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Subject: The Writer

Powers: His writings become continuity (or vice-versa).
Mission: During the event known as the "War of the Gods", collect intel from the island fortress of the sorceress Circe.
Chance of survival going in: Low. An inside joke, the Writer was doomed from the start despite the potential his powers had.
Retirement: DECEASED. Killed in combat on Circe's island by one of her manimals when he got writer's block. (Suicide Squad #58)

Subject: Karma

Powers: Make attackers he is aware of clumsier.
Mission: During the event known as the "War of the Gods", collect intel from the island fortress of the sorceress Circe.
Chance of survival going in: Low. The characters added to the Doom Patrol during Paul Kupperberg's run were never popular, and were quickly written out before Grant Morrison took over the book. Lodestone was gravely injured (Morrison managed to use her in altered form) and Scott Fischer was killed unceremoniously during Invasion. Karma was on the run from the law and forgotten. Throw in a dated fashion style and you've got the makings of a death sentence.
Retirement: DECEASED. Shot in the back by an Amazon while fighting one of Circe's beastmen. (Suicide Squad #58)

Subject: Enforcer II

Powers: Nuclear-powered armor.
Mission: During the event known as the "War of the Gods", collect intel from the island fortress of the sorceress Circe.
Chance of survival going in: Low. As ever, Firestorm villains - controlled by the same writer - face a greater risk of being killed, especially those who hark from the then-over "Nuclear Man" period and had not been seen in years. Further, Mica Love was the second character to wear the armor, which means a third could easily have come on the scene if DC wanted it.
Retirement: DECEASED. Killed in combat on Circe's island by an Amazon. (Suicide Squad #58)

Subject: Javelin (again)

Powers: Gimmick javelins.
Mission: During the event known as the "War of the Gods", collect intel from the island fortress of the sorceress Circe.
Chance of survival going in: Low. It is my belief that Javelin only survived his first mission with the Squad because they were up against the non-lethal Justice League. Evidently, Javelin was jailed again in the intervening years, though he is too lame for that capture to have been chronicled by DC Comics (superheroes may not even have been involved). For more information on his life expectancy, see File 017.
Retirement: APPARENTLY DECEASED. Telekinetically lanced through the chest by Circe. (War of the Gods #3)

Next time, those that survived for sure, but didn't stick around to test their luck!
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