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Absolute Power (DC Comics; 2024)

  • Suicide Squad: Dream Team #1

    Suicide Squad: Dream Team #1
    When Amanda Waller makes her move to seize ultimate power in the DCU, nothing will stand in her way — not even the future. Dreamer is the precog dream-walker who has run afoul of the most power-hungry villain in DCU history. With a super-powered hero who can see the future on her side, is Waller's Suicide Squad finally unstoppable? Join Harley Quinn, Bizarro, Clock King, Black Alice, and Deadeye for the fight for DC's future… and the next big step toward the cataclysmic event of 2024!
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    Suicide Squad: Dream Team

    Amanda Waller is expanding Task Force X… and she's about to create her Dream team. Spinning out of the pages of Action Comics #1060 and Titans: Beast World World Tour Metropolis #1, Amanda Waller is recruiting for Task Force X. She knows she needs the best of the best — heroes, villains...it doesn't really matter. The first person she's determined to recruit? Nia Nal, a.k.a Dreamer. Who else will Waller pursue? And what is she planning for once she's assembled her DREAM TEAM?
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    Countdown to Absolute Power

  • Suicide Squad: Dream Team #2

    Suicide Squad: Dream Team #2
    DREAMER BREAKS FREE! Dreamer has made her break from the rest of the Squad, and Amanda Waller is pissed. Who will side with the dream-walking precog, and who will kiss the ring of the DC Universe's premier control freak? The answers will surprise you (except I think we all pretty much know Bizarro will do something "opposite," though, right?) as the Dream Team shatters!
  • Free Comic Book Day 2024: Absolute Power Special Edition

    Free Comic Book Day 2024: Absolute Power Special Edition
    The prelude to the biggest DC Comics event of 2024 is here! It's a story 30 years in the making… and in this special Free Comic Book Day tale, the final domino to fall in an epic scheme comes tumbling down, and the DC Universe will never be the same.
  • Suicide Squad: Dream Team #3

    Suicide Squad: Dream Team #3
    CAN DREAMER ESCAPE WALLER'S CLUTCHES? No one just gets out from under the thumb of Amanda Waller, and it's looking like Dreamer is no exception! But a surprise pair of allies decide to risk it all and play hero, helping Dreamer escape Waller's clutches… now they just have to escape the plane they're stuck in and prevent a bloody assault on Gamorra. Should be easy, right?
  • Titans #11

    Titans #11
    TITANS AGAINST… THEMSELVES?! After a literal deal with the devil, Waller turns things up a notch! With the help of the twisted Doctor Morrow, she has now created an ultimate weapon capable of taking down all the Titans. Can the team survive themselves?
  • Green Arrow #12

    Green Arrow #12
    FINALLY…THE FAMILY REUNION! This is it! For the last year, Oliver Queen has been on a mission to reunite his family and friends. Can the Emerald Archer overcome Merlyn's final master move and get the family reunion we've all been dying to see?
  • Batman #148

    Batman #148
    IT'S BATMAN VS. BATMAN IN THE "DARK PRISONS" FINALE! It all comes down to this: Batman versus Batman! With Damian's life — and the future of Gotham — hanging in the balance, nothing can prepare either version of the Dark Knight for what's about to happen!
  • Suicide Squad: Dream Team #4

    Suicide Squad: Dream Team #4
    THE FINAL ISSUE… AND THE START OF WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE DCU! As the Dream Team's story reaches its climax, Dreamer and her Suicide Squad take their one and only shot at preventing the future she's predicted, in which Amanda Waller turns Gamorra into her own personal alien super-prison. Will Dreamer be able to save the day and abide by her superhero code, or will she have to embrace the Wall's "greater good" philosophy and resolve to change the future by any means necessary?
  • Batman #149

    Batman #149
    AN EPILOGUE: ALL WE'VE LOST, AND ALL WE'VE LEFT BEHIND. When confronted with the totality of your life, and all the choices that led you to where you are, do you build on the ashes, or rise from them? The Batman who is left standing will have to answer this question quickly, as someone is already sifting through those ashes, with an eye toward saving the world!
  • Superman #15

    Superman #15
    Part 6 of "House of Brainiac". FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BRAINIAC! Superman and Lex have figured out how to stop Brainiac and his Queen, but it will take a great sacrifice. Can they do the unthinkable to save their family and friends?
  • Absolute Power: Ground Zero

