John Ostrander
Crew · b. 1949 · USA
John Ostrander is a prolific comic book author who has written several titles set in the DC, Marvel and Star Wars universes. He co-created the Oracle persona for Barbara Gordon and created the second and modern version of the antihero team the Suicide Squad, of which the films Suicide Squad (2016) and The Suicide Squad (2021) are based on.
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Movie7.4ActionComedySupervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
The Suicide Squad
2021 · 9.9K votes
Movie6.7DocumentaryDramaComedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through sewers, mental wards, and his peculiar talent for making everyone famous but himself, Close emerges as a personification of the creative impulse itself. He's a muse with BO and dirty needles, offering transcendence despite (or because of) the trail of wreckage behind him.
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
2020 · 3 votes