The Knight Terrors event lead to widespread fear and distrust of superheroes, giving Waller the opening she needed. Then, during the Beast World event, Beast Boy defeated a Star Conqueror known as The Necrostar Absolute Power was an event in 2024 related to Dawn of DC. Amanda Waller seized power and launches a nationwide crackdown on superheroes.
*A group of robbers in Metropolis attempted to make their getaway, but were stopped by Superman. He offered them a chance to surrender peacefully but one of them shot Superman in a panic. To Superman's shock, the bullets passed through his chest and he fell to the ground.*
*It was revealed that A.I. generated footage of superheroes rampaging through cities and slaughtering civilians have been saturating the media for three days straight, sending people into a terrified panic.*
*Amanda Waller, who was behind the fake footage, sent a report to the President of the United States admitting what she had done. She insisted that superheroes were a threat to the world and she would institute a plan to stop them. The President directly ordered her to stop but she simply ignored him.*
*Meanwhile, Cyborg and Oracle tried to stem the tide of disinformation but find it impossible as the videos were being generated by the Brainiac Queen, who was operating behind firewalls too alien for them to penetrate. The superheroes headed out to the streets to rescue people and create a counter-narrative, co-ordinated by Batman. They formed into small groups for safety.*
*After Superman was shot, Jon Kent and Superboy flew over to catch him as he fell out of the sky. They flew towards the hospital and Superboy reported that Superman had lost his powers, but they both also lost their ability to fly and crashed down to Earth. Waller cut off the feed of deepfakes and broadcasted to the world that the Bureau of Sovereignty had dispatched the ultimate solution to stop the superhero attacks. Around the world, superheroes suddenly lost their powers. Mister Terrific and Batman were both shocked that Waller would act so openly, and simultaneously realized that the purpose of the disinformation was to lure them into the open for a full-scale attack.*
*Task Force VII revealed themselves and attacked the now powerless heroes.*