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The modern daySuicide Squadis infamous for beingAmanda Waller’spersonal job force of expendables , but that was never the original plan . DC has or else revealed that the original card of Task Force X was to the full fit out to take on theJustice League- even have their own " Superman " on the roll .
Absolute Power : Origin ( 2024)#2 , by John Ridley , Alitha Martinez , Norm Rapmund , and Andrew Dalhouse , reintroduces reader to the very first version of Task Force X , made up of a calico lean of names likeCyclotron , Johnny Sorrow , and Rustam . But there are grueling hitters in the roll , too : Dr. Polaris , the Emerald Empress , and even the Main Man himself , Lobo .
This batting order reward the impression that the original Task Force X was never think of to be a " felo-de-se squad " -it was fully equipped to take out the Justice League from the beginning .
An coming tale will take a look at Amanda Waller ’s early days with the Suicide Squad and expose a lurid secret about the team ’s past .
Task Force X Was Always Meant To Be An Anti-Justice League
While most of the villain comprising the first Suicide Squad may be unnoticeable , the roll in reality comes from the pages ofJustice League vs. Suicide Squad(2016),where they are recruit by Maxwell Lordto take their retaliation on Waller . Absolute Power : Origins#2 fills in the vital information as to why they require retaliation : namely , for Waller nearly kill them in the explosion that ensue after she ordered Lobo to execute Cyclotron . Justice League vs. Suicide Squademphasizes the power this original squad have , have them maintain their own against the modern Suicide Squad and the Justice League combined .
See the first - ever Suicide Squad in action in the six - partJustice League vs. Suicide Squad(2016 ) , by Rob Williams , Tim Seely , Joshua Williamson , Fernando Pasarin , Riley Rossmo , Robson Rocha , Tony S. Daniel , Christian Duce Fernandez , Jason Fabok , Jesús Merino , Giuseppe Cafaro , and Howard Porter .
Lobo in particular is critical to this lineup . As a nigh - immortal Czarnian and one of Superman ’s classic foils , he supply big businessman that Waller has been intemperately - pressed to match in subsequent rosters . slip in stop , the Suicide Squad squad have in theAbsolute Powerlead - up series , Suicide Squad : Dream Team ( 2024),banks heavily on Bizarro to provide the team ’s muscle - but Bizarro is a pitiable man ’s Lobo , being much more difficult to control and work with despite arguably own greater power ( specially with his inborn wizardly talent).Waller knows that without a Superman point of view - in , her Anti - Justice League is n’t complete .
See the roster of Bizarro , Dreamer , and more in the four - partSuicide Squad : Dream Team ( 2024)by Nicole Mains , Eddy Barrows , Eber Ferreira , Adriano Lucas , José Luis , and Adriano Di Benedetto .
The Suicide Squad Was A Watered-Down Version of Waller’s Ambition - Until Now
Absolute Power : Origins#2 score it clear that after the first squad ’s disastrous mission , Waller had to make do with members she could control through her mastermind bombs - severely handicap the king she could dominate , and sprain what was intended as an " Anti - Justice League " squad into a smaller - scope covert ops squad . That no longer enforce : not only does Waller have her own police squad of Task Force VII Amazos , she also has Failsafe and the Brainiac Queen under her thumb . The Suicide Squadwas always meant to take down theJustice League- but only now areAmanda Waller’sambitions fully realized .
Absolute Power : Origins#2is usable now from DC Comics .
Absolute Power : Origins#2 ( 2024 )
