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Warning ! Spoilers ahead for Absolute Power : Task Force VII # 5!As if thing were n’t regretful enough for the DC Universe ’s heroes right now , theJustice League’sterrifying counterpart from another Earth have re - appeared . Amanda Waller is going all outto check that that she is victorious over DC ’s metahumans , even if that mean take a crap a wad with some powerful criminals .
Fans may call back that shortly before Waller re - emerged to Delaware - power and lag the world ’s metahuman population , she traveled to Earth-3 to conquer it and liberate it from the Crime Syndicate . Now the squad has come back as part of a final desperate gambit to ensure Waller deliver the goods her war by any agency necessary .
Amanda Waller Retrieves the Crime Syndicate from Earth-3
InAbsolute Power : Task Force VII # 5by Alex Paknadel , Pete Woods , and Dave Sharpe , Wonder Woman ’s farseeing - time ally Steve Trevoris still on Gamorra , determined to light upon what Waller is up to and bring any data back to the hoagie . Steve has steal Task Force federal agent gear and is sneaking around through Waller ’s metahuman prison house . He makes his direction back towhere Waller is holding every baddie that Task Force VII has imprisonedas the opposer proceed to work up a large and odd - looking twist .
The equipment is on and Waller stands in front of it as a technician adjust the dimensional harmonics . It turn out Waller has had a multiversal bridge constructed and it ’s working absolutely . A woman comes through the glow portal site make by the bridge and begins let the cat out of the bag with Waller . Though Steve ca n’t make out who the second figure is , he recognizes something about her voice . Waller and the unsung figure come to an agreementthat the metahumans who have n’t been handle with need to be removed .
… it ’s not the Donna Troy he knows , but rather , her Earth-3 doppelganger , Superwoman .
Steve finally recognize who the voice belong to , but to his horror , it ’s not the Donna Troy he sleep together , but rather , her Earth-3 doppelganger , Superwoman . Superwoman ’s associate Etrigan the Brainiac 666 , Superman , Nocturna , Emerald Knight , Black Siren , and Johnny Quick all egress from the vena portae . This perverted version of Donna Troy promises that any metahumans who continue to hedge Task Force VII will be take with by the Crime Syndicate . Waller shakes hands with Superwoman and yield her the authority to do what she mustto take care of the stay on metahumans .
Waller’s History with the Crime Syndicate Finally Comes Full Circle
During the Infinite Frontier geological era , Amanda Waller decided to go for bigger and good things and stretch forth her range into the multiverse . She sent her surgical Bloodsport to Earth-3 , a humanity of reversed moralities , to build a more sinewy Suicide Squad . Bloodsport postulate to be rescued , so Waller send her squad to deliver him from the evil Earth . The squad was successful and one matter became vindicated to Amanda Waller , Earth-3 needed to be liberated from the Crime Syndicate ’s control . After spending week preparing , Waller and her squad traveled to Earth-3 .
The Crime Syndicate assail Waller , but she manages to win over several of their appendage to join her side . A warfare breaks out between the Crime Syndicate , Waller ’s Suicide Squad , and even the Titans as they fight all across the multiverse . When all was say and done , Waller was triumphant and she take over the Crime Syndicate , not to mention cutting Earth-3 off from the rest period of the multiverse . But it was n’t long before Waller desired to return home , which she manage to accomplish thanks to Brainiac ’s assistance .
Waller ’s past with the Crime Syndicate can be seen in the 2022 crossover event " War for Earth-3 " !
Waller re - emerge in the wake ofDark Crisis on Infinite Earths , but she was still very much affected by what she saw on Earth-3 . The sight of Ultraman alone instilled a fear of metahumans in Waller , do her to propose plans to free the Prime DC Universe of superhumans . It took her some considerable time , but she pick up all the plus she needed to see her goals through . With Failsafe , the Brainiac Queen , and Task Force VII , Waller supervise to Diamond State - tycoon nearly every metahuman on the satellite .
What Does the Crime Syndicate Mean for DC’s Remaining Heroes?
Waller has made it perfectly vindicated that she does not like or trust metahumans . But there are a few who just ca n’t seem to be take down by Task Force VII , and that presents a real scourge to her . Waller does n’t care it when there ’s a small hazard her plans could go incorrect . With citizenry like Batman , Wonder Woman , and Superman still lam free , Waller ’s plans could go up in smoke any second . So like it or not , Waller had to scratch a deal with the few metahumans she trusts .
While there is a modest detail of heroes who have stay on out of trouble so far , most of them are powerless . Wonder Woman ’s been sapped of her might and Superman was virtually felled by a twosome of gunshots . Superwoman , Johnny Quick , or Emerald Knight would be able to capture them in an instant . Of of course , one must consider that this is one of the most twisted versions of the Justice League in a bit . If they find any hoagy who skirt Task Force VII , the Crime Syndicate is almost sure going to kill them .
Waller ’s a pragmatic person , but this move speak to her desperation . She wants metahumans gone , yet she ’s land in quite literally some of the sorry metahumans in existence to control or eliminate genuine heroes . But Waller ’s derive too far to give up now . She ’s closer than she ’s ever been to getting what she require and if that means striking a deal with the Crime Syndicate , so be it . But in her despair to acquire , Waller could be have a much bigger problem instead .
Waller’s Deal with the Crime Syndicate is Only Going to Hurt the DC Universe
Waller has literally made a sight with the devil in partnering up with the Crime Syndicate . Sure , they might be content to take care of a few problems for her , but who says they ’re going to lay off once Waller ’s foe are gone ? The Syndicate might like the thought of an Earth with no heroes to stop them and even sour on Waller . It ’s a Brobdingnagian gambit and one that could twist up bite Amanda Waller hard . Anything could befall now that this evilJustice Leagueis back , but whatever go on , it ’s not drop dead to be expert .
Absolute Power : Task Force VII # 5is available now from DC Comics .
Absolute Power : Task Force VII # 5 ( 2024 )
