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The original '''Rick Flag Sr'''., initially known as '''Richard Montgomery Flag Sr.''', is a World War II veteran and field commander of the Suicide Squad. This wartime group was composed of convicted men who were used as expendable agents for highly challenging missions. Despite internal conflicts within the squad, under Rick Flag Sr.'s leadership, the team achieved success in completing their missions. Following the conclusion of World War II, the character establishes a family and has a son who is named after him before his death.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ostrander |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BKuUSQAACAAJ |title=Suicide Squad – Trial by Fire |date=2011 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-3005-0 |language=en}}</ref>
The original '''Rick Flag Sr'''., initially known as '''Richard Montgomery Flag Sr.''', is a World War II veteran and field commander of the Suicide Squad. This wartime group was composed of convicted men who were used as expendable agents for highly challenging missions. Despite internal conflicts within the squad, under Rick Flag Sr.'s leadership, the team achieved success in completing their missions. Following the conclusion of World War II, the character establishes a family and has a son who is named after him before his death.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ostrander |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BKuUSQAACAAJ |title=Suicide Squad – Trial by Fire |date=2011 |publisher=DC Comics |isbn=978-1-4012-3005-0 |language=en}}</ref>
'''Richard Rogers Flag Jr.''', also known as '''Rick Flag Jr.''', is the most prominent and widely recognized incarnation of the character in comics and other media. He is typically portrayed as the field commander of the modern Task Force X, also known as the Suicide Squad, similar to his predecessor. Rick Flag Jr.'s leadership and exceptional skills have earned him a reputation as one of [[Amanda Waller]]'s most loyal and trusted operatives within the team, despite the high mortality rate associated with their missions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rick Flag |url=https://www.dc.com/characters/rick-flag |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=DC |language=en-US}}</ref> In a previous version, the character was alternatively depicted as a soldier named '''Anthony Miller''', who was suggested to have been implanted with false memories, believing himself to be the son of the original Rick Flag. However, in modern continuities, this aspect is often disregarded. In certain retellings, Rick Flag Jr. is sometimes portrayed as the grandson of the original Rick Flag, rather than his direct son.<ref name=":42">{{Cite book |title=The DC comics encyclopedia: The definitive guide to the characters of the DC universe |publisher=[[DK (publisher)|DK Publishing]] |others=Matthew K. Manning, Stephen Wiacek, Melanie Scott, Nick Jones, Landry Q. Walker, Alan Cowsill |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-7440-2056-4 |edition=New |location=New York, New York |language=en |oclc=1253363543}}</ref>
'''Richard Rogers Flag Jr.''', also known as '''Rick Flag Jr.''', is the most prominent and widely recognized incarnation of the character in comics and other media. He is typically portrayed as the field commander of the modern Task Force X, also known as the Suicide Squad, similar to his predecessor. Rick Flag Jr.'s leadership and exceptional skills have earned him a reputation as one of [[Amanda Waller]]'s most loyal and trusted operatives within the team, despite the high mortality rate associated with their missions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rick Flag |url=https://www.dc.com/characters/rick-flag |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=DC |language=en-US}}</ref> In a previous version, the character was alternatively depicted as a soldier named '''Anthony Miller''', who was suggested to have been implanted with false memories, believing himself to be the son of the original Rick Flag. However, in modern continuities, this aspect is often disregarded. In certain depictions, Rick Flag Jr. is the grandson of the original Rick Flag rather than his son.<ref name=":42">{{Cite book |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |publisher=[[DK (publisher)|DK Publishing]] |others=Matthew K. Manning, Stephen Wiacek, Melanie Scott, Nick Jones, Landry Q. Walker, Alan Cowsill |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-7440-2056-4 |edition=New |location=New York, New York |language=en |oclc=1253363543}}</ref>


The character made his live-action debut in the television series ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'', played by [[Ted Whittall]]. In the [[DC Extended Universe]], Rick Flag Jr. was played by [[Joel Kinnaman]] in the films ''[[Suicide Squad (2016 film)|Suicide Squad]]'' (2016) and ''[[The Suicide Squad (film)|The Suicide Squad]]'' (2021), also appearing in archive flashbacks in the 2022 [[Peacemaker season 1|first season]] of ''[[Peacemaker (TV series)|Peacemaker]]''. [[Frank Grillo]] currently voices his father, Rick Flag Sr., in the [[DC Universe (franchise)|DC Universe]] animated series ''[[Creature Commandos (TV series)|Creature Commandos]]'' (2024), and will play the character in live-action in the upcoming film ''[[Superman (2025 film)|Superman]]'' (2025) and the 2025 [[Peacemaker season 2|second season]] of ''Peacemaker''.
The character made his live-action debut in the television series ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'', played by [[Ted Whittall]]. In the [[DC Extended Universe]], Rick Flag Jr. was played by [[Joel Kinnaman]] in the films ''[[Suicide Squad (2016 film)|Suicide Squad]]'' (2016) and ''[[The Suicide Squad (film)|The Suicide Squad]]'' (2021), also appearing in archive flashbacks in the 2022 [[Peacemaker season 1|first season]] of ''[[Peacemaker (TV series)|Peacemaker]]''. [[Frank Grillo]] currently voices his father, Rick Flag Sr., in the [[DC Universe (franchise)|DC Universe]] animated series ''[[Creature Commandos (TV series)|Creature Commandos]]'' (2024), and will play the character in live-action in the upcoming film ''[[Superman (2025 film)|Superman]]'' (2025) and the 2025 [[Peacemaker season 2|second season]] of ''Peacemaker''.


