Suicide Squad Vol 1 9
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Appearing in "The Final Price"
Featured Characters:
- Amanda Waller
- Bronze Tiger
- Captain Boomerang
- Deadshot
- Karin Grace (Dies in this issue)
- Privateer
- Rick Flag
- Slipknot
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
Other Characters:
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Synopsis for "The Final Price"
The Suicide Squad, with the Bronze Tiger in command,
arrives at the Manhunter temple in the Louisiana bayou
which they have been assigned to destroy, and encounters
Captain Atom, who has been sent on a similar mission.
When the Captain learns that the bomb contained in the
Squad's "Baby Huey" vehicle is an experimental Xyzedium
explosive, he realizes that, unknown to all but Colonel Flag,
the blast will destroy not only the enemy base, but the
Squad members themselves, before they can get clear of
the area. He decides to accompany them and attempt to
absorb the force of the explosion, but Firestorm, now a
Manhunter pawn, appears overhead, and Captain Atom
leaves the group to battle him. Before the Squad can reach the Manhunter stronghold,
however, a detachment of the Manhunter androids emerges to battle
them. Slipknot attempts to desert and has his arm de-
stroyed by the explosive bracelet each Squad member
wears. A hard-fought skirmish ends as the Bronze Tiger is
injured and Karin Grace is abducted by a Manhunter.
Leaving the Tiger behind, Flag takes charge and storms the
temple to complete the mission. After Deadshot and Captain Boomerang are cut off by
enemy forces, Flag and the Privateer find Karin and rescue
her, and Flag is astounded to learn that Karin is herself a
Manhunter agent. As she holds him at gunpoint, she
explains how, while recuperating after the final mission of
the previous Suicide Squad team, she met and fell in love
with Mark Shaw, who inducted her into the Manhunters.
The next second, it is Karin's turn to be astonished, as the
Privateer claims that he is not the Mark Shaw she knew,
and quickly disarms her. Then a costumed Manhunter
appears, and claims to be the real Shaw, while the Privateer
is merely an android. The Manhunter then knocks Flag and the Privateer
unconscious, and instructs Karin to kill them. She hesitates
at the memory of her former romance with Flag, and before
she can act, her Manhunter ally begins to fall apart, and is
thus revealed as an android. On the temple grounds,
the other Manhunters also fall apart, one by one. (Although
the Squad members are mystified as to the cause of the
androids' destruction, it is due to the invisible machinations
of the Spectre.) Ordering Shaw to take the still-unconscious
Flag to safety, Karin, now realizing how she had been
duped, pilots the explosive-filled "Baby Huey" into the
center of the Manhunter base, where it crashes, pinning
her and the Mark Shaw android beneath it.
Outside, the other Squad members rendezvous with the
Bronze Tiger. Just as Flag recovers and realizes what has hap-
pened, the bomb explodes, completely destroying the temple.
(Unknown to the Squad, Captain Atom and Firestorm, who
have now joined forces, have prevented the blast from
killing the team.)
Notes
- This issue is a "Millennium" Week Four tie-in issue.
- Karin Grace is revealed to be a Manhunter agent.
Trivia
- No trivia.
See Also
Recommended Reading
  The events from this issue are related to Millennium, a 1988 crossover event spanning through all DC Titles, in which the Guardians of the Universe left and Earth was put in danger by the robotic Manhunter Cult. Core Issues
Week One
Week Two
Week Three
Week Four
Millennium #4 • Action Comics #596 • Captain Atom #11 • Detective Comics #582 • Suicide Squad #9 • Spectre #10 • Teen Titans Spotlight #18 Week Five
Week Six
Week Seven
Week Eight
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