Monday, August 1, 2011

25 Year Suicide Squad Anniversary! Get up to speed with my handy dandy quick reference timeline

As I was compiling this time line I realized that The Suicide Squad has spanned a quarter of a century now! As a more comprehensive follow up to my Youtube video I decided to create this time line to get all Suicide Squad fans both devoted and fair weather ones up to speed in time for the DC relaunch next month. Over the 25 years of Squad history there have been numerous what I call stand alone appearances/adventures involving the Squad and or single members of the Squad. You may notice the time line doesn't include most of those Suicide Squad tie-ins that have been published but I feel it includes the most relevant books to the continuity of the mythology. The only exception being the 2002 series which I felt should be included for archival purposes seeing as it is technically speaking the 2nd Suicide Squad comic book series. And besides, including absolutely everything that's ever been published having to do with The Suicide Squad would take forever and contrary to popular opinion I do have a life outside of this blog.
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9 comments:

  1. IADWAugust 1, 2011 at 12:54 AM

    Hey mr - that's an awesome reference! Thanks for that - you should put a link to it in the sidebar so everyone can get it and it doesnt get buried by future posts.

    Nice one!

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  2. Shlomo Ben HungstienAugust 1, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    that's a great idea, i'm glad i thought of it :)

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  3. Mr. Morbid's House Of FunAugust 1, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    Nice timeline! I like how short and concise it is, but it expertly tells you the most important stuff you'll need to know to jump on board of you haven't already.

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  4. GaryAugust 1, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    Good job - for what it's worth, I actually like SS Vol 2 and didn't think it was that bad.

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  5. Shlomo Ben HungstienAugust 1, 2011 at 4:03 PM

    thanks Dale, i'm a firm believer in less is more when it comes to the internet so i usually make it a point to be as concise as possible.

    and also thanks Gary. i remember when Vol. 2 came out i by chance picked up the first issue. but it had next to nothing to do with Vol. 1 so i lost interest in it right away. later i found out that it died a quick death which didn't surprise me at all. but i won't hold it against you that you liked it : )

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  6. CDerosbyAugust 1, 2011 at 4:45 PM

    Dude that looks like it was made by the good folks at DC. Your Photoshop skills are amazing my friend. And I think I might be able to keep up with you SS fans with that quick reference crib note now.

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  7. Shlomo Ben HungstienAugust 1, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    why thank you Craig i'm glad you found my time line helpful. i'm always looking for ways to this blog more "user friendly" so that one does not have to be super familiar with The Squad to enjoy coming here. the time line took up a good part of my day last Friday so it's nice to have the work appreciated.

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  8. RandomnerdAugust 2, 2011 at 12:17 PM

    Thank you my friend! I'm thinking of printing it out and taping it to the door of my computer desk so I can reference it quickly without the chance of my computer crashing on me. :) I love the first few issues I've read so far! Thank you, DC, for putting them out in graphic novel form. Now I'll finally be able to tell completely what you're always talking about, instead of making educated guesses based on guest appearances in other books.

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  9. AlieraAugust 3, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    Random, for all it's worth, you're very good at your educated guess work :)
    I tought you had read everything!
    Dave, this post is amazing not only on the info but on the composition.
    I loved the type-machine kind of letters you used. It gave it an 80's military feel.

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