==Fictional character biography==
== Fictional character biography ==
===Rick Flag Sr.===
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===Rick Flag Sr.===
'''Richard Montgomery Flag''' led a division in [[World War II]] called the Suicide Squad.<ref>{{Cite comic | Writer = [[John Ostrander|Ostrander, John]] | Penciller = [[Luke McDonnell|McDonnell, Luke]] | Inker =Hunt, Dave | Story = The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad | Title = Secret Origins | Volume = 2 | Issue = #14 | Date = May, 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 6 | Panel =  | ID = }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=McAvennie |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |title=DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-8578-6 |page=89}}</ref> In his first mission, Flag was the only survivor. After that his team enjoyed increasing success and decreasing casualties. After the war, he married Sharon Race.<ref name="a">{{Cite comic | Writer = [[John Ostrander|Ostrander, John]] | Penciller = [[Luke McDonnell|McDonnell, Luke]] | Inker = Hunt, Dave | Story = The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad | Title = Secret Origins | Volume = 2 | Issue = #14 | Date = May, 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 7 | Panel = 1 | ID = }}</ref> In 1951, with the disappearance of the [[Justice Society of America]] and other super-heroes, President [[Harry S. Truman]] again called on Flag when he created Task Force X.<ref name="dc-ency">{{Cite book | last = Wallace | first = Dan | contribution = Flag, Rich | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia | page = 128 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-7566-4119-1 | oclc = 213309017}}</ref><ref name="b">{{Cite comic | Writer = [[John Ostrander|Ostrander, John]] | Penciller = [[Luke McDonnell|McDonnell, Luke]] | Inker = Hunt, Dave | Story = The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad | Title = Secret Origins | Volume = 2 | Issue = #14 | Date = May, 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 7-9 | Panel =  | ID = }}</ref>
'''Richard Montgomery Flag''' led a division in [[World War II]] called the Suicide Squad.<ref name="c">''[[Secret Origins]]'' (vol. 2) #14 (May 1987)</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |title=DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=McAvennie |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-8578-6 |page=89}}</ref> In his first mission, Flag was the only survivor. After that, his team had increasing success and decreasing casualties. After the war, he married Sharon Race.<ref name="c" /> In 1951, with the disappearance of the [[Justice Society of America]] and other super-heroes, President [[Harry S. Truman]] again called on Flag when he created Task Force X.<ref name="c" /><ref name="dc-ency2">{{Cite book |last=Wallace |first=Dan |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7566-4119-1 |editor-last=Dougall |editor-first=Alastair |place=New York |page=128 |contribution=Flag, Rich |oclc=213309017}}</ref>


Task Force X would have two units: the military unit "Argent" (led by "Control"), and the civilian unit "Suicide Squad" which would deal with civilian matters — masked villains and the like.<ref name=units>{{Cite comic | Writer = [[John Ostrander|Ostrander, John]] | Penciller = [[Luke McDonnell|McDonnell, Luke]] | Inker = Hunt, Dave | Story = The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad | Title = Secret Origins | Volume = 2 | Issue = #14 | Date = May, 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 8 | Panel =  | ID = }}</ref> Commander [[Haunted Tank|Jeb Stuart]] would lead the military side to deal with national and international crises.<ref name=units/> Though Argent's recorded activity ceased after 1960, Stuart's Suicide Squad continued on.<ref name="c">{{Cite comic | Writer = [[John Ostrander|Ostrander, John]] | Penciller = [[Luke McDonnell|McDonnell, Luke]] | Inker = Hunt, Dave | Story = The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad | Title = Secret Origins | Volume = 2 | Issue = #14 | Date = May, 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 9 | Panel =  | ID = }}</ref> Eventually, Flag sacrificed himself in stopping the former [[Blackhawk (DC Comics)|Blackhawks]]' nemesis, the War Wheel.<ref name="dc-ency"/><ref name="d">{{Cite comic | Writer = [[John Ostrander|Ostrander, John]] | Penciller = [[Luke McDonnell|McDonnell, Luke]] | Inker = Hunt, Dave | Story = The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad | Title = Secret Origins | Volume = 2 | Issue = #14 | Date = May, 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 14 | Panel = 5 | ID = }}</ref>
Task Force X would have two units: the military unit "Argent" (led by "Control"), and the civilian unit "Suicide Squad" which would deal with civilian matters — masked villains and the like.<ref name="c" /> Commander [[Haunted Tank|Jeb Stuart]] would lead the military side to deal with national and international crises.<ref name="c" /> Though Argent's recorded activity ceased after 1960, Stuart's Suicide Squad continued on.<ref name="c" /> Eventually, Flag sacrificed himself in stopping the former [[Blackhawk (DC Comics)|Blackhawks]]' nemesis, the War Wheel.<ref name="dc-ency2" /><ref name="c" />
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===Rick Flag Jr.===
===Rick Flag Jr.===
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Flag was replaced in the Squad by his now-grown son '''Richard Rogers Flag'''. Young Rick headed a new, public team which included his girlfriend, Karin Grace, Dr. Hugh Evans, and Jess Bright.<ref name="e">{{Cite comic | Writer = [[John Ostrander|Ostrander, John]] | Penciller = [[Luke McDonnell|McDonnell, Luke]] | Inker = Hunt, Dave | Story = The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad | Title = Secret Origins | Volume = 2 | Issue = #14 | Date = May, 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 19 | Panel =  | ID = }}</ref> In one tragic mission in Cambodia they were pursued by a Yeti. Evans and Bright and the Yeti fell into a crevasse, presumably to their deaths.<ref name="f">{{Cite comic | Writer = [[John Ostrander|Ostrander, John]] | Penciller = [[Luke McDonnell|McDonnell, Luke]] | Inker = Hunt, Dave | Story = The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad | Title = Secret Origins | Volume = 2 | Issue = #14 | Date = May, 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 26 | Panel =  | ID = }}</ref> Bright survived, angered at being left behind.
Flag was replaced in the Squad by his now-grown son '''Richard Rogers Flag'''. Young Rick headed a new, public team which included his girlfriend, Karin Grace, Dr. Hugh Evans, and Jess Bright.<ref name="c" /> In one mission in [[Cambodia]], they were pursued by a Yeti. Evans and Bright and the Yeti fell into a crevasse, presumably to their deaths.<ref name="c" />
 
