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Summary
Ordinarily , BatmanandAmanda Wallercouldn’t be more unlike one another . One is a rule - breaker who , after a death in an alleyway , take an curse word to quit all criminal offense . The other one is Batman . That ’s proper : with the reveal of Amanda Waller ’s update backstory , it seems that these two disparate role , hero and baddie , might just have more in plebeian than previously supposed .
As DC crumbles under its catastrophicAbsolute Powerevent , Amanda Waller ’s motivations come to light in a new tie - in serial about the event ’s " big risky . " InAbsolute Power : Origins#1 by John Ridley and Alitha Martinez , ina riveting analogue to Batman ’s own origin story , Waller ’s girl is vote out in an alley , and her husband , trying to retaliate their daughter , vote out the cloaked baddie responsible , Candyman , but dies in the process .
Like Batman , Amanda Waller is the only survivor , and she now has a hate for crook , for people in masks , and for any who take the jurisprudence into their own hand and fail . Readers are reminded of Bruce Wayne ’s oath to retaliate his parents in the issue ’s opening pages , and laterWaller makes a similar curse word to " avenge my fellowship . "
DC Comics ’ swelled summer event Absolute Power is finally here and it kick off with an hatchway chapter that fans are not going to want to miss .
Amanda Waller Is Just as Dedicated as Batman
Amanda Waller Makes an Oath
When his parents were murdered in front of him , Bruce Wayne took an oath to become the Batman and to hold back the very criminal offense that had ruin his liveliness . NowAmanda Waller finally generate a backstory just as tragicbut in a complementary way . DC sets her up not only as a parallel to Batman but as his opposite : he ’s the child who watched his parents die , while she ’s the mother who check her girl and husband die . Batman still look at the world as a child trying to save his parent , while Amanda Waller looks at the human race as a mother that knows the world involve punishing .
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Finalizing this semblance to the Bat , she makes an swearword that decides her purpose , and it ’s not just criminals she ’s after . She swears to avenge her family by going to war with everyone involved in the superhero world , and she will take any measure against those masked soul , just asBatman would do anything to stop crime in Gotham . She has no supervillain codename and no secret individuality ; she ’s Amanda Waller , andshe bring down all of DC ’s metahumans as just a non - powered human with a brutal oath , as witnessed inAbsolute Power#1 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora .
Is Amanda Waller Actually Better than Batman?
Waller Leads the Iconic Suicide Squad
Wrestling control of the mankind from all heroes , her actions seem completely unforgivable , but with her motivating revealed , it is explicate how , like Batman , it ’s really a personal trauma that ’s drive her to such extremes . This female parent would do anything to save her all in daughter . Amanda Waller is what Batman would be if he tried to employ the American governmental and political scheme to his advantage to end crook instead of work alone and outside the legal philosophy as a vigilance man . While this distinction makesWaller one of the cruelest baddie in the DCU , she might just save the DC Universe by killing all the villain .
Batman ’s no - kill rule is trumped by Waller ’s baneful message to her own Suicide Squad : if they consecrate a offence again , the turkey she engraft in their neck go off . Her hatred for criminals exceeds even the Dark Knight ’s , as she punishes the champion who let the scoundrel live . And so far , she ’s winning her warfare as she accomplishes what evenBatmancouldn’t : ridding the world of masks of all kinds , and not as a Hero of Alexandria or a villain , but asAmanda Waller .
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One of DC ’s most iconic heroes , Batman is the vigilante superhero image of billionaire Bruce Wayne . spurt by calamity with the death of his parent , Bruce dedicate his life to becoming the earthly concern ’s lead martial artist , tec , and tactician . enrol an intact kinsfolk of ally and sidekicks , Bruce wages war on wickedness as the dreary horse of his hometown , Gotham City .
One of DC’s most iconic heroes, Batman is the vigilante superhero persona of billionaire Bruce Wayne. Forged by tragedy with the death of his parents, Bruce dedicated his life to becoming the world’s leading martial artist, detective, and tactician. Recruiting an entire family of allies and sidekicks, Bruce wages war on evil as the dark knight of his hometown, Gotham City.
