Suicide Squad #3 - DC

I have to say, I was a little confused during the first two issues of this book. Not so much about the story, or the book itself. But more about the timeline that it was trying to follow. It seemed to be bouncing around, and I was really having a hard time figuring out how it all fit in to the story with CheckMate and the Outsiders and all. But this issue seems to be have cleared some of that up. At least for me it did. We seem to be telling the story here of how Amanda got the Squad back up and running. And how she did all of that while she was the White Queen for CheckMate. A time when she shouldn't have been running any ops or missions. Not that that ever stopped her before though. We learn how Rick Flag survived the explosion at Jotunheim. Apparently the Scimitar is semi-sentient. When it sensed it's demise, at the the time of the explosion, it split space and time to escape. In that act, I guess, it sought out it's birthplace, Skataris, and transported Rustam and Flag with it. But it also spent it's energies. So now they're stuck here until it recharges. When it does, Rustam goes after Rick again, but doesn't hold a flag to his combat skills or training, and ends up dead. But Jennifer Morgan, the Warlord's daughter, comes to his aid and show him how to use the Scimitar to get back home. Unfortunately, he ends up back in Qurac. And that's how he ended up locked away and forgotten in an Qurac prison for 3 years. And with Amanda's promise of him becoming Eiling's boss, as the General is one of her operatives now, she pulls him back in to the Squad. I really liked this story. I was surprised that it was written by John Ostrander. Only because I haven't seen his name in a while, and he did write the original series. Javier Pina does the art . . from ManHunter fame . . . and it was beautiful. I'm not sure why this is only an 8 issue mini. I'm hoping it's just a prelude to an ongoing series afterwards. One can hope. Right?