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{{DC Database:Comic Template
  
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| Title = Secret Origins
 
| Title = Secret Origins
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| Event = Legends
 
| Image = Secret Origins Vol 2 14.jpg
  
| Image = Secret Origins Vol 2 14.jpg
 
| Volume = 2
  
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| Executive Editor = Dick Giordano
  
| Executive Editor = Dick Giordano
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| CoverArtist1 = Luke McDonnell
   
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| Editor1_1 = Robert Greenberger
  
 
| Writer1_1 = John Ostrander
  
| Writer1_1 = John Ostrander
 
| Penciler1_1 = Luke McDonnell
  
| Penciler1_1 = Luke McDonnell
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| Colourist1_1 = Carl Gafford
  
| Colourist1_1 = Carl Gafford
 
| Letterer1_1 = Albert DeGuzman
  
| Letterer1_1 = Albert DeGuzman
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| Editor1_1 = Robert Greenberger
   
 
| Quotation = You listen to me, all of you. Out there, good men are dying so scum like you can have a chance. You don't deserve it, but you will. Starting now, you will look like a unit, you will act like a unit, you will fight as a unit and only with the enemy! You're back in the Army now! Or so help me, I'll put you in graves myself! Understand?
  
| Quotation = You listen to me, all of you. Out there, good men are dying so scum like you can have a chance. You don't deserve it, but you will. Starting now, you will look like a unit, you will act like a unit, you will fight as a unit and only with the enemy! You're back in the Army now! Or so help me, I'll put you in graves myself! Understand?
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| StoryTitle1 = The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad
  
| StoryTitle1 = The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad
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| Synopsis1 = [[Sargent Steel (New Earth)|Sarge Steel]] is trying to convince [[Ronald Reagan (New Earth)|President Ronald Reagan]] he should shut down the Suicide Squad. [[Amanda Waller (New Earth)|Amanada Waller]] tries to convince him otherwise. To do so she hands him a file detailing the actions of the squad's history. The group was led by Capt. Richard Montgomery Flag.
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| Synopsis1 = [[Sargent Steel (New Earth)|Sarge Steel]] is trying to convince [[Ronald Reagan (New Earth)|President Ronald Reagan]] he should shut down the Suicide Squad. [[Amanda Waller (New Earth)|Amanda Waller]] tries to convince him otherwise. To do so she hands him a file detailing the actions of the squad's history. The group was led by Capt. Richard Montgomery Flag.
   
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During Truman's presidency it came to be known as Task Force X and on to the current day.
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During [[Harry S. Truman (New Earth)|Truman]]'s presidency it came to be known as Task Force X and on to the current day.
   
 
Reagan decides to keep the squad running.
  
Reagan decides to keep the squad running.
   
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| Appearing1 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
  
'''Featured Characters:'''
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* [[Amanda Waller (New Earth)|Amanada Waller]]<br/>
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* {{a|[[Amanda Waller (New Earth)|Amanda Waller]]}} {{Origin}}
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* [[Sargent Steel (New Earth)|Sarge Steel]]
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* {{a|[[Sargent Steel (New Earth)|Sarge Steel]]}}
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* [[Ronald Reagan (New Earth)|President Ronald Reagan]]
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* {{a|[[Ronald Reagan (New Earth)|President Ronald Reagan]]}}
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* {{a|[[Suicide Squadron (New Earth)|Suicide Squadron]]}}
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* Richard Montgomery Flag {{Flashback}}
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** {{a|[[Richard Flag, Sr. (New Earth)|Richard Montgomery Flag]]}} {{Flashback Dies}}
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
  
'''Supporting Characters:'''
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* President Harry S. Truman {{Flashback}}<br/>
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* {{a|[[Kyle Morgan (New Earth)|Ace Morgan]]}} {{Flashback}}
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* Sharon Race {{Flashback}}
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* {{a|[[Argent (Team)|Argent]]}} {{Flashback}}
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** {{a|[[Control (New Earth)|Control]]}}
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* [[Justice Society of America]] {{Flashback}}
  
