If you are a fan of the Suicide Squad, you just might be excited about this announcement from DC. Collaborating for the very first time author Brian Azzarello (Batman: Damned) and artist Alex Maleev (Batman: No Man’s Land) will bring us a three-issue DC Black Label series called Suicide Squad: Get Joker!. Here are the official details from DC.

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DC Announces ‘Suicide Squad: Get Joker!’ by Brian Azzarello and Alex Maleev!

Critically acclaimed and bestselling author Brian Azzarello (Batman: Damned) and Eisner Award-winning art legend Alex Maleev (Batman: No Man’s Land) collaborate for the first time in Suicide Squad: Get Joker!, DC’s new three-issue, oversize, Prestige Plus format Suicide Squad series pitting Red Hood, Harley Quinn, Firefly, and more of DC’s most villainous criminals against The Joker! Suicide Squad: Get Joker! will launch on August 3.

When Task Force X’s Amanda Waller sets her sights on Batman’s greatest foe, she enlists the Dark Knight’s former partner Jason Todd to track down the Clown Prince of Crime and put an end to his mad reign of terror!

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Suicide Squad: Get Joker! #1 (of 3) by Brian Azzarello, Alex Maleev and Matt Hollingsworth arrives on August 3 with card stock covers by Maleev (main) and Jorge Fornes (variant). Suicide Squad: Get Joker! will retail for $6.99 US for 48 pages and will carry DC’s Black Label content descriptor, indicating content appropriate for readers ages 17+.

For more information on DC’s Suicide Squad, Amanda Waller, The Joker, Jason Todd, and the World’s Greatest Super Heroes, visit DC’s website at www.dccomics.com and follow DC on social media at @DCComics and @thedcnation.

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