DC’s big bad from 2024 finally transforms into a true ‘supervillain’ (now more than human)

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DC’s big bad from 2024 finally transforms into a true ‘supervillain’ (now more than human)

Warning: Contains spoilers for Absolute Power #3!Amanda Waller Has the whole world of DC Comics in her hand. She’s long past suicide missions with Task Force X or trying to stop the Justice League through circus routes. She carried out a plan that leveled every hero and made her the autonomous ruler of Earth – and beyond. But this is not enough. In her latest story, Amanda Waller takes control of Brainiac Queen’s body, finally making her a true supervillain.

The Absolute power The events of Mark Waid and Dan Mora have rattled DC for months, and the most fascinating part of the evil plans that are executed in this world-shattering miniseries is that they are concocted by a non-superpowered villain. Amanda Waller is just a human woman with an ambition like Batman – albeit with a bad intention. However, when her plan starts to go wrong Absolute power #3, she has to grasp the controls herself.


Amanda Waller controls the body of Braniac Queen

Just as Brainiac Queen starts to lose her manipulation of Jon Kent’s body, Amanda Waller adds an override that allows her to control the villain’s body. This gives her the one thing she’s been missing in this fight: superpowers like an actual Justice League villain.

Who is Brainiac Queen? Learn about the origins of the villain in the House of Brainiac Event by Joshua Williamson, Rafa Sandoval, and others.

Amanda Waller is now DC’s ultimate villain

Amanda Waller will do anything to win


Comic book art: Batman and Amanda Waller with their faces split side by side.

Amanda Waller has done a lot without powers. She was redefined as Batman’s opposite by the inverted tragedy of ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ they-inverted of her daughter was murdered in an alleyway, like Bruce Wayne’s parents. She has many similarities to Batman, especially in how she uses both gadgets to get the job done and fear as a means to spread her power. Although the methods match, their end goal could not be more different.

It was only a matter of time before Amanda Waller stooped to the level of the heroes she hated.

Amanda Waller is an ultimate contingency planner like Batman. Normally, she works through blackmail, government red tape, and in the case of the Suicide Squad, bombs embedded in criminals’ necks – all to further her end goal of no more superheroes and a whole world under the law of Amanda Waller. These goals are a far cry from Batman’s, and so far, she hasn’t needed superpowers to achieve them. But every DC hero is rebelling against you, and so on She is her own fiel – Brainiac Queen – To take control of the situation.

Amanda Waller makes her final evolution into a supervillain

The Big Bad of 2024 learns why the Justice League can’t be beat


Comic Book Panels: Amanda Waller curses at Failsafe

Braniac Queen’s body with Amanda Waller’s superimposed face is exactly what the climax of Absolute power need Her influence will only take her so far in DC’s world of gods and heroes. Although her contingency plan renders even magic users useless, She cannot stop the indomitable spirit of the Justice League. For that, she needs to become a full supervillain. Kindness is certainly not her superpower, so she has to settle for something else.

It was only a matter of time before Amanda Waller stooped to the level of the heroes she hated. She is trying to rid the world of capes, and unlike Batman with his rule of no kill, she has become the very thing she despises in order to win. In becoming a supervillain, Amanda Waller Has really become something the whole world of DC Comics Must be afraid.

Absolute power #3 is now available from DC Comics!

Absolute Power #3 (2024)


Absolute Power 3 Main Cover: Batman with a cracked tile holding batarangs that reflect the Amazons, Brainiac Queen and Failsafe.

  • Writer: Mark Waid

  • Artist: Dan Mora

  • Colorist: Alejandro Sánchez

  • Writer: Ariana Maher

  • Cover artist: Dan Mora

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