WARNING: Contains Potential Spoilers for ABSOLUTE POWER: TASK FORCE VII #6!
DC’s evilWonder Woman, THE AMAZO-N, first made its debut by attacking Diana Prince and theJustice League Dark. Now, the power-stealing robot has made the conflict personal by targeting Themyscira and killing one of Diana’s Amazon sisters. This marks a significant escalation inAbsolute Power, as it’s the first time an Amazo has murdered an innocent in cold blood.
The Wonder Woman-inspired AMAZO has become an unrestrained villain with god-like powers, willing to kill indiscriminately.
InAbsolute Power: Task Force VII#6, by Stephanie Williams and Khary Randolph, Themyscira is thrust into the heart of Amanda Waller’s war against metahumans. DC’s remaining heroes are forced to flee to the island through a portal after their base,Superman’s Fortress of Solitude, is destroyed by a brainwashed Jon Kent, the Brainian Queen, and the Martian Manhunter-inspired Amazo.
However, this escape unintentionally places Queen Nubia and the Amazons on Waller’s radar, leadingthe villain to send one of her power-stealing Amazos to deliver a brutal message: the Amazons’ interference will not be tolerated.
“The AMAZO-N”is an unofficial, Screen Rant-given nickname to the Wonder Woman-inspired Amazo, who is currently unnamed.
DC’s Evil Wonder Woman Attacks Themyscira & Kills One of Diana’s Amazon Sisters
“There Is No Power to Drain From You, But Your Life I Shall Take In Exchange”- The AMAZO-N inAbsolute Power: Task Force VII#6
Absolute Power: Task Force VII#6opens with the AMAZO-N descending upon Themyscira under Amanda Waller’s orders. Tasked with identifying and absorbing the powers of the heroes sheltered by the Amazons, the robot is also there to deliver a warning to Queen Nubia about interfering in Waller’s war. With the arcane powers it absorbed from the Justice League Dark inWonder Woman#11, the AMAZO-N easily locates the typically cloaked island.Upon arrival, it encounters an Amazon, whom it kills without hesitation, coldly declaring,“There is no power to drain from you, but your life I shall take in exchange."
The deadly encounter unfolds in mere seconds, before the Amazon can even react, she crumples to the ground with a resounding thud, her death nearly instantaneous.What makes the moment even more shocking is that AMAZOs are not typically known for killing—especially not innocents like this Amazon, who was neither a villain nor a metahuman. This brutal act not only raises the stakes intheAbsolute Powerconflictbut also makes Waller’s war intensely personal for Wonder Woman. By bringing the fight to Themyscira and claiming the life of one of Diana’s sisters, Waller has crossed a dangerous line.
THE AMAZO-N: Amanda Waller’s Wonder Woman-Inspired, Power-Stealing AMAZO Robot
The Amazo-N First Debuted inWONDER WOMAN#11 by Tom King
The AMAZO-N is one of six power-stealing Amazos inAmanda Waller’s Failsafe-led Task Force VII. Each Amazo is modeled after a member of the Justice League, with the AMAZO-N specifically designed to mirror Wonder Woman. Like the others,the AMAZO-N is inhabited by the personality of one of the Zur-En-Arrh Batmen from across the Multiverseand is currently under Waller’s control. So far inAbsolute Power, the Amazos have been tasked with hunting down metahumans—both villains and heroes—and draining their powers before imprisoning them in Waller’s secret metahuman facility.
Among the Amazos, the AMAZO-N stands out as one of the most formidable.It currently possesses the powers of Wonder Woman, the Shazam kids, John Constantine, Detective Chimp, Madame Xanadu, and, most notably, Jim “the Spectre” Corrigan—one of the most powerful entities in the DC Universe. These powers were absorbed in Tom King’sWonder Woman#11, though it’s likely that the AMAZO-N has drained other heroes off-page as well. Essentially a walking powerhouse, the AMAZO-N has now demonstrated its lethal nature inAbsolute Power: Task Force VII#6 by killing without discrimination, making it even more dangerous.
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The Last Son Killed Parasite inAbsolute Power: Task Force VII#1 (& Then Glitched Out)
Aside from the AMAZO-N, only one other Amazo has killed: The Last Son.This makes both the AMAZO-N and The Last Son outliers within Task Force VII, as the other Amazos have yet to be shown making a kill. The Last Son, Waller’s Superman-inspired Amazo, made a memorable debut inAbsolute Power: Task Force VII#1 when it went after Billy and Mary Marvel following their narrow escape from the AMAZO-N inWonder Woman#11. What made this debut so notable, however, was that after using the Justice League villain Parasite to track down the Shazam kids,The Last Son killed Parasite, marking the first time an Amazo took a life.
This not only escalated the stakes inAbsolute Powerbut also revealed a significant flaw in the Amazos' programming.The Last Son began to glitch and malfunction immediately after killing Parasite,a malfunction later confirmed in otherAbsolute Powertie-ins to be a result of the Amazos absorbing the morals of the heroes whose powers they had stolen. When they kill or act violently, the conflict with the absorbed values causes them to malfunction. However, the AMAZO-N did not suffer the same malfunction, as Waller had recently rebooted the Amazos to override this glitch.
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Amanda Waller’s AMAZO Reboot Is Working a Little Too Well
Mark Waid and Dan Mora’sAbsolute Power#3revealed that Amanda Waller and Failsafe rebooted their Amazos after discovering they had been infected with a virus of"identity,“caused by absorbing the morals of the heroes whose powers they were stealing. As a result, when the AMAZO-N attacks Themyscira inAbsolute Power: Task Force VII#6, which takes place after the reboot, it doesn’t malfunction after killing the Amazon. This is particularly alarming, as the glitch was previously the Amazos' one vulnerability that could be exploited to defeat them. Now,with the reboot in place, Waller’s Task Force appears"unstoppable"once again.
The AMAZO-N’s lack of malfunction after killing the Amazon is troubling enough, but what makes this incident even more alarming is that the victim was an innocent. In contrast to the Last Son, who killed a metahuman villain like Parasite, the AMAZO-N targeted a non-meta, essentially a civilian. This reveals a dangerous lack of restraint that could lead to more innocent lives being taken. Waller’s reboot, designed to eliminate moral conflict and identity in her task force, seems to have worked too well—especially with theWonder Woman-inspired AMAZO, which has now become an unrestrained villain with god-like powers, willing to kill indiscriminately.
Absolute Power: Task Force VII #6is now available from DC Comics!
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is the superhero identity of Diana, Princess of the Amazons. Created on the island of Themyscira, Wonder Woman is a super-powered demi-goddess with extreme physical strength who utilizes magical gifts (like her famous Lasso of Truth) to defeat her foes. As mighty as her fellow heroes Superman and the Justice League, Wonder Woman is unmatched in her compassion and virtue.
