The Injustice Gang/Secret Society History
First appearing in All-Star Comics #37, this Golden Age Earth-2 team consisted of Brain Wave, Fiddler, Gambler, Harlequin, Huntress, Icicle, Per Degaton, Shade, Solomon Grundy, Sportsmaster, Thinker, Vandal Savage, and The Wizard.
The
Injustice Gang of the World
This Silver Age Earth-1 team consisted of Libra, Chronos, Mirror Master, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, Shadow-Thief, and The Tattooed Man.
The
Secret Society of Super-Villains
Founded by Darkseid, this Silver Age Earth-1 team first appeared in Secret Society of Super-Villains #1. Its membership consisted of Lex Luthor, Angle Man, Bizarro, Blockbuster, Brain Wave [II], Captain Boomerang, Captain Cold, Captain Stingaree, Cheetah, Chronos, Copperhead, Felix Faust, Floronic Man, Funky Flashman, Gorilla Grodd, Hi-Jack, Killer Frost, Killer Moth, Manhunter, Matter Master, Mirror Master, Mist, Monocle, Poison Ivy, Psycho-Pirate, Quakemaster, Rag Doll, Professor Zoom the Reverse Flash, Shadow-Thief, Sinestro, Silver Ghost, Signalman, Star Sapphire, Trickster, Ultra-Humanite, and The Wizard.
The
Legion of Doom
Appearing on the cartoon Challenge of the Superfriends, this non-continuity team consisted of Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Gorilla Grodd, Riddler, Captain Cold, Cheetah, Bizarro, Toyman, Scarecrow, Black Manta, Solomon Grundy, Sinestro, and Giganta.
Appearing in JLA #10, this modern day [post-Crisis] version of the team consisted of Lex Luthor, Joker, Circe, Mirror Master, Doctor Light, Ocean Master, and Jemm, Son of Saturn (against his will).
The
Injustice Gang #2
Redesigned by Luthor in JLA #34, this version of the team consisted of Lex Luthor, Prometheus, Queen Bee, and The General.
Justice
League
The
Injustice Gang
Debuting in Injustice For All, this team
consisted of Lex Luthor, Joker, Star Sapphire, Copperhead, Shade, Cheetah,
Solomon Grundy, and the Ultra-Humanite. They
appeared again in Fury, minus Lex Luthor, Joker, Cheetah, and the
Ultra-Humanite; but with Aresia and Tsukuri added to the team.
The
Secret Society
Debuting in The Secret Society, this team consisted of Gorilla Grodd, The Shade, Giganta, Sinestro, Killer Frost, Clayface, and The Parasite.
NOTE: These villains did not necessarily join their respective teams at the same time. Boldfaced characters above have appeared / will appear on one or more of the current shows; italicized boldface characters were adapted and updated for reimagined Justice League villains.
Images
Chronos Image | Justice League Villains Image
Commentary
In stark
contrast to the Justice League, which will remain the same throughout the
series, the Injustice Gang/Secret Society appears to have a more flexible
roster. Lex Luthor, Star Sapphire,
and the Ultra-Humanite show up on both teams [which could change at a later
date], but the rest of the roster appears to have changed (possibly to
accommodate Luthor’s needs?). The
roster has the potential to change again if the series goes on to have a Third
Season.
Another
thing that caught my attention is the sheer volume of characters that may
appear. Even if we ignore the
redundant or stupid characters (Funky Flashman, The Monocle, Libra, etc.) there
is still a significant number of potential Society members.
Even more interesting is the possibility of return visits from characters
that have appeared on The Batman/Superman Adventures (or will make solo
appearances in the Justice League): Scarecrow,
Bizarro, Brainiac, Riddler, Toyman, Vandal Savage and the Ocean Master [Orm] are
all potential future members. Hell,
even Harley Quinn could be a possibility (instead of the Golden Age Harlequin)!
(Finally, it is interesting to note that, out of all the teams listed, the Legion of Doom has had / will have the most members appear on The Batman/Superman Adventures and on the Justice League. Okay, the Secret Society of Super-Villains has one more than the Legion, but they also have thirty-six members to draw from!)
Images courtesy of Min S. Ku and Toon Zone.
