The first Suicide Squad roster was created to kill the Justice League vision (complete with its own Superman).

Warning: Spoilers for Absolute Power: Origins (2024) #2 ahead!

modern day Suicide Squad Notorious for being Amanda Waller Expendable private task forces, but that was not the original plan. DC instead revealed that Task Force X was fully equipped to take on its original lineup Justice League – even having their own “Superman” on the roster.

Ultimate Power: Origins (2024) #2, by John Ridley, Alitha Martinez, Norm Rappmund, and Andrew Dalhouse, reintroduces readers to the first version of Task Force X, consisting of a motley list of names such as Cyclotron, Johnny Sorrow and Rustom. But the list also includes heavy hitters: Dr. Polaris, the Emerald Empress, even the main man himself, Lobo.

This lineup reinforces the idea that the original Task Force X was never meant to be a “suicide squad” – It was fully equipped to take out the Justice League from the start.

Task Force X was always meant to be an anti-Justice League

While most of the villains that made up the first Suicide Squad may be obscure, the roster really comes off its pages Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2016), where they were recruited by Maxwell Lord To get revenge on Waller. Ultimate Power: Origins #2 On the critical facts of why the kids want revenge: Namely, Waller nearly killed them for the explosion that occurred after ordering Lobo to execute the cyclotron. Justice League vs. Suicide Squad This emphasizes the power that the core group holds, Holding their own against the modern Suicide Squad and Justice League combined.

Lobo in particular is important to this lineup. As a Night-Immortal Jarnian and one of Superman’s classic foils, He provides such energy that Waller is hard-pressed to match up on the next roster. Case in point, the Suicide Squad team is featured in it supreme power lead up series, Suicide Squad: Dream Team (2024), A lot banks on Bizarro to provide the team’s muscle – but Bizarro is a poor man’s Lobo, arguably more difficult to control and work with despite having more power (Especially with her innate magical talent) Waller knows that without a Superman stand-in, his Anti-Justice League isn’t complete.

Suicide Squad was a watered-down version of Waller’s ambitions — until now

Ultimate Power: Origins #2 makes it clear that after the first team’s disastrous mission, Waller had to work with members he could control through his brain bomb – severely hampering the powers he could direct and turning what was intended to be an “Injustice League” team. . In a small scale covert ops squad. This no longer applies: Waller not only has his own squad of Task Force VII Amazons, but also has Failsafe and Brainiac Queen under his thumb. Suicide Squad Always meant to take down Justice League – But now there is only Amanda Waller Ambition fully realized.

Ultimate Power: Origins #2 (2024)
	Author: John Ridley Artists: Alitha Martinez, Norm Rapmund Color: Andrew Dalhouse Letter: Steve Wands Cover artist: Edwin Galmon, Pasquale Ferreira