New Suicide Squad: The Suicide Squad is a fictional antihero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version of the Suicide Squad debuted in The Brave and the Bold #25 (September 1959) and the second and modern version, created by John Ostrander, debuted in Legends #3 (January 1987).

Is the Suicide Squad based on a comic?

One of the biggest complaints about DCEU movies is that they veer too much from the DC Comics that adapt. ... Before the film's release, James Gunn said on Twitter that he was making The Suicide Squad based on the John Ostrander stories from the 1980s.

Why was the Suicide Squad formed in the comics?

Comic Book Origins: Suicide Squad

Started in 1959, the Suicide Squad was a nickname for a Secret Government Organization called Task Force X. The original 4 members were all people that had been a part of an event in their life that saw them watched others die in a heroic fashion.