Comic Title: Suicide Squad #30
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1989
On Sale Date: May 2, 1989 Shipping Date May 2, 1989
Source: Direct Currents, #14

Shipping Date May 2, 1989
Source: Previews, #2

Copyright Date May 2, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Robert Greenberger

Title: "Endgame"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Suicide Squad (Post-Crisis)

Writer: John Ostrander
Writer: Kim Yale
Penciller: John K. Snyder III
Inker: Karl Kesel
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Reprinted In:
Suicide Squad:The Janus Directive TPB (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Suicide Squad (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)
• Bronze Tiger (appears in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87 between pages 19 and 20 of this story; last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Suicide Squad #32)
• Captain Boomerang (appears in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87 between pages 19 and 20 of this story; last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Secret Origins #41)
• Doctor Light (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Suicide Squad #31)
• Duchess (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)
• Lady Liberty (dies in this story; last appearance in Checkmate #18; no further appearances)
• Major Victory (last appearance in Suicide Squad #29; next appearance in Suicide Squad #31)
• Nightshade (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)
• Punch (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)
• Jewelee (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)
• Ravan (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Suicide Squad #31)
• Shade the Changing Man (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)
• Silent Majority (dies in this story; last appearance in Checkmate #18; no further appearances)
• Vixen (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)

Guest Star(s)

• Captain Atom (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Captain Atom #30)
• Manhunter (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Manhunter #15)
• Peacemaker (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)
• Checkmate (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)
• Black Thorn (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)
• Firestorm (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)
• Mikhail Arkadin (behind-the-scenes in the Firestorm matrix; last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)
• Svarozhich (behind-the-scenes in the Firestorm matrix; last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)
• Valentina Vostok (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)
• Major Force (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sarge Steel (appears in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87 between pages 19 and 20 of this story; last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Suicide Squad #31)
• Amanda Waller (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Captain Atom #30)
• Flo Crowly (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Suicide Squad #32)
• Jack Kovacs (aka J. Danfield Kale; last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Suicide Squad #32)
• J. Daniel Murphy (last appearance in Suicide Squad #29; next appearance in Suicide Squad #31)

Villain(s)

• Kobra (appears in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87 between pages 19 and 20 of this story; last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Suicide Squad #33)
• The Blackadders (last appearance in Checkmate #18; no further appearances)
• Valland (last appearance in Checkmate #18; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Wade Eiling (last appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87; next appearance in Captain Atom #30)
• Lois Lane (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #456)
• Harry Stein (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Checkmate #19)
• George Bush (last appearance in Checkmate #18; next appearance in Green Arrow #24)
• Bridgette D'Abo (last appearance in Checkmate #17; next appearance in Checkmate #20)

Comments:
The Janus Directive Part 10

This story is continued from Checkmate #18 and continues in part in Captain Atom #30.

Pages 1-4 of Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87 occur between pages 19 and 20 of this story.

Synopsis:
The combined forces of Checkmate, the Suicide Squad, Project Atom, and several other heroes assault the space ark of Kobra. Inside, the teams find Manhunter who had infiltrated Kobra's ninja army. During the battle Silent Majority and Lady Liberty are both killed. Kobra tries to escape, but Manhunter stops him.

Fearing that the ark will crash into a populated area, Sarge Steel orders a nuclear strike which will kill all those still on board. Firestorm and Captain Atom destroy the missile before it can harm anyone.

In the aftermath, the President reorganizes the intelligence community. Sarge Steel, head of the CBI, is appointed as an overseers. Wade Eiling, head of Project Atom, now reports directly to Steel. Harry Stein retains control of Checkmate which is now independent of Task Force X which has been resolved. Peacemaker is assigned to Checkmate. Major Victory is assigned to the Suicide Squad which continues under Amanda Waller's leadership.