series as New 52 New Suicide Squad, but Sean Ryan’s version of this title is really surprisingly good! In this first volume, there are two storylines with two different squad lineups: Pure Insanity, which has Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Black Manta, Joker’s Daughter and Deathstroke; Defective, which has Harley Quinn, Black Manta, Bo...

"There is so little I can actually control here. We are sending psychotic criminals into highly volatile and violent war zones . . . That's why there needs to be planning [and] some order." -- Amanda WallerSurprisingly, Pure Insanity was actually pretty good for the most part. Squad director / puppet-master Amanda Waller's character appearance is revamped, now resembling a cross between actresses Salli Richardson and Nicole Ari Parker. Also, her usual or annoying one-track ruthless or icy nature...

Very good! So this is DC having another go at a Suicide Squad ongoing series,(Why they cancelled the original new 52 one, baffles me), and for the most part its really good! So this has a new team, Harley and Deadshot of course are there, with the add on of Deadshot, Black Manta and Jokers Daughter, they are together for the first arc because this volume collects 2 mini story arcs.Arc 1: The team is sent into Russia, to try and stop a army of Russian Iron Men. Good story, nice art. Black Manta s...

"Pure Insanity" indeed - no false advertisement there. Nothing makes much sense, but a lot of things blow up. If that sounds satisfactory, this one's for you. Then again, explosions are a dime a dozen in popular culture, so you have a lot of choices anyway.

Because there’s a Suicide Squad movie coming to theatre’s soon, let’s take a look at another iteration of the title. I never got past the initial first volume, when DC went New 52, because, like many title kick-offs for DC’s reboot, it wasn’t very good.Suicide Squad is a collection of villains who are sent on dangerous and covert missions. If they get out of line, there’s a bomb implanted in their brain that can be detonated. Left over from the first group is Manta, because he looks boss in his

Vic Sage is replacing Amanda Waller as the person in charge of Suicide Squad and he also adds some new faces to the team like Deathstroke and Joker's Daughter. Of course everything that can go wrong goes wrong with all these changes...A lot of action in this graphic novel. My favorite part is Harley Quinn taking the news of the new addition of Joker's Daughter to the team. But then again she deals with it in her own way...This volume was OK, but nothing really memorable beside Harley dealing

I have to admit, the story in this new volume was a bit less all over the place and on track with a bit of OP limiters and departmental bureaucracy BS slowing down the batshit crazy. Sure, there's still the same kinds of betrayals and standard supervillains to balance this stuff out, but at least this time Waller is up against the Machine.Um. That's not a super villain. Or not the one you're thinking of. I'm just talking about the Man. Or the Stupid Man. The elitist asshole that barges into situ...

You know what? I wanted to stop. I wanted to never pick up another Suicide Squad comic ever again. But then I did and this NEW Suice Squad is actually better than the other run I've read. At least the art has improved of about 200% (they also completely changed Deadshots looks) and although events are still pretty chaotic, I kind of liked this one.Harley was the centre for me, again, and she looks awesome in this. Many other stuff didn't really make sense but this time around, I wasn't that much...

I received this from DC Comics and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Review will be posted when the embargo is lifted on July 21, 2015.Okay, so I'm only a year late posting this review. (Thanks to Jeff for inadvertently pointing this out to me by liking my (incomplete) review!) I also want to add that I am completely STOKED for the Suicide Squad movie on August 5th!Without further ado, here's my year-old review. It's a good thing these don't have expiration dates!I’m not sure what I ju...

Originally posted on my blogWell, for the most part this is all about a catfight between Harley Quinn and Joker's Daughter over the Joker's face. Hardly any attention is being focused on anyone else, and it's horribly annoying. And the way they're sexualising this cat fight is just plain awful. Give Harley a freaking bra, for god's sake. Her corset keeps slipping down, barely covering her nips, whereas Joker's Daughter--who was originally about 16 when she first showed up--is suddenly aged up a

(B+) 76% | GoodNotes: Clever but conventional, it's a clash of comparable cutthroats, clarifying character by conflict and crises of conviction.

Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths ReviewsConfession #1: I received this book from DC Comics and Netgalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I’d like to inform everyone that the review you are about to read is my opinion alone.Confession #2: I preferred Amanda Waller as the overweight, non-politician she was in the past.Confession #3: Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, Man-bat ninjas, and Joker’s Daughter (at least as she is portrayed in this collection) really suck.Confession #4: Harley Quinn...

I don't really enjoy the turn the series has taken. It's just meandering. The introduction of Vic Sage (who was the Question pre New 52) is supposed to create more drama but he's characterized as if he's a 6 year old. This guy is supposed to be running a government agency but he acts like a child. It's really some piss-poor writing (and editing for that matter because no editor should let this pass).

There's new management for the Suicide Squad, or so he thinks. Yet with the team ever more damaged, deranged, or duds, they may not survive the next issue, let alone the next mission! Introducing Black Manta, Captain Boomerang, Joker's Daughter, Deathstroke, and Three Totally Random Man-Bat Ninjas to the Team, and new enemies in a robot Russian Rocket Reds and a Chinese super-meta.

Holy hell did I like a suicide squad book? This is insane! This "New Suicide Squad" is very much worth checking out for the pure balls to the walls moments. Lots of shit explodes, bad guys throw dialog that'll make you laugh all the time, and the switch ups with the team keeps happening to make it interesting. If you ask me to tell you the whole plot it sums up as "Bad guys stopping other bad guys and shit explodes." But hey, it's funny and entertaining and for that alone I was having a blast. W...

Hollywood buddy read with my Shallow Comic Reading pals!Dammit, I really wanted to like this one. With a couple of minor tweaks, I probably could have. Sadly, it missed the mark for me.What’s strange about it is the LOVE/HATE factor for me with this one. Examples. I love Harley. She’s corny, kooky, and a sociopathic killer. But, I’m not sold on her going toe to toe with a bunch of Special Forces soldiers and tearing them up like it ain’t no thang. She’s a shrink, not a Navy Seal. I love Deadshot...