Matt Hollingsworth colors the book well and adds a bit of mood and atmosphere on top of Maleev’s already moody environments and shot choices. Maleev draws a lot of violence and action to perfection with his hyper-realistic details that set it apart from conventional superhero books. Much of the final issue is a race to avoid getting killed. Since they’re under fire they must work with Joker to stay alive long enough to, well, kill Joker. Most of them are background characters who get bullets to the head, but some major players in Todd’s crew bite the dust too. Many characters in this issue do not doge bullets well. They must kill Joker, and while we eventually get to that mission by the end, much of this issue is spent following these characters as they dodge bullets. They’ve been sent to take out Jason, Harley Quinn, and a number of newer characters for failing to do their job. The issue opens with Jason Todd and his Task Force X being barraged with bullets from another Suicide Squad team. I’m getting ahead of myself here, but Suicide Squad: Get Joker! could have used a bit more scenes outside the action, or at least quieter moments. There are short respites of dialogue as heroes get their composure together, which lessens the impact of Joker reflecting on Jason’s behavior, or for Jason to make a tough decision in the last pages. The fact that Suicide Squad: Get Joker! #3 is wall-to-wall action may be a detriment to wrapping things up, though.

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