an assassination team to personally liquidate the Vodou-oriented drug ring called the Loa. This leads to the shutdown of all Suicide Squad operations for one year. Major players While individual operatives like Firestorm (Ronald Raymond), Firehawk and Manhunter (Mark Shaw) did play a part in the storyline's resolution, they were nowhere as important as the characters in this chart. Tie-in issues Part 1: Checkmate! #15 (May 1989) Part 2: Suicide Squad #27 (May 1989) Part 3: Checkmate! #16 (May 1989) Part 4: Suicide Squad #28 (May 1989) Part 5: Checkmate! #17 (June 1989) Part 6: Manhunter #14 (June 1989) Part 7: Firestorm the Nuclear Man (vol. 2) #86 (June 1989) Part 8: Suicide Squad #29 (June 1989) Part 9: Checkmate! #18 (June 1989) Part 10: Suicide Squad #30 (June 1989) Part 11: Captain Atom #30 (June 1989) Firestorm the Nuclear Man (vol. 2) #87 Although not bannered as a part of the crossover, parts of Firestorm the Nuclear Man (vol. 2) #87 were an epilogue to the storyline. See also List of government agencies in DC Comics External links The Unofficial Comics Crossover Index - The Janus Directive 1989 in comics Comics by John Ostrander Comics by Paul Kupperberg Crossover comics DC Comics storylines