    Absolute Power: Ground Zero
    THE DOMINOS FALL! As the DC Universe braces for the Absolute Power blitzkrieg, the key to capturing metahuman powers on planet Earth will at last be unlocked! Bridging the events of Batman, Superman: House of Brainiac, and Suicide Squad: Dream Team, this special oversize GROUND ZERO issue brings Waller's total dominance to the doorsteps of the world's finest heroes...using the combined might of FAILSAFE, the BRAINIAC QUEEN, and the SUICIDE SQUAD to do it! Witness years of storytelling culminate.
  • Green Arrow #13

    Green Arrow #13
    OLIVER QUEEN BECOMES AN AGENT OF AMANDA WALLER! Roy and the rest of the Green Arrow family want to know why Green Arrow would betray his family and friends and choose to work with Amanda Waller and her deadly plans for the heroes and villains of the DC Universe!
  • Action Comics #1066

    Action Comics #1066
    Part 5 of "House of Brainiac". THE BRAINIAC QUEEN UNLEASHES COSMIC HORROR! THE BRAINIAC QUEEN IS ALIVE! Now that Brainiac has created his masterpiece, all bets are off, and Superman and his family are witness to a cosmic horror unlike anything they've ever seen. As we learn the true history of Brainiac, the main man, Lobo, must choose what side he is on before all hell breaks loose!
  • The Flash #10

    The Flash #10
    WALLY WEST'S FAMILY IS HIS ONLY HOPE! As the Arc Angles bring the Crown of Thawnes into The Gallery, Wally West has to pull himself together to face some old Rogues. Amanda Waller's Task Force raids Terrifictech, and brings some shocking backup to keep any speedsters in line!
  • Absolute Power #1

    Absolute Power #1
    The combined might of FAILSAFE and the BRAINIAC QUEEN has at last given Amanda Waller the ability to steal the metahuman abilities of every hero and villain on planet Earth. As chaos erupts in the streets and a massive misinformation campaign sways public opinion to her side, the founder of the Suicide Squad methodically targets each superhero dynasty one at a time, starting with SUPERMAN. But even in this darkest of hours, a resistance is forming...and BATMAN is out for vengeance.
  • Batman #150

    Batman #150
    A milestone issue featuring art by the legendary DENYS COWAN (The Question) and series regular JORGE JIMÉNEZ! When a two-bit crook uncovers Batman’s true identity, he becomes the most dangerous man in Gotham City! Can Batman stop him before it’s too late? Does he even want to? Plus, an Absolute Power backup story by Chip Zdarsky and Mike Hawthorne teaming Batman and Catwoman on the heist of their lives against Amanda Waller!
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    Absolute Power Tie-In: Batman

  • Absolute Power: Task Force VII #1

    Absolute Power: Task Force VII #1
    SUPER NO MORE! With the assault on Metropolis’s heroes complete, Amanda Waller’s latest living weapon, the Last Son, sets his sights on the other most powerful supers in the DCU…the Marvel Family! Will their combined powers be enough to survive this terrifying threat? In this biweekly series we’ll see the ABSOLUTE POWER event through the eyes of evil—as told from the point of view of the TRINITY OF EVIL!
  • Green Lantern #13

    Green Lantern #13
    HAL JORDAN IS THE LATEST CASUALTY OF AMANDA WALLER! De-powered and back on Earth, Hal needs to find a way to get to the new power battery and recharge—but Thaaros has other plans, and now Hal is being hunted by the most dangerous aliens on the planet! PLUS: The secret origin of LORD PREMIERE THAAROS, ruler of the United Planets, is at last revealed!
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    Absolute Power: Task Force VII

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    Absolute Power Tie-In: Green Lantern

  • Wonder Woman #11

    Wonder Woman #11
    WALLER’S WAR! Wonder Woman’s quest for the truth is placed on hold as she comes face-to-face with Amanda Waller’s latest toy, a TASK FORCE VII robot ready to take all her powers for good! Do the Justice League Dark have enough tricks up their sleeves to save our Amazon princess? Find out as this tie-in to “Absolute Power” begins!
  • Superman #16

    Superman #16
    Superman is down...but not out. Waller and her forces are winning. While the Fortress of Solitude has become the home base for the survivors, the injured and powerless Superman must go on a dangerous mission into... THE MAGICAL REAL. GUEST-STARRING ZATANNA!
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    Absolute Power Tie-In: Superman

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    Absolute Power Tie-In: Wonder Woman

