A really fun Secret Six issue, but if you're here for Blackest Night or the Suicide Squad, you may as well skip this. Read Full Review

The issue is very good and it really fits perfectly in line with the Secret Six series. Perhaps in the final two issues of the arc will involve the Blackest Night storyline more but not this issue. Once you get past some of the ongoing drama from some of the plots running into this issue, you have a very good and condense story bringing together a good sized cast with some interesting interactions. Read Full Review

But then the last page arrives and we're reminded that this is more than the Suicide Squad/Secret Six mash up so many of us have wanted for so long – it's a Blackest Night tie-in, complete with the obligatory Black Lanterns so many of us are having a hard time caring about. Maybe Simone and Ostrander will do something with the concept next issue. Maybe they'll even manage to make this story feel like more of a unified effort. For now, I guess I should just be thankful I got to see these two teams together in some form. Read Full Review

While it doesn't have the flavor and fun of the original book, time has moved on far too much since then, just having another issue with the logo and issue number there almost feels magical. There are quite a few characters here that make the old fans smile and seeing the way Deadshot deals with the whole thing is fun as well since he's the object of Waller's desire. With this issue being more setup for the story that will take place in two issues of Secret Six, there's not a lot here and a good amount of it is focused on the Secret Six themselves. What makes this issue work so well however is that the writing is so good, the characters so much fun to watch go through the situation they're involved in, that you find yourself smiling and grinning throughout it. The Suicide Squad doesn't quite get the issue it deserves here, but it makes me hope that it'll be revived again on its own someday for something more meaty than this. Read Full Review

This would easily jump into Buy It territory, but the fact that this doesn't really tieinto Blackest Night other than a few random pages about a former Suicide Squad and Secret Six member that just happens to be a Black Lantern really didn't work with me; plus there is the problem of the very forced Band/Scandal scene. Other than that, this is a really solid issue with some awesome character work and it serves as a strong reminder of why the Suicide Squad was such an awesome concept and comic (and, now, why this creative team should be given the reigns to these characters once again). Read Full Review