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Summary
Amanda Waller has finally been humanize despite beingSuicide Squad’sharshest loss leader . For twelvemonth , Amanda Waller has served as one of the most unflinching , uncompromising forces in the DC Universe , and she ’s only becoming a bigger menace during DC ’s current era . The Wall has existed in DC canon for 38 year and in that time , she ’s seldom ( if ever ) been humanized in hope of rationalizing her remorseless nature .
That changes inSuicide Squad : Dream Team#2 by Nicole Maines and Eddy Barrows , as an introspectivedeep diving into Amanda Waller ’s dreamsreveals that all of her biggest and most controversial decisions are rooted in veneration — especially about what might bump to her own loved one , include her hubby .
The last few pages of this issue recontextualize Amanda Waller ’s integral life , type , and history , summarizing her essence motivations in a single " dream " memory and therefore retool the reason for the Suicide Squad ’s existence . Whether this recontextualization actually paints Amanda in a truly sympathetic visible radiation is up for debate .
Suicide Squad : Dream squad # 1 wreak the precog hero Dreamer into Task Force X for a novel series that paves the way for DC Comics ’ big summer event .
The Suicide Squad Leader Amanda Waller Is Genuinely Afraid
Waller’s Most Heinous Crimes Boil Down to Fear
A peek into Amanda Waller ’s encephalon while she ’s sleeping demo reader that too soon in her career , Waller work with a crooked political leader in ways that caused friction between her and her husband . Before the retentivity can expose her husband ’s gruesome fate , Dreamer emerges to confront Wallerabout the awful things she ’s always done , and the"greater good"excuse she ’s always given . Dreamer persists in avow that none of the atrocious thing Waller has done ever needed to happen . A furious Dreamer inquire Waller:“What are you so afraid of ? "
For a fictitious character who has often been limn as dogged and unafraid , it ’s surprising to opine that all of Waller ’s major decision are drive by fear . At the same time , it makes perfect sense . Even as recently asCatwoman#62 by Tini Howard , Carmine Di Giandomenico , Veronica Gandini , and Lucas Gattoni , after the form of address character leads arguablythe best Suicide Squad line - upto a rousing success of a commission , Waller turns on Catwoman under the presumptuousness that Selina will eventually renegade against her and either betray Waller first or call on the Suicide Squad against her . At that consequence , Waller was afraid of the forged - case scenario .
Waller ’s scheme will culminate this summer in the event miniseriesAbsolute Powerby Mark Waid and Dan Mora .
Does Waller’s Fear Humanize or Endear the Character to Readers?
Or Does It Make DC’s Latest Big Bad All the More Unhinged?
reader may decide that these pages help humanise the Suicide Squad mastermind , which is an well arguable tip . However , considering she ’s right back to scheme when she wakes up with no sign of self-reproach , the raw backstory suggests that humanize Waller ca n’t redeem her . What ’s most likely , however , is thatgiving Waller a humane reason for her actions make her actions all the scarier . The fact that she is proven to have a conscious and yet still commits the horrible number she does ( or forces theSuicide Squadto do them for her ) reveals precisely how unhinged of a villain she truly is .
Suicide Squad : Dream Team#2is available now from DC Comics .
SUICIDE SQUAD : DREAM TEAM # 2 ( 2024 )
