Summary
Warning! Contains Spoilers For Absolute Power: Origins #2!TheSuicide Squadhas always been one of DC’s most dangerous and darkest teams – and now their terrible, secret true purpose has finally been revealed.Amanda Waller forged this team to be the ultimate contingency plan against the Justice League, putting an entirelynew spin on the Suicide Squadand Waller’s hunt for more metahumans to control.
DC’s preview forAbsolute Power: Origins#2 – written by John Ridley, with art by Alitha Martinez – gives the true origin of the Suicide Squad. Instead of Waller simply taking metahumans as prisoners for random missions to benefit America, she started the idea as a contingency planfor the Justice League.
Waller lost her family due to violent random crime, and the superheroes of the world weren’t there to save them. This has given Waller a strong dislike of superheroes, and this was the first step she took to creating a way to deal with them.
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The Suicide Squad has always been kept in line by Amanda Waller’s neck bombs. Now she’s got a more terrifying version to control her greatest asset.
Absolute Power Origins#2 – Written By John Ridley; Art By Alitha Martinez, Norm Rapmund, Andrew Dalhouse & Steve Wands
Once Waller had gathered enough people with suitable powers, she started using the Suicide Squad for their true purpose, acting as a contingency plan for the Justice League.
Amanda Waller has some of the best contingency plans in DC, even beyond Batman, and the Suicide Squad is her ultimate plan. Initially, the Squad was simply created to act in America’s best interests in foreign matters, such as destabilizing countries or defeating enemy metahumans. Considering the Squad started out with mostly non-powered people, such as Captain Boomerang, it makes sense that their missions were equal to their powers. But overtime, Waller continued adding more and more powerful members, and now the true purpose of the Squad has been revealed.
Once Waller had gathered enough people with suitable powers, she started using the Suicide Squad for their true purpose, acting as a contingency plan for the Justice League. This has been shown a few times over the years, such as inJustice League vs Suicide Squad. Now that Amanda Waller has managed to seize complete control of the Earth,the only thing standing in her way are the few heroes that haven’t been captured.With Superman and the restdepowered, Waller would likely be unleashing her Suicide Squad in combination with her Amazo forces to finally fulfill their true purpose.
Not only does Waller have the Amazo drones, but she also has theSuicide Squad at her command, and she’s been refining them for decades to be the perfect Justice League contingency plan.
Amanda Waller’s Ambitious Plan ForAbsolute Power
It seems that Amanda Waller has full control over the Earth and that nothing can stop her. While there’s no doubt that the Justice League will do their best to rally and take Waller down, she has every contingency. Not only does Waller have the Amazo drones, but she also has theSuicide Squad at her command, and she’s been refining them for decades to be the perfect Justice League contingency plan. Without their powers now, the Justice League will be in the fight of their lives against theSuicide Squad, the one team that was made to beat them.
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Superman
The icon who launched the entire world of superheroes, the last son of Krypton escaped his dying world to crash land on Earth and be raised as Clark Kent. The world knows him better as Superman, the Man of Steel, the leader of the Justice League, and the most well-known hero in the DC Comics Universe. Blessed with the powers of a demigod, Kal-El of Krypton fights enemies both small and cosmic in his endless pursuit of truth, justice, and a better tomorrow.
