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Suicide Squad (vol. 1) #1 (May 1987):
“Trial by Blood”
by John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell, Karl Kesel

Suicide Squad (vol. 1) #1

Title: “Trial by Blood”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 1987

Publisher: DC
Written by: John Ostrander
Art by: Luke McDonnell, Karl Kesel

Number of Pages: 22


8 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)		 Religious
Affiliation		 Team(s)
[Notes]		 Pub. #
app.
Ravan Ravan villain
CBR Scale: M Hindu (Kali worshipper/Thugee)
 Jihad; The Suicide Squad DC 22
Jaculi villain
CBR Scale: M Sunni Muslim (Bedouin)
 Jihad DC 4
Rustam (Raza Kattuah) villain
CBR Scale: M Muslim
 Jihad
[named for legendary Persian hero]		 DC 12
The Djinn villain
CBR Scale: M Muslim
 Jihad DC 7
Manticore (Anastasio Corvo) villain
   Homicide Squad; Jihad DC 8
Briscoe supporting character
   [piloted Suicide Squad's helicopter "Sheba"] DC 14
Simon LaGrieve Simon LaGrieve supporting character
   The Suicide Squad (staff)
[counselled Suicide Squad members]		 DC 35
The Suicide Squad The Suicide Squad villain hero group
   [villains conscripted by govt. to be superhero team] DC 238

The process of listing characters who appeared in this source is not yet complete. This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Suicide Squad #1 (May 1987) created 26 March 2014. Last modified 3 February 2018.

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