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Suicide Squad, Volume 2: Basilisk Rising by Adam Glass

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Continues the story from Volume 1 with Amanda Waller's squad following a cultish organization's trail as it tries to scoop up meta-humans (powered people), which have started appearing with greater frequency since the arrival of Superman from Krypton (this is set in the New 52 timeline, which semi-resets the DC universe in late 2011). The story seems to become more interconnected with stories in parallel other DC titles in the second volume. The volume ends with a prequel of sorts (issue #0), reintroducing the newly re-imagined Waller character, a former Army captain, and showing the events leading to her decision to form a team of entirely expendable powered people, rather than risking more allies when taking on meta-human threats.