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Revision as of 10:58, 9 July 2024

"Absolute Power"
PublisherDC Comics
Publication dateJuly 3, 2024
Title(s)
See below
Main character(s)
Creative team
Writer(s)Mark Waid
Artist(s)
  • Mikel Janín
  • Dan Mora
Colorist(s)Trish Mulvihill
Editor(s)Paul Kaminski

"Absolute Power" is a 2024 American comic book crossover storyline published by DC Comics. As part of the Dawn of DC initiative, the main limited series will be written by Mark Waid, with art by Dan Mora, and debuted on July 3, 2024. The event takes place in the aftermath of "House of Brainiac".[1]

Premise

To neutralize the ability of every metahuman around the world, Amanda Waller recruits Failsafe and the Brainiac Queen into the Suicide Squad, beginning a campaign of hate and fear over people. In response, the Justice League and the remaining heroes form a resistance.[2]

Publication history

"Absolute Power" is a crossover event published by DC Comics and was released July 3, 2024. The main limited series of four issues is written by Mark Waid and drawn by Dan Mora.[1] During the Dawn of DC initiative, a "Trinity of Evil" was teased,[3] featuring Amanda Waller, leader of A.R.G.U.S., Checkmate and the Suicide Squad, alongside the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh, a Silver Age character who was reintroduced in 2022 during the "Failsafe" arc from Batman (vol. 3) #125–130 by Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jiménez, and the Brainiac Queen, a female variation of Brainiac who was introduced in 2024 during the "House of Brainiac" storyline by Joshua WIlliamson and Rafa Sandoval.[4]

Plot

Background

In response to recent events involving metahumans, Amanda Waller decided that superpowers, regardless of coming from both superheroes and supervillains, are already dangerous to be left unchecked. She gains the approval of the Council of Light (later revealed to be several clones of Brainiac in disguise) to take drastic measures. To archive her goal, Waller takes over the Hall of Justice, founding the Bureau of Sovereignty in order to discredit both the Justice League and Titans as berserk heroes. She even coerced Dreamer and Green Arrow to work for her in taking over Gamorra and create an exclusive prison for metahumans.[5]

Meanwhile, in Gotham City, Batman developed Failsafe, an AI robot with the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh's personality, who is determined to eradicate all crime, even if that means not following his creator's moral code. He created his own army of Amazos to archive his goal. He was defeated by Batman and his family, but Waller took Failsafe's body.

Finally, in Metropolis, Brainiac created the Brainiac Queen as a mean to experience the feeling of love he lost during his previous planetary invasions. Her primary functions involve devouring the abilities from the worlds he conquered until she gains her final form. After admitting his last defeat against Superman, Brainiac sends the Queen away, but in the process, she lost her memories.

After the Brainiac Queen awakens from her slumber, Waller and Failsafe recruit her to help them complete their agenda, which includes using her powers on a special device that causes power draining over the metahumans, transferring these to Failsafe's army, which Waller named as "Task Force VII".[6]

Main story

In Metropolis, a group of robbers attempt to escape using a helicopter. Superman tries to de-escalate the situation, but one of the robbers fires his pistol at Superman, which manages to injure and cause him to fall from the sky.[7] In Keystone City, 28 hours earlier, Animal Man and Animal Girl land in the park and are met by scared citizens, which proceed to beat Animal Man to near-death. Batman and Robin watch news channels report on Animal Man's attack and on videos depicting superheroes committing acts of violence and destruction across the globe. Batman deduces the videos are fake, and were created to discredit superheroes.

In the Hall of Justice, Amanda Waller reveals to Sarge Steel that the videos were created by Brainiac Queen as part of her plan to take down every superhero on the planet due to the heroes having too much power and answering to no one. Failsafe arrives and is ordered by Waller to enable Task Force VII, a task forced composed of Amazo androids equipped with power-syphoning technology which allow them to depower any superhero.

Back in the present, Superboy and Jon Kent arrive and see Superman injured and falling to the ground. They manage to grab him but are depowered and captured by Amazon robots. Amanda Waller starts a world-wide broadcast, stating her intention to solve the super-powered being problem permanently. At the same time, the Amazos of Task Force VII attack, depower and capture the majority of superheroes (including Wally West, Jay Garrick, Bart Allen, Justice Society of America, Aquaman, Tempest, and Doom Patrol) around the world. Batman deduces that Waller would not start such an attack if she hadn't already won, and is suddenly attacked by Failsafe.

Batman tries to warn the heroes but is contacted by Green Arrow, who is now working for Waller. He states that Waller made sure no help would arrive: she brokered a deal with the United Planets to make sure no one arrives or leaves Earth, and also the locked down the Multiverse, the Timestream and the Microverse, and mocks the heroes saying their powers are never coming back.[8]

Sub-plots

Characters

Trinity of Evil

Bureau of Sovereignty

Suicide Squad

Task Force VII

  • Depth Charge
  • Global Guardian
  • Jasestone
  • Last Son
  • Paradise Lost
  • Velocity

Resistance

Other characters

Bat-Family

Daily Planet

Justice League Dark

Shazam Family

Super-Family

Titans

Titles involved

Preludes

Title / Issue(s) Writer Artist(s) Colorist Premiere date Finale date Note
Batman (vol. 3) #145–149 Chip Zdarsky Jorge Jiménez Tomeu Morey March 5, 2024 June 18, 2024 "Dark Prisons" story arc
Free Comic Book Day 2024:
Absolute Power Special Edition 		One-shot Mark Waid Mikel Janín Trish Mulvihill May 5, 2024[9] —
Titans (vol. 7) #11 Tom Taylor Lucas Meyer Adriano Lucas May 21, 2024
Action Comics #1066 Joshua Williamson Rafa Sandoval Alejandro Sánchez June 25, 2024[10] "House of Brainiac" tie-in
Superman (vol. 6) #15

