

During that time, she discovered the existence of the first two incarnations of the Squad. Waller excelled in political science and became a congressional aide. Art by Luke McDonnell and Geof Isherwood.Īmanda Waller was established as a widow who escaped Chicago's Cabrini–Green housing projects with her surviving family after one of her sons, daughters and husband were murdered. Waller was reassigned to the leadership of Checkmate as White Queen but was forced to resign because of her involvement in Operation Salvation Run.įictional character biography Early history Amanda Waller in Who's Who in the DC Universe #1 (August 1990). She later served as Secretary of Metahuman Affairs under President Lex Luthor before being arrested because of Luthor's public fall from grace. Nicknamed "the Wall", she is a former congressional aide and government agent in charge of the Suicide Squad, a semi-secret government-run group of former supervillains working in return for amnesty.
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In her earliest appearances, the people most responsible for shaping the character were John Ostrander and Kim Yale in the pages of the Suicide Squad series in the late 1980s. Waller is commonly associated with the fictional government agencies Checkmate and A.R.G.U.S. Though lacking superpowers, the character is a ruthless, high-ranking government official who uses guile, political connections, and sheer intimidation to achieve her goals, often in the name of national security. She is the director of the Suicide Squad and a specialist who oversees research into Metahumans. Amanda Waller is an antagonist and occasional ally to the superheroes of the DC Universe, occasionally described as a supervillain. The character first appeared in Legends #1 in 1986 and was created by John Ostrander, Len Wein, and John Byrne.

