Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1

Dates

Cover date

August 2024

On sale

June 25, 2024

In stores

June 25, 2024

Pages

48

Editions and covers (6)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Dan Mora Cover

  Barcode 76194138549500111

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• Mikel Janín Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194138549500131

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• John Timms Connecting Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194138549500141

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• Gleb Melnikov Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194138549500121

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• Dan Mora Foil Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194138549500151

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• 2nd printing

  Second Printing Dan Mora Cover

  Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

  Barcode 76194138549500112

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Story arc: Absolute Power

This is part 2 of 33. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Absolute Power 2024 FCBD Special Edition #1
2. Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1
3. Green Arrow #13
4. Absolute Power #1
5. Batman #150
6. Absolute Power: Task Force VII #1
7. Green Lantern #13
8. Superman #16
9. Wonder Woman #11
10. Absolute Power: Origins #1
11. Absolute Power: Task Force VII #2
12. Green Arrow #14
13. Absolute Power: Task Force VII #3
14. Absolute Power #2
15. Batman #151
16. Absolute Power: Task Force VII #4
17. Green Lantern #14
18. Superman #17
19. Wonder Woman #12
20. Absolute Power: Origins #2
21. Absolute Power: Task Force VII #5
22. Green Arrow #15
23. Absolute Power #3
24. Batman #152
25. Absolute Power: Task Force VII #6
26. Green Lantern #15
27. Absolute Power: Super Son #1
28. Superman #18
29. Wonder Woman #13
30. Absolute Power: Origins #3
31. Absolute Power: Task Force VII #7
32. Green Arrow #16
33. Absolute Power #4

Creators

Stories

• Stage One · 10 pages

  Waller sends Dreamer and Deadeye to capture Jay Nakamura. Jay is surprised to find that Dreamer is working for Waller, and blames her for being complicit in his mother's death.

• Stage Two · Time Commander · 10 pages

  Waller enlists the Time Commander to use his chronal powers to restore Failsafe from its shattered state.

• Stage Three · 10 pages

  Waller works to train the Brainiac Queen via simulations to follow her orders.

Publisher’s description

WITNESS THE TRINITY OF EVIL'S RISE TO POWER IN THE CAN'T-MISS PRELUDE TO DC'S SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER! THE DOMINOS FALL! As the DC Universe braces for the "Absolute Power" blitzkrieg, the key to capturing metahuman powers on planet Earth will at last be unlocked! Bridging the events of Batman, Superman: House of Brainiac, and Suicide Squad: Dream Team, this special oversize GROUND ZERO issue brings Waller's total dominance to the doorsteps of the world's finest heroes… using the combined might of FAILSAFE, BRAINIAC QUEEN, and the SUICIDE SQUAD to do it! Witness years of storytelling culminate, brought to you by Absolute Power series architect MARK WAID and the masterminds behind the trinity of evil, CHIP ZDARSKY, NICOLE MAINES, and JOSHUA WILLIAMSON!

Reprinted in

Absolute Power (2024)