DC Comics has announced that bestselling author Brian Azzarello and Eisner Award-winning art legend Alex Maleev will come together for the first time ever to collaborate on the new Suicide Squad three-part series dubbed Get Joker.
The three-issue, oversize, Prestige Plus format Suicide Squad series pitting Red Hood, Harley Quinn, Firefly, and more of DC’s most villainous criminals against The Joker! Suicide Squad: Get Joker! will launch on August 3.
A synopsis for the series reads: When Task Force X’s Amanda Waller sets her sights on Batman’s greatest foe, she enlists the Dark Knight’s former partner Jason Todd to track down the Clown Prince of Crime and put an end to his mad reign of terror!
Take a look at new preview art from the series below:
Suicide Squad: Get Joker! #1 (of 3) by Brian Azzarello, Alex Maleev and Matt Hollingsworth arrives on August 3 with card stock covers by Maleev (main) and Jorge Fornes (variant). Suicide Squad: Get Joker! will retail for $6.99 US for 48 pages and will carry DC’s Black Label content descriptor, indicating content appropriate for readers ages 17+.
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