Files 001-003
Subject: Chronos

Powers: Time-based gimmicks and gadgets.
Mission: To supply a time-stopping device to help the Squad reveal white supremacist "hero" William Hell as a villain and discredit him.
Chance of survival going in: High. It's not that DC wouldn't think of taking out the Atom's greatest villain (as far rogues' galleries go, the Atom's is pretty terrible), but since Chronos was only supplying a device and not participating in the operation on site, there was never in harm's way.
Retirement: RELEASED. (Suicide Squad #4)

Subject: Multiplex

Powers: Human fission.
Mission: To bring in Firestorm (alive) after the hero became an outlaw, threatening the world's nuclear powers if they didn't disarm.
Chance of survival going in: Good. As Firestorm's first villain, and thematically linked to him (fission to Firestorm's fusion), there wasn't much chance of John Ostrander doing away with him.
Retirement: RELEASED. The Parasite gets him, but he apparently survives the encounter. (Firestorm Annual #5)

Subject: Killer Frost II

Powers: Creating intense cold by absorbing surrounding heat.
Mission: To bring in Firestorm (alive) after the hero became an outlaw, threatening the world's nuclear powers if they didn't disarm.
Chance of survival going in: High. Not only did Killer Frost tangle with Firestorm on multiple occasions, but every hero needs a sexy villainous with a deadly kiss. Just ask Batman. Her personal ties to Martin Stein meant she was unlikely to cop it outside of a story specifically about this.
Retirement: RELEASED. Though also a victim of the Parasite, she apparently walked away from that fight. (Firestorm Annual #5)

Subject: Parasite

Powers: Draining energy and powers to temporarily increase own power.
Mission: To bring in Firestorm (alive) after the hero became an outlaw, threatening the world's nuclear powers if they didn't disarm.
Chance of survival going in: High. As one of few Superman villains who can match him physically, it's unlikely he was Ostrander's to kill. In fact, as soon as he's released (over Flag's and Waller's objections), he becomes the real threat, and the Squad is repurposed to stop him.
Retirement: ESCAPED/RECAPTURED. Firestorm eventually stops him and he is presumably taken back into custody. (Firestorm Annual #5)

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