Bright survived, angered at being left behind. Frostbitten and near-death, he was found by the Chinese, who nursed him back to health. He was then passed onto the Russians, who transformed him into a bionic monster called Koshchei the Deathless. With his expertise in engineering, Bright assisted in the creation of the [[Rocket Red Brigade]] and lent a hand to the nation of [[Qurac]] in assembling their [[metahuman]] team [[Onslaught (DC Comics)|Onslaught]].


Bright, frostbitten and near-death, was found by the Chinese who nursed him back to health. He was then passed onto the Russians who transformed him into the bionic monster called Koshchei the Deathless. With his expertise in engineering, Bright assisted in the creation of the [[Rocket Red Brigade]] and lent a hand to the nation of [[List_of_DC_Universe_locations#Fictional_geographic_locations_and_countries_of_the_DC_Universe_Earth|Qurac]] in assembling their metahuman team, the [[Onslaught (DC Comics)|Onslaught]]. Grace also secretly bore Flag's son and placed him with an adoptive family. Later, Rick was sent to infiltrate the [[Forgotten Heroes]] as a spy for the government.<ref name="g">{{Cite comic | Writer = [[John Ostrander|Ostrander, John]] | Penciller = [[Luke McDonnell|McDonnell, Luke]] | Inker = Hunt, Dave | Story = The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad | Title = Secret Origins | Volume = 2 | Issue = #14 | Date = May, 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 27 | Panel =  | ID = }}</ref> After the "death" of the Forgotten Heroes' leader, the Immortal Man, the team disbanded and Flag worked covertly for the U.S. government.<ref name="h">{{Cite comic | Writer = [[John Ostrander|Ostrander, John]] | Penciller = [[Luke McDonnell|McDonnell, Luke]] | Inker = Hunt, Dave | Story = The Secret Origin of the Suicide Squad | Title = Secret Origins | Volume = 2 | Issue = #14 | Date = May, 1987 | Publisher = DC Comics | Page = 28 | Panel = 1 | ID = }}</ref>
Meanwhile, Grace secretly bore Flag's son and placed him with an adoptive family. Later, Rick was sent to infiltrate the [[Forgotten Heroes]] as a spy for the government.<ref name="c" /> After the "death" of the Forgotten Heroes' leader, the [[Immortal Man]], the team disbanded and Flag worked covertly for the U.S. government.<ref name="c" />


Rick Flag Jr. was then tapped by the government to lead the new Suicide Squad as formed by [[Amanda Waller]], a role he reluctantly assumed. Immediately, Rick showed signs of instability, which were worsened when Karin Grace became the team's medic. Flag hated working with the criminals under his command, and resented the notion that he and [[Deadshot]] were alike in any way.<ref name="dc-ency"/>
Rick Flag Jr. was then tapped by the government to lead the new Suicide Squad as formed by [[Amanda Waller]], a role he reluctantly assumed. Immediately, Rick showed signs of instability, which were worsened when Karin Grace became the team's medic. Flag hated working with the criminals under his command, and resented the notion that he and [[Deadshot]] were alike in any way.<ref name="dc-ency">{{Cite book | last = Wallace | first = Dan | contribution = Flag, Rich | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia | page = 128 | publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]] | place = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-7566-4119-1 | oclc = 213309017}}</ref>


There were bright points amongst the Suicide Squad however, as the team was not completely filled with criminals. [[Nightshade (DC Comics)|Nightshade]], although she resented Flag at first when she was forced to become an accessory to murder when she became an undercover operative in the Jihad, grew attracted to him. She was never able to admit her feelings to him however, and he took no notice.
There were bright points amongst the Suicide Squad however, as the team was not completely filled with criminals. [[Nightshade (DC Comics)|Nightshade]], although she resented Flag at first when she was forced to become an accessory to murder when she became an undercover operative in the Jihad, grew attracted to him. She was never able to admit her feelings to him however, and he took no notice.
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The loyalty Flag had towards his teammates and Waller was evident in the fact that he did not shy away from a conflict with the [[Justice League of America|Justice League]] to free Nemesis from Soviet captivity. He also threatened a bureaucrat who was threatening Waller's position.
The loyalty Flag had towards his teammates and Waller was evident in the fact that he did not shy away from a conflict with the [[Justice League of America|Justice League]] to free Nemesis from Soviet captivity. He also threatened a bureaucrat who was threatening Waller's position.


This did nothing to ease Flag's mental instability, and it soon worsened. Flag led a different Squad in a deadly mission involving the [[Doom Patrol]] in which he was the only survivor.<ref>''Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad'' #1 (1988). DC Comics.</ref> The death of Karin Grace also served to amplify this and it came to a head when US Senator Cray threatened to reveal the existence of the Suicide Squad to the public.
This did nothing to ease Flag's mental instability, and it soon worsened. Flag led a different Squad in a deadly mission involving the [[Doom Patrol]] in which he was the only survivor.<ref>''Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special'' (March 1988)</ref> The death of Karin Grace also served to amplify this and it came to a head when US Senator Cray threatened to reveal the existence of the Suicide Squad to the public.
 
Unbeknownst to him, Amanda Waller had already dealt with the threat, and Flag set out to assassinate Cray to ensure the existence of the Suicide Squad, even though he loathed some of its members. The Squad set out to stop him, with the clearance to do so by any means necessary. The villain Deadshot found Flag and Cray, but instead of killing Flag, Deadshot instead murdered the senator. Flag was forced to flee, and unwittingly, the existence of the Suicide Squad was still revealed.


Flag set out to destroy the Jihad team after learning that his father had previously attacked their stronghold, Jotunheim, during World War II to neutralise a Nazi prototype nuclear weapon. He left a note to Nightshade detailing his plans. The bomb was still there, buried under rubble and the Jihad were unaware of its presence. Flag sneaked in and killed his way through to the bomb itself. He battled the [[Onslaught (DC Comics)|Jihad]]'s leader Rustam personally, just before the bomb exploded.
Unbeknownst to him, Waller had already dealt with the threat, and Flag set out to assassinate Cray to ensure the existence of the Suicide Squad, even though he loathed some of its members. The Squad set out to stop him, with the clearance to do so by any means necessary. Deadshot found Flag and Cray, but instead of killing Flag, Deadshot instead murdered the senator. Flag was forced to flee, and unwittingly, the existence of the Suicide Squad was revealed.


After his death, Flag appeared in an issue of ''[[Captain Atom]]'', where his soul was saved from an eternity in [[Purgatory]] and reunited with Karin in [[Paradise]]. His Purgatory self also appears in the ''[[Day of Judgement (comics)|Day of Judgement]]'' limited series. Along with other Purgatory bound souls, he battles heavenly agents on the behalf of still living superheroes. His rebellious actions earned him another afterlife chance.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
Flag set out to destroy the Jihad team after learning that his father had previously attacked their stronghold, Jotunheim, during World War II to neutralise a Nazi prototype nuclear weapon. He left a note to Nightshade detailing his plans. The bomb was still there, buried under rubble and the Jihad were unaware of its presence. Flag sneaked in and killed his way through to the bomb itself. He battled the [[Onslaught (DC Comics)|Jihad]]'s leader Rustam personally, just before the bomb exploded.<ref>''Suicide Squad'' #26 (April 1989)</ref>


[[One Year Later]] in ''[[Checkmate (comics)|Checkmate]]'' (vol. 2) #6, Rick Flag is revealed to be alive and is rescued from a secret [[Qurac]]i prison by the [[Bronze Tiger]].<ref name="dc-ency"/> He had been imprisoned there for four years until Amanda Waller discovered him and alerted the Tiger to his whereabouts. Rick was later revealed to be leading a clandestine Suicide Squad unit at the behest of Waller, and against the expressed mandate of the Checkmate organization.
In ''[[Checkmate (comics)|Checkmate]]'' (vol. 2) #6, Rick Flag is revealed to be alive and is rescued from a secret Quraci prison by [[Bronze Tiger]].<ref name="dc-ency" /><ref>''Suicide Squad'' (vol. 3) #3 (January 2008)</ref> He had been imprisoned there for four years until Waller discovered him and alerted the Tiger to his whereabouts. Rick was later revealed to be leading a clandestine Suicide Squad unit at the behest of Waller, and against the expressed mandate of the Checkmate organization.


As seen in ''Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag'' #2, Rustam used his Scimitar to teleport both Rick Flag and himself to [[Skartaris]]. In ''Raise the Flag'' #5, [[General Wade Eiling]] admits that Rick Flag Jr. is not the son of Rick Flag Sr., but a soldier named '''Anthony Miller''' who was brainwashed by Eiling into believing he was Flag's son. Miller's conditioning means that Eiling still has control of him, and uses him as part of his takeover of the Suicide Squad. Forced to activate an explosive implant in Amanda Waller's brain, Miller breaks free from his mind control enough to activate Eiling's implant instead, leaving him helpless enough to be captured. Confronted with the possibility to give up his presumed identity and return home, Miller decides that the Suicide Squad needs a Rick Flag, and refuses the offer.
As seen in ''Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag'' #2, Rustam used his Scimitar to teleport both Rick Flag and himself to [[Skartaris]]. In ''Raise the Flag'' #5, [[General Wade Eiling]] admits that Rick Flag Jr. is not the son of Rick Flag Sr., but a soldier named '''Anthony Miller''' who was brainwashed by Eiling into believing he was Flag's son. Miller's conditioning means that Eiling still has control of him, and uses him as part of his takeover of the Suicide Squad. Forced to activate an explosive implant in Waller's brain, Miller breaks free from his mind control enough to activate Eiling's implant instead, leaving him helpless enough to be captured. Confronted with the possibility to give up his presumed identity and return home, Miller decides that the Suicide Squad needs a Rick Flag, and refuses the offer.


