Amanda Waller
Amanda Blake Waller (née White), also known as "the Wall", is a fictional character featured in some 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. Amanda Waller serves intermittently as both an antagonist and an ally to the superheroes of the DC Universe. She is occasionally described as a supervillain.
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Amanda Waller as seen in the interior artwork from Suicide Squad vol. 5 #8 (February 2017). Art by Jim Lee. | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Legends #1 (November 1986) |
| Created by | John Ostrander Len Wein John Byrne |
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| Full name | Amanda Blake Waller |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Suicide Squad Agency Checkmate A.R.G.U.S. Shadow Fighters Team 7 United States Army Justice League of America Cadmus |
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Though lacking superpowers, Amanda Waller is often portrayed as a ruthless, high-ranking government official who uses guile, political connections, and intimidation to achieve her goals, often in the name of national security. Waller is commonly associated with the fictional government agencies Checkmate and A.R.G.U.S.
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. She later serves as Secretary of Metahuman Affairs under President Lex Luthor before being arrested because of Luthor's public fall from grace. She is reassigned to the leadership of Checkmate as White Queen but is forced to resign because of her involvement in Operation Salvation Run.