(B+) 76% | GoodNotes: Punctuated with philosophy, it's chaos and catastrophes, all action with alacrity, but bruised by botched biographies.

4.5 starsFanfuckingtastic!This is by far the best volume of Suicide Squad that I've read. I loathed volume 1, was only slightly more impressed with volume 2, and grudgingly gave volume 3 a less than enthusiastic passing grade.In fact, I almost let this one go back to the library unread.But...Shiny new cover! Must Read!Discipline and Punish is the volume that finally highlights Harley Quinn in the right way, because she shines like a whacked-out glow stick. And let's face it, when she's on to...

Ah well this one is all fun all the time, and while there wasn't anything much of depth in this volume, it makes up for it with many fun and shiny explosions and disturbing images and people. :)In other words, this is a must-read volume of SS. :)I'm really loving James Gordon JR. I suspect I might have to do a bit more research and find all the places where this psycho shows up. :)And King Shark? He's really tickling my funny bone. :) He's here to party.And then there's Harley. She's kinda a sta...

Maybe that's some of the true measure of love - the kindness we give to those who are too damaged to even perceive it. Not falling in love, but staying in it. Regardless of what comes.Wow, Suicide Squad just got deep. *lol*This volume had some more new team members (yes, I'm bored by the everlasting avalanche of "awsome" newbies flooding the team for 3 seconds). The best new character definitely is James Gordon's son (who is not as nice as daddy) - a killer, psycho and really good at analyzing o...

Suicide Squad, Vol. 4: Discipline and Punish is the only volume of the New 52 Suicide Squad I’ve been willing to roll the dice on for two reasons. One, my home girl Anne seems to have really enjoyed it. And two, because Ales Kot is so stinkin' fresh. His offbeat style continues to charm the hell outta me. Couple of minor spoilers coming up folks. This volume picks up with the re-programming of the current members of the squad and introduces a couple of new ones. Deadshot, Harley, and King Sha...

Waller.I am.Really.Sick.Of your.Games. Me too, Harley. Me too.Harley is still awesome. Waller still sucks. But the reason I think this one worked for me over the others is that the interesting conflict dynamic is between Waller and the squad. Having Gordon on site gives the writer an excuse to stick with Waller and get into her head a little more than previously. The single issue origin stories or Deadshot and Quinn were fun, though I do believe that is about the 4th Harley Quinn origin that

What a disappointing volume. The plot was a mess. New characters were being thrown out without being introduced such as Cheetah. The art didn't really workout with the previous volumes, though I didn't really mind it. This volume felt unnecessary. Though I liked how the older characters stayed true to themselves and how they gave us Harley's and Deadshots past in the final two issues. Overall I didn't really liked this volume, though some aspects of it were good enough.

Really liked it!! Yeppee! While this didn't rock my freak boat like the last volume, it certainly is epic. Especially with the add of James Gordon. Wow. He's kind of awesome, which I know I should not be feeling! But that's what Suicide Squad is all about, loving the characters we should loath. Plus, James Gordon's crush has to make you love him. *cough*

Oh hey, look at me, reading my first suicide squad trade the same week the film comes out! (Which, as of writing this, I've not seen).The 4th volume of something is a weird place to begin, but after doing a slight bit of research (googling for 5 minutes), this seemed like one of the better volumes of Suicide Squad to try from the more recent stuff.And it was actually pretty okay! Harley and Deadshot both make good leads, and King Shark is an amusing addition because to me he's a character that s...

I guess DC were aiming for the Fifty Shades crowd with the subtitle: “Discipline and Punish”? The only thing masochistic about Suicide Squad is that I keep reading the series even though it’s never been good, including this one! Ales Kot has (briefly) taken over from Adam Glass and the series has become slightly more fun as a result - that fun manifesting as “wacky captions”! But that’s it. Otherwise this is still overly-angsty moronic bees in a jar being shook up. There’s a couple of changes to...

Really enjoyed this volume! I flew through it!Suicide squad volume 4 is the shortest comic out of the collection so far and there was little dialogue or action happening. But this volume went into depth about Harley and Deadshot's life leading up to when they joined the suicide squad and what made them join the squad. I thought this was such a good and interesting read.

3.5 Stars for sure, creeping a bit higher? After the clusterfuck that was the "writing" of Adam Glass (is NOT half full of anything but shitty writing), this new direction from Ales Kot is a VERY welcome change. It's like eating Spam for 3 meals in a row, and then, having a hamburger: The hamburger to anyone else, is just an average hamburger, but to anyone who choked down the Spam? It's fucking Filet Mignon!Finally, instead of infighting, triple agents, betrayal, the constant threat of blowi...

This felt different from the last books, but then the writer is different. Still loving this series. Still lots of craziness, and violence. Not too gratuitous, thankfully. Some thoughtful stories, one with Deadshot as a young man who is driven by revenge, and another with Harley Quinn reflecting on her life. Both come to realize that they need the Suicide Squad to give them balance. For Harley, it keeps her off the edge of chaos, and for Deadshot, it's a challenge that means more than getting pa...

This was a HUGE improvement over the previous volume. Sometimes, that's what you get with a change in writers. Kot seems to be using the characters he has to their utmost. And let's face it, Harley is a gift to any writer who can appreciate her. Better yet? James Gordon, Jr. gets added to the mix. And he's in love with Waller. Isn't that just the most wonderful and terrifying thing you could imagine happening in this book? As a bonus, we get two backstory issues, one with Harley and one with Dea...

The comic is totally fabulous.

Very confusing opener. We get that Waller is an unpredictable manipulator, and we already know that these guys are villains and deserve the bad treatment they get.Even considering that, why the hell is Waller screwing with everyone? Is she just sadistic? Is this some kind of revival plan? Did I miss the one useful previous plot development by skipping the turd-sandwich-with-a-side-of-vomit that was Adam Glass' third volume of SS?Perhaps it's just hard to follow because Kot decided it would be mo...

This was pretty fun. Ales Kot channels his secret avengers writing skills and goes a little batshit here. Suicide squad is pushed back together, as always, but now besides Waller we have James Gordan helping her run the crew. He's extremely dangerous and also a bit insane, but that's what she needs to gain the advantage. Nobody is getting along of course but isn't that what makes the suicide squad so fun? Also two backup issues from other comics are placed at the end here about Harley and Deadsh...

I feel like the editing in this volume wasn't as good as it normally is for these comic volumes that come out with Publico (a newspaper here in Portugal). They normally work very well on their own and for people that are casual comic readers, but this one was confusing - I felt like things were missing and I didn't get a clear storyBut the art was beautiful and I still like the stories and characters (for the most part). Floyd Lawton's backstory and Harley Quinn's were very interesting, but I re...

This was probably actually a 4-star, but I have come to expect a little more -- a bit more sophistication, a bit more oomph -- from Suicide Squad. This volume, introducing James Gordon Junior to the title, drags a bit, has some unexplained changes in character, and has some confusing dodges in the plot. Lead up to the Forever Evil event, which I am about to start.

Interesting comic. I want to learn the Unknown Soldier's identity. Nice to learn how Deadshot is always coming back to life. Wonder what will happen to the Suicide Squad.