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Warning : Spoilers for Suicide Squad : Dream Team # 1 ahead !
Summary
As DC ramps toward itsAbsolute Powerevent , Amanda Wallerhas wasted no time in turbocharging the roster of herSuicide Squad . While the Squad usually consists of whichever misfits or criminal Waller can get her hands on , this prison term around she ’s prepared to loose total ascendance by combining Dreamer ’s powers with Clock King ’s formidable abilities .
Suicide Squad : Dream Team#1 by Nicole Maines and Eddy Barrows picks up after Waller successfully blackmails Dreamer into work for her during the events ofBeast populace . While Dreamer apply her powers to ship a team of Suicide Squad regulars through the Dreamscape , the notoriously time - haunt Clock King takes a second to speak with her about her precognitive abilities .
" To know the future infallibly would be a most telling and enviable feat , " Clock King remarks ; later on , Dreamer let in that " the dreams never fail [ to accurately predict the future] … only our interpretation does . “These two DC character have seemingly absolutely compatible business leader — and now they ’re put to work on the same grave team .
The Suicide Squad return with a potent group of new and recur phallus . Leading the team through the Dream Realm is the Arrowverse ’s Dreamer .
Together, Dreamer and Clock King’s Powers Are Unstoppable
Character design by series artist Eddy Barrows
As a Isle of Man with no metahuman powers , just an fixation with time and a predilection for clock - theme appliance , it ’s easy to give the axe the Clock King as a dim-witted C - list hangover from the Silver Age . However , Clock King ’s bent for timing makes him an extraordinarily competent planner , capable to imagine and accomplish holdup and operations with inconceivable preciseness . For case , the miniseriesBatman : Killing Timeby Tom King , David Marquez , Alejandro Sánchez , and Clayton Cowles showsClock King test his worthby successfully pitting Gotham ’s major baddie and Batman against each other , all for his own amusement .
As for Dreamer , her Naltorian heritage grant her the power to both prognosticate the time to come through her dreams and even physically transport herself through dreaming minds . Having been blackmailed by Waller in theAction Comics#1060 tale " Squad pipe dream " by Maines , Steve Orlando , Fico Ossio , Luis Gerrero , and Rob Leigh ( the prelude to herappearance inSuicide Squad : Dream Team ) , it ’s clear that Waller has been cultivating an interest in Dreamer ’s abilities for some prison term .
Waller ’s plans will come to a brain in July’sAbsolute Powerby Mark Waid and Dan Mora .
Dreamer and Clock King Are Crucial to Waller’s Plans
With both Dreamer and Clock King now in Waller ’s clutches , their powers merge to give the Suicide Squad the complete mathematical function of the future and the everlasting deviser to navigate it . This is a terrific play by one of DC ’s victor manipulator , as Waller continues her seemingly unstoppable march toward total control condition . With Dreamerseeing the future and Clock Kingguiding them , Amanda Wallerand theSuicide Squadhave just become close unstoppable .
Suicide Squad : Dream Team#1is available now from DC Comics .
SUICIDE SQUAD : DREAM TEAM # 1 ( 2024 )