=== Rick Flag III ===
=== Rick Flag III ===
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* Rick Flag Jr. appears in the ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Task Force X", voiced by [[Adam Baldwin]].<ref name="btva2">{{cite web |title=Rick Flag Voices (DC Universe) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/DC-Universe/Rick-Flag/ |access-date=December 13, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version is a member of [[Project Cadmus]] and leader of Task Force X.
* Rick Flag Jr. appears in the ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Task Force X", voiced by [[Adam Baldwin]].<ref name="btva2">{{cite web |title=Rick Flag Voices (DC Universe) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/DC-Universe/Rick-Flag/ |access-date=December 13, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version is a member of [[Project Cadmus]] and leader of Task Force X.
* A character based on Rick Flag Jr. appears in ''[[Smallville]]'', portrayed by [[Ted Whittall]]. This version's real name is '''Richard Stafford''' and the leader of the Suicide Squad, who initially work for Amanda Waller before being blackmailed into working for [[Chloe Sullivan]].
* A character based on Rick Flag Jr. appears in ''[[Smallville]]'', portrayed by [[Ted Whittall]]. This version's real name is '''Richard Stafford''' and the leader of the Suicide Squad, who initially work for Amanda Waller before being blackmailed into working for [[Chloe Sullivan]].
* Rick Flag Jr. appears in ''[[Suicide Squad Isekai]]'', voiced by [[Taku Yashiro]] in the Japanese version and Jeremy Gee in the English version.<ref name="btva2" /><ref name="Cast2">{{Cite web |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=February 8, 2024 |title=''Suicide Squad Isekai'' Anime Reveals More Cast Members |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-08/suicide-squad-isekai-anime-reveals-more-cast-members/.207386 |access-date=February 9, 2024 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gee |first=Jeremy |date=July 6, 2024 |title=Crazy to say that I'm part of the DC universe, but I am! I play Rick Flag in Suicide Squad Isekai! Check it out on Hulu, new episodes weekly! #voiceactor #dcuniverse #anime |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C9DQSvyuzrF/?hl=en&img_index=1 |access-date=July 6, 2024 |website=Instagram}}</ref>
* Rick Flag Jr. appears in ''[[Suicide Squad Isekai]]'', voiced by [[Taku Yashiro]] in the Japanese version and Jeremy Gee in the English version.<ref name="btva2" /><ref name="Cast2">{{Cite web |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=February 8, 2024 |title=Suicide Squad Isekai Anime Reveals More Cast Members |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-08/suicide-squad-isekai-anime-reveals-more-cast-members/.207386 |access-date=February 9, 2024 |website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gee |first=Jeremy |date=July 6, 2024 |title=Crazy to say that I'm part of the DC universe, but I am! I play Rick Flag in Suicide Squad Isekai! Check it out on Hulu, new episodes weekly! #voiceactor #dcuniverse #anime |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C9DQSvyuzrF/?hl=en&img_index=1 |access-date=July 6, 2024 |website=Instagram}}</ref>


===Film===
===Film===
Rick Flag Sr. appears in ''[[Justice League: The New Frontier]]'', voiced by [[Lex Lang]].<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Rick Flag Sr. Voices (DC Universe) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Marvel-Universe/Rick-Flag-Sr/ |access-date=December 13, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version is [[Hal Jordan]]'s instructor and co-pilot during a mission to Mars. Additionally, a young Rick Flag Jr. makes a non-speaking cameo appearance.
Rick Flag Sr. appears in ''[[Justice League: The New Frontier]]'', voiced by [[Lex Lang]].<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Rick Flag Sr. Voices (DC Universe) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/DC-Universe/Rick-Flag-Sr/ |access-date=December 13, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version is [[Hal Jordan]]'s instructor and co-pilot during a mission to Mars. Additionally, a young Rick Flag Jr. makes a non-speaking cameo appearance.


