This is madness, Waller. I've been a good soldier for you, but these...things... they're criminals... or worse. They cannot be controlled. 
- — Rustam
Suicide Squad (Volume 5) #9 is an issue of the series Suicide Squad (Volume 5) with a cover date of March, 2017. It was published on January 11, 2017.
Synopsis for "The First and Last Mission of Suicide Zero"
Amanda Waller briefs the original Suicide Squad on their mission in Jangsun. Despite their dictator they were no threat until the Jangsun Gods appeared and threatened US safety. The Suicide Squad work their way masterfully toward the "Gods" and effortlessly slaughter them; an unforeseen issue arises when thousands of civilians fall dead after one of their gods do. Although Waller attempts to stop them, the Suicide Squad continue; slaughtering each of the new "Gods" and the civilians in tow.
The Squad find Dictator Young stood near a machine they call a God-Engine which has the power to use human life as fuel to make these new Gods, Waller demands its destruction but Cyclotron suggests using it instead. Rustam and Lobo walk away but a contract from Waller to kill Cyclotron has Lobo run back in to kill the living bomb who begins to go critical and explodes.
Sifting through the carnage Waller finds her team relatively unharmed - except for Cyclotron - and returns them to their cells, certain that her Suicide Squad experiment was a success.
Appearing in "The First and Last Mission of Suicide Zero"
Featured Characters:
- Amanda Waller
- Suicide Squad
- Cyclotron (First appearance; dies)
- Doctor Polaris
- Emerald Empress (Pre-Zero Hour)
- Johnny Sorrow
- Lobo
- Rustam
- Suicide Squad
Supporting Characters:
- United States Government (Behind the scenes)
- U.S. Black Ops Team (Cameo)
Antagonists:
- Dictator Young (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Alternate Future characters (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Gods
- Emerald Empress (Single appearance)
- Doctor Polaris (Single appearance)
- Johnny Sorrow (Single appearance)
- Saturn Girl (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
- Gods
- Jangsun civilians (First appearance)
- Mr. Emerson (Doctor Polaris' father) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- King of Tears (Post-Flashpoint) (Mentioned only)
- Saturn Girl (Pre-Zero Hour) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Hypertime (Behind the scenes)
- Alternate Earth 0 Future (Doctor Polaris, Emerald Empress and Johnny Sorrow are remade as Gods by the God-Engine) (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (In a vision) (Erased)
- Earth (In ruins)
- Alternate Earth 0 Future (Doctor Polaris, Emerald Empress and Johnny Sorrow are remade as Gods by the God-Engine) (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (In a vision) (Erased)
- Multiverse (Behind the scenes)
- Earth 0
- Asia
- Afghanistan (In picture only)
- China (In picture only)
- Jangsun (First appearance)
- Japan (In picture only)
- Pakistan (In picture only)
- South Korea (In picture only)
- North America
- United States of America
- Hawaii (In picture only)
- Louisiana
- California (Mentioned only)
- Catalina (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- Oceania
- Mariana Islands (In picture only)
- Marshall Islands (In picture only)
- Pacific Ocean
- Asia
- Sphere of the Gods
- Hell (Mentioned only)
- Earth 0
Items:
- Emerald Eye of Ekron
- The God-Engine (First appearance) (Destroyed)
- Lobo's Hook
- Psi-Scimitar
Vehicles:
Concepts:
- Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum (Behind the scenes)
- Magic
- Metahumans
Notes
- This story takes place years before the debut of the current Suicide Squad in Suicide Squad (Volume 4) #1.
- This issue is a tie-in to the Justice League vs. Suicide Squad event.
- This issue is recommended to follow after Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #4.
- The events of this issue are revisited in Absolute Power: Origins #2.
- This issue is reprinted in Justice League vs. Suicide Squad.
See Also