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In Absolute Power, Amanda Waller turned off the world's superpowers, heroes and villains alike, and made deals to isolate the Earth from alien, multiversal, and time-travelling threats The superheroes punished her for this, imprisoning her and removing her memory of them But there was very little examination of whether she was actually right or not[...]

Amanda Waller took down the world's superheroes, but she couldn't have done it without Dreamer, who she blackmailed into joining her Suicide Squad, or risk the death of Dreamer's kidnapped family And then Dreamer died as part of the assault on the Fortress Of Solitude Something confirmed in the Super Son spinoff, as what vestiges[...]

Tomorrow sees three potential Absolute Power titles, Absolute Power Taskforce VII, Titans, and Green Arrow, all tying in with the mega-storyline, at least, while Absolute Power Origins #3 sets up the mental state as Amanda Waller takes power away from all but herself. Green Arrow #16 We are heading towards the Multiverse plans for Amanda Waller now, as we[...]

Daniel ABSOLUTE POWER TIE-IN! Gamorra found! Wonder Woman and Robin have finally located Amanda Waller's super jail holding the powerless heroes they once fought alongside Can the new dynamic duo break them out before they become trapped themselves? An undercover ally may hold the key to everything! Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 09/18/2024 ABSOLUTE POWER SUPER SON #1[...]

Two Absolute Power tie-ins come to DC Comics tomorrow, the spin-off Absolute Power: Task Force VII #6 and Green Lantern #15 as the Amazo robots of Failsafe, Brainiac Queen and Amanda Waller Back-up Batmen personalities across the Multiverse in souped-up technology to take out all the superpowers on the DC Earth by sucking them up[...]

With Absolute Power #3 on the shelves, we are led to ask… how did we do? Time for you to mark our homework. "Amanda Waller's criticism smacks of criticism of governments after 9/11 or the pandemic, using the circumstances to seize as much power as possible to save people, but in the process, changing the balance[...]

But how free of her is he really? Amanda Waller will revisit the events of Suicide Squad #10 by John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell and Bob Lewis back in 1988, as Batman breaks into Belle Reve Rewritten by John Ridley and Alitha Martinez in Absolute Power: Origins to have fewer tights and more menace. And given that Nicole[...]

Previously, Bleeding Cool reported Absolute Power gossip saying "Amanda Waller's criticism of superheroes smacks of criticism of governments after 9/11 or the pandemic, using the circumstances to seize as much power as possible to save people, but in the process, changing the balance in the world and not giving that power back World government of[...]

So what does he find? That's, um, that's Condiment King's stuff, right? Did Amanda Waller really have to take him down? Still, maybe he has a scientific mind Because, while there are a number of heroes kept in chokey by Amanda Waller… … she seems to have other plans for the supervillains Especially all the mad scientists[...]

Absolute Power from Mark Waid and Dan Mora continues to rip its way through the DC Universe, the pinnacle of Amanda Waller's plans to deal with the superhero menace as she sees it Bleeding Cool has been hearing our first post-San Diego Comic-Con gossip based on what's coming. Amanda Waller's criticism smacks of criticism of governments[...]

Yesterday, James Gunn posted to social media, "Is it just a coincidence that one of my favorite comic book characters of all time was brought into this world on August 5, my birthday? The iconic Amanda Waller made her first appearance on this day in 1986, in LEGENDS #1 by Len Wein and John Ostrander[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Scrubs, Paramount+'s Mayor of Kingstown, Hulu's Solar Opposites, HBO's Peacemaker, Peacock's Those About to Die, HBO's House of the Dragon, STARZ's Power Book II: Ghost, Lionsgate's John Wick: The High Table, Max's Creature Commandos, Paramount+'s Evil, USA Network's WWE Raw, Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, Netflix's Fuller House, The X-Files/Gillian Anderson, and more! Images/Screencaps: HBO, NBCUniversal/Peacock,[...]

As seen in tomorrow's Absolute Power: Talk Force VII #3… so spoilers on… Jadestone is one of the Amazo androids recreated by Failsafe and Brainiac Queen for Amanda Waller Hosting the consciousnesses of the Batmen back up personalities of Zur-En-Arrh from across the Multiverse, in bodies repaired by the Time Commander and souped up to be[...]

As Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow, continues to bed down with Amanda Waller in the Hall Of Order, helping depower or capture the entire super-community of the DC Universe, his motivations are unclear Sure, there is what he has told the Arrow family, but Amanda Waller showed him something that a) changed his mind or[...]