  • Green Arrow #14

    Green Arrow #14
    With a new brand of deadly Amazos on the attack across the DC Universe, no one is safe! So, the Green Arrow family tracks down the Amazo’s original creator…PROFESSOR IVO. Can he help them stop Waller’s master plans? But they are not the only ones searching for Ivo… Oliver Queen is also on the hunt!
  • Absolute Power: Origins #1

    Absolute Power: Origins #1
    Amanda Waller has been the driving force behind Absolute Power and has long had a serious axe to grind against metahumans. Find out what has led her to this place in a tale of how Waller suffered a catastrophic loss, and how she forged her powerlessness into a path to vengeance, fueled by two words that changed her life, and the lives of everyone in the DC Universe: NEVER AGAIN.
  • Absolute Power: Task Force VII #2

    Absolute Power: Task Force VII #2
    Atlantis now has a new ruler—long live Depth Charge! Amanda Waller’s loyal Amazo Robot known as Depth Charge has stolen Aquaman’s powers along with his throne, and now all Atlanteans must stay in line or risk having their powers taken as well. It’s up to Jackson Hyde and the rest of the Aqua-Family to launch a revolution…without being discovered!
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    Absolute Power Tie-In: Green Arrow

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    Absolute Power: Origins

  • Absolute Power: Task Force VII #3

    After capturing and absorbing the powers from the JSA, Jadestone is compromised by Green Lantern Alan Scott’s willpower. Suddenly faced with the concept of free will, does JADESTONE continue to execute Waller’s orders or have a change of heart? Meanwhile the remaining JSA members attempt a rescue mission to retrieve their teammates and escape to the Tower of Fate!
  • Absolute Power #2

    In the aftermath of Amanda Waller's total victory, the metahumans of the DC universe have been depowered, scattered to the wind, and are reeling from critical defeat across the planet. But the resistance lives on. Any heroes not rounded up by the TRINITY OF EVIL have rendezvoused at Superman's Fortress of Solitude… but even this sanctuary of peace and hope is not safe from Waller's blitzkrieg.
  • Batman #151

    A device critical to Amanda Waller's plans is hidden on a remote, highly protected island. Batman can get there, but only one burglar has a chance of stealing the device and getting it off the island safely. But the device isn't what they expect, and getting off the island turns out to be the least of their problems! Plus: a backup story reveals the chaos unleashed in Gotham City when Arkham is unlocked and the Bat-family are nowhere to be found.
  • Absolute Power: Task Force VII #4

    Failsafe — the relentless android with all of Batman's skills and none of his morals — hunts Nightwing and his newest recruits in a chilling issue from acclaimed writer Pornsak Pichetshote and artist Claire Roe! On the run from Amanda Waller and her Amazo army, Dick Grayson is gathering heroes to bolster the growing resistance. But even his surprising new allies may not be enough to protect them from brutal consequences when Failsafe finds their hidden lair!
  • Green Lantern #14

    HOW FAR WILL HAL JORDAN GO TO ESCAPE THE CLUTCHES OF AMANDA WALLER? Hal Jordan must don the weapons of DC's greatest villains to escape Amanda Waller's clutches and reconnect with the heroes who are set to strike back at this new Absolute Power! Meanwhile, Carol sets out on a mission to help others, learning what it means to be a hero along the way. PLUS: Witness the rise of the SHADOW LANTERNS in an all-new backup story by MARC GUGGENHEIM and DARICK ROBERTSON!
  • Superman #17

    SUPERMAN AND ZATANNA TEAM UP! After the traumatic events of Absolute Power #2, Superman and Zatanna trek into the darkest areas of the DC Universe to find a way to stop Waller and her growing army. Powerless and without magic, are they willing to make a deal with a devil to save the world?
  • Wonder Woman #12

    MEET WONDER WOMAN'S NEW SIDEKICK… ROBIN?! WITH ART BY SUPERSTAR TONY S. DANIEL! Meet the new dynamic duo! Wonder Woman teams up with the unlikeliest of allies, Robin, on a top secret mission to save their fellow heroes. Will Damian and Diana's quest to break into Waller's Gamorra supermax prison be a successful one? Or is it all part of a more elaborate trap for Wonder Woman and her new sidekick?
  • Absolute Power: Origins #2

    THE SUICIDE SQUAD RISES! Amanda Waller has suffered immeasurable loss… and the loss of her humanity along with it. Now, after having blazed her own trail into Washington politics, the Wall launches the new phase of her career: TASK FORCE X. Witness the rise of one of the deadliest teams ever to roam the DC universe and a shocking revelation that will make history in part two of Absolute Power: Origins. Brought to you by John Ridley and Alitha Martinez!
  • Absolute Power: Task Force VII #5