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:* [[Dinah Drake Lance (Earth-Two)|Black Canary]] {{Flashback}}
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* {{a|[[Harry S. Truman (New Earth)|President Truman]]}} {{Flashback}}
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:* [[Alan Scott (New Earth)|Green Lantern (Alan Scott)]] {{Flashback}}
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* {{a|[[Suicide Squad (New Earth)|Suicide Squad]]}} {{Flashback}} {{Origin|Suicide Squad}}
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:* [[Diana of Themyscira (New Earth)|Wonder Woman]] {{Flashback}}
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** {{a|[[Hugh Evans (New Earth)|Hugh Evans]]}}
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:* [[Carter Hall (New Earth)|Hawkman]] {{Flashback}}
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** {{a|[[Jess Bright (New Earth)|Jess Bright]]}}
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:* [[Jason Garrick (New Earth)|Flash (Jay Garrick)]] {{Flashback}}
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** {{a|[[Karin Grace (New Earth)|Karin Grace]]}}
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:* [[Pieter Cross (New Earth)|Dr. Mid-Nite]] {{Flashback}}
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* {{a|[[Suicide Squad (New Earth)|Modern Suicide Squad]]}} {{Flashback}}
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:* [[Albert Rothstein (New Earth)|Atom Smasher]] {{Flashback}}
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** {{a|[[Richard Flag, Jr. (New Earth)|Rick Flag]]}} {{Flashalso}}
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* [[Jeb Stuart (New Earth)|Jeb Stuart]] {{Flashback}}
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** {{a|[[Floyd Lawton (New Earth)|Deadshot]]}}
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* [[Karin Grace (New Earth)|Karin Grace]] {{Flashback}}
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** {{a|[[Benjamin Turner (New Earth)|Bronze Tiger]]}}
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** {{a|[[Mark Desmond (New Earth)|Blockbuster]]}}
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* [[Forgotten Heroes]] {{Flashback}}
  
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:*[[Calvin Carson (New Earth)|Cave Carson]] {{Flashback}}
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** {{a|[[June Moone (New Earth)|Enchantress]]}}
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:*[[Dane Dorrance (New Earth)|Dane Dorrance]] {{Flashback}}
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** {{a|[[George Harkness (New Earth)|Captain Boomerang]]}}
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'''Antagonists:'''
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:*[[Rip Hunter (New Earth)|Rip Hunter]] {{Flashback}}
  
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:* [[Bernhard Baker (New Earth)|Animal Man]] {{Flashback}}
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* {{a|[[Brimstone (New Earth)|Brimstone]]}} {{flashback}}
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:* [[Dolphin (New Earth)|Dolphin]] {{Flashback}}
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* {{a|[[Candyman (New Earth)|Candyman]]}} {{flashback}}
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:* [[Immortal Man (New Earth)|Immortal Man]] {{Flashback}}
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* {{a|[[Red Wave Beast (New Earth)|"Red Wave" beast]]}} {{flashback}}
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* {{a|[[Lawrence Crock (New Earth)|Sportsmaster]]}} {{flashback}}
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* [[Suicide Squad]]
  
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:* [[Richard Flag, Jr. (New Earth)|Rick Flag]]
 
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:* [[Floyd Lawton (New Earth)|Deadshot]] {{Flashback}}
  
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:* [[Benjamin Turner (New Earth)|Bronze Tiger]] {{Flashback}}
  
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:* [[Mark Desmond (New Earth)|Blockbuster]] {{Flashback}}
  
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:* [[June Moone (New Earth)|Enchantress]] {{Flashback}}
  
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:* [[George Harkness (New Earth)|Captain Boomerang]] {{Flashback}}
  
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'''Villains:'''
  
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* [[Brimstone (New Earth)|Brimstone]]{{Flashback}}<br/>
  
 
'''Other Characters:'''
  
'''Other Characters:'''
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* {{a|[[Coretta Waller (New Earth)|Coretta Waller]]}} {{1st}} {{Flashback}}
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* Ace Morgan<br/>
  
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* {{a|[[Damita Waller (New Earth)|Damita Waller]]}} {{1st}} {{Flashback Dies}}
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* {{a|[[Forgotten Heroes]]}} {{Flashback}}
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** {{a|[[Bernhard Baker (New Earth)|Animal Man]]}}, {{a|[[Calvin Carson (New Earth)|Cave Carson]]}}, {{a|[[Dane Dorrance (New Earth)|Dane Dorrance]]}}, {{a|[[Dolphin (New Earth)|Dolphin]]}}, {{a|[[Klarn Arg (New Earth)|Immortal Man]]}}, {{a|[[Rip Hunter (New Earth)|Rip Hunter]]}}
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* {{a|[[Jeb Stuart (New Earth)|Jeb Stuart]]}} {{Flashback}}
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* {{a|[[Jessie Waller (New Earth)|Jessie Waller]]}} {{1st}} {{Flashback}}
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* {{a|[[Joseph Waller, Jr. (New Earth)|Joe Waller, Jr.]]}} {{1st}} {{Flashback Dies}}
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* {{a|[[Joseph Waller (New Earth)|Joseph Waller]]}} {{1st}} {{Flashback Dies}}
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* {{a|[[Justice Society of America (New Earth)|Justice Society of America]]}} {{Flashback}}
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** {{a|[[Albert Pratt (New Earth)|The Atom]]}}, {{a|[[Dinah Drake (New Earth)|Black Canary]]}}, {{a|[[Charles McNider (New Earth)|Doctor Mid-Nite]]}}, {{a|[[Jason Garrick (New Earth)|The Flash]]}}, {{a|[[Alan Scott (New Earth)|Green Lantern]]}}, {{a|[[Carter Hall (New Earth)|Hawkman]]}}, {{a|[[Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-Two)|Wonder Woman]]}}
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* {{a|[[Martin Waller (New Earth)|Martin Waller]]}} {{1st}} {{Flashback}}
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* Marvin Collins {{Only}}
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* {{a|[[Sharon Race (New Earth)|Sharon Race]]}} {{Flashback Dies}}
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* {{a|[[Task Force X (New Earth)|Task Force X]]}} {{1stChron}}
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* {{a|[[Yeti (Species)|Yeti]]}} {{Flashback}}
 