But if you are a Nightwing fan and not on board with Absolute Power yet, this may be enough to change your mind… your call. I previously examined DC Comics' plan to rewrite Amanda Waller's origin, showing how her entire career has led up to the events of Absolute Power. In which she has captured or depowered[...]

Originally, as established in Secret Origins back in 1988, by John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell, Amanda Waller was established as a widow who escaped Chicago's housing projects with her surviving family after her eldest son was murdered and her eldest daughter was raped and murdered. Her husband confronted the gang member the police knew was the[...]

DC Studios' Co-CEO James Gunn had a quick and promising update on Christal Henry and Jeremy Carver's Viola Davis-starring series Waller.

As Amanda Waller takes away the powers of the DC Comics characters and shoots Superman out of the sky Spoilers of course. With Mister Terrific doing what he can, given what he can prepare for it Spoilers, Superman's powers don't come back. While Steve Trevor and Detective Chimp get attacked by an Amazo robot, possessed by a[...]

Today sees the publication of Task Force VII #1 and Green Lantern #13, both outlining the scope of Amanda Waller's operation further, as she seeks the ultimate power grab in the DC Universe by grabbing all the power. Noting who she has captured in her Gamorran prison, beginning with Wallace West, Detective Chimp and Parasite. Oh and[...]

Tomorrow sees Absolute Power #1 and Batman #150 published by DC Comics (or since yesterday digitally, depending on your territory.) We have seen the world being recreated by Waller… As Amanda Waller using the combined powers of Zur-En-Arrh and Brainiac Queen to run fake news about the superhero genocide the world over… …and then use that fear[...]

In the Free Comic Book Day Absolute Power volume from Mark Waid and Mikel Janin, we discovered that Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow, was seemingly willingly working with Amanda Waller in the renamed House Of Justice, the House Of Order But what had pushed him in that direction? Did he have a bomb in his[...]

And there is plenty of Jay Nakamura in the preview that Jude posted. With Dreamer tasked by Amanda Waller to take down the rogue Jay Nakamura, Jonathan Kent's boyfriend and son of the deposed Gamorran president now that Waller has set up shop on the independent island nation-state And breathe All spinning out of the recent[...]

You can catch up with some gossip for that about Zur-En-Arrh and the Brainiac Queen on Bleeding Cool… but what about the actual published comics? Or at least the ones that will be tomorrow? In Suicide Squad: Dream Team we have seen Amanda Waller establish herself at the new premiere of Gamorra, with all that this[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool ran some Absolute Power gossip entitled "Absolute Power Gossip: How Amanda Waller Gets Zur-En-Arrh" and now we are looking at the other third of this triptych, Amanda Waller and the Brainiac Queen Spoilers of course. Bleeding Cool understands that Brainiac created the Brainiac Queen as some form or bride in the Frankenstein[...]

DC's epic summer event kicks off with a bang, as the combined might of FAILSAFE and the BRAINIAC QUEEN has at last given Amanda Waller the ability to steal the metahuman abilities of every hero and villain on planet Earth As chaos erupts in the streets and a massive misinformation campaign sways public opinion to[...]

In the Absolute Power Free Comic Book Day edition, the Zur-En-Arrh/Failsafe Batman was seemingly under the control of Amanda Waller, or certainly working very sympatico with her. Absolute Power Free Comic Book Day While running experiments on the inmates, after basically acquiring them all. Absolute Power Free Comic Book Day It didn't go that well. Absolute Power Free Comic Book[...]

Will Zur-En-Arrh defeat himself? After all, he does have a Hall Of Justice to run for Amanda Waller… Once Amanda Waller has done a deal with Police Commissioner Vandal Savage Might she be able to find a way out for Zur-En-Arrh? At her command, that is? Batman #148 by Chip Zdarky and Jorge Jimenez is published on Tuesday, BATMAN #148 CVR A[...]

Amanda Waller has declared all speedsters a threat to humanity And Wally West, the Flash is on the run… isn't he always? Which makes this moment in today's Flash #9 with Nightwing a little fraught, given that the Flash hasn't been exactly standing still. As Nightwing has Amanda Waller on one side and Zur-En-Arrh's Batman on[...]

And we know what drives Amanda Waller in this direction. Creating Vanadia to kill the Titans, as part of Amanda Waller's deal with Trigon And for her own personal reasons too, reducing the powers on Earth, with Beast World as just the set up for that fight. While Amanda Waller is also dealing with Brainiac for his/her[...]

So what do we know about the lead up to it? I'm not going to go over all the previous Amanda Waller and Absolute Power gossip, that's what those links are for But what's going on with Superman, Lobo, Hal Jordan and the like in the runup? Spoilers of course You wouldn't expect anything less. Well,[...]