Amanda Waller stands flanked by Harley Quinn and Deadshot.
Warning: Spoilers for Absolute Power: Origins #2 ahead!As Absolute Power continues, readers finally get to see some of the deepest secrets behind the creation of the Suicide Squad, including Amanda Waller's very first disposable metahuman team. It turns out that the squad's very first member holds the team's darkest secret - and makes the entire tragedy of the Suicide Squad even more profound.
Absolute Power: Origins #2 by John Ridley and Alitha Martinez continues chronicling Amanda Waller's rise to power with the creation of the very first Suicide Squad.Key to the team is Clarence Simms, a.k.a. "Cyclotron," a young man implanted with a volatile cybernetic network. When Cyclotron attempts to go rogue during a mission, Waller orders his execution - with explosive results.
Always one to profit from any situation, Waller spins the death of her first team as a bonus feature, now using Cyclotron's technology as the basis for the eponymous kill switches implanted in her agents. Related The Suicide Squad's New Origin Reveals They've Always Had a Single, Secret Purpose The Suicide Squad is one of DC's most dangerous teams, and DC just revealed the exact reason that Amanda Waller put them together in the first place.
"Cyclotron" Created the Modern Suicide Squad Clarence Simms' Death Sparked Years of Lethal Control Absolute Power: Origins #2 makes it very clear that the Suicide Squad's first iteration tried to live up to its proper name as Task Force X. Ironically, Clarence is the one who gives the team both their name and Waller's new methodology.
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