Comic Title: Suicide Squad #4
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: August 1987
On Sale Date: May 26, 1987 Newsstand Date May 26, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #39

Newsstand Date May 28, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #117

Shipping Date May 5, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #117

Newsstand Date May 28, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #702, #704

Copyright Date May 5, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date May 5, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #702, #704

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Robert Greenberger

Title: "William Hell's Overture"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Suicide Squad (Post-Crisis)

Writer: John Ostrander
Penciller: Luke McDonnell
Inker: Robert Lewis
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Reprinted In:
Suicide Squad:Trial by Fire TPB (2011)

Feature Character(s)

• Suicide Squad (last appearance in Firestorm Annual #5; next appearance in Suicide Squad #5)
• Rick Flag (last appearance in Firestorm Annual #5; next appearance in Suicide Squad #5)
• Black Orchid (first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Suicide Squad #7)
• Captain Boomerang (last appearance in Firestorm Annual #5; next appearance in Suicide Squad #5)
• Bronze Tiger (last appearance in Suicide Squad #3; next appearance in Suicide Squad #5)
• Deadshot (last appearance in Firestorm Annual #5; next appearance in Suicide Squad #5)
• Chronos (last appearance in Suicide Squad #3; next appearance in Blue Beetle #21)
• Enchantress (last appearance in Suicide Squad #2; next appearance in Suicide Squad #5)
• Nightshade (last appearance in Suicide Squad #3; next appearance in Suicide Squad #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Amanda Waller (last appearance in Superman Annual #1; next appearance in Suicide Squad #5)

Villain(s)

• William Hell (William James Heller; first appearance; next appearance in Suicide Squad #40)
• A gang of liquor store bandits (no further appearances)
• Members of a white supremesist organization (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Marta Williams (a reporter; no further appearances)
• Stevens (a chauffeur; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
William Hell, a masked vigilante in Central City, has been stopping street-level crime. However, Hell is allowing white criminals to go free and making them join his Aryan Empire organization.

Amanda Waller briefs the Suicide Squad on the situation. Deadshot, a former friend of Hell's real identity James Heller, explains how Hell's parents were killed in a riot. Hell then followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, a former Nazi.

The Squad then sets up William Hell. Captain Boomerang joins his organization, then Deadshot impersonates Hell at a rally. The real Hell challenges Deadshot, and the Squad ensures that he loses. Deadshot unmasks Hell as Heller, then Flag shoots Deadshot with blanks. The crowd then believes William Hell is dead, and Heller is taken into police custody and discredited.