The Justice League accidentally gave Amanda Waller access to DC's deadliest army

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The Justice League accidentally gave Amanda Waller access to DC's deadliest army

Summary

  • The Morgue of the Justice League led to revived villains like Black Lanterns in the Black night Catastrophe.

  • Amanda Waller's control over the Hall of Justice gives her access to powerful artifacts and villainous corpses.

  • Waller's desire for complete control over the DC Universe could lead to her creating an army of super-powered zombies.

The Justice League Often ends up with tons of dangerous weapons and artifacts in their bases. Some DC Universe objects are simply too dangerous to allow the regular government to stop. One of the most dangerous things the Justice League has held onto over the years has been the dead bodies of their various enemies, and Amanda Waller Now they have.

The readers are shown a surprisingly dark area of ​​the Hall of Justice - the morgue - in Black night #1 by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis. In the story, Hal Jordan shows Barry Allen, who has recently returned from the dead, the new areas of the Temple of Justice, including The morgue where the League keeps dead villains.


Hal Jordan shows the Hall of Justice tomorrow

Hal explains that some villains are best kept here so that their families don't have to suffer retaliation when their secret identities are exposed. And of course, some villains, due to their powers, are simply too dangerous to be buried. Although all this makes sense, the choice to stop the morgue can only be had Given Amanda Waller the perfect new recruiting ground for the Suicide Squad.

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The morgue of the Hall of Justice is now in Amanda Waller's hands

Black night #1 by Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Oclair Albert, Alex Sinclair and Nick J. Napolitano


Flash inspects the Hall of Justice tomorrow

Although it seems like an okay idea to keep the dead bodies of dangerous villains locked in the basement, the idea quickly spirals out of control during the events of Black night. In this story, the Black Lanterns begin invading Earth and the Black Lantern rings specifically seek the bodies of the dead. Every villain in the Hall of Justice suddenly returns to life and goes on a rampage against the Justice League. And this is not the only time that the League's habit of keeping the bodies of the villains has turned against them.

Waller's so-called Suicide Squad is a government project, but it's not the only one. The government also created Task Force Z, A group of former villains who have been brought back to life as zombies. If they completed their missions, they were supplied with more Lazarus resin to keep them in their zombie state. If they failed, they are already dead, so it doesn't matter. Surprisingly, the group is not led by Amanda Waller, but instead by Harvey Dent.

For more on Task Force Z, check out the 12 issue series Task Force p - starring Red Hood, Harvey Dent and other complex undead heroes - by Matthew Rosenberg and Eddy Barrows, available now both digitally and in collected editions from DC Comics.

The Hall of Justice Morrow was a disaster for the League

Villains are revived as Black Lanterns


The Hall of Justice morgue villains are revived

Task Force Z used a compound known as Lazarus Resin to keep their members alive. Lazarus Resin gives the user the regenerative aspects of Lazarus Pits, but on a much smaller scale. They are constantly kept in a state between life and death, with the promise of full life for obedience. Although Amanda Waller seemed to be opposed to the formation of Task Force Z, it is highly unlikely that she would be opposed to using Lazarus Smolle herself. Amanda Waller now has more governmental power than ever before, meaning She would probably easily be able to get the Lazarus resin Left of Task Force p.

Amanda Waller is currently one of the most dangerous characters in the DC Universe.

Amanda Waller is currently one of the most dangerous characters in the DC Universe because of how she is slowly but surely shifting public opinion against Earth's heroes. The Justice League is disbanded, and Waller has made the Titans his public enemy number one. Waller turned the public against the Titans during the events of Titans: animal world By Tom Taylor, Ivan Reis and Lucas Meyer, how the planet was threatened by a version of Beast Boy who lost his mind.

Waller now has significantly more control and power in the government, to the point that she seized the Hall of Justice, renaming it the Hall of Order. Getting the Hall of Justice also gave Waller everything inside itIncluding the many dead bodies that would remain in the morning. Waller took control of the hall Titans: Beast World #6, And it was a moment that truly cemented Amanda Waller as the new powerhouse in the DC Universe. With the Hall of Justice in her hands, she gained access to a whole stack of Justice League weapons.

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Absolute Power: Origins #1 Variant Cover by Alitha Martinez


Absolute Power Origins 1 Martinez Variant Cover: Amanda Waller poses in front of Failsafe and Brainiac Queen.

Amanda Waller has always used her Suicide Squad team to achieve her goals. She was very picky about what she allowed in the team and often Try to get the most powerful people possible. The Hall of Justice Morgue was specifically made to hold villains whose bodies were too powerful to just bury - including characters like Alexander Luthor, who had control over both matter and anti-matter, allowing Luthor to create pocket dimensions or even fuse universes together. Now his body is in the hands of Amanda Wallers.

For Waller's last turn as the leader of the Suicide Squad - and for the lead up to the current one Absolute power event, in which Waller plays a major antagonistic role - check out Suicide Squad: Dream Team By Nicole Maines and Eddy Barrows.

Now, Amanda Waller has created her own Justice League of Amazos, as spotlighted in the miniseries Absolute power: Task Force VII By a variety of creators. But she was always one of all that she had access to. Although the Amazons are certainly dangerous, it is No reason why Waller would abandon the use of super-powered beings she could control through Lazarus Resin. She is still using the Suicide Squad to this day, so Waller could bring back Task Force Z with her expanded government powers.

Amanda Waller wants total control over the DC Universe

Waller uses every tool she has to win


Superman in Chains and Amanda Waller DC

Many supervillains simply show up on Earth and immediately start trying to take down the Justice League with pure brute force. Even when the villains try to use long-term planning, their plan is usually to destroy the planet or take over the world. Even with the Justice League out of the way, taking over the world wouldn't necessarily be easy due to the world governments. This is What makes Waller so dangerous. While she is trying to take over the world, she has the full backing of the majority of the world to do so.

Amanda Waller has contingency plans for everything. If her Amazons fail, she definitely has a backup plan to take down the League or anyone who gets in her way. The best option for her was handed to her on a silver platter when she took over the temple justice. Not only did she get all the artifacts and weapons that the Justice League was forced to leave behind, but she also got the dozens of corpses of powerful villains in the morgue. As terrible as it may be, Amanda Waller Has everything she needs to create a zombie army of super-powered villains, all thanks to the Justice League.

Black night #1 Available now from DC Comics!