===DC Extended Universe / DC Universe===
===DC Extended Universe / DC Universe===
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[[Rick Flag (DC Extended Universe)|Rick Flag Jr.]] and General Rick Flag Sr. appear in media set in the [[DC Extended Universe]] (DCEU) and the [[DC Universe (franchise)|DC Universe]] (DCU), portrayed by [[Joel Kinnaman]] and [[Frank Grillo]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jeff Sneider |date=February 13, 2015 |title=Joel Kinnaman to Replace Tom Hardy as Rick Flagg in WB's ''Suicide Squad'' |url=http://www.thewrap.com/joel-kinnaman-eyed-to-replace-tom-hardy-in-wbs-suicide-squad/ |work=The Wrap}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Umberto |date=April 12, 2023 |title=Frank Grillo to Play the DCU's Rick Flag in ''Creature Commandos'' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/frank-grillo-dcu-rick-flag-creature-commandos/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412192927/https://www.thewrap.com/frank-grillo-dcu-rick-flag-creature-commandos/ |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |access-date=April 12, 2023 |website=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref>
[[Rick Flag (DC Extended Universe)|Rick Flag Jr.]] and General Rick Flag Sr. appear in media set in the [[DC Extended Universe]] (DCEU) and the [[DC Universe (franchise)|DC Universe]] (DCU), portrayed by [[Joel Kinnaman]] and [[Frank Grillo]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jeff Sneider |date=February 13, 2015 |title=Joel Kinnaman to Replace Tom Hardy as Rick Flagg in WB's Suicide Squad |url=http://www.thewrap.com/joel-kinnaman-eyed-to-replace-tom-hardy-in-wbs-suicide-squad/ |work=The Wrap}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Umberto |date=April 12, 2023 |title=Frank Grillo to Play the DCU's Rick Flag in Creature Commandos (Exclusive) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/frank-grillo-dcu-rick-flag-creature-commandos/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412192927/https://www.thewrap.com/frank-grillo-dcu-rick-flag-creature-commandos/ |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |access-date=April 12, 2023 |website=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref>
* In ''[[Suicide Squad (2016 film)|Suicide Squad]]'' (2016), [[Special Forces (United States Army)|Special Forces]] officer Flag Jr. is hired by [[Amanda Waller (DC Extended Universe)|Amanda Waller]] to watch over June Moone, with whom he falls in love, and is later tasked with leading the Suicide Squad on field missions. After Moone is taken over by the [[Enchantress (DC Comics)|Enchantress]], Flag leads the squad on a mission to save her and foil the witch's plan to conquer the world.
* In ''[[Suicide Squad (2016 film)|Suicide Squad]]'' (2016), [[Special Forces (United States Army)|Special Forces]] officer Flag Jr. is hired by [[Amanda Waller (DC Extended Universe)|Amanda Waller]] to watch over June Moone, with whom he falls in love, and is later tasked with leading the Suicide Squad on field missions. After Moone is taken over by the [[Enchantress (DC Comics)|Enchantress]], Flag leads the squad on a mission to save her and foil the witch's plan to conquer the world.
* Flag Jr. returns in ''[[The Suicide Squad (film)|The Suicide Squad]]'' (2021).<ref>{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=July 10, 2019 |title=Storm Reid Joins Idris Elba in James Gunn's ''The Suicide Squad'' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/storm-reid-joins-james-gunns-suicide-squad-1223553 |access-date=July 13, 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> He leads a new iteration of the squad on a mission to destroy a [[Corto Maltese (DC Comics)|Corto Maltesean]] laboratory called Jötunheim that is conducting inhumane experiments via the alien [[Starro]]. After learning the U.S. government secretly funded the experiments, Flag attempts to retrieve a hard drive containing the information and leak it, only to be killed by squad member [[Peacemaker (DC Extended Universe)|Peacemaker]], whom Waller secretly assigned to scrub the information.
* Flag Jr. returns in ''[[The Suicide Squad (film)|The Suicide Squad]]'' (2021).<ref>{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=July 10, 2019 |title=Storm Reid Joins Idris Elba in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/storm-reid-joins-james-gunns-suicide-squad-1223553 |access-date=July 13, 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> He leads a new iteration of the squad on a mission to destroy a [[Corto Maltese (DC Comics)|Corto Maltese]] laboratory called Jötunheim that is conducting inhumane experiments via the alien [[Starro]]. After learning the U.S. government secretly funded the experiments, Flag attempts to retrieve a hard drive containing the information and leak it, only to be killed by squad member [[Peacemaker (DC Extended Universe)|Peacemaker]], whom Waller secretly assigned to scrub the information.
* Flag Jr. appears in the [[Peacemaker season 1|first season]] of ''[[Peacemaker (TV series)|Peacemaker]]'' via archive footage from ''The Suicide Squad''.
* Flag Jr. appears in the [[Peacemaker season 1|first season]] of ''[[Peacemaker (TV series)|Peacemaker]]'' via archive footage from ''The Suicide Squad''.
* Flag Sr. first appears in ''[[Creature Commandos (TV series)|Creature Commandos]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Massoto |first=Erick |date=January 31, 2023 |title=''Creature Commandos'': Meet the Cast of the New DC Animated Series |url=https://collider.com/creature-commandos-series-cast/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |website=Collider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=January 31, 2023 |title=DC Slate Unveiled: New Batman, Supergirl Movies, a Green Lantern TV Show, and More from James Gunn, Peter Safran |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/james-gunn-unveils-dc-slate-batman-superman-1235314176/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131171111/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/james-gunn-unveils-dc-slate-batman-superman-1235314176/ |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |access-date=January 31, 2023 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name="btva" /> This version is a contemporary general and the leader of the [[Creature Commandos|titular team]].<ref name="GrilloSR">{{Cite web |last=Hermanns |first=Grant |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Frank Grillo Talks Lights Out, His Close Friendship With Mekhi Phifer & DCU Future |url=https://screenrant.com/lights-out-frank-grillo-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213020323/https://screenrant.com/lights-out-frank-grillo-interview/ |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref>
* Flag Sr. first appears in ''[[Creature Commandos (TV series)|Creature Commandos]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Massoto |first=Erick |date=January 31, 2023 |title=Creature Commandos: Meet the Cast of the New DC Animated Series |url=https://collider.com/creature-commandos-series-cast/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |website=Collider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=January 31, 2023 |title=DC Slate Unveiled: New Batman, Supergirl Movies, a Green Lantern TV Show, and More from James Gunn, Peter Safran |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/james-gunn-unveils-dc-slate-batman-superman-1235314176/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131171111/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/james-gunn-unveils-dc-slate-batman-superman-1235314176/ |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |access-date=January 31, 2023 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name="btva" /> This version is a contemporary general and the leader of the [[Creature Commandos|titular team]].<ref name="GrilloSR">{{Cite web |last=Hermanns |first=Grant |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Frank Grillo Talks Lights Out, His Close Friendship With Mekhi Phifer & DCU Future |url=https://screenrant.com/lights-out-frank-grillo-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213020323/https://screenrant.com/lights-out-frank-grillo-interview/ |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref>
* Flag Sr. will return in ''[[Superman (2025 film)|Superman]]'' (2025).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Behbahkt |first=Andy |date=June 25, 2024 |title=''Superman'' Set Photos Confirm DCU Crossover & First Major Story Reveal |url=https://screenrant.com/superman-movie-frank-grillo-creature-commandos-set-photos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626012537/https://screenrant.com/superman-movie-frank-grillo-creature-commandos-set-photos/ |archive-date=June 26, 2024 |access-date=June 25, 2024 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref>
* Flag Sr. will return in ''[[Superman (2025 film)|Superman]]'' (2025).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Behbahkt |first=Andy |date=June 25, 2024 |title=Superman Set Photos Confirm DCU Crossover & First Major Story Reveal |url=https://screenrant.com/superman-movie-frank-grillo-creature-commandos-set-photos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626012537/https://screenrant.com/superman-movie-frank-grillo-creature-commandos-set-photos/ |archive-date=June 26, 2024 |access-date=June 25, 2024 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref>
* Flag Sr. will return in the [[Peacemaker season 2|second season]] of ''Peacemaker'' (2025).<ref name="GrilloPeacemaker">{{Cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=May 10, 2024 |title=Frank Grillo Joins ''Peacemaker'' Season 2 as Rick Flag Sr. |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/frank-grillo-peacemaker-season-2-1235998755/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
* Flag Sr. will return in the [[Peacemaker season 2|second season]] of ''Peacemaker'' (2025).<ref name="GrilloPeacemaker">{{Cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=May 10, 2024 |title=Frank Grillo Joins Peacemaker Season 2 as Rick Flag Sr. |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/frank-grillo-peacemaker-season-2-1235998755/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>


