Comic Title: Legends #3
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: January 1987
On Sale Date: October 23, 1986 Newsstand Date October 23, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #32

Newsstand Date October 30, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #102

Shipping Date September 30, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #102

Shipping Date September 30, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #32

Shipping Date September 30, 1986
Source: Comics Journal, #110

Copyright Date September 30, 1986
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1986
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Gold

Title: "Send for... the Suicide Squad"
Pages: 22

Crossover Event:
Legends

Plotter: John Ostrander
Scripter: Len Wein
Penciller: John L. Byrne
Inker: Karl Kesel
Letterer: Steve Haynie
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Reprinted In:
Legends:The Collection TPB (1993)
Legends 30th Anniversary Edition TPB (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Captain Marvel (last appearance in Legends #2; next appearance in Legends #5)
• Superman (last appearance in Legends #2; next appearance in Superman #3)
• Batman (last appearance in Legends #2; next appearance in Legends #4)
• Teen Titans (last appearance in Legends #2; next appearance in Legends #4)
• Flash (last appearance in Legends #2; next appearance in Legends #4)
• Changeling (last appearance in Legends #2; next appearance in Legends #4)

Guest Star(s)

• Suicide Squad (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #14; next appearance in Legends #4)
• Rick Flag (last appearance in Legends #2; next appearance in Legends #4)
• Deadshot (last appearance in Legends #2; next appearance in Legends #4)
• Bronze Tiger (last appearance in Legends #2; next appearance in Legends #4)
• Blockbuster (first post-Crisis appearance; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Captain Boomerang (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins Annual #2; next appearance in Legends #4)
• Enchantress (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Legends #4)
• Phantom Stranger (last appearance in Legends #2; next appearance in Legends #4)

Supporting Character(s)

• Amanda Waller (last appearance in Fury of Firestorm #55; next appearance in Legends #4)
• Robin (last appearance in Legends #2; next appearance in Legends #5)

Villain(s)

• Darkseid (last appearance in Fury of Firestorm #55; next appearance in Legends #4)
• DeSaad (last appearance in Legends #2; next appearance in Legends #4)
• Brimstone (destroyed in this story; last appearance in Fury of Firestorm #55; next appearance in Firestorm, the Nuclear Man #76)
• Glorious Godfrey (last appearance in Green Lantern Corps #208; next appearance in Fury of Firestorm #56)
• The Warhounds (next appearance in Legends #4)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Sarge Steel (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #14)
• Ronald Reagan (last appearance in Legends #2; next appearance in Blue Beetle #9)

Other Character(s)

• Lisa Sutton (next appearance in Legends #5)
• Lisa's parents and sister (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Cosmic Boy (in flashback)
• Macro-Man (in flashback)
• Justice League (in flashback)
• Martian Manhunter (in flashback)
• Elongated Man (in flashback)
• Vibe (in flashback)
• Gypsy (in flashback)

Comments:
This story is continued from Legends #2 and continues in Legends #4.

Synopsis:
Following the presidential edict banning super-heroes, Sarge Steel arrives at Titans Tower to prevent Titans Changeling and Flash from leaving. Despite his warning and the protestors outside, the Titans leave the Tower.

Elsewhere Amanda Waller and Rick Flag finish briefing their new super-villain recruits Captain Boomerang, the Enchantress, and Blockbuster on a plan to take down Brimstone. Flag then leads the newly formed Suicide Squad into action. While Blockbuster and Boomerang distract the behemoth, Deadshot uses a specially designed gun to disrupt Brimstone's magnetic containment field. The Enchantress is then able to transform the ensuing fireball into a harmless snowstorm. When her evil side begins to assert itself, the Bronze Tiger incapacitates her. The Suicide Squad then leaves the scene having successfully completed their mission. However, Blockbuster has not survived.

Meanwhile, Billy Batson is taken in by the Sutton family and still blames himself for the death of Macro-Man. On Apokolips, Darkseid boasts about the success of his actions to the Phantom Stranger. He then unveils the latest part of his plot, the Warhounds.