'''Locations:'''
  
'''Locations:'''
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* {{a|[[Washington, D.C.]]}}
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* <br/>
  
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** {{a|[[White House]]}}
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* {{a|[[Illinois]]}}
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**{{a|[[Chicago]]}}
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* {{a|[[World War II]]}}
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**{{a|[[Dinosaur Island]]}}
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* {{a|[[Korea]]}} ({{a|[[Korean War]]}})
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* {{a|[[Cambodia]]}}
 
'''Items:'''
  
'''Items:'''
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* The War Wheel<br/>
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* {{a|[[War Wheel]]}}<br/>
 
'''Vehicles:'''
  
'''Vehicles:'''
 
* <br/>
  
* <br/>
   
 
| Notes =
 
| Notes =
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* At the time of publication, [[Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-Two)|Wonder Woman's]] appearance among those in the Justice Society who appeared at the House Un-American Activities Committee hearing was considered an error since the [[Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-Two)|original Golden Age Wonder Woman]] was erased from post-Crisis history. At one point the only possible modern explanation for her appearance is that it was the [[Diana of Themyscira (New Earth)|current Wonder Woman's]] mother [[Hippolyta (New Earth)|Hippolyta]] who went back in time to become the post-Crisis Golden Age Wonder Woman. As published however, the character depicted is clearly the original. Later changes to continuity solved the contradiction.
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* This issue is Chapter 22 of the 1986 ''[[Legends Vol 1|Legends]]'' crossover event.
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* This story is reprinted in ''[[Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (Collected)|Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire]]''.
 
| Trivia =
 
| Trivia =
 
| Recommended = {{Suicide Squad RR}}
  
| Recommended = {{Suicide Squad RR}}
 
| Links =
 
| Links =
 
}}
  
}}
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{{Legends}}

Revision as of 08:08, 13 January 2019

"The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad": Sarge Steel is trying to convince President Ronald Reagan he should shut down the Suicide Squad. Amanda Waller tries to convince him otherwise. To do so she hands

Quote1 You listen to me, all of you. Out there, good men are dying so scum like you can have a chance. You don't deserve it, but you will. Starting now, you will look like a unit, you will act like a unit, you will fight as a unit and only with the enemy! You're back in the Army now! Or so help me, I'll put you in graves myself! Understand? Quote2
— Capt. Richard Montgomery Flag

Secret Origins (Volume 2) #14 is an issue of the series Secret Origins (Volume 2) with a cover date of May, 1987.

Synopsis for "The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad"

Sarge Steel is trying to convince President Ronald Reagan he should shut down the Suicide Squad. Amanda Waller tries to convince him otherwise. To do so she hands him a file detailing the actions of the squad's history. The group was led by Capt. Richard Montgomery Flag.

During Truman's presidency it came to be known as Task Force X and on to the current day.

Reagan decides to keep the squad running.

Appearing in "The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:



Notes

  • At the time of publication, Wonder Woman's appearance among those in the Justice Society who appeared at the House Un-American Activities Committee hearing was considered an error since the original Golden Age Wonder Woman was erased from post-Crisis history. At one point the only possible modern explanation for her appearance is that it was the current Wonder Woman's mother Hippolyta who went back in time to become the post-Crisis Golden Age Wonder Woman. As published however, the character depicted is clearly the original. Later changes to continuity solved the contradiction.
  • This issue is Chapter 22 of the 1986 Legends crossover event.
  • This story is reprinted in Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire.



See Also

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Core Issues
Legends #1 • Legends #2 • Legends #3 • Legends #4 • Legends #5 • Legends #6
Tie-Ins
Batman #401 • Detective Comics #568 • Green Lantern Corps #207 • Cosmic Boy #1 • Justice League of America #258 • Secret Origins (Volume 2) #10 • Firestorm (Volume 2) #55 • Cosmic Boy #2 • Justice League of America #259 • Firestorm (Volume 2) #56 • Blue Beetle (Volume 6) #9 • Warlord #114 • Cosmic Boy #3 • Justice League of America #260 • Blue Beetle (Volume 6) #10 • Warlord #115 • Superman (Volume 2) #3 • Adventures of Superman #426 • Action Comics #586 • Cosmic Boy #4 • Justice League of America #261 • Secret Origins (Volume 2) #14
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