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Template:Short description Rick Flag is the collective name used for multiple fictional characters featured in American comic books published by DC Comics. Although each character shares the same name, they are portrayed as distinct family members who typically play significant roles in collaborating with the United States government and military within the DC Universe.

The original Rick Flag Sr., initially known as Richard Montgomery Flag Sr., is a World War II veteran and field commander of the Suicide Squad. This wartime group was composed of convicted men who were used as expendable agents for highly challenging missions. Despite internal conflicts within the squad, under Rick Flag Sr.'s leadership, the team achieved success in completing their missions. Following the conclusion of World War II, the character establishes a family and has a son who is named after him before his death.[1] Richard Rogers Flag Jr., also known as Rick Flag Jr., is the most prominent and widely recognized incarnation of the character in comics and other media. He is typically portrayed as the field commander of the modern Task Force X, also known as the Suicide Squad, similar to his predecessor. Rick Flag Jr.'s leadership and exceptional skills have earned him a reputation as one of Amanda Waller's most loyal and trusted operatives within the team, despite the high mortality rate associated with their missions.[2] In a previous version, the character was alternatively depicted as a soldier named Anthony Miller, who was suggested to have been implanted with false memories, believing himself to be the son of the original Rick Flag. However, in modern continuities, this aspect is often disregarded. In certain depictions, Rick Flag Jr. is the grandson of the original Rick Flag rather than his son.[3]

The character made his live-action debut in the television series Smallville, played by Ted Whittall. In the DC Extended Universe, Rick Flag Jr. was played by Joel Kinnaman in the films Suicide Squad (2016) and The Suicide Squad (2021), also appearing in archive flashbacks in the 2022 first season of Peacemaker. Frank Grillo currently voices his father, Rick Flag Sr., in the DC Universe animated series Creature Commandos (2024), and will play the character in live-action in the upcoming film Superman (2025) and the 2025 second season of Peacemaker.

Fictional character biography

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Rick Flag Sr.

Richard Montgomery Flag led a division in World War II called the Suicide Squad.[4][5] In his first mission, Flag was the only survivor. After that, his team had increasing success and decreasing casualties. After the war, he married Sharon Race.[4] In 1951, with the disappearance of the Justice Society of America and other super-heroes, President Harry S. Truman again called on Flag when he created Task Force X.[4][6]

Task Force X would have two units: the military unit "Argent" (led by "Control"), and the civilian unit "Suicide Squad" which would deal with civilian matters — masked villains and the like.[4] Commander Jeb Stuart would lead the military side to deal with national and international crises.[4] Though Argent's recorded activity ceased after 1960, Stuart's Suicide Squad continued on.[4] Eventually, Flag sacrificed himself in stopping the former Blackhawks' nemesis, the War Wheel.[6][4]

Rick Flag Jr.

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Main other Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other Flag was replaced in the Squad by his now-grown son Richard Rogers Flag. Young Rick headed a new, public team which included his girlfriend, Karin Grace, Dr. Hugh Evans, and Jess Bright.[4] In one mission in Cambodia, they were pursued by a Yeti. Evans and Bright and the Yeti fell into a crevasse, presumably to their deaths.[4]

Bright survived, angered at being left behind. Frostbitten and near-death, he was found by the Chinese, who nursed him back to health. He was then passed onto the Russians, who transformed him into a bionic monster called Koshchei the Deathless. With his expertise in engineering, Bright assisted in the creation of the Rocket Red Brigade and lent a hand to the nation of Qurac in assembling their metahuman team Onslaught.

Meanwhile, Grace secretly bore Flag's son and placed him with an adoptive family. Later, Rick was sent to infiltrate the Forgotten Heroes as a spy for the government.[4] After the "death" of the Forgotten Heroes' leader, the Immortal Man, the team disbanded and Flag worked covertly for the U.S. government.[4]

Rick Flag Jr. was then tapped by the government to lead the new Suicide Squad as formed by Amanda Waller, a role he reluctantly assumed. Immediately, Rick showed signs of instability, which were worsened when Karin Grace became the team's medic. Flag hated working with the criminals under his command, and resented the notion that he and Deadshot were alike in any way.[7]

There were bright points amongst the Suicide Squad however, as the team was not completely filled with criminals. Nightshade, although she resented Flag at first when she was forced to become an accessory to murder when she became an undercover operative in the Jihad, grew attracted to him. She was never able to admit her feelings to him however, and he took no notice.

