The original Suicide Squad featured in The Brave and the Bold consisted of Rick Flag, Jr., his girlfriend Karin Grace, Dr. Hugh Evans, and Jess Bright.

Writer John Ostrander did not shy away from killing off some of the Squad's principal characters, most notably Rick Flag, Jr. -- who was eliminated at the end of the book's second year.

The story focused on the return of Rick Flag, Jr., and the formation of a new Squad for the purpose of attacking a corporation responsible for the development of a deadly bio-weapon.

Though this early incarnation of the team ( created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru ) did not have the espionage trappings of later Squads, it laid much of the groundwork for Squad field leader Rick Flag, Jr .' s personal history.

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Rick Flag, Jr. and Karin Grace split up, and Flag eventually joins the Forgotten Heroes.

In the midst of Darkseid's attempt to turn humanity against Earth's superheroes via his minion Glorious Godfrey, Amanda Waller assigns Col. Rick Flag, Jr. leadership of a reformed Task Force X, composed of Bronze Tiger, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, Blockbuster, and Enchantress.

Several such teams existed, but their history in comics is only scarcely recorded before Rick Flag, Sr. becomes the leader of the team ( and even then, only a few adventures of this Squad are shown ).

After his father's death, Rick Flag, Jr. goes on to lead the group that is featured in The Brave and the Bold ( vol.

Another classic version of the Squad ( Rick Flag, Karen Grace, Jess Bright, and Dr. Hugh Evans ) appears in the non-canon 2004 mini-series DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke.

To prevent members escaping in the field, the prisoners are shackled with an explosive bracelet that will detonate a certain distance from the field leader, who was typically Rick Flag, who wore a remote control that could detonate or disengage the bracelets as desired.

The deadly martial artist called the Bronze Tiger acts as a backup disciplinary measure, and later, with the death of Rick Flag, as field leader of the team.

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Elements from this first story arc return over the series, such as: the death of Mindboggler, Captain Boomerang's cowardly and treacherous nature, Nightshade's attraction to Rick Flag, Jr., a rivalry between Rustam and Rick Flag, Jr., and Ravan's defeat at the hands of the Bronze Tiger.

In this story arc, building on subplots from previous issues, Rick Flag goes after Senator Cray in order to assassinate him.

Rick Flag travels to Jotunheim, where the Onslaught are still headquartered, and finishes the mission his father could not, blowing up Jotunheim with a prototype nuclear Nazi weapon but gives up his life to do so.

* Rick Flag, Jr.

Later, as World War III rages, Waller informs Bronze Tiger that Rick Flag, Jr. is alive.

After Bronze Tiger finds Rick Flag, Jr. alive, Amanda Waller ( now the White Queen of Checkmate ) taps the pair to track down a rogue Squad that's out to expose her off-the-books activities.

Squad members seen rounding up villains include Rick Flag, Jr., Bronze Tiger, Captain Boomerang, Count Vertigo, the General, King Faraday, Multiplex, Nightshade, Plastique, Bane, Deadshot, and Chemo ( the latter three are betrayed by the Squad and sent to the prison planet with the other villains ).

With his son Brent winning the NBA Championship in 2005 and 2007 with the San Antonio Spurs, Rick and Brent became the second father-son duo to both win NBA Championships as players ; the first was Matt Guokas, Sr. and his son, Matt Guokas, Jr .. Luke and Bill Walton became the third pair after Luke won the 2009 NBA Championship with the Los Angeles Lakers.

That version includes the Jack Nicholson reference, as well as Patty Hearst, Frank Sinatra, Rick Danko, Linda Lovelace, Marilyn Chambers, Lon Chaney, Sr., Lon Chaney, Jr., Sammy Davis, Jr. and Jimmy Hoffa, among others.

Brent and his father, Rick Barry, are only the second father-son duo to each win an NBA Championship as a player ; the first was Matt Guokas, Sr. and his son Matt Guokas, Jr .. Only Bill Walton and his son Luke Walton have since achieved this feat.

CarMax is a used car auto superstore concept developed in 1991 at Circuit City by Austin Ligon, then Circuit City Sr. VP Planning, and Rick Sharp, then Circuit City CEO.

Matt and his father, the late Matt Guokas, Sr., were the first father-son duo to both win NBA championships as players ; this feat has since been repeated by Rick Barry ( with the 1975 NBA champion Golden State Warriors ) and Brent Barry ( with the 2005 and 2007 NBA champions San Antonio Spurs ) and by Bill Walton ( with the 1977 NBA champion Portland Trail Blazers and 1986 NBA champion Boston Celtics ) and Luke Walton ( with the 2009 NBA champion and 2010 NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers ).

