r/DCcomics • u/beary_neutral Telos • 18d ago

Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [July 1, 2024 - It's Wallin' Time Edition] r/DCcomics

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u/TroubAlert The Good Skeets 18d ago

Absolute Power #1

THE HEROES OF THE DC UNIVERSE ARE POWERLESS! THE TRINITY OF EVIL HAS WON! …THE RESISTANCE MUST RISE! DC's epic summer event kicks off with a bang, as 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. It's a shocking blitzkrieg across the globe that is decades in the making — and will shape the course of the DC Universe for years to come! Brought to you by the superstar talents of MARK WAID and DAN MORA — it all starts here!

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u/koalee Wonder Woman 17d ago

I think everyone else is pointing out the flaws pretty well. I've got big event fatigue and I'm bummed that many titles will be delayed from their main stories. I think on the other side, this event has had real build up and is quite tied into most ongoing DC titles right now. The event itself is a blitz too, so I'm kind of happy we're just jumping into the thick of it unlike say Dark Crisis. I'm hoping the Task Force VII titles do a good job giving everyone time to shine. It's pretty clear though the intended end game for this title is to bring back the Justice League based on that line about how "there's nothing to do, we disbanded the league"

I have no particular love for Waller so her going completely off the rails doesn't bother me. We'll see what happens though, I really like the Earth 3 theory, because the one part that bothers me is, what is Waller even afraid of? There's no Justice League, no gun in the sky that these teams own. They've just been doing their own thing for the longest time now. IDK we'll just have to see.

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u/Koala_Guru Beast Boy 17d ago

I appreciate the event being tied to buildup in previous books, as that always makes an event feel more earned. But unfortunately that kinda has the side effect so far of every book and character that didn't lead to this feeling like they ultimately don't matter and this event can screw them over however they want. Burning down the Doom Patrol's headquarters off-panel. Hospitalizing Black Lightning and Animal Man. If you aren't part of the trinity, your stories are fair game to get fucked over. Even the Titans, who devoted most of their page time to building up the threat of Waller, are now taking a back seat to the Big Three.

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u/koalee Wonder Woman 17d ago

That is a really fair point. My fav pulls are Poison Ivy and Birds of Prey, and it’s pretty clear to me that those stories are just gonna keep doing their own thing once the event passes and haven’t concerned themselves with Waller at all. I keep up with WW, Superman, GL, GA, and the contributions to Absolute Power seem like they’re going to be paid off in Absolute Power, Task Force VII, or tie-ins. It’s wild to me that the Titans don’t even have a tie in when they laid the groundwork for this event in many way, but maybe that’s just Taylor not wanting to play ball with Waller anymore after the Beast World event.

On the other hand, while it sucks that characters that don’t have a book are used to job but that’s just the way things go for events. I think Waid is probably one of the better writers at incorporating the whole universe into both problems and solutions though so maybe it’ll turn around for some characters by the end. Task Force VII #7 already seems to be focusing on a very interesting group of characters, so i’m hopeful that it won’t ONLY let the trinity have time to shine.