Suicide Squad
Warning : contains Spoilers forSuicide Squad # 12 !
Despite their many age as allies , Amanda Wallerhas long consideredRick Flagsurprisingly spendable , and the newest effect ofSuicide Squadjust unveil why . Ever since Flag and Waller teamed up to run Task Force X , Waller has doubted Flag ’s dedication , even as she used his skills as team leader to assemble team after team of supervillains for the coarse good . While it seemed that the two had make a point in their family relationship where Waller would see Flag as an out - and - out ally , Suicide Squad # 1saw Waller imprison Flag so he would n’t be able to stand against her ultra new plan to take an full reality as her own personal fiefdom , with Flag subsequently escapingand mould his own job force to stop her .
In issue # 12 of the currentSuicide Squadseries - from Dennis Hopeless , Robbie Thompson , Eduardo Pansica , Julio Ferreira and Dexter Soy - Rick Flag is determined to put an remainder to Waller ’s end game ofsealing Earth-3 off from the rest of the multiverse . thing do n’t go as plan at the very final stage though . After managing to prevent her from explode the explosives implanted in any Squad members , Flag and his team finally confront her … only to find they ’ve been led into a yap . The terra firma opens up and swallows them whole , with Earth-23 ’s Clayface waiting for them and enfold the whole team .
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Waller then begins her plan to seize Earth-3 and reveals why she run into Flag as someone to dispose of rather than a worthful friend to bring home the bacon to her causa at all costs . Speaking in an interior monologue , she states"Flag only [ ever ] saw the mission . I see the endgame . And that ’s where we are now . And I ’ve broken every law and burned every bridge to ensure I have the last , best , and win move . Nothing stops the Wall . “This devious revelation shows that Waller has always been more implicated about the bighearted image rather than the day - to - Clarence Day practicality of the Squad care by Flag . While Rick Flag does what he feels is best for his squad members , Waller plan legion steps ahead to stick around on top . at long last , he was useful for keeping the squad together but inconsequent to Waller ’s with child goal , making him surprisingly replaceabledespite his story with the Squad .
This is exactly why Flag ’s dedication and loyalty to Waller over the years at last mean nothing . Sure , he may have a tolerant fondness wanting to be sure the mission succeedsandhe can get his team out alive , but Waller does n’t have the human side interfere . She has no care for what happens to those persuade out her plans , regardless of their veneration . To her , they ’re all just pawns on a chess board . She ’ll give them if it signify that she stay on course to an ensured victory . ToAmanda Waller , everyoneis expendable , and Rick Flag is no dissimilar .
Under Amanda Waller ’s watch , it does n’t matter how far up the run someone go up . She ’ll agitate it down if she needs to , which is something that Flag sadly learns too latterly by the end ofSuicide Squad#12.It ’s currently unclear if Rick Flag and his team have survived their encounter with Clayface . Still , if they deal to get away , they lie with now that they ’ll need to fall back with a smarter scheme . Amanda Wallerthinks multiple step ahead , so her prospect on human biography and the expendability of those that forge for her are thingsRick Flagand his newSuicide Squadwill take to keep in creative thinker if they truly desire to get in front of her and put an terminal to her sovereignty of affright .
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