Some thoughts about Suicide Squad #1

Who will survive the Suicide Squad?

A new team has been formed and Deadshot is not sure about them but things are about to get even worse once he realizes who truly is in charge.

Suicide Squad had an erratic history in the last few years to say the least. We had to endure Sean Ryan's New Suicide Squad with its awful characterization and boring stories and Rob Williams's Suicide Squad with its forced movie-inspired cast and even worse plots. It seemed like there was no hope but apparently Tom Taylor is willing to change that.

Taylor is not a perfect writer, I think I will never let his run on Earth 2 but if there's something I can appreciate about him is his execution of big moments and creating action scenes that feel big in scope and that's pretty much what this book needed. From the beginning, you can feel energy in the characters and their dialogue, even the ones who don't belong to the team since Taylor is not the most profound writer for characterization but he does know how to create a strong first impression and that's ideal for the title considering that not a lot of them are going to survive for long,

Yes, there are a lot of deaths in this first issue and they're all brutal but again, it feels adequate for the series and makes every scene worth watching. There's also an interesting direction going on here, one that puts the team in more danger than ever and one that feels pretty unpredictable.

Bruno Redondo handles the art and is really solid with expressive characters and a clean style.

Promising beginning, I'm glad that after Williams' pointless run, there's still a bit of hope.