Suicide Squad: Burning Down The House Review

Finished reading Suicide Squad: Burning Down The House, dealing with the aftermath of the events of Justice League vs Suicide Squad writer Rob Williams sends the team straight back into action as they try to hunt down escapee Rustam. The book opens with Amanda Waller try to find where original Suicide Squad member, Rustam is after trying to use her kids to get his revenge. Meanwhile the Suicide Squad are in Tibet trying to hunt down the villainous team, the Annihilation Brigade with no luck and after the mission the teams temporary handler Emilia Harcourt while Amanda is under investigation allows the team a night one release in New Orleans where a dunk Amanda Waller finds herself being assassinated be a mysterious figure. Soon after the team are set on their next mission to stop a prison break at Blackgate in Gotham a organised by Rustam. The second story within the book sees the return of classic Suicide Squad writer John Ostrander to the team he help to define as the Squad find themselves having to retrieve a recently kidnapped government official from the Netherlands before he can be but on trial for war crimes. Overall this was a good book as it continues the series by dealing with the ramifications of what's happening within in the series so far and the events of Justice League vs Suicide Squad with how these events have effected the missions that the team find themselves on. The art of the book is great as the transitions between John Romita Jr and Eddy Barrows work extremely with how the more action heavy parts of the book works hand in hand with the more character driven parts of the book that writer Rob Williams weaves together in a very intriguing way. While the for the art for the second story of the book does a great job in differentiating it self from the rest of the book while still feeling a part of the Suicide Squad as well thanks to how the story feels quite simple in design that's has a great story underneath. 7.5/10.