Capes On The Couch - Where Comics Need Counseling

Intro Background (2:10) Amanda Waller created by John Ostrander, Len Wein, and John Byrne in Legends #1 (Nov 1986) Amanda Waller introduced as leader of Suicide Squad, a branch of Task Force X - she butts heads with everyone on the team, especially Captain Boomerang, but she gets results Later revealed that her family was murdered living in Chicago - worked her way up from congressional aide to head of Suicide Squad Janus Directive - Nearly assassinated and replaced with a doppleganger, but kills the double and passes so she can find out who sent them Later serves under President Lex Luthor as Secretary of Metahuman Affairs, until she is imprisoned for running afoul of Luthor Released by the next President and put in charge of Checkmate, serving as both Black King and White Queen Discovered to be responsible for an anti-Superman organization called Last Line, and created a monster named All-American Boy made of Kryptonite and Doomsday’s cells to battle Superman should he ever go rogue New 52 - Back in