![]() ![]() It's not difficult to imagine a different series in which Jason Todd terrorizes the metahuman yard as though this were a season arc from Oz, but that's a comic for better realities. Azzarello's dialogue remains quippy enough to cloak the exposition and it quickly leads to prison where the writer lingers in territory he previously relished in comics like Hellblazer and 100 Bullets. This standalone Batman comic from writer Adam Kubert and artist Andy Clarke offers another possible version of Jokers origin story. For some reason, this book decided to rip off the 2016 Suicide Squad movie even after the 2021 one, but just might be even worse. Red Hood's introduction provides all of the context an unfamiliar reader might need, complete with an effective splash from Maleev, as he is shanghaied into the Squad. Brian Azzarello continues to be my least favorite mainstream comic book writer with a bonehead edgy miniseries about Red Hood leading a Suicide Squad team to kill the Joker. The introductions, before any violence commences in the 48-page issue's back half, provide a very specific form of genre enjoyment as low-level creeps and sociopaths are placed in hostile environments together. Unfortunately, the fun times never really materialize as even a few final bloody pages are more eyebrow-raising than thrilling. It sounds like a fun enough time with plenty of killable characters to really indulge that "Black Label" stamp. For some unknown reason The Joker has been released from Arkham Asylum. He is first tasked with leading a team-primarily consisting of also-ran's and never-were's as well as Harley Quinn-to assassinate Joker in the middle of Gotham City. Jason Todd) finds himself imprisoned and therefore enrolled in Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad. ![]()
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