Who would you want to see in a new version of the Suicide Squad?

[thunderbolt]

^^ It was done in the Earth 2 Morrison book, too. Too bad the cartoon didn't get the twist of the story.

[The Toyroom]

^ That's sorta already been done somewhat in Infinite Crisis when there was the Earth-3 Alex Luthor masquerading as our Lex....

[thunderbolt]

even better, it could be the Earth 3 Luthor and no one will know until a big reveal where the Squad runs into the evil Luthor.

[samurainoir]

No, I'm fine with traditonal villain Luthor... I think it'd be cool if he was somehow drafted and forced to work for the Squad and make sure it's missions were successful, all the while he's trying to undermine things and escape from the system.

That would be fun to see... kind of like the DC version of Warren Ellis' recent run on Thunderbolts with Norman Osborn in charge.

[thunderbolt]

No, I'm fine with traditonal villain Luthor... I think it'd be cool if he was somehow drafted and forced to work for the Squad and make sure it's missions were successful, all the while he's trying to undermine things and escape from the system.

I dunno, seems like the twist with the one hero on the team is considered a villain by the world at large would be a good one.

[samurainoir]

Wasn't there a new Blockbuster introduced in Nightwing? He was actually quite intelligent and more of a crime lord.

Nightwing had some pretty interesting rogues. The guy with the backwards head, can't remember his name. I liked to view Nite-wing as a more down to earth Bizarro-Nightwing. I can't remember what happened to that character.

[EMCE Hammer]

I was trying to think of some mindless muscle for the team....My 1st choice would've been Blockbuster (the original) but he died on the Squad's 1st mission way back when. Of course, that shouldn't stop DC...they could always resurrect him.

That would be good. I am just all Grundied out. I'm not saying he's over-used, he just happens to have popped up in all of my other favorites - Starman, JSA, JLU, B&B etc.

[MEMEGO]

If the series is restarted, How about dumping Amanda, I cant stand her. and replace her with Green Arrow Or Red Arrow/Arcenal and Speedy. Have him reform the Squad with heros villians picked by him/them as the case deems.

[The Toyroom]

What if it was the Earth 3 Luthor somehow lost on DCU Earth? The villains in the Squad would be people that were his friends and fellow JLA-ers on that Earth.

No, I'm fine with traditonal villain Luthor... I think it'd be cool if he was somehow drafted and forced to work for the Squad and make sure it's missions were successful, all the while he's trying to undermine things and escape from the system.

[The Toyroom]

^ She was a really good villain...Shame Robinson killed her off but she probably wouldn't have been handled properly anyway outside of the Starman mythos he constructed.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I like all of this but Grundy. Is the Mist's daughter around these days?

Unless she was resurrected somewhere along the way, her father shot and killed her toward the end of Robinson's Starman series.

Chris

[thunderbolt]

Hmmm.... 1st, no Amanda Waller....I'm sick of her...

But I'd like to see a situation where Lex Luthor is drafted into the Suicide Squad as their leader...I don't care how it's done, I just think it'd be cool to see him in that position.

Bronze Tiger (to keep Luthor in check)
Copperhead (old-school, non-Neron version)
Count Vertigo
The Key (allowing the team access to anywhere they need to go)
Cheshire
Solomon Grundy (old-school version, non-intelligent)

What if it was the Earth 3 Luthor somehow lost on DCU Earth? The villains in the Squad would be people that were his friends and fellow JLA-ers on that Earth.

[jwyblejr]

The JLU cartoon was on to something. Yeah,I know. You said no Deadshot. Just give his slot to someone else.

[Random Axe]

I'd actually like to see Bronze Tiger in some solo action. He's soooo underutilized and has so much upside as a black ops kind of character. His morality clashing with his missions would be an interesting dynamic. At the very least he deserves a mini. There's way too many characters that have had their own titles that were undeserved. BT would be perfect. He could still have a role in Suicide Squad, though.

Scott

[The Toyroom]

I like all of this but Grundy.

I was trying to think of some mindless muscle for the team....My 1st choice would've been Blockbuster (the original) but he died on the Squad's 1st mission way back when. Of course, that shouldn't stop DC...they could always resurrect him.