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Government Official Endorses Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo's Suicide Squad

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:00:40 -0600

Suicide Squad #1 is coming to stores in December, by Australia's favorite son Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo, and the series isn't just highly anticipated by fans. Suicide Squad has also garnered praise before release from a U.S. government official on Thursday, via a statement released over Twitter.

Of course, we're talking about DC-loving Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, the country's highest-ranking Snyderbrony (the colloquial term for fans that advocate for the release of the Snyder Cut of Justice League), who once snuck a DC Comics Easter Egg into his city's new civic center. Mayor Garcia responded to a Tweet by Taylor to express advance remorse over the looming deaths of any of the characters.

Tom, I'm already to attached to them. Can't stand to lose the representation they bring to comics.

— Robert Garcia (@RobertGarciaLB) November 21, 2019

Taylor responded as the two engaged in an international summit on inclusion.

Agree completely. Not sure folks realize how important it is for young people to see themselves represented in the art and comics they enjoy.

— Robert Garcia (@RobertGarciaLB) November 21, 2019

Taylor agreed.

Everyone needs someone to look up to, and everyone deserves to see themselves reflected in their heroes. https://t.co/Z9VihaV8Zu

— Tom Taylor (@TomTaylorMade) November 21, 2019

Suicide Squad #1 is out on December 18th, with final order cutoff coming up on Monday. Below, see the preview that was revealed EX-X-XCLUSIVELY on geometry-themed video game website Polygon.

SUICIDE SQUAD #1
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(W) Tom Taylor (A) Bruno Redondo (CA) Ivan Reis, Joe Prado
Task Force X-nicknamed the Suicide Squad-unites some of the DCU's unlikeliest villains for its bloodiest series yet! The Squad's new mission is to neutralize a new group of international super-terrorists known as the Revolutionaries-and not everyone on either side will make it out back alive! But when the U.S. government's most deniable team of do-badders realizes that the surviving Revolutionaries will be joining the Squad, all hell breaks loose! Who can Harley Quinn and Deadshot trust when their new teammates are the very people their crew was assigned to kill? The Suicide Squad doesn't just need to worry about surviving their next mission… now they have to survive each other! The acclaimed Injustice creative team of writer Tom Taylor and artist Bruno Redondo reunite for the wildest incarnation of the Squad ever seen!
In Shops: Dec 18, 2019
Final Orders Due: Nov 25, 2019
SRP: $4.99