Countdown to Absolute Power

Title Issue(s) Writer Artist(s) Colorist Premiere date Finale date
Suicide Squad: Dream Team #1–4 Nicole Maines Eddy Barrows
Eber Ferreira 		Adriano Lucas March 12, 2024[11] June 11, 2024[12]
Green Arrow (vol. 7) #12–13 Joshua Williamson Eric Gapstur
Phil Hester
Sean Izaakse
Amancay Nahuelpan 		Romulo Fajardo Jr. May 28, 2024 June 25, 2024[10]
The Flash (vol. 6) #10 Simon Spurrier Vasco Georgie
Ramón Pérez 		Matt Herms June 25, 2024[10]

Limited series

Title Issue Writer Artist Colorist Premiere date Finale date
Absolute Power 1–4 Mark Waid Dan Mora Alejandro Sánchez July 3, 2024[9] October 2024
Absolute Power: Task Force VII 1–7 Jeremy Adams
John Layman
Pornsak Pichetshote
Alex Parknadel
Dan Watters
Leah Williams
Stephanie Williams 		Khary Randolph
Max Raynor
Calire Roe
Pete Woods
Marco Santucci
Caitlin Yarsky 		TBA July 10, 2024[13] September 25, 2024
Absolute Power: Origins 1–3 John Ridley Alitha Martinez July 24, 2024[13]

One-shots

Title Writer Artist Colorist Premiere date
Absolute Power: Ground Zero Nicole Maines
Gleb Melnikov
Mark Waid
Joshua Williamson
Chip Zdarsky 		V. Ken Marion
Dan Mora
Skylar Patridge 		Patricio Delpeche June 25, 2024[9]
Absolute Power: Super Son Sina Grace
Nicole Maines 		Travis Mercer
John Timms 		TBA September 18, 2024

Tie-ins

Title Issue Writer Artist Premiere date Finale date
Batman (vol. 3) 150–152 Chip Zdarsky Mike Hawthorne July 3, 2024[13] September 4, 2024
Green Lantern (vol. 7) 13–15 Jeremy Adams Fernando Pasarin July 10, 2024 September 11, 2024
Superman (vol. 6) 16–18 Joshua Williamson Jamal Campbell July 17, 2024[13] September 18, 2024
Wonder Woman (vol. 6) 11–13 Tom King Tony S. Daniel
Green Arrow (vol. 7) 14–16 Joshua Williamson Amancay Nahuelpan July 24, 2024 September 25, 2024

Release order

  • Free Comic Book Day 2024: Absolute Power Special Edition
  • Absolute Power: Ground Zero
  • Absolute Power #1
  • Batman (vol. 3) #150
  • Absolute Power: Task Force VII #1
  • Green Lantern (vol. 7) #13
  • Superman (vol. 6) #16
  • Wonder Woman (vol. 6) #11
  • Absolute Power: Origins #1
  • Green Arrow (vol. 7) #14

Critical reception

According to Comicbook Roundup, the event so far received an average rating of 7.8 out of 10 based on 15 reviews.[14]

See also

  • "Genesis", a 1997 DC crossover event.

References

  1. ^ a b Epps, Justin (2024-02-22). "DC's "Trinity of Evil" Unites in ABSOLUTE POWER, 2024's Massive Summer Blockbuster". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  2. ^ Salmon, Will (2024-02-22). "Suicide Squad supremo Amanda Waller is close to achieving Absolute Power in DC's next big event". gamesradar. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  3. ^ Brooke, David (2023-11-09). "DC's signals a Trinity of Evil with 2024 Dawn of DC teases". aiptcomics.com. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  4. ^ Arrant, Chris (2023-11-09). "Suicide Squad's Amanda Waller is leading DC's Trinity of Evil, and that means trouble for Batman, Superman and the good guys". Popverse. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  5. ^ Reaves, Dashiel (2024-06-25). "Superman's Boyfriend Reveals the 1 Weakness of His Seemingly Unbeatable Superpower". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  6. ^ Dodge, John (2024-06-26). "Brainiac's Deadliest Creation May Be More Powerful Than Superman". CBR. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  7. ^ "Superman Gets [SPOILER] in DC's Absolute Power". Comics. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  8. ^ Epps, Justin (2024-07-03). "ABSOLUTE POWER #1 Kicks DC's Summer Event Off Right with High-Stakes Drama". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  9. ^ a b c Smith, Sam (2024-02-22). "DC Announces its Summer Blockbuster Event and Elseworlds Updates". CBR. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  10. ^ a b c First Comics News (2024-03-14). "The Fall of the House of Brainiac Begins in Action Comics and Superman This June". www.firstcomicsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  11. ^ O'Donoghue, Kate (2023-11-09). "Waller's Dream Team: DC's Suicide Squad Officially Returns with a Powerful New Member". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  12. ^ Brooke, David (March 15, 2024). "Full June 2024 DC Comics solicitaions". Adventures in Poor Taste. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  13. ^ a b c d Salmon, Will (2024-04-18). "DC's massive summer event Absolute Power sees Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and more take on a "Trinity of Evil" led by Amanda Waller". gamesradar. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  14. ^ "Absolute Power Comic Reviews". Comicbook Roundup. June 26, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
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