Flag also held good relationships with Nemesis and Bronze Tiger, even though both were in some ways opposed to Flag. Although Nemesis had feelings for Nightshade, something to which Flag was oblivious, he stepped out of the way and respected Nightshade's feelings. Similarly, the Tiger was originally tapped to become the Squad's leader, but was instead replaced by Flag, something that the Tiger had no problems with.

The loyalty Flag had towards his teammates and Waller was evident in the fact that he did not shy away from a conflict with the Justice League to free Nemesis from Soviet captivity. He also threatened a bureaucrat who was threatening Waller's position.

This did nothing to ease Flag's mental instability, and it soon worsened. Flag led a different Squad in a deadly mission involving the Doom Patrol in which he was the only survivor.[8] The death of Karin Grace also served to amplify this and it came to a head when US Senator Cray threatened to reveal the existence of the Suicide Squad to the public.

Unbeknownst to him, Waller had already dealt with the threat, and Flag set out to assassinate Cray to ensure the existence of the Suicide Squad, even though he loathed some of its members. The Squad set out to stop him, with the clearance to do so by any means necessary. Deadshot found Flag and Cray, but instead of killing Flag, Deadshot instead murdered the senator. Flag was forced to flee, and unwittingly, the existence of the Suicide Squad was revealed.

Flag set out to destroy the Jihad team after learning that his father had previously attacked their stronghold, Jotunheim, during World War II to neutralise a Nazi prototype nuclear weapon. He left a note to Nightshade detailing his plans. The bomb was still there, buried under rubble and the Jihad were unaware of its presence. Flag sneaked in and killed his way through to the bomb itself. He battled the Jihad's leader Rustam personally, just before the bomb exploded.[9]

In Checkmate (vol. 2) #6, Rick Flag is revealed to be alive and is rescued from a secret Quraci prison by Bronze Tiger.[7][10] He had been imprisoned there for four years until Waller discovered him and alerted the Tiger to his whereabouts. Rick was later revealed to be leading a clandestine Suicide Squad unit at the behest of Waller, and against the expressed mandate of the Checkmate organization.

As seen in Suicide Squad: Raise the Flag #2, Rustam used his Scimitar to teleport both Rick Flag and himself to Skartaris. In Raise the Flag #5, General Wade Eiling admits that Rick Flag Jr. is not the son of Rick Flag Sr., but a soldier named Anthony Miller who was brainwashed by Eiling into believing he was Flag's son. Miller's conditioning means that Eiling still has control of him, and uses him as part of his takeover of the Suicide Squad. Forced to activate an explosive implant in Waller's brain, Miller breaks free from his mind control enough to activate Eiling's implant instead, leaving him helpless enough to be captured. Confronted with the possibility to give up his presumed identity and return home, Miller decides that the Suicide Squad needs a Rick Flag, and refuses the offer.

Rick Flag III

Template:Main other Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main otherRick Flag Jr.'s young son by Karin Grace who also shared his name was kidnapped by Koschei the Deathless, a member of the Jihad, but was rescued by Nemesis of the Suicide Squad. Later, when Flag Jr. and Bronze Tiger visited Rick Flag III's adopted home, Flag Jr. refused to approach him.

Abilities

Rick Flag Jr. is recognized for his exceptional abilities as a military pilot, as well as his proficiency in military tactics, strategy, and leadership. The character possesses extensive combat and special operations training, demonstrating expertise in both unarmed and armed combat. Additionally, Rick Flag Jr. is well-versed in utilizing a wide range of weaponry commonly employed by soldiers within the United States military.[3]

In other media

Television

Film

Rick Flag Sr. appears in Justice League: The New Frontier, voiced by Lex Lang.[14] This version is Hal Jordan's instructor and co-pilot during a mission to Mars. Additionally, a young Rick Flag Jr. makes a non-speaking cameo appearance.

DC Extended Universe / DC Universe

Script error: No such module "anchor".Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Rick Flag Jr. and General Rick Flag Sr. appear in media set in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) and the DC Universe (DCU), portrayed by Joel Kinnaman and Frank Grillo respectively.[15][16]

  • In Suicide Squad (2016), Special Forces officer Flag Jr. is hired by Amanda Waller to watch over June Moone, with whom he falls in love, and is later tasked with leading the Suicide Squad on field missions. After Moone is taken over by the Enchantress, Flag leads the squad on a mission to save her and foil the witch's plan to conquer the world.
  • Flag Jr. returns in The Suicide Squad (2021).[17] He leads a new iteration of the squad on a mission to destroy a Corto Maltese laboratory called Jötunheim that is conducting inhumane experiments via the alien Starro. After learning the U.S. government secretly funded the experiments, Flag attempts to retrieve a hard drive containing the information and leak it, only to be killed by squad member Peacemaker, whom Waller secretly assigned to scrub the information.
  • Flag Jr. appears in the first season of Peacemaker via archive footage from The Suicide Squad.
  • Flag Sr. first appears in Creature Commandos.[18][19][14] This version is a contemporary general and the leader of the titular team.[20]
  • Flag Sr. will return in Superman (2025).[21]
  • Flag Sr. will return in the second season of Peacemaker (2025).[22]

Video games

References

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External links

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  8. ↑ Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special (March 1988)
  9. ↑ Suicide Squad #26 (April 1989)
  10. ↑ Suicide Squad (vol. 3) #3 (January 2008)
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