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My daughter and husband were killed by a drug-dealer.I'll end all of those superheroes who threw criminals in jail.Sounds retarded to me.
>>144642502>>144642482>>144642512Ridley finding connections between Batman and Waller's origins and a wider social context feels very Morrisonian.
>>144642944Yeah. It doesn't have fucking sense at all. Then again, this woman is a lunatic after all.
>>144642944She realizes the people in power don't give a shit and are willing to offload their responsibility to loose canon vigilantes. Thus she wants to take power in the government.
Neat, this feels like the origin issue they gve for Amanda back in Suicide Squad, hitting all the same beats
no one cares about DC
>>144643311And to do so she is empowering actual super-villains...
>>144642512>>144642558I always assumed that Amanda Waller was one of those civil servants who'd slowly worked her way to the top for decades. But according to this timeline, she didn't join the government until at least after Batman: Year One, how the hell did she rise to power so fast?
Waller is retarded and deserves to be raped by criminals
>>144642426>RidleyWhy does this guy still allowed to write?
When General Lane went full retard and worked even with Supervillains to kill the Kyptonians, he was at least paranoid cause that included General Zod on a reborn planet of Aliens.Waller went multiverse conqueror and killer and was planning this before capes became prevalent, cause a low level mook killed her family? What?
>>144642502Wait, if Amanda's daughter was raped, wouldn't there be DNA evidence they could tie to Candyman?
Tiresome.
>>144643994Black Woman Magic
>>144644562Candyman is the Pull-Put King
>>144642426that is a terrible cover.
>>144644255Warner connections
>>144646776All his covers are terrible, but the rest of the covers aren't any better. This one just looks like a "both villains now" variant for example:
John Ridley wrote something terrible and retarded. Big surprise.
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>>144642426Kinda seems it’s on Amanda’s junkie daughter
Based issue was based
>>144644268It's one of those problems that actively requires you to kill any sense of context to get even close to making sense like there's not even a double standard at play here.
>>144647446Like Amanda is mad that her husband was just a shittier vigilante than Batman.
I always thought her motivation was that task force X was originally America's best and brightest and there was no sense in sending them to get killed when there's a bunch of super crooks they could send.
>>144642426Amanda Waller used to be the best black female character in comics. Jesus, what a fall.
>>144647897Her motivation was rooted on 80s fear of the high crime rate and substance abuse, that the government and societal reponse was too ineffectual and that harsher measure, like forced conscription, was necessary.
I hate this so much. stop raping the Ostrander run. Its the only good thing about Suicide Squad now. Stop raping Waller.
>>144642426Absolute Dogshit
This make Waller look like one of the silliest bitches imaginable. How is this superheroes' fault? They don't control what the public thinks of them.
>>144643160Yes but in a bad way
>>144643160Except Ridley is not skilled enough to pull it off. >>144643994In the older continuity she was. She was the effective equivalent of Condaleeza rice.>>144644255His shit was eisner nominated. Which says more about the stae of the eisners.>>144647897>>144648066Partially. It's also having PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY for the acts. Think to Watchmen . You send Dr Manhattan or Captain Atom or Superman to blow up afghan boy rapists with soviets as likely collateral damage and you risk fucking World War 3.Some low level supervillan does it and it's just another page 12 story on the daily planet.Think Ollie North and doing a triangle trade with drug dealers, the mujahadeen and anti communist rebels to fight the communists, without direct US involvement.
>>144650105The problem to me with the Suicide Squad is that sending decorated US soldier Rick Flag with them completely destroys the premise of plausible deniability. Not to mention that after a while the Suicide Squad basically became an open secret, so if Harley Quinn and Deadshot show up killing America's enemies in another country, nobody is going to be fooled.
>>144642686This makes no sense. Isn't she supposed to be in the military?
waller looks creepy with relaxed hair
>>144642426variant covers and next issuesAbsolute Power: Origins #1 Cover B Dave Wilkins Card Stock VariantAbsolute Power: Origins #1 Cover C Alitha Martinez Card Stock Variant
RELEASES AUG 28TH, 2024Absolute Power: Origins #2Cover B Mateus Manhanini Card Stock VariantMain CoverAbsolute Power: Origins #2 Cover B Mateus Manhanini Card Stock VariantTHE SUICIDE SQUAD RISES! Amanda Waller has suffered immeasurable loss… and the loss of her humanity along with it. Now, after having blazed her own trail into Washington politics, the Wall launches the new phase of her career: TASK FORCE X. Witness the rise of one of the deadliest teams ever to roam the DC universe and a shocking revelation that will make history in part two of Absolute Power: Origins. Brought to you by John Ridley and Alitha Martinez!
RELEASES SEP 25TH, 2024Absolute Power: Origins #3Cover B Ken Lashley Card Stock VariantAmanda Waller’s journey has brought her to hell and back — from the blood-soaked streets of Chicago to the over-the-top exploits of her very own Task Force X, a.k.a. the Suicide Squad. Now, with the clock ticking on ultimate victory over the metahumans of planet Earth, the origin of DC’s most methodical menace draws to a close. But what secrets lie within the terrifying alien mind of the Brainiac Queen — and will "the Wall" survive the very seeds she herself has sown?
