History ComicBook / TaskForceZ

* CallForward: In issue #9, while sneaking around the Powers labs, Bloom runs into [[WBatmanBeyond Derek Powers]], who is only a boy here and has no inkling of the [[IncrediblyLamePun blight]] future ahead of him.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Well, more like [[AmbiguouslyEvil Even Ambiguous Evil Has Standards]] but even Amanda Waller, a woman who regularly sends [[BoxedCrook Boxed Crooks]] on suicide missions, thinks that using undead supervillains is "morally reprehensible". [[spoiler: However, her moral reprehension does not stop her from claiming Task Force Z for herself.]]

* ForScience: This seems to be Amelia Shelley's prime motivation. When given a team full of dead super-villains who have racked up a staggering body count between them, she instead works on a way to turn them into a team of semi-disposable zombies for the government.

* TheBusCameBack: The new Task Force that appears at the end of Issue #4 features Madame Crow, who hadn't appeared in almost 5 years, and Copperhead, who also hadn't been seen in some time.

* ContinuityNod: At the end of issue #6, under [[spoiler:Bane's picture in Waller's office it's written "Who is this?", referencing that Bane was revealed to be the one behind A-Day in ''ComicBook/Joker2021'', meaning that the Bane that's been with the team the whole time isn't the original.]]

* NotSoAboveItAll: The normally [[SeenItAll unflappable]] Amanda Waller doesn't freak out at the sight of the Arkham Knight's dead body, she just makes a passing comment about the smell. But once Astrid is shown to be ''alive'' as a part of Two-Face's presentation, she flips out.

* ItsBeenDone: Amanda Waller wastes no time in likening the titular task force to Film/JurassicPark.

-->Two-Face: [[PopCultureOsmosisFailure "I haven't seen it."]]

'''Task Force Z''' is a 12-issue limited series published by Creator/DCComics, written by Creator/MatthewRosenberg and drawn by Eddy Barrows. Spinning out of ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier, it follows the exploits of [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd the Red Hood]] leading a government task force staffed with bad people, and designed to do the sorts of things that superheroes would never dream of dirtying their hands with...

* AndIMustScream: During the process of being revived after loss of much of his body, Bane is left without lungs or vocal chords until they are fully regrown. He's fully conscious throughout the regrowth process and, as per Doctor Shelley, is screaming throughout the whole thing despite not making any noise.

* BodyHorror: The undead cast finds themselves in various, very detailed states of decay when they're not being ripped apart and regrowing limbs. [[spoiler: Bane's resurrection in Issue #5 in particular leaves him particularly monstrous-looking]]

* CameBackWrong: [[Main/EnforcedTrope Enforced]] by use of the Lazarus Resin. The members of Task Force Z ''could'' be brought back to their full capabilities (both mentally and physically) at any time. But they're much easier to control at a fraction of their strength and by merit of keeping them dependent on pills. When Astrid is torn apart in battle, she is given enough resin to regrow her legs, and is temporarily revived enough to look ''mostly'' like she did when she was alive.

* FriendlyZombie: At least, as friendly as they ever were in real life. Red Hood doesn't have to worry about his teammates turning on him, as long as he make sure that they take their meds. Otherwise, they can turn into...
* FleshEatingZombie: When deprived of their Lazarus Resin, the members of Task Force Z fall into this. Keeping them appropriately dosed is important because, when in this state, they don't care whether they're eating friend or foe.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Two-Face is attempting one by running a government task force. Ostensibly it's to get back to his roots helping people, albeit with "questionable" methods. Absolutely nobody believes that it's sincere.]]

* PerkyGoth: Amelia and Delia Shelley both have unnaturally pale skin and white hair, dress in lab coats with bicep-high black rubber gloves and have a fascination with the undead while also being remarkably chipper about the whole thing.

* TheMole: What Jason is acting as during his stint as Field Leader of Task Force Z. Batman attempts to pull him out, but he refuses.

* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: The mysterious benefactor of Task Force Z, "Crispin" does not show his face to the team and only communicates via intercom or from behind a screen without ever showing his face. [[spoiler: Or rather, he doesn't show either of them, because "Crispin" is actually [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]]]].

* SameSexTriplets: Amelia, Celia, and Delia Shelley are all identical triplets.

-->''Jason: "Don't you think that the world might be a better place if you, ya know... ''didn't?''"
-->''Dr. Shelley: "I'm a scientist. ''Better'' isn't really something we deal with."

