DC Comics to Publish a New Suicide Squad Series

By Maryann Yin 

Suicide Squad No. 1 (GalleyCat)

DC Comics has announced plans for a new Suicide Squad comic book series. According to Comic Book Resources, this project will be part of the publisher’s DC Rebirth initiative.

Rob Williams has signed on as the writer. Jim Lee and Philip Tan have come on board as the artists. Williams recently unveiled the cover for the first issue, designed by Lee, on Twitter.

We’ve embedded the full image for the jacket design above—what do you think? The Suicide Squad film adaptation will hit theaters on August 5. The release date for Suicide Squad No. 1 has been scheduled for August 17. (via  Newsarama)