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Frazer Irving, London Film And Comic Con And Doctor Endless

I'm at the London Film And Comic Con at Olympia today. I even have a table and have signed copies of Holed Up and everything. The venue is so much better than the last LFCC I went to as in a) I can breathe and b) I can move. So I am sitting up in the gallery next to Joe Glass and behind Ben Templesmith and Dan Boultwood – a truly blessed collection. And it gives me the chance to chat with comic creators in a more informal fashion. Which means I could talk to Frazer Irving about his covers for Suicide Squad: The Black Files, how he was late on his most recent cover and why it might be that the editors hadn't bothered him over any delay.

That's Frazer there, showing off his sketchbook. It really is rather good, you should buy one.

Because, yes, it appears that although DC Comics informed retailers that the series had been postponed/cancelled for now, no one had told Frazer. He confirmed that, yes, the character on the cover to the left was Doctor Endless (and it was Klarion up front) but now it appears his cover schedule is a little looser. He's going to see what his editors have to say.

He wouldn't be alone in this, no one told the letterer either…

Here's what could have been….

SUICIDE SQUAD BLACK FILES #1 (OF 6)
(W) Mike W. Barr, Jai Nitz | (A) Philippe Briones, Scot Eaton | (CA) Frazer Irving

Two members of Task Force X are back in these all-new adventures! First up: "REVENGE OF KOBRA" by writer Mike W. Barr and artist Philippe Briones. To oppose the terrorist Kobra is to earn his undying hatred, and that's what the samurai Katana did when she killed his beloved Eve. Now, Kobra stalks Katana beyond the bounds of the Earth itself, to a supernatural world where he will steal from her everything that she has-including her very soul! And in "SUICIDE SQUAD BLACK," by writer Jai Nitz and artist Scot Eaton, Sebastian Faust, the U.S. government's top arcane operative, has gone rogue! To track down America's most dangerous magician, Amanda Waller assembles a special ops team unlike any other: an expendable coven of dark arts experts including El Diablo, Enchantress and Gentleman Ghost. They are Suicide Squad Black, and they will take you to places where even the dead can die!

SUICIDE SQUAD BLACK FILES #2 (OF 6)
(W) Mike W. Barr, Jai Nitz | (A) Philippe Briones, Scot Eaton | (CA) Frazer Irving
Trapped inside her Soultaker sword, the soul of Katana is torn between staying with her murdered husband or rejoining the world of the living. Meanwhile, Kobra's Queen, Eve, makes nefarious use of Katana's body as she infiltrates the Suicide Squad. Also in this issue, Suicide Squad Black tries to leave its deadly first mission in the past and get one step ahead of the apocalypse warlock, Sebastian Faust. To beat the sorcerer, this magically fueled task force needs something he covets. But like all things Suicide Squad, their next mission is no ordinary smash-and-grab, but rather a jewel heist on Gemworld!

SUICIDE SQUAD BLACK FILES #3 (OF 6)
(W) Mike W. Barr, Jai Nitz | (A) Philippe Briones & Various | (CA) Frazer Irving
"KATANA: REVENGE OF KOBRA" part three! Trapped in the mystic dimension within the Soultaker sword, Katana and her husband, Maseo, fight the forces of the mad swordsmith Muramasa, who has amassed an army to invade the world outside-our world!
"SUICIDE SQUAD BLACK" part three! Suicide Squad Black comes face to face with Sebastian Faust, who naturally makes Amanda Waller's supernatural enforcers an offer they can't refuse. Will the Suicide Squad make (another) deal with the devil?
RATED T+

And another look at the Suicide Squad: The Black Files characters now in limbo, including the genderfluid Doctor Endless.

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