Task Force X

TASK FORCE X

BIOGRAPHY

TEAM DATA

Status: Disbanded
Former Members: Suicide Squad, Argent, Checkmate, Project Atom,
First Appearance: Brave and the Bold #25 (August-September 1959)

OVERVIEW

The original Task Force X was a governmental agency responsible for 'special forces' such as Checkmate, the Suicide Squad, and Project Atom. In later years, it has evolved into Task Force Delta.

MEMBERSHIP

Member	First Appearance	Status
Suicide Squad	Brave and the Bold #25	Disbanded
Argent	Secret Origins Vol.2 #14	Disbanded
Checkmate	Action Comics #598	Disbanded
Project Atom	Captain Atom #1	Disbanded

HISTORY

After the retiring of the first wave of super-human crimefighters, policy makers in the United States felt a vacuum would develop in the fighting and discovery of extraterrestrial and homegrown menaces to society. Col. Jeb Stuart was tapped to create the programs that would fight these.

Dividing Task Force X into two groups, Mission X (known unofficially as the Suicide Squad) would handle foreign menaces and extraterrestrial threats to the US (headed by Col. Richard M. Flag), while Argent would tackle the domestic criminal element (headed by Control); similar to the post-World War II divide between the FBI and the CIA. .

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of Task Force X in chronological order click here