    IS BARRY ALLEN FAST ENOUGH TO ESCAPE VELOCITY? Barry Allen is the lone speedster to still have his powers, staying barely a step ahead of the Flash-themed Amazo, VELOCITY, now powered by the speed of the rest of the Flash Family. While Barry must keep moving to avoid capture, he's also working as a one-man communications network for the remaining free heroes. Can Barry continue to aid the Resistance, or has time run out for the Flash?
  • Green Arrow #15

    THE ROAD TO ABSOLUTE POWER! Arsenal, Connor Hawke, Red Canary, Red Arrow, Lian, and Arrowette in a battle above the skies. They can't let Waller's Task Force agents get Professor Ivo to Gamora! This is the heroes' last chance to win the war for power in the DC Universe!
  • Absolute Power #3

    Our heroes are on the run following the Trinity of Evil's devastating attack on the fortress of Solitude! With Superman's headquarters in ruin and the super-powers on Planet Earth in the clutches of Amanda Waller, Failsafe, and the Brainiac Queen… is this the end of the line? No way — the resistance lives on! Using fortress technology cobbled together by Mr. Terrific and Air Wave, Earth's last hope have retreated to Themyscira, home to Wonder Woman and famously suspicious of outsiders.
  • Batman #152

    BATMAN AND CATWOMAN JOIN FORCES WITH THE SUICIDE SQUAD! ABSOLUTE POWER TIE-IN! In a thrilling Absolute Power tie-in, Batman and Catwoman must find the key to Amanda Waller’s plans in an extremely remote—and shockingly dangerous—location! Living (dying?) up to their name, some of the Suicide Squad won’t be coming back from their mission, but will Batman and Catwoman stay free to fight another day?! Plus, a Birds of Prey backup finds the Birds facing Waller's minions in an unexpected adventure!
  • Green Lantern #15

    HAL JORDAN ENTERS THE DANGER ZONE! Hal has a problem…He needs to charge his ring, but the entrance to the Power Battery is a continent away. Plus, the skies over Earth are patrolled by Amanda Waller’s modified Amazos, which leaves Hal with one choice…to ride into the Danger Zone! Don’t worry, he totally got permission to use the Batplane for this mission wink. Plus, John Stewart’s tale from Green Lantern: War Journal spills out into the battlefield of a new struggle brewing on the horizon…
  • Absolute Power: Super Son

    Following the events of Absolute Power #1 and #2: Jon Kent will have suffered the most at the hands of the Trinity of Evil, but he will soon summon the will to fight back.
  • Wonder Woman #13

    Diana and Damian Wayne finally find Amanda Waller’s Gamorran super-prison, which holds the powerless heroes they once fought alongside. Can Wonder Woman and Robin break them out before they become trapped themselves? And who is the mysterious ally that might hold the key to everything?
  • Superman #18

    Waller has the powerless heroes of the DC Universe on the ropes! Can the powerless Superman and Zatanna find the mystical map to the Dark Roads in time to get some major back-up?! Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Mercy, Jimmy, and Silver Banshee are on the run from the superpowered Amazos but find themselves pulled into a battle for the soul of Metropolis! Don't miss the shocking cliffhanger that impacts the future of the Superman titles!
  • Absolute Power: Task Force VII #7

    In this finale to the Absolute Power: Task Force VII saga, Martian Manhunter provides a glimmer of resistance against the Trinity of Evil, along with a new generation of fighters not of this world to revolt against Brainiac, Failsafe and Amanda Waller.
  • Absolute Power: Origins #3

    Amanda Waller’s journey has brought her to hell and back—from the blood-soaked streets of Chicago to the over-the-top exploits of her very own Task Force X, a.k.a. the Suicide Squad. Now, with the clock ticking on ultimate victory over the metahumans of planet Earth, the origin of DC’s most methodical menace draws to a close. But what secrets lie within the terrifying alien mind of the Brainiac Queen—and will “the Wall” survive the very seeds she herself has sown?
  • Green Arrow #16

    WHO IS BRIGHT?! ABSOLUTE POWER TIE-IN! Team Arrow is up against a wall. And it’s not Amanda Waller. It’s her agent of destruction Bright. Who is Bright and why does he hate Green Arrow, and his family? Ollie must decide if he should save his family, even if it means they become locked up in Waller’s super-prison!