DC Comics' Suicide Squad's roster has always been one of reformed or incarcerated felons promised commuted sentences in return for participation in high-risk missions. The Squad's lineup has changed many times over the years, since its creation in 1959,The Brave and the Bold #25 and this list groups membership by the team's various eras and incarnations. Bolded names indicate current Suicide Squad members.
First appearance is the issue where the character first appeared as a member of a particular Suicide Squad incarnation. It is not necessarily the first appearance of the character in print, nor the story depicting how the character joined the Squad. The Squad was made up by five members.
World War II Era (Star Spangled War Stories #110-111) Skipper Allan The Professor
(Star Spangled War Stories #116-118, 120) Vic Morgan Andy (Barry) Mace Baby Dino (first appears in #117) Caveboy (first appears in #120)
(Star Spangled War Stories #119) Wild One The Sheriff
(Star Spangled War Stories #121) Stoner Manny
(Star Spangled War Stories #125) Sgt. Trask Reed Mac the Second
(Star Spangled War Stories #127) Woods Hale Green Fitz Kenny Talbot Peters Kent Frobish
(Star Spangled War Stories #128) Arnie Brock Tom Granger
The Silver Age Suicide Squad (1959–1987) Character Real name First appearance Notes Rick Flag Anthony MillerThe Brave and the Bold #25 Jess Bright Dr. Hugh Evans Karin Grace
Suicide Squad (vol. 1) (1987–1992) Character Real name First appearance Notes Amanda WallerLegends #2 Deadshot Floyd Lawton Rick Flag Anthony Miller Bronze Tiger Benjamin "Ben" Turner Enchantress June MooneLegends #3 Captain Boomerang George "Digger" Harkness Blockbuster Mark Desmond Dies in the fight against Brimstone BriscoeSuicide Squad #1 (May 1987) Died Karin Grace Died Mindboggler Leah Wasserman Died Nemesis Tom Tresser Nightshade Eve Eden Plastique Bette Sans Souci Black Orchid Susan LindenSuicide Squad #4 (August 1987) Chronos David Clinton Was only seen as a member of the team in issue 4 Penguin Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot Suicide Squad #5 (September 1987) Killer Frost Louise LincolnFirestorm (vol. 2) #64 (October 1987) Multiplex Danton Black Was presumably killed by Parasite when the team was sent after Firestorm. Though, he later appeared once again without any explanation. Slipknot Christopher WeissDied Parasite Rudy Jones Manhunter/Privateer Mark Shaw Suicide Squad #8 (December 1987) Duchess Lashina Suicide Squad #9 (January 1988) Was evaporated by Darkseid's Omega Beams when the team went to Apokolips. SpeedyRoy HarperSuicide Squad #11 (March 1988) Vixen Mari Jiwe McCabe Mister 104 John DubrovnyDoom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special #1 (March 1988) Died Thinker Clifford DeVoe Died Weasel John Monroe Died Psi Gayle Marsh Died Javelin Unknown Suicide Squad #13 (May 1988) Killed during War of The Gods Captain Cold Leonard SnartSuicide Squad #16 (September 1988) Shade, the Changing Man Rac Shade Oracle Barbara Gordon Suicide Squad #23 (April 1989) Count Vertigo Werner VertigoSuicide Squad #24 (May 1989) Doctor Light Arthur Light Died Jewelee Unknown Shrike Vanessa Kingsbury Died Punch Clyde Phillips Ravan N/A Lady Liberty UnknownCheckmate #18 (June 1989) Silent Majority Unknown Major Victory William Vickers Suicide Squad #30 Poison Ivy Pamela Isley Suicide Squad #33 AtomAdam Cray Suicide Squad #44 Died ThinkerCliff Carmichael Suicide Squad #51 Stalnoivolk Ivan Illyich Gort Suicide Squad #53 Black Adam Teth-AdamSuicide Squad #58 Catalyst Unknown Enforcer Mica Love Died Firehawk Lorraine Reilly Maser Harold Lawrence Jordan Karma Wayne Hawkins Died Outlaw John Henry Martin Silver Swan Valerie Beaudry Sportsmaster Victor Gover The Writer Grant Morrison Died
Interim Suicide Squad (1992–2001) Character Real name First appearance Notes Amanda WallerSuperboy (vol. 4) #13 (March 1995) Captain Boomerang George "Digger" Harkness Deadshot Floyd Lawton King Shark Nanaue Knockout Unknown Sam Makoa Sidearm Unknown Killed by King Shark.SuperboyConner Kent/Kon-El Quartzite UnknownHawk & Dove (vol. 4) #3 (January 1998) Shrapnel Mark Scheffer Bronze Tiger Benjamin "Ben" Turner Count Vertigo Werner Vertigo Thermal UnknownHawk & Dove (vol. 4) #4 (February 1998) Flex Unknown Bolt Larry BolatinskyChase #2 (March 1998) Cameron Chase Unknown Copperhead "John Doe" Killer Frost Louise Lincoln Sledge Unknown Plasmus Otto Von Furth Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files & Origins (August 2001) Manchester BlackThe Adventures of Superman #593 (August 2001) Left the team in The Adventures of Superman #594 Chemo Steel John Henry IronsThe Adventures of Superman #594 (September 2001) Mongul
