Ordinary person

>ordinary person
>not exceptionally smart
>out of shape
>no super powers
>no super tech
>surrounds herself with bad people
>double-crosses those bad people at the drop of a hat
Why does no one bring up Amanda Waller when it comes to plot armor? And don't get me wrong when I say she isn't exceptionally smart, when compared to the smartest people on Earth-0, she isn't. What she excels at is self preservation and doing what others would never think to.

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Because that's the point of her character shes just a ruthless department head in a beauracracy of spooks.

Are you inquiring as to how Amanda Waller isn't killed off by a disgruntled supervillain who may or may not have been "volunteered" for the Suicide Squad? Well besides those neck bombs that never go away, Waller is a master manipulator and great at the art of persuasion. She's a mean bitch that can keep some of the most dangerous criminals on the planet in line thanks to her connections. It's either the carrot or the stick, both are valid approaches to controlling them. At the end of the day most supervillains have a fatal flaw, be it greed, pride, or some other character trait she can use as leverage. So for example, it's not always about how she can threaten a villain, but what she can offer.

Oracle nearly replaced her when she got shot by the Yakuza, Deadshot also put a bullet near her her heart,she got doppelgangered in Janus directive, she gets taken out every event to show how useless the government is.

For each of her hard earned victories, she has gotten her ass kicked. Shes a A fat female black Wolverine

What if she was deaged into a teenage girl?

I'd probably fap to that.

When she's going "I will blow your head off" to bad people, she's surrounding herself with non-exploding peak humans like Rick Flagg and Bronze fucking Tiger, who (sometimes grudgingly) do an amazing job of protecting her. She surrounds herself with bad people, but she also knows the value of damn good bodyguards.

You’d get the New 52 version of her

See, that'd just be Flo, her niece.

too old

I’m talking Hollywood “Teen” here.

the way waller works, i'd imagine actually succeeding at killing her would be far more dangerous in the long run

RIP

surprised to see they actually made an Amanda toy

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>Created Checkmate
>Beat Granny Goodness on Apocolyps
>When to prison when SS was exposed
>Made deals to get pardoned
>Made Reagan and Bush Sr. BTFO about the SS
>Bets Batman everytime he wants to put a stop to Belle Reve
>Her SS caught all the Supervillains for Salvation Run
>When SS lost all gov't ties, goes private and gets paid millions
And this is just pre-Flashpoint Waller we talking about. She stood up to fucking Darksied

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I really like her as a grumpy middleage woman. We have enough fap material already, her design really fits middle management.

Sounds a lot like Trump.

She would make Trump her bitch. Like other user said; every administration since Reagan thru Luthor tried to either stop her or put her in their pocket

>double-crosses those bad people at the drop of a hat
Stop reading bad comics.

YA BLOODY BIKE!

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being a fat black woman is already a power

How was she allowed to make the Suicide Squad in the first place?
>What if Superman decided to grab the president? How would we stop him? We need a team of superpowered peopled to fight him
>Oh yeah, good point. So should we call Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Batman, etc.? Or maybe try to talk to some insanely wealthy weapons tech developers like Lex Luthor or Bruce Wayne?
>No I want a schizo girl with a baseball bat, a guy with a sniper rifle, and a boomerang guy.
>And those people will stop Superman?
>Yes
>With their baseball bats and guns?
>Yes
>You're fired you incompetent retard

honestly my problem with Amanda Waller is only with how she's been handled since the New 52 era started where they made her into a full bore psychopathic moron who is also boring and infuriating to read

hopefully if we do end up rebooting again in the relative near future they'll retool her to be more in line with her DCAU version

I always figured the idea is they'd test out the concept with a less powerful and hypothetically more controllable team before trying to make something that would actually be a threat to the likes of Superman

>I always figured the idea is they'd test out the concept with a less powerful and hypothetically more controllable team before trying to make something that would actually be a threat to the likes of Superman
That's a good point, I never considered that. But still though, Harley? She's a normal-sized woman with a baseball bat.

Both of John Ostrander's run on the book were great. Especially his contribution to character development in the initial SS run. Really humanized all the characters. They can be cutthroat killers but have interactions like your pic related.

I would advice to read the Secret Origin issue of the squad. Plus the Legends crossover after CoIE.

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>But still though, Harley? She's a normal-sized woman with a baseball bat.
The only good Suicide Squad runs have been without Harley. If you're reading bad comics that include Harley then you have nobody to blame but yourself.

She has spunk.

But she's CRAAAAAAZY, and also has super thick plot armor. And is a boring character.

>Let's call Superman's friends to get rid of Superman, that's a good idea!

They're the only ones capable of doing it though. And they're also the kind of goody-two-shoes who would be willing to fight their friend if it was "right".

>What if Superman decided to grab the president?
So you've only seen the shitty movie? Got it. Casual