Matt Kindt, who followed Ales Kot as writer of Suicide Squad beginning with October's Issue 24, revealed he's leaving the DC Comics series with the conclusion in March of the title's five-part tie-in to "Forever Evil."

"It's just for 'Forever Evil' and then I'm done," Kindt told Comic Book Resources. "It's one of the things I'm scaling back on, because I don't have time. It's driving me crazy to do so much. I knew I could do a finite amount of time on that and do it well, but I can't sustain it for that long and make it good, still -- 'for sure' good. There's a chance it could be good. I told my editor, 'At a certain point, it's just going to be like flipping a coin -- it could turn out all right or not, depending on how I'm feeling that day.' It's better to take a little bit of time off and recharge my batteries.

Kindt, who also writes DC's Justice League of America, certainly has a full plate, although increasingly at other publishers: In addition to his critically acclaimed spy series Mind MGMT, he has the four-issue Star Wars: Rebel Heist and the original graphic novel Poppy! in the works at Dark Horse. He's also writing the new Valiant Entertainment series Unity, and a smattering of smaller projects for Marvel.

Kindt's tenure on Suicide Squad was announced in July with the release of DC's October solicitations, which signaled the abrupt departure of Kot after just four issues. The publisher hasn't revealed who will follow Kindt.