Suicide Squad (vol. 2) (2001–2002) Character Real name First appearance Notes Sgt. Frank RockSuicide Squad (vol. 2) #1 Big Sir Dufus P. Ratchet Dies; blown up in the first issue. Bulldozer Horace Nichols Clock King William Tockman Dies; killed by a clone army in the first issue. Cluemaster Arthur Brown Apparently dies in the first issue upon being killed by a clone army, but was revealed to be alive on issue #9. Major Disaster Paul Booker Multi-Man Duncan Pramble Dies; killed by a clone army in the first issue. Due to the ability to be reborn, he returned to life on Joker: Last Laugh. Amanda WallerSuicide Squad (vol. 2) #2 Havana Odalys Milagro Valdez Dies; killed by Rustam. Modem Wesley Percival Sloan Dies; killed by the Djinn. Bolt Larry BolatinskySuicide Squad (vol. 2) #3 Is blown up whilst fighting a hive of sentient ants Larvanaut Unknown Killed by ants. Eliza N/A Killed by ants. Killer Frost Louise Lincoln Putty Unknown Killed by ants. Deadshot Floyd Lawton Suicide Squad (vol. 2) #5 Blackstarr Rachel BerkowitzSuicide Squad (vol. 2) #6 Reactron Ben Krullen Accidentally killed by Killer Frost. Solomon Grundy Cyrus GoldSuperman (vol. 2) #182 Hawkman Carter HallSuicide Squad (vol. 2) #12 Power Girl Karen Starr Star-Spangled Kid Courtney Whitmore Wildcat Ted Grant
Interim Suicide Squad (2004–2008) Character Real name First appearance Notes Amanda WallerSuperman Secret Files & Origins 2004 Captain Boomerang George "Digger" Harkness Double Down Jeremy Tell Killer Frost Louise Lincoln King Shark Nanaue Nemesis Tom Tresser Atom Smasher Albert Rothstein52 #24 Plastique Bette Sans Souci Count Vertigo Werner Vertigo Captain Boomerang Owen Mercer52 #33 Persuader Cole Parker Killed by Osiris after the Suicide Squad attacked the Black Marvel Family Electrocutioner Lester Buchinsky Bronze Tiger Benjamin "Ben" Turner World War III, Book Three: Hell Is for Heroes Rick Flag Anthony MillerCheckmate (vol. 2) #6 Icicle Cameron Mahkent Javelin Unknown Hit by a jeep while attempting to save Jewelee Jewelee Unknown Mirror Master Evan McCulloch Punch Clyde Phillips Gunned down by enemy soldiers while attempting to save Jewelee. Tattooed Man Abel Tarrant Killed by Jewelee after he betrayed the team and got Punch killed. Bane UnknownOutsiders (vol. 3) #50 General Wade Eiling King Faraday Unknown Checkmate (vol. 2) #18 Multiplex Danton Black Checkmate (vol. 2) #19 Nightshade Eve Eden Checkmate (vol. 2) #20 Chemo Unknown Salvation Run #2
Suicide Squad (vol. 3) (2007–2008) Character Real name First appearance Notes Amanda WallerSuicide Squad (vol. 3) #1 Rick Flag Anthony Miller Bronze Tiger Benjamin "Ben" Turner Captain Boomerang George "Digger" Harkness Nightshade Eve Eden Deadshot Floyd Lawton Captain Boomerang Owen MercerSuicide Squad (vol. 3) #3 Multiplex Danton Black General Wade Eiling Chemo UnknownSuicide Squad (vol. 3) #4 Count Vertigo Werner Vertigo King Faraday Unknown Marauder Unknown Dies; goes rogue and gets blown up by Captain Boomerang. Thinker Cliff Carmichael Dies; goes rogue and is shot by Faraday. White Dragon William Heller Dies; goes rogue and gets blown up inside his armor by Plastique. Twister Theresa ZimmerSuicide Squad (vol. 3) #5 Dies; killed by White Dragon. Blackguard Richard Hertz Dies; head crushed by General Wade Eiling. Windfall Wendy Jones Dies; stripped to a skeleton after being dosed with Chemo's toxin. Plastique Bette Sans Souci Suicide Squad (vol. 3) #6
Interim Suicide Squad (2008–2011) CharacterReal nameFirst appearanceNotes Plastique Bette Sans SouciManhunter (vol. 4) #33 Multiplex Danton Black Bronze Tiger Benjamin "Ben" Turner Captain Boomerang Owen Mercer Count Vertigo Werner Vertigo Amanda Waller Manhunter (vol. 4) #36 Rick Flag Anthony MillerBlackest Night: Suicide Squad #67 King Faraday Unknown Virtuoso Unknown Nightshade Eve Eden Yasemin Soze Suicide Squad Vol 1 #67 (March 2010) Killed by Deadshot while she was attempting to have him fight her in a duel to see who the better marksmen was.
