So by now everyone who follows this blog should know what Salvation Run is and why it's important to the Suicide Squad continuity. And thanks to my latest find in the $1 bins yesterday (Salvation Run # 3 and 4) I can now elaborate what exactly life was like on the prison planet that both
Deadshot and Bane got exiled too when the decision to have them "dismissed" (Salvation Run # 2) was made by Waller and Flag. It turned out that the planet was some sort of training facility for
Apocalypse. As such, the planet was full of many attractions like these bio-mechanical creatures that attacked and killed the exiled villains on a regular basis. Oh boy can I ever think about a lot of people today I'd like to have shipped off to this place. And if you think I'm being a dick with that statement then you probably don't live in the San Francisco Bay Area like I do. Now as much as this sucks for all the villains things are even worse for
Deadshot and Bane. That's because they helped round up a lot of the villains while they were with The Squad that they are now stuck with. That's pretty much like being a bad cop who ends up in prison with a lot of the
dirtb
ags he put behind bars. So this little fact did not go unnoticed for long among the other villains and before long
Deadshot and Bane found themselves in a situation where they were about to have a lot more then the creatures you see them fighting here to worry about. The exiles even go so far as to accuse the duo of being spies for Waller which in turn seriously pisses
Deadshot off. But just as it looked like things were gonna get as precarious for
Deadshot and Bane like a couple of Israel supporters in the middle of an anti-Israel demonstration in San Francisco ( and believe me I know what that's like!)
Lex Luther of all people steps up on their behalf. He kinda starts off by making this we need to stick together and not fight amongst ourselves sorta speech to the rest of the villains. He goes on to further explain how other exiled villains on the planet have had to work for the Squad at one time or another in the past.
So after that
Lex offers both
Deadshot and Bane a million dollars each when they get back to Earth if they become his bodyguards during their stay on the prison planet. Eventually they all escape of course but I don't know if
Lex ever made good on his promise. Perhaps those of you out there familiar with the
Villains United series might have some insight into that?
So by now everyone who follows this blog should know what Salvation Run is and why it's important to the Suicide Squad continuity. And thanks to my latest find in the $1 bins yesterday (Salvation Run # 3 and 4) I can now elaborate what exactly life was like on the prison planet that both Deadshot and Bane got exiled too when the decision to have them "dismissed" (Salvation Run # 2) was made by Waller and Flag. It turned out that the planet was some sort of training facility for Apocalypse. As such, the planet was full of many attractions like these bio-mechanical creatures that attacked and killed the exiled villains on a regular basis. Oh boy can I ever think about a lot of people today I'd like to have shipped off to this place. And if you think I'm being a dick with that statement then you probably don't live in the San Francisco Bay Area like I do. Now as much as this sucks for all the villains things are even worse for Deadshot and Bane. That's because they helped round up a lot of the villains while they were with The Squad that they are now stuck with. That's pretty much like being a bad cop who ends up in prison with a lot of the dirtb
ags he put behind bars. So this little fact did not go unnoticed for long among the other villains and before long Deadshot and Bane found themselves in a situation where they were about to have a lot more then the creatures you see them fighting here to worry about. The exiles even go so far as to accuse the duo of being spies for Waller which in turn seriously pisses Deadshot off. But just as it looked like things were gonna get as precarious for Deadshot and Bane like a couple of Israel supporters in the middle of an anti-Israel demonstration in San Francisco ( and believe me I know what that's like!) Lex Luther of all people steps up on their behalf. He kinda starts off by making this we need to stick together and not fight amongst ourselves sorta speech to the rest of the villains. He goes on to further explain how other exiled villains on the planet have had to work for the Squad at one time or another in the past.
So after that Lex offers both Deadshot and Bane a million dollars each when they get back to Earth if they become his bodyguards during their stay on the prison planet. Eventually they all escape of course but I don't know if Lex ever made good on his promise. Perhaps those of you out there familiar with the Villains United series might have some insight into that?
Nice post mr! Lex recently did hire Deadshot and the Secret Six to ward off Vandal Savage in a crossover with Action Comics #896 and Secret Six #29. Scandal being Vandal's daughter made it even more interesting, and then there were a few scores to settle the Six had with their latest employer.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff!
it seems that when it comes to those wonderful $1 bins my good fortune is your good fortune my friend. and thank you for that bit of info. as well and the compliment. i always try to post mostly about stuff that isn't talked about much or at all out there. plus when it comes to clip art i try to use as much stuff as i can that isn't on the net already.
ReplyDeletei do my best to keep things interesting and give people what they want here even when they don't know what they want. but i've got a lot of experience with that sort of thing thanks to just about every woman i've ever dated.
:) You always know just the right turn of phrase, Dave. Thanks for the info! I knew they got off the planet, and knew Lex somehow managed (of course) to lead them all. But it's always nice to see how he manages to blow the pipe.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if Lex payed them, but I'm quite sure he did.
ReplyDeleteNot paying money promissed, would, for him, be a fault in character, plus he did hired them aterwards, as Dan said, and the Secret Six wouldn't have accepted the hire if his credit wasn't good.
Does anyone else see a relation between the names of Secret Six and Suicide Squad?
yes i have actually but you mentioned it first so you get credit for thinking that up.
ReplyDeleteby the way you all should check out Dan's latest posting if you haven't done so already:
http://itsadansworld.blogspot.com/2011/08/things-ill-miss-about-old-dcu-day-5.html
I missed salvation run. Now it's a must I pick up the TPB. Great post.
ReplyDeletethanks Omega Agent i'm glad you liked this posting. running a blog like this is great fun but can also be pretty time consuming sometimes. it's really nice when people let you know the effort is appreciated with more then just another page view count.
ReplyDeleteAnd are there many people just viewing?
ReplyDeleteThat is good too.