"Suicide Squad", aka "Task Force X", debuted in DC Comics' "The Brave and the Bold" (vol. 1) #25 (1959) then revived in DC's "Legends" #3 (1987).
The current 'Suicide Squad', created by John Ostrander is an anti-hero team of incarcerated super-villains...
...who act as assets for the government undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted prison sentences.
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