Some thoughts about Suicide Squad's Most Wanted: El Diablo and Boomerang #1

Can the members of the Suicide Squad fight against their own nature?

El Diablo doesn't want to have anything to do with Waller's Task Force X anymore and Captain Boomerang will have to do what he does best, ruining everything.

The tales focusing on the different members of the Suicide Squad movie cast continues and this time is the turn of these two even more obscure characters.

El Diablo's story written by Jai Nitz is about how Chato doesn't want to be part of the Suicide Squad anymore and so, he's recruited by yet another organization instead. To be honest, neither the plot nor the characterization are exactly impressive. It seems like the writer is taking just a few clues from Chato's established comic history based on his religious side but at the same time it takes a huge inspiration from his portrayal in the movie which is mostly about a gang leader with an attitude problem.

I don't think this works that well, one of the most interesting aspects about Chato is how he tried to put his past behind by having faith in both God and himself, that's what made him unique (despite that he was a bit of a stereotype because of being a Hispanic Catholic). Here however, he's constantly insulting others and acting like a common gang member which makes an even more derivative and borderline offensive stereotype. I just wish the writer would have used his usual characterization instead.

Cliff Richards handles the artwork here and is pretty solid looking with expressive characters and a semi-realistic style although it looks a bit stiff at times.

The second story written by Michael Moreci is about Captain Boomerang and quite honestly, is not better than the first segment. Is about Digger being an asshole which is a classic trait of the character so no complaints there. The problem is that the writing is not distinctive at all and at times feels kinda awkward due that the author makes Boomerang start talking to himself while also delivering some quite unfunny lines that are more obnoxious than anything else. The story is not really interesting either and I'm not expecting much from the conclusion.

Oscar Bazaldua is in charge of the pencils and is... okay I guess but again, not really distinctive. It gets the job done but is not remarkable at all.

I don't think you're missing anything here. They're just two simplistic stories that don't really offer anything deep in terms of ideas or characterization.