* CreepyTwins: Amelia and Delia Shelley are adult versions of this. [[spoiler:And in turns out they're SameSexTriplets, since their sister Celia appears on Issue #4.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Well, more like [[AmbiguouslyEvil Even Ambiguous Evil Has Standards]] but even Amanda Waller, a woman who regularly sends [[BoxedCrook Boxed Crooks]] on suicide missions, thinks that using undead supervillains is "morally reprehensible". [[spoiler:However, her moral reprehension does not stop her from claiming Task Force Z for herself.]]

-->''Jason: "Don't you think that the world might be a better place if you, ya know... ''didn't?''''
-->''Dr. Shelley: I'm a scientist. ''Better'' isn't really something we deal with.''

* PerkyGoth: Amelia Shelley has unnaturally pale skin and white hair, dresses in lab coats with bicep-high black rubber gloves and has a fascination with the undead. She's also remarkably chipper. Her twin sister Delia is practically the same.

* ShowerScene: Readers are treated to seeing Jason Todd in the Decontamination Shower after coming into contact with Man Bat's bodily fluids. However, the gnarly scarring that he's accumulated all across his back provide FanDisservice.

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Deadshot sacrifices himself to prevent Jason from getting executed by [=KGBeast=]. When Waller calls out Knyazev, he argues that he was giving Lawton a MercyKill.]]

* PerkyGoth: Amelia Shelley has unnaturally pale skin and white hair, dresses in lab coats with bicep-high black rubber gloves and has a fascination with the undead. She's also remarkably chipper.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Well, more like [[AmbiguouslyEvil Even Ambiguous Evil Has Standards]] but even Amanda Waller, a woman who regularly sends [[BoxedCrook Boxed Crooks]] on suicide missions, thinks that using undead supervillains is "morally reprehensible". [[Spoiler: However, her moral reprehension does not stop her from claiming Task Force Z for herself.]]

* EvinEvilHasStandards: Well, more like [[AmbiguouslyEvil Even Ambiguous Evil Has Standards]] but even Amanda Waller, a woman who regularly sends [[BoxedCrook Boxed Crooks]] on suicide missions, thinks that using undead supervillains is "morally reprehensible". [[Spoiler: However, her moral reprehension does not stop her from claiming Task Force Z for herself.]]

* HarmlessFreezing: Jason is frozen from the waist down in Issue #2 by Mr. Freeze, but experiences no negative side-effects.

* HorrorHunger: Naturally, for a zombie story. [[spoiler: Deadshot]] is very worried that he'll start experiencing this once he's brought back to life.
* InsistentTerminology: Mr. Bloom would like to remind everyone that he is ''not'' dead. Despite appearances.

* CreepyTwins: Amelia and Delia Shelley are adult versions of this.

* DyingAsYourself: When they're alone together, and Bane is given enough Lazarus Resin to be cognizant, Jason makes sure that he has all of his memories back [[spoiler: so that he can make sure Bane knows ''why'' he turns on him and throws him off a building. It's out of revenge for Bane's murder of Alfred back in "[[ComicBook/BatmanTomKing City of Bane]]".]]

* DyingAsYourself: When they're alone together, and Bane is given enough Lazarus Resin to be cognizant, Jason makes sure that he has all of his memories back [[spoiler: so that he can make sure Bane knows ''why'' he turns on him and throws him off a building. It's out of revenge for Bane's murder of Alfred back in ''[[ComicBook/BatmanTomKing City of Bane]]''.]]

Task Force Z is a 12-issue limited series published by Creator/DCComics, written by Creator/MatthewRosenberg and drawn by Eddy Barrows. Spinning out of ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier, it follows the exploits of [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd the Red Hood]] leading a government task force staffed with bad people, and designed to do the sorts of things that superheroes would never dream of dirtying their hands with...

* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: The mysterious benefactor of Task Force Z, "Crispin" does not show his face to the team and only communicates via intercom or from behind a screen without ever showing his face. [[spoiler: Or rather, he doesn't show either of them, because "Crispin" is actually [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]]]].

** The lead scientist in charge of reviving and reanimating the undead corpses is named Doctor [[Literature/Frankenstein Shelley]].

* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: The mysterious benefactor of Task Force Z, "Crispin" does not show his face to the team and only communicates via intercom or from behind a screen without ever showing his face. [[spoiler: Or rather, either of them, because "Crispin" is actually [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]].

Task Force Z is a 12-issue limited series published by Creator/DCComics, written by Matthew Rosenberg and drawn by Eddy Barrows. Spinning out of ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier, it follows the exploits of [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd the Red Hood]] leading a government task force staffed with bad people, and designed to do the sorts of things that superheroes would never dream of dirtying their hands with...