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Suicide Squad/Banana Splits Special (2017) #1 by Howard Chaykin, Stanley "Artgerm" Lau, Ande Parks, Irma Kniivila, Alex Sinclair, Mark Russell, Pete Pantazis, Jimmy Palmiotti, Sami Basri, Norm Rapmund, Michelle Delecki, Mike Allred, Steve Lieber, Bryan Edward Hill, Marcus To, Tyler Kirkham, Rick Leonardi, Wil Quintana, Howard Porter, Oclair Albert, Tom Mandrake, Dan Abnett, Dean White, Bill Sienkiewicz, Ariel Olivetti, Steve Buccellato, Matt Banning, Peter J. Tomasi, Scott Hanna, Mark Texeira, Scott Kolins, Scott Lobdell, Shane Davis, Fernando Pasarín, Tom Derenick, Jeff Parker, Chris Chuckry, Ben Caldwell, Paul Pelletier, Jeromy Cox, Mark Irwin, Andrew Dalhouse, Andrew Hennessy, Paul Mounts, Livesay, Marc Andreyko, Jeremy Lawson, Dan Green, Marc Deering, Gabe Eltaeb, Hi-Fi, Laura Allred, Amanda Conner, Christopher Sebela, Cam Smith, Tony Aviña, Veronica Gandini, J.M. DeMatteis, Denys Cowan, Frank Tieri, Pier Brito, James Tynion IV, Phil Winslade, Dan DiDio, Tony Bedard, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Brett Booth, Arif Prianto, Heath Corson, Rain Beredo, Dave McCaig, Andy Owens, Mark Morales, Tom Grummett

jmbz38's review

5.0

I've read all of the DC/Hanna Barbara crossover specials, and this is one of my favorites. A lot of these crossovers are just money grabs, hoping to cash in on people's nostalgia. Most of these crossovers either lack depth or can't be fully flushed out in 40 pages. Many of the crossovers leave the reader feeling like DC squandered the talent of those writing these specials. For the Suicide Squad/Banana Splits special, this is not the case. This special presents a fully formed concept and tells a satisfying story. The Splits fit really well into a Skwad story and their interactions with Killer Croc and Harley Quinn are hilarious. This special also has offers the bonus of a back up story written by Mark Russell and featuring Snagglepuss. The back up is the prelude to the series Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles. Yet the back up story is strong enough to stand on its own while being both entertaining and thought provoking. For me, the goal of these DC/HB crossovers are interesting is to provide writers the opportunity to tell unique stories with diverse characters that ordinarily would not appear on the same page. Both of the stories in this special more than live up to this goal.