Suicide Squad: Earthlings on Fire Review

Finished reading Suicide Squad: Earthlings on Fire, continuing the DC Rebirth series as writer Rob Williams brings a new addition to Task Force X in the form of the Superman villain, General Zod. The book opens with Amanda Waller meeting with Alex Luthor as she keeps him occupied while the squad infiltrate Luthor's underground vault with the plan to steal some Kryptonite to use on Zod as Waller makes him the newest member of the team. While on their first mission together the squad are sent to Zimbabwe in hopes to find the Annihilation Brigade which leads to a fight with the Russian super villains. Soon after the mission when the team is back at Belle Reve Zod decides to use his heat vision to take the Kryptonite bomb out of his head allowing him to attack the prison. The final story deals with the aftermath of the team's battle with Zod as Waller allows to them to have some time to relax while she try's and decide the future of the team. Overall this was a great book as it continues with the Zod story that started at the beginning of the series as Zod's time with be team comes to an end as the appearance of the Eradicator and Cyborg Superman tales the character on to his next arc within the DC Universe. The book has some great character development with the relationships between each character taking most of the development as Killer Croc and Enchantress' relationship continues to be one of the most human part of the book thanks to how it brings some humanity to the characters an not making them one note villains. While the development of the romantic relationship between Harley and Rick Flag is an interesting paring with how different the two characters are while also make for some interesting potential for future stories with the position the two find themselves at the end of the book. There's also a great amount of comedy within the book thanks to some of the situations the characters find themselves in from Captain Boomerangs are being lost after being teleported by Enchantress to how Zod views people with how out of touch he is with Earth, followed by the last story seeing how Enchantress reacts to being rejected after multiple job interviews. The art throughout the book is amazing as the action set pieces and and character emotions are brought to life exceptionally well thanks to the amount of detail that went into the book. 8.5/10.