Comments on: Suicide Notes

By: Kent

Kent — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:35:50 +0000

Wow…though I hated losing Flag his death was so moving and the fact not one but TWO other stories felt the need to clear his suicide mission from his imortal soul in the afterlife by earning his way out of purgatory (guess Flag was Catholic) and up to heaven

(in CAPTAIN ATOM and DAY OF JUDGEMENT) means a number of other creators in the DC offices felt pretty strongly for Rick Flag (Karin joined him in that Captain Atom story)

but that said, I’ve always missed him and I’m not sorry to see him back (though I wonder what happenned to his son…)

By: Scavenger

Scavenger — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:17:25 +0000

Bob, you had a part in my all time favorite DC character? Awesome!!!! The greatest member of the Suicide Squad ever! The Writer!

By: Julio Diaz

Julio Diaz — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 06:24:57 +0000

As someone who used to letterhack to you back in the Squad days, Bob, I had more or less the same reaction. I haven’t read the issue yet, but I did read the Newsarama piece. I like Rucka’s work a lot, but I think they probably should have let Flag be. But I’ll keep an open mind and see what they do.

My understanding is that the issue also features a group of ex-Squad members that is out for revenge on Amanda Waller, but if I recall correctly, there are at least two members of this group – Mirror Master and Tattooed Man – who were never a part of the Squad (the Mirror Master that appeared in the Squad was actually Captain Boomerang in disguise. I don’t recall Icicle as a member, either, but I have a dim memory of him possibly being in one of the one-off lineups after the monthly ended. Javelin wasn’t exactly a key member, either, and I’m pretty sure he died (but that can easily be explained away). And I think Plastique only went on the group’s first mission, and was midwiped after it.

So the only ones who had a really strong connection are two of my all-time favorites, Punch and Jewelee. And I’m not very happy about what the comments on the Newsarama article say happened to them.

All that said, I’m happy anytime the concept is revived, and I still wish that DC would a) collect the series you did with John and co., and b) hire you guys to bring the book back. It’s still one of my al-time favorites.

By: Dwight Williams

Dwight Williams — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:52:45 +0000

As a creator these days myself, I can sympathize with this "we thought we'd completely told their stories" thinking up to a point, and yet...well, there's these half-dozen Canadian characters over at Marvel who had their universe's version of a Mayerthorpe Incident played out at their expense about six months ago. You may have seen something about that in the comics fandom news services of late. And I have a problem with that as a fan...so I'm feeling more than a little torn here, Rob, and I've got this rueful grin on my face as a result. Still, it is a good thing to be able to have such an effect on readers such a long time after a work sees print...