Top 10 characters that need to be on DC Super Hero High

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NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 01: Actress Viola Davis attends the Suicide Squad premiere sponsored by Carrera at Beacon Theatre on August 1, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Carrera)
NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 01: Actress Viola Davis attends the Suicide Squad premiere sponsored by Carrera at Beacon Theatre on August 1, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Carrera) /

9. Amanda Waller

Every school needs some kind of authority figure for the students to confront. So ho else to make sure the kids don’t skip class than Amanda Waller.

One of the fun aspects of DC Super Hero Girls is that it made Amanda Waller into “Principal Waller”. This idea is only in the 2015 web series and direct-to-video films, and it was a nice touch for a character that can sometimes be aimed at older audiences, especially in her recent adaptation in 2016’s Suicide Squad. The character is still largely the same, just targeted towards a younger audience.

This is admittedly a cliché approach in having a principal figure like in many other high school comedies and dramas. The image of Waller controlling troublemaking students and having pupils suck up to her to get on her good side is just too good of an image to not see on screen.

Amanda Waller is one of those non-superhero mortals with the authority and charisma to handle metahumans and other superheroes.

How powered up the cast will be is not known but, similar to Charles Xavier for the X-Men, there needs to be someone there to make sure the superpowered students don’t blow up the school. And unlike Xavier, Waller doesn’t need any mutant abilities to keep the young heroes in check.