Convergence: Suicide Squad (2015) CharacterReal nameFirst appearanceNotesAmanda WallerConvergence: Suicide SquadOracleBarbara GordonStar SapphireCarol FerrisBaneUnknownBlack MantaDavid Milton HydeDeathstrokeSlade WilsonCount VertigoWerner VertigoDeadshotFloyd LawtonPoison IvyPamela IsleyCaptain BoomerangGeorge "Digger" HarknessBronze TigerBenjamin "Ben" TurnerCyborg SupermanHenry "Hank" HenshawAlexander "Lex" LuthorFrom Kingdom Come
Suicide Squad (vol. 4) (2011–2014) CharacterReal nameFirst appearanceNotes Amanda WallerSuicide Squad (vol. 4) #1 Black Spider Eric Needham Left in issue #3 due to injury, returns briefly in issue #5 before returning in issue #8. Betrays the squad and is locked up in issue #14. Deadshot Floyd Lawton Killed in issue #12, resurrected in issue #15. El Diablo Chato Santana Leaves in issue #5, returns in issue #8. Leaves in issue #14 continuing to serve his sentence. Harley Quinn Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel Escapes in issue #5, returns to Belle Reve in issue #8. King Shark Nanaue Unknowingly recruited by the Thinker to kill the Suicide Squad but then works alongside. Savant Brian Durlin Left in same issue, returns in issue #6 and then leaves once more in issue #8. Voltaic Unknown Killed in issue #2, resurrected in issue #16. Dies again in issue #20. Captain Boomerang George "Digger" HarknessSuicide Squad (vol. 4) #3 Left in same issue, returns in issue #12. Leaves again in issue #14, returns in #24. Yo-Yo Chang Jie-Ru Presumed dead in issue #5, revealed alive in issue #8, returns to Belle Reve in issue #10. Killed in issue #18. Light UnknownSuicide Squad (vol. 4) #6 Killed in Resurrection Man #9. Lime Unknown Killed in issue #7. Crowbar Malcolm TandyJustice League of America's Vibe #5 Died in the same issue. Iceberg Charles MurrayResurrection Man (vol. 2) #8 Leaves in issue #14. The Unknown Soldier Unknown Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #19 Leaves in issue #23, returns in issue #24. James Gordon Jr.Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #20 Cheetah Barbara Ann Minerva Leaves in issue #23.
New Suicide Squad (2014–2016) CharacterReal nameFirst appearanceNotes Amanda WallerNew Suicide Squad #1Victor SageKilled in issue #16 Black Manta David Milton Hyde Deadshot Floyd Lawton Deathstroke Slade Wilson Left in the same issue. Harley Quinn Dr. Harleen Quinzel Joker's Daughter Duela Dent Sent to Arkham in issue #5. Captain Boomerang George "Digger" HarknessNew Suicide Squad #5Man-BatsUnknownThree unknown Man-Bats joined the team. All of them died in issue #7 Reverse-Flash Daniel West Died during New Suicide Squad: Annual #1 Parasite Joshua Michael Allen New Suicide Squad #9 Leaves in issue #16AfterthoughtAfaMidnighter Vol. 2 #9Crow JaneRose WildNew Suicide Squad #17Show to be Members but were not usedLamplightUnknownMudslideUnknownNew WaveRebecca Jones Cheetah Barbara Ann Minerva El DiabloChato Santana Hunky Punk Dorian Ashemore New Suicide Squad #19 Died in issue #20.
Suicide Squad (vol. 5) (2016–2019)