Amanda Waller

Biography
Amanda Waller grew up in the Cabrini-Green section of Chicago and married her sweetheart, Joseph Waller, at the age of 18. They made a good life for themselves and their five children. Then tragedy struck: their son, Joe Jr., was gunned down by local thugs and, six months later, their daughter Damita was raped and killed by a drug dealer. Joe went seeking revenge, only to die in a hail of bullets. Amanda fiercely protected her remaining three children, pushing them to finish their education. She also went to college herself, majoring in psychology and political science. When all three children finished high school, she told them they had to fend for themselves.

While working for congressmen, Waller conceived the idea of a force using meta-humans and costumed criminals alike, if necessary granting them pardons to persuade them to go on suicide missions to take down the superheroes of Earth. She greatly feared they would one day become a global threat, especially with the newly expanded Justice League. She managed to wrangle government approval, and funding from LexCorp, and Project Cadmus was born.

After her time leading Cadmus’ efforts, Waller became witness to the Justice League foiling a plot by Brainiac to destroy the world, reversing her ideology. She then became a government liaison to the League, replacing King Faraday. Though now on the Justice League’s side, Waller still had a streak of uncertainty within her. Over the years, she collected samples of Batman’s DNA, eventually initiating Project Batman Beyond to create a second Dark Knight through genetic intervention of future Gotham City resident, Warren McGinnis. He and his wife would bear a child named Terry, who would be destined to become the next Batman.

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 * Ultimatum
 * The Doomsday Sanction
 * Task Force X
 * Clash
 * Question Authority
 * Flashpoint
 * Panic in the Sky
 * Divided We Fall
 * Epilogue
 * Patriot Act