Suicide Squad: The Official Movie Novelization

Suicide Squad: The Official Movie Novelization
Author: Marv Wolfman
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2016-08-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1785651684

Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous imprisoned super criminals, provide them the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them to defeat an enigmatic, unstoppable enemy. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has gathered a group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose. Once they figure out they were chosen to fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die beating the odds, or decide it’s every man for himself?

Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2016-) #3

Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2016-) #3
Author: Joshua Williamson
Publisher: DC Comics
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-01-04
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Belle Reve Penitentiary. Headquarters of Task Force X, home to the worst super-criminal scum in the DC Universe and new residence ofÉthe Justice League?! The Suicide Squad delight in showing EarthÕs greatest heroes how the other side lives, and youÕd better believe the Justice League needs to be restrained to hear the terrible secret Amanda Waller has to tell them.

New Suicide Squad Vol. 3: Freedom

New Suicide Squad Vol. 3: Freedom
Author: Tim Seeley
Publisher: DC Comics
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2016-08-02
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1401271847

Get ready for this summer’s anticipated movie SUICIDE SQUAD with the comics that inspired the film, including fan-favorite characters Harley Quinn, Deadshot and Captain Boomerang! THE WORLD’S WORST HEROES HAVE GONE ROGUE! Task Force X team members Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, Black Manta and Parasite are killers being given a chance to do good for the U.S. government...not that they have a choice. One step out of line and their handler, Amanda Waller, can set off their surgically implanted bombs. But if they play along, this “Suicide Squad” might just be their shot at redemption. When Waller discovers that Task Force X is being manipulated by a shadowy corporate conspiracy, she decides to take her team off the grid. Now, without their bombs to keep them in check, the only thing keeping the world’s worst heroes from becoming full-blown villains again is their desire to see justice served. Will that be enough to keep Waller’s former prisoners from killing their jailer? NEW SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 3: FREEDOM collects NEW SUICIDE SQUAD #13-16 and SUICIDE SQUAD MOST WANTED: DEADSHOT AND KATANA, by writer Sean Ryan (FLASHPOINT: GRODD OF WAR) and artist Philipe Briones (UNCANNY X-FORCE), and also featuring Brian Buccellato (DETECTIVE COMICS), Mike W. Barr (BATMAN: SON OF THE DEMON), Viktor Bogdanovic (BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT) and Diogenes Neves (BATMAN/SUPERMAN).

Suicide Squad: The Silver Age

Suicide Squad: The Silver Age
Author: Bob Kanigher
Publisher: DC Comics
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 140128373X

The exciting origins of the original Suicide Squad are revealed in this Silver Age comics tale SUICIDE SQUAD: THE SILVER AGE. When a large wave appears carrying an object capable of destroying anything in its path, the authorities try everything they can to stop it from making landfall. With all other options exhausted, the U.S. calls in their new team, Task Force X, led by Rick Flag! But what’s this? An island in the South Pacific inhabited entirely by giant dinosaurs? A line of brave soldiers is all that stands between civilization and their giant deadly claws. Can the Suicide Squad save humanity from these oversize monsters? Collects THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #25-27 and #37-39 and STAR SPANGLED WAR STORIES #110-111, #116-121, #125 and #127-128.

Suicide Squad (2016-) #31

Suicide Squad (2016-) #31
Author: Rob Williams
Publisher: DC Comics
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2017-12-13
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

“THE SECRET HISTORY OF TASK FORCE X” part five! As the Suicide Squad continues to fight a war on two fronts, Harley Quinn is faced with an impossible choice—bring her former teammate Rick Flag back from the Phantom Zone…or send the monstrous Red Wave beast into oblivion. Meanwhile, Deadshot and company discover the identity of the person who started this war—and the truth is too shocking to believe!

Suicide Squad Vol. 1: The Black Vault

Suicide Squad Vol. 1: The Black Vault
Author: Rob Williams
Publisher: DC Comics
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2017-03-07
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1401273114

Assembled by the tough-as-nails intelligence expert Amanda Waller and overseen by disgraced military genius Captain Rick Flag, the men, women and monsters of the Suicide Squad-a.k.a. Task Force X-do the jobs that are too dirty for any superheroes to soil their capes with. Their latest mission should be easy enough: recover a powerful cosmic weapon called the Black Vault from enemy hands. The Suicide Squad always gets the job done (mostly) but this time, when the weapon's dark influence spreads and the team is driven to madness and mayhem (more than usual), there's only one person sane enough to save the Squad from destructionÉthe Clown Princess of Crazy herself, Harley Quinn! Legendary artist Jim Lee teams up with writer Rob Williams and artists Philip Tan, Jason Fabok, Ivan Reis and Gary Frank for a new deadly Task Force X mission in SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 1: THE BLACK VAULT! Exploding from the pages of DCÕs blockbuster Rebirth event and starring the characters you love and hate from the smash-hit movie, this graphic novel is a great jumping-on point for new readers! Collects issues #1-4 and the SUICIDE SQUAD: REBIRTH one-shot.

Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2016-) #2

Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2016-) #2
Author: Joshua Williamson
Publisher: DC Comics
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2016-12-28
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

The first major event storyline of DCÕs Rebirth era begins with a day Amanda Waller always knew would come: the Justice League discovers the existence of the Suicide Squad! This government-sponsored black-ops team of super-villains with bombs implanted in their brains is obviously a deal-breaker for EarthÕs paragons of truth and justice! But you can bet the Wall and her Task Force X wonÕt go down without the fight to end all fights as this weekly series gets under way!

Fans, Blockbusterisation, and the Transformation of Cinematic Desire

Fans, Blockbusterisation, and the Transformation of Cinematic Desire
Author: Carolyn Michelle
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2017-11-24
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1137596163

This book explores the evolution of audience receptions of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy (2012-14) as an exemplar of the contemporary blockbuster event film franchise. Drawing on findings from a unique cross-cultural and longitudinal study, the authors argue that processes and imperatives associated with Hollywood ‘blockbusterisation’ shaped the trilogy’s conditions of production, format, content, and visual aesthetic in ways that left many viewers progressively disenchanted. The chapters address public and private prefigurations of the Hobbit trilogy, modes of reception, new cinematic technologies and the Hobbit hyperreality paradox, gender representations, adaptation and the transformation of cinematic desire, and the role of social and cultural location in shaping audience engagement and response. This book will appeal to audience researchers, Q methodologists, scholars and students in film and media studies, Tolkien scholars, and Hobbit fans and critics alike.