Story: "Send For... the Suicide Squad!" (22 Pages)

Credits: John Ostrander (plot); Len Wein (script); John Byrne (pencils); Karl Kesel (inks); Steve Haynie (letters); Tom Ziuko (colors); Mike Gold (edits)

Feature Characters: Flash III, Changeling; Superman (last in Cosmic Boy #1; next in Superman Vol. 2 #3)

Guest Stars: Col. Rick Flag, Captain Boomerang (last in Blue Devil #30), Enchantress (last in Crisis on Infinite Earths #12), Blockbuster I (last in Crisis on Infinite Earths #10; dies), Bronze Tiger, Deadshot (all six team together under the leadership of Rick Flag as Task Force X, the Suicide Squad); Phantom Stranger; Sarge Steel

Supporting Characters: Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Billy Batson, Amanda Waller (last in Fury of Firestorm #55), Lisa Sutton

Villains: Darkseid (last in Fury of Firestorm #55; next in Blue Beetle Vol. 2 #9), G. Gordon Godfrey (last in Fury of Firestorm #56; next in Blue Beetle Vol. 2 #9), DeSaad; Brimstone (last in Fury of Firestorm #55; destroyed; next in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #76); A Warhound

Guest Appearance: President Ronald Reagan (next in Blue Beetle Vol. 2 #9)

Other Characters: Mr. and Mrs. Sutton, Lisa's sister