The Suicide Squad Rebirth relaunch started out strong and this was among the standout issues. On this issue, writer Rob Williams produces what makes the Squad so enjoyable: they are formidably talented, uncouth, at times comical, and at others downright ethos-driven heroes. This issue is intense, it’s filled with action, and a sprinkling of comedy

Spinning out of the origin story from Solar, Man of the Atom – perhaps the best actual science fiction ever in a superhero title – one reality’s Erica Pierce kills her counterpart in another, setting off a chase that leads to the Lost Land, which she is worshipped as Mothergod. The heroes of the Valiant universe are gathered for the first time to fight her and her forces the everything the then-young company had been doing up to that point came together in the Unity event.

Created by Milestone Comics founders Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, and Derek T. Dingle, the character made his first appearance in June 1993’s Static #1. Initially written by McDuffie and Robert L. Washington III, and illustrated by John Paul Leon, the series depicted Virgil’s attempts to balance school work, after-school job, family life, and teenage relationships while fighting crime in Dakota.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet” gets a beautiful, memorable illustrated presentation in this May 1986 issue courtesy of artist Dan Day, kicking off what would be a fantastic series based on Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories.

Hiram Lodge’s ambition and greed have had a negative impact on Riverdale, pushing people out of their homes and making the new...