DC finally redeems an Arrowverse hero after destroying their reputation

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Absolute Power #2!A favorite character of the Arrowverse Made good after making the worst decision of her life. Dreamer was faced with bad and worse options and in her darkest moments, agreed to work with Amanda Waller and stand by as she brought the world to heel.

Nia Nal is a good and honest hero. But her uncanny ability to see into the future made her a target by Waller, who wanted to use Dreamer to secure victory over DC’s metahumans. As things continue to get worse for the heroes, Nia makes a stand and risks everything important to her to be the hero the world needs right now.

Dreamer risks her life and her family to save the day

in Absolute power #2 By Mark Waid, Dan Mora, Alejandro Sánchez and Ariana Maher, Waller is winning her war against the DCU’s metahumans. When de-powered humans arrive at Waller’s prison on Gamorra Island, Waller gives her team their next order and Informs dreamer that she is to transfer a special asset. At the same time, every available hero is gathered in the Fortress of Solitude to form a counterattack. Nightwing takes command and begins relaying orders to his allies. Unfortunately, before the heroes disperse, the fortress is attacked by the Brainiac Queen and a brainwashed Jon Kent.

All hell breaks loose in the fortress as Jon’s cybernetic augmentation has turned him into Waller’s weapon of war. The Brainiac Queen also uses her powers to further the heroes’ plans, destroying their tech and gear. In the middle of the chaos, Dreamer comes through, bringing Global Guardian, one of the Task Force VII agents to siphon the remaining heroes’ powers. Nia panics and tells Waller she’s leaving, however Waller ordered Dreamer to rent or her family would face the consequences.

With no other options, Superman chooses to self-destruct the fortress and rescue everyone they can from a temporary portal. However, Brainiac Quinn attacks Clark and prepares to kill him. However, Dreamer uses her powers to send Superman through the portal while she stays back to deal with the Queen. Enraged at what Waller did to Jon, Dreamer uses her power to keep the Queen trapped in the explosion. Nia thinks about her family one last time An explosion tears the fortress apart, with no sign of Dreamers left behind.

How Waller blackmailed Dreamer into working for her

Dreamer first came to Waller’s attention during “Animal World”, when she and Jon helped keep Metropolis safe from some animal-human hybrids. Intrigued by the idea of ​​having a powerful Precog under her command, Waller approached Nia, threatening to reveal her hometown, Parthas, a secret community of alien refugees, to the world. Dreamer agreed and helped Waller capture a rogue precog. While Nia was successful, this was just the first of many missions she would complete Waller, who started building a new suicide squad around Dremer.

Because the island nation of Gamorra needed to house its metahuman prisoners, Valer assembled her new squad and sent them to overthrow his leadership. Dreamer was incredibly helpful until she had a vision that showed her what Waller was planning. Nia escaped and Waller took advantage of her threat, beating Parthas and its inhabitants. The small church was attacked, which forced Dremer to return and protect his people. Unfortunately, Waller was counting on this and She has the Suicide Squad retrieve Dreamer and bring her back to Gamora.

En route to Gamorra, Dreamer convinced her old teammate Bizarro to release her, which worked. While it cost Bizarro his life, Dreamer was free to make Waller pay for what she had done. But when Nia finally confronted Amanda, the precog had a vision that revealed a horrifying truth: Waller had linked her heart to bombs in Nia’s father and sister’s heads. If Waller dies or Dreamer does something to deface her, Waller can have them killed in an instant. With no other option, Dreamer continued to play against Waller.

Dreamer proves she’s a hero… but what’s next?

Dreamer was put in a very difficult decision. She never wanted to work for someone as evil as Waller, but at every turn, Amanda threatened something incredibly important to Nia. First, it was her community, and then it was her family. While her friend Jay Nakamura did not understand (rightfully so, as Waller killed his mother), fans saw just how much Waller had threatened the young woman. Anyone would probably make the same choices If, as a dreamer, their family’s life was at stake.

But despite the clear and present danger for herself and her family, Dreamer still chose to do the right thing in the end. Did Nia know if she was strong enough to take on the Brainiac Queen or if an explosion would actually kill her? Probably not. But Dreamer could not stand his co-worker in the wretched horror that Waller had brought into the world. Too much blood was shed and Dreamer was ready to sacrifice everything if it meant stopping the madness.

But one has to ask whether Dreamer is really dead or not. There was no body and as any comic book fan will say ‘no body, no death’. Nia has transportation powers that Waller can’t seem to block off, so Dreamer could easily do this to fake her death and get off Waller’s radar. Plus Dreamer being dead disincentivizes Waller to kill Nia’s family, so that keeps them safe for the moment. But whether she is dead or not, Nie has risked everything and tried Waller did not crush Dreamer’s bravery.

Dreamer is the unsung hero of Absolute power

When faced with such adversity, not many people could rise to the occasion and risk everything to do the right thing. But Dreamer was always a strong hero, even when Waller did everything to break her. The DC Universe is far from okay right now, but with Dreamer out from under Amanda Waller’s control, there’s a very real chance that things could turn around and that the heroes could finally win. Dreamer was through hell, but the Arrowverse Hero is almost certainly about to be the hero no one saw coming.

Absolute power #2 is available now from DC Comics.

Absolute Power #2 (2024)
	Writer: Mark Waid Artist: Dan Mora Colorist: Alejandro Sánchez Writer: Ariana Maher Cover artist: Dan Mora