Comic Title: Suicide Squad #45
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1990
On Sale Date: August 7, 1990 Shipping Date August 7, 1990
Source: Previews, #17

Shipping Date August 7, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #181

Copyright Date August 7, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Direct Market Date August 9, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #162

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dan Raspler

Title: "The Jerusalem Serpent"
Pages: 22

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

Writer: John Ostrander
Writer: Kim Yale
Artist: Geof Isherwood
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Reprinted In:
Suicide Squad:The Phoenix Gambit TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Suicide Squad (last appearance in Suicide Squad #44; next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)
• Bronze Tiger (last appearance in Suicide Squad #43; next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)
• Vixen (last appearance in Suicide Squad #43; next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)
• Ravan (last appearance in Suicide Squad #43; next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)
• Captain Boomerang (last appearance in Suicide Squad #44; next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)
• Deadshot (last appearance in Suicide Squad #44; next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)
• Atom (last appearance in Suicide Squad #44; next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)

Guest Star(s)

• Hayoth (a team of Israeli super-heroes; next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)
• Golem (aka Myoshe Nakhman; next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)
• Judith (next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)
• Ramban (next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)
• Dybbuk (behind-the-scenes; next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)

Supporting Character(s)

• Amanda Waller (last appearance in Suicide Squad #44; next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)

Villain(s)

• Kobra (last appearance in Captain Atom #40; next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)

Other Character(s)

• An unnamed Egyptian official (no further appearances)
• Several federal agents (die in this story; no further appearances)
• Hamadi (Ravan's Israeli contact; no further appearances)
• Colonel Hacohen (Mossad's liaison with Hayoth; next appearance in Suicide Squad #46)

Comments:
This story continues in Suicide Squad #46.

Synopsis:
Kobra kills a group of federal agents. He leave one alive to deliver a message which indicates that Jersulam is his target. The Suicide Squad enter the country to stop him. Waller and Vixen are approached by Mossad. They are taken to a facility where Kobra is held captive. He was taken prisoner by the team of Israeli meta-humans known as Hayoth. Waller suspects that Kobra's captivity is all part of his plan.