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The dark energies of the Black Vault have driven everyone in Belle Reve – inmates, guards, even Amanda Waller herself – to act on violent impulses. Well, everyone except Harley Quinn.

Somehow the usually insane, energetic maniac has become lucid and sane, bringing back Dr. Harleen Quinzel. What’s a former supervillain turned sane doctor supposed to do when surrounded by some of the most dangerous criminals on the planet being driven into a violent frenzy? Save the day, of course!

Oh, did I mention that yellow sunlight is now being pumped into the chamber where they are keeping Zod?

Every issue of Suicide Squad has been great since the Rebirth relaunch. On this issue, writer Rob Williams produces what makes the Squad so enjoyable: they are formidably talented, uncouth, at times comical, and at others downright ethos-driven heroes. This issue is intense, it’s filled with action, and a sprinkling of comedy.

The art is shared by Jim Lee on pencils, Scott Williams, Jonathan Glapion, and Sandra Hope on inks, and Jeremiah Skipper on colors. There’s a lot happening in every single panel but the artists have done a fine job at isolating the focus on the primary image with plenty of scene setting background details. Since this issue is held inside the dark and dank Belle Reve, it isn’t exactly flourishing with bright light, so the colors are subdued. However, the panels that are consumed by fire, electric shocks, or yellow sunlight are vivid and foreboding.

The backup story following June Moone and the Enchantress is a great little nugget that posits a very interesting theory on the two beings that share one body.

-Amanda Sheriff