Post by DSkillz on Oct 30, 2015 5:41:16 GMT
Amanda Waller
Amanda Blake Waller is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Legends #1 in 1986, and was created by John Ostrander, Len Wein and John Byrne. Despite not possessing any superpowers, Amanda Waller is a powerful antagonist and sometime-ally to the superheroes of the DC Universe, often serving as an antihero. In 2009, the character was ranked as IGN's 60th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
Waller is typically portrayed as a ruthless, high-ranking government official who uses intelligence, guile, and sheer intimidation to achieve her aims, often in the name of national security. She is often associated with the fictional government agencies Checkmate and A.R.G.U.S.. In many portrayals she directs the deadly missions of the so-called Suicide Squad, or oversees specialist research into people with powers.
In recent years, the character has been substantially adapted into animated and live action media: C. C. H. Pounder for various animated projects, Pam Grier on the live-action series Smallville, Angela Bassett in the live-action film Green Lantern, Sheryl Lee Ralph in the cartoon series Young Justice, Cynthia Addai-Robinson on the live-action series Arrow, and Viola Davis in the upcoming film Suicide Squad.
The people most responsible for shaping the character in her earliest appearances were John Ostrander and Kim Yale, in the pages of the second Suicide Squad series in the late 1980s.
Nicknamed "the Wall", she is a former congressional aide and government agent often placed in charge of the Suicide Squad, a semi-secret government-run group of former supervillains working in return for amnesty. She later served as Secretary of Metahuman Affairs under President Lex Luthor, before being arrested in the wake of Luthor's public fall from grace. Waller was reassigned to the leadership of Checkmate as White Queen, but was forced to resign because of her involvement in Operation Salvation Run.
Amanda has been established as a widow who escaped Chicago's Cabrini–Green housing projects with her surviving family after one of her sons, one of her daughters and her husband were murdered. Waller eventually obtained a doctorate in political science (as revealed in Checkmate v.2 # 1 where she is addressed as "Doctor Waller") and became a congressional aide. During that time, she discovered the existence of the first two incarnations of the Squad. Taking elements from both of these, she proposed the development of its third incarnation to the White House and was placed in charge upon its approval.
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Waller is typically portrayed as a ruthless, high-ranking government official who uses intelligence, guile, and sheer intimidation to achieve her aims, often in the name of national security. She is often associated with the fictional government agencies Checkmate and A.R.G.U.S.. In many portrayals she directs the deadly missions of the so-called Suicide Squad, or oversees specialist research into people with powers.
In recent years, the character has been substantially adapted into animated and live action media: C. C. H. Pounder for various animated projects, Pam Grier on the live-action series Smallville, Angela Bassett in the live-action film Green Lantern, Sheryl Lee Ralph in the cartoon series Young Justice, Cynthia Addai-Robinson on the live-action series Arrow, and Viola Davis in the upcoming film Suicide Squad.
The people most responsible for shaping the character in her earliest appearances were John Ostrander and Kim Yale, in the pages of the second Suicide Squad series in the late 1980s.
Nicknamed "the Wall", she is a former congressional aide and government agent often placed in charge of the Suicide Squad, a semi-secret government-run group of former supervillains working in return for amnesty. She later served as Secretary of Metahuman Affairs under President Lex Luthor, before being arrested in the wake of Luthor's public fall from grace. Waller was reassigned to the leadership of Checkmate as White Queen, but was forced to resign because of her involvement in Operation Salvation Run.
Amanda has been established as a widow who escaped Chicago's Cabrini–Green housing projects with her surviving family after one of her sons, one of her daughters and her husband were murdered. Waller eventually obtained a doctorate in political science (as revealed in Checkmate v.2 # 1 where she is addressed as "Doctor Waller") and became a congressional aide. During that time, she discovered the existence of the first two incarnations of the Squad. Taking elements from both of these, she proposed the development of its third incarnation to the White House and was placed in charge upon its approval.
Links:
Wikipedia
DC Comics Database
Copyright Owner/Official Site
DC Comics
Record:
W:
L: