Too many other characters are stock players, but the biggest problem is Harley herself. Jason and Harley are probably the closest, but both are written in rather one-note ways. What works here is Maleev’s detailed art and the intense battle segments and shootouts, but there are very few characters to care about here. The bullets fly, followed by the bodies, as the unlikely team of antiheroes race for their lives. Amanda Waller is still in a coma, and her lieutenant Larry is in charge-and he’s decided to eliminate a problem by hiring a second Squad led by Peacemaker to target Jason Todd’s squad and neutralize both them and Joker. After a massive holdover, we’re back for the conclusion and it mostly returns to the tone of the first issue-with a much more frantic pace. While the first had a compelling noir plotline with a terrifying cliffhanger-the Joker in charge of the brain bombs of the Suicide Squad-the second mostly squandered that promise with an overly sadistic installment that had Joker manipulating and tormenting Harley in creepy ways.

Ray: It’s been so long since the last issue of this Black Label miniseries that I’m sure a lot of people have forgotten the events of the first two issues. Suicide Squad: Get Joker! #3 – Brian Azzarello, Writer Alex Maleev, Artist Matt Hollingsworth, Colorist Ray – 7/10 Suicide Squad: Get Joker #3 variant cover, via DC Comics.

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