Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell talk killing heroes and ending 'Suicide Squad: Blaze'

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• Joe Quesada stepping down from Marvel, higher-ups respond
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Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Strange #3 (Jed MacKay, Marcelo Ferreira)
2. X-Men '92: House of XCII #2 (Steve Foxe, Salva Espin)

Nathan:

1. Strange #3 (Jed MacKay, Marcelo Ferreira)
2. Ghost Rider #3 (Benjamin Percy, Cory Smith & Brent Peeples)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - X-Men ‘92: House of XCII #2 (Steve Foxe, Salva Espin)

Dave - Nice House on the Lake #9 (James Tynion IV and artist Álvaro Martínez Bueno)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: The Ward #1 (Cavan Scott, Andres Ponce)
• Nathan: Aquaman: Andromeda #1 (Ram V, Christian Ward)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Aquaman: Andromeda #1 (Christian Ward)
• Nathan: Batman #124 (Filya Bratukhin)

Segment: Interview with Si Spurrier and Aaron Campbell about Suicide Squad: Blaze #3

• Si and Aaron, you've done horror before with Hellblazer, how is the horror different or the same in Suicide Squad Blaze?
• In a story where Superman can die, is there any hope at all?
• Something I found truly horrific aside from the monster or the talking shark, but the human faces of fear and grit. Aaron where do you find inspiration in these facial expressions?
• Suicide Squad Blaze #2 goes hard killing a lot of heroes. Is it freeing knowing you can kill DC darlings?
• With so many heroes dead, what should readers expect in issue 3 before foc this Sunday?
• Now that we have two issues behind us so there's less chance to spoil, Aaron what has been the most fun to draw?
• Does having more space to draw and write changed how you think about this story? Visually captions play in the dark well, for instance.
• One of our main characters, Mike is codependent on another member of the team, Tanya, how does a character recover from being such an ass?
• I’m fascinated by the use of color in the series, Jordie Bellaire colors this series but I was curious if you had thoughts on what the color story was going for?
• A core dynamic of the team in SS: Blaze is how a bunch of total rookies are given abilities, if given the same abilities how would you respond?
• Aaron, Si you're clearly working on all cylinders together, might you team up again soon?