Those in the Karamu ranks include some of Cleveland's native-born ; Norma Powell, Charles Brown, Darnell Suttles, Lucia & Licia Colombi, Brenda Butler, Willie Goodson, Larry Bey, Mary Dorsey, Kevin Willingham, Jean " Granny " Hawkins, Mary Connley-Dismuke, Al Kirk, Cornell Calhoune, Sue H. Johnson, Hank Marone, Steve Larry, Calvin Thomas, Al Fann, Conni Blair, Dale R. Shields, Debra Byrd, Sarah May, Gina Taylor, Wayne Elbert, Joe Lynn, Tony Sanders, Valerie Robinson, Tyrone Jenkins, Jackie Thompson, Willie Boyd, Evelyn Irby, Robert Williams, Jeff & Denise Doggett, " Mississippi " Charles Bevel, Prestor Pickett, Yvetta, Rezina, Vaness Bell-Calloway, Reuben & Dorothy Silvers, Rick Williams, Greg Deltorto, Asante Jones, Brandi Amin, Dianne Weaver, Felton Richards, Buddy Butler, Matthew Dickens, Angela Winborn, Richard Morris, Willie Gipson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Mike Malone, Joyce Meadows, Gwen Frost, Tracie Rose, Reggie Kelly, Gwen Wright, Adora & Eric Schmiedl, Trish Johnson, Anthony Talley, Jack Robinson, Kathy Bibbs, Allen Johnson, Parks Taylor, JoAnn Hawkins, Tora Bey, Dorae Vactor, Tshombe, Eddie Baccus Sr. & jr., Kalief Haynes, Morgan Lund, Michael Bell, Sr., Desmond Storm E Jones, Kenny Johnson, John Lynch, Kenneth Parker, William & Sandra True, Sandy Bass, Lawerence Maurice, Calvin Knight, Marcus Dana, Kyle Primous, Don Evans, Vickie Buster, Butch Terry, Charles Robinson, Leroy Jones, Brenda Butler, Kenny Bell, Kathy Walker, Chico, Michael Metcalf, Anthony E. Nickerson-El, James Spriggs, Reggie Kelly, Trish Johnson, Sheraine Newman, Linda Thomas Jones, Eva Withers-Evans, Hassan Rogers, Michael May, Shelia Ramsey, Caroline Jackson-Smith, Ron Hester, Reyno Crayton, Doug Jewell, Bill Cobbs, Lillie Brown-Oden, Daniel Kontar-Gray, and countless others, far too many to mention ...

In Raise the Flag # 5, General Wade Eiling admits that Rick Flag Jr. is not actually the son of Rick Flag Sr., but is a soldier named Anthony Miller who was brainwashed by Eiling into believing he was Flag's son.

Like the comics, Colonel Rick Flag Jr. is the leader of Task Force X, the son of Rick Flag Sr. and a patriot to his country.

His father Rick Flag Sr. is mentioned by Waller.

* Rick Flag Sr. appears in Justice League: The New Frontier voiced by Lex Lang.

In doubles action he and partner Rick Fagel lost in the first round to the Chilean brother duo of Alvaro Fillol and Jaime Fillol, Sr., 2-6, 6-7.

Detective ( a. k. a. Arthur Hailey's Detective ) was adapted into a television movie in 2005, directed by David S. Cass Sr., and with a cast that included Tom Berenger, Cybill Shepherd, Annabeth Gish, Rick Gomez, Frank Whaley, Wanda De Jesus and Rutanya Alda, between others.

The cast included: Rick Lenz as Beans ' dad ( Benjamin Sr .), former child star Elinor Donahue ( Father Knows Best ) as mom Susan, Canadian teen actor Scott Bremner as Scott ( aka " Scooter ", Beans ' younger brother ), and occasional guest appearances by Wendy O. Williams ( lead singer of the NY-based punk-metal group the Plasmatics ) as Beans ' part-time friend / enemy in the spy world.

Athena appears in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians book series.

( Rick ) Sutcliffe's collection of Alternate History links.

* 1946 – Rick Coonce, American drummer ( The Grass Roots ) ( d. 2011 )

* 1999 – Rick Rude, American wrestler ( b. 1958 )

* Strassman, Rick.

The technique — as invigorating as it was unorthodox — was later adopted by cartoonists like Walt Kelly and Garry Trudeau ," wrote comic strip historian Rick Marschall.

* Marschall, Rick, Nemo, the Classic Comics Library # 18, pp. 3 – 32 ( April 1986 )

From 1994 to 1996, Marvel Comics published a monthly Beavis and Butt-Head comic under the Marvel Absurd imprint by a variety of writers, but with each issue drawn by artist Rick Parker.

* 2007: On September 16, 2007, hunter Rick Jacobs captured an image of a supposed Sasquatch by using an automatically triggered camera attached to a tree, prompting a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Game Commission to say that it was likely an image of " a bear with a severe case of mange.

On July 9, 2008, Rick Dyer and Matthew Whitton posted a video to YouTube claiming that they had discovered the body of a dead Sasquatch in a forest in northern Georgia.

Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night ( 1996 ) is a novel by K. W. Jeter that continues the story of Rick Deckard.

* Rick Deckard: The Tyrell Corporation finally locates him, residing at a cabin in the woods with the frozen Rachael.

It was this season when the Orioles made a trade that brought them players such as Tippy Martinez and Rick Dempsey.

He is one of ten San Francisco Giants to appear on the cover, along with Kelly Downs, Rick Reuschel, Willie Mays ( nine times ), Alvin Dark, Juan Marichal, Will Clark, Tim Lincecum ( twice ), Brian Wilson, and Buster Posey.

Other prominent members of the cabal were Brian Reid, Richard Sexton, Chuq von Rospach, Neil Crellin and Rick Adams.

Among his various musical credits, Mumy has recorded and written songs with America, toured with Shaun Cassidy, and played in Rick Springfield's band in the film, Hard to Hold.

Upon hearing Ridenhour's demo track " Public Enemy Number One ", fledgling producer / upcoming music-mogul Rick Rubin insisted on signing him to his Def Jam label.

* Rick Ravanello, actor, Hart's War, various TV series including 24, CSI and Desperate Housewives.

Various pastors and other religious figures and activists such as Rick Warren, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson campaigned for various social and political causes have achieved celebrity status in mainstream media as well.

In 1998, the game's author, Rick Saada, decided to distribute the entirety of Castle of the Winds free of charge.

" Southern Cross " is also a 1982 song by the classic rock group Crosby, Stills and Nash, written by Rick Curtis, Michael Curtis, and Stephen Stills.

The team's commitment to contend was complete when Green made a midseason deal on June 15 to shore up the starting rotation due to injuries to Rick Reuschel ( 5 – 5 ) and Sanderson.

The deal brought 1979 NL Rookie of the Year pitcher Rick Sutcliffe from the Cleveland Indians.