The DC Universe has some of pop culture’s most important and memorable villains. Lex Luthor, Joker, Darkseid, Cheetah, and countless others have driven decades of storytelling from the superhero universe, often reflecting the darkest aspects of humanity in the biggest ways possible. But Amanda Waller stands out from the rest of the franchise’s antagonists because she’s not strictly a villain — usually.Recent events have taken Waller out of the morally dubious spaces she once occupied, and made her into DC’s latest Big Bad — as seen in Titans: Beast World (by Tom Taylor, Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Wes Abbott, and Brad Anderson). The thing is, the character has never been better, operating as a fascinating and compelling villain who appeals to very human fears and motivations. This grounded element of the character makes her an ideal master manipulator for the DC Universe, and this commanding villainous position is one she should keep for the foreseeable future.Waller’s style of leadership and willingness to play dirty have always put her at odds with the larger superhero community. But in the past, their shared ultimate goals of a better tomorrow kept them from overtly going up against one another. Even when the Justice League fought the Suicide Squad in the New 52, it was more directly rooted in the manipulations of Maxwell Lord and Eclipso than in Waller’s full opposition to the heroes. But in recent years, Waller has become even more committed to achieving her idealized future — one where superheroes are either eliminated or contained. She ventured across the multiverse to turn Earth-3 into a base for her agents, and the conclusion of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths revealed that she would become the primary agent of the Light moving against the reunified hero community in stories like Knight Terrors.
The DC Universe has some of pop culture’s most important and memorable villains. Lex Luthor, Joker, Darkseid, Cheetah, and countless others have driven decades of storytelling from the superhero universe, often reflecting the darkest aspects of humanity in the biggest ways possible. But Amanda Waller stands out from the rest of the franchise’s antagonists because she’s not strictly a villain — usually.
Recent events have taken Waller out of the morally dubious spaces she once occupied, and made her into DC’s latest Big Bad — as seen in Titans: Beast World (by Tom Taylor, Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Wes Abbott, and Brad Anderson). The thing is, the character has never been better, operating as a fascinating and compelling villain who appeals to very human fears and motivations. This grounded element of the character makes her an ideal master manipulator for the DC Universe, and this commanding villainous position is one she should keep for the foreseeable future.
Waller’s style of leadership and willingness to play dirty have always put her at odds with the larger superhero community. But in the past, their shared ultimate goals of a better tomorrow kept them from overtly going up against one another. Even when the Justice League fought the Suicide Squad in the New 52, it was more directly rooted in the manipulations of Maxwell Lord and Eclipso than in Waller’s full opposition to the heroes. But in recent years, Waller has become even more committed to achieving her idealized future — one where superheroes are either eliminated or contained. She ventured across the multiverse to turn Earth-3 into a base for her agents, and the conclusion of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths revealed that she would become the primary agent of the Light moving against the reunified hero community in stories like Knight Terrors.
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