Absolute Power
By Mark Waid and Dan Mora
The big crossover event comics come along so often they rarely have any real power to them at all, and Absolute Power has all the pontificating about what it means to be a hero, and the usual victories and betrayals, but it’s the gross evolution of Amanda waller into a cackling villain that still leaves the most sour of tastes.
The Waller of the ‘80s Suicide Squad was a complex character because she had clear motivations, and clear lines that could not be crossed. She bears no resemblance to the current version, because after decades of reboots and severe weight loss programs, she is nothing more than another sad villain, driven only by hate and spite.
In the end, the superheroes win and get their powers back and she gets taken down when she is broadcast boasting of her evil plan to the whole world, like a fucking rube. It’s not that she’s a bad guy that's so disappointing, it's that she’s just really mediocre at it.
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