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Warning ! Spoilers toSuicide Squad # 8below !
The latest issue of theSuicide SquadsawDC Comicsaddressing the controversialGreen Lantern"Women in Refrigerators " story through its scoundrel . With the late Suicide Squad literally send to Hell , theirbattle with deceased member of Suicide Squads ' past tense has Major Force make an show . Major Force ’s murder of Alexandra DeWitt and how he left her consistency for her swain , Green Lantern Kyle Rayner , became a critique of how female characters were being address in strip . With his appearance here and in theFlash , it would appear that Major Force has become the symbolization of these problems , leaving him open to physical and verbal unfavorable judgment and revenge from others .
With the latest incarnation ofAmanda Waller ’s Suicide Squad no longer affiliatedwith the US politics , its members portion out with their own personal struggles and various levels of perfidy from their emotionless and manipulative chaperon . Having been teleported to Hell , the Suicide Squad converge the Hell Squad , former Task Force X member who try revenge against Waller herself . The fight is disturb by the appearance of Major Force , a known villain with business leader similar to Captain Atom . He is infamously remembered for being engage by the Quorum Organization who require to beguile and studyKyle Rayner ’s Power Ring . He make it at the flat of Alexandra " Alex " DeWitt inGreen Lantern # 54where he flummox and finally murdered her when she refuse to give him information on her boyfriend . The sole Green Lantern at the time returned to discover Alex dead , her body parts lug in her icebox for him to find .
InSuicide Squad # 8by Robbie Thompson , Eduardo Pansica , Dexter Soy and Julia Ferreira , Major Force arrives acting on Waller ’s ordination . Although some of the Squad believe he ’s an " inviolable nightmare " , Clifford Zmeck is successful at gruesomely lay down the Hell Squad ’s leader Mindwarp . They are presently joined by theSuicide Squad ’s latest member Ambush Bug , a teleporter with fourth - bulwark cognisance who begrudgingly answers the questions from a man he turn over a misogynist and a " endure dumpster flame . "
Ambush Bug ’s disgust is due to his key signature meta - wit which permit him to narrate ongoing events and provide dada culture reference and commentary , the infamous comic trope being the field of the latter . " woman in Refrigerators " was coined by DC writer Gail Simone for a site that discuss strip , highlight a trend where women character were hurt , abused , killed , or depowered simply to help move forwards a manful character ’s account instead of their single stories . Ambush Bug is cognizant of this ongoing discussion but his critique toward Major Force shows that the rap come out to be alone on the reference instead of the writer or DC Comics as a whole . While some creators did take on the condition helped them re - evaluate how they address female characters , other creators were neutral or defend their tale choices . The term " Dead Men Defrosting " was afterward create , arguing that while male lineament could be killed or altered , the substantial remainder was that male characters often returned to their previous condition quo while distaff lineament never seem to return to their original condition .
Major Force ’s business leader and reputation make him a formidable enemy but one that is lately seen alongsideother villain like inFlash # 775 , sample to make a call to the occult Glaive . Wally West mock Zmeck ’s effort and practice him to take down other nearby supervillains before getting a Speed violence - powered blow himself . While he is more successful in helping the Suicide Squad , Major Force is clearly still taking heat for his association with the famousGreen Lanternstory , something that would have happened to any otherDCcharacter in his space as the discussion it inspired continues in the present twenty-four hours .
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