The Injustice Society (also called the Injustice Society of the World) is a group of
supervillains in the . They are the main antagonists of the
Justice Society of America
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.
The Injustice Society first appears in ''
All Star Comics
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'' #37 (Oct 1947) and was created by
Sheldon Mayer
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and
Bob Kanigher. The original group brought together six popular villains from ''
Flash Comics'', ''
Green Lantern
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'' and ''
All Star Comics
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'':
Thinker,
Gambler
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,
Vandal Savage
Vandar Adg of the Blood Tribe, more widely known as Vandal Savage, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is said to be a Cro-Magnon warrior who gained immortality and advanced healing abilities after encount ...
,
Wizard,
Per Degaton
Per Degaton is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
A young version of the character was portrayed by Cory Grüter-Andrew on the first season of ''Legends of Tomorrow'', while an unknown actor portrayed his ol ...
and
Brain Wave.
The Injustice Society appear on the
DC Universe
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and
CW show ''
Stargirl'' as the main antagonists of the first season, with some members also appearing in its second season.
Fictional team history
Golden Age
Wizard's Injustice Society
It is unknown under what circumstances the Injustice Society was formed. The group first appeared in the second half of the 1940s where they were led by the
Wizard and planned to take over America. Fragmenting into individual efforts, the ISW launched strikes against government facilities around the nation, each with his own private army of convicts due to five jailbreaks engineered by the ISW. In addition to furthering their primary aims, the villains were each assigned to capture a member of the JSA in anticipated resistance. To ensure that the JSA showed up, the villains notified the heroes of their plans. In due course,
Hawkman was captured by
Vandal Savage
Vandar Adg of the Blood Tribe, more widely known as Vandal Savage, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is said to be a Cro-Magnon warrior who gained immortality and advanced healing abilities after encount ...
at an airport which the criminal army had surrounded.
Doctor Mid-Nite
Doctor Mid-Nite or Doctor Midnight is the name of multiple fictional superheroes in DC Comics. The figure has been represented in the comics by three different individuals, Charles McNider, Beth Chapel, and Pieter Anton Cross. Dr. Mid-Nite was ...
was apprehended by
Per Degaton
Per Degaton is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
A young version of the character was portrayed by Cory Grüter-Andrew on the first season of ''Legends of Tomorrow'', while an unknown actor portrayed his ol ...
who was attacking the
Washington Monument
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.
Flash
Flash, flashes, or FLASH may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional aliases
* Flash (DC Comics character), several DC Comics superheroes with super speed:
** Flash (Barry Allen)
** Flash (Jay Garrick)
** Wally West, the first Kid F ...
fell victim to his long-time foe
Thinker at the Governor's house where the Thinker was broadcasting fake demands by the Governor to make the armed forces stand down due to invisible wires.
Atom
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Every solid, liquid, gas, ...
was snared by
Gambler
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.
Green Lantern
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arrives in Uthorium Town just as the armed forces are closing in on the criminals that control the city. Suddenly, the town disappears in a flash of light. Green Lantern begins a search for the criminal army when he discovers the town has re-appeared a few miles away, and the felons are looting uthorium from a lab. Green Lantern zooms in for the attack when
Brainwave
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appears on the scene, opening a canister of uthorium in his presence. Blinded, Green Lantern forms an energy bubble for protection while Brainwave and his men finish their job. Recovering later, Green Lantern discovers a radioactive trail left behind by the uthorium and follows it, discovering some of the thugs with an invention called the "Mirage-Thrower," which fools the Army tanks into crossing a frozen lake which really isn't frozen. Green Lantern saves the tanks and men, then follows the trail to discover Brainwave inside a weird glass box. Firing his
power ring at it, the ray bounces back, knocking Green Lantern off a cliff, apparently to his death! Hearing of Per Degaton's capture of Doctor Mid-Nite in Capital City (evidently meant to be based on
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
),
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is a superhero created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston's wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byr ...
and
Johnny Thunder left the JSA HQ to intervene only to be captured themselves. The JSA were held by a will-deadener beam, put on "trial" before Judge Thinker with the Wizard as Prosecutor. The JSA sentenced to death, but it was then revealed Green Lantern had disguised himself as the Thinker. His ring saved him at the last moment and he captured the Thinker. He freed the others and they defeated the Injustice Society with the Wizard being caught a group of children who idolized the Justice Society called the Junior Justice Society.
Second Injustice Society
The second formation appeared in the late 1940s attempting "patriotic crimes" where it was formed by Wizard and consisted of
Fiddler
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,
Harlequin
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,
Huntress,
Icicle
An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water falling from an object freezes.
Formation and dynamics
Icicles can form during bright, sunny, but subfreezing weather, when ice or snow melted by sunlight or some other heat source (such a ...
, and
Sportsmaster
The Sportsmaster is the name of different supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The Lawrence "Crusher" Crock version of Sportsmaster is usually depicted as a criminal who uses sports-themed weapons and gadgets to ...
. They stole national monuments, hoping the American people would vote for the best crime allowing that person to become the leader, and succeeding in erasing the Society's memories after capturing them by the Sportsmaster knocking them out with one of his bombs, but Harlequin turned against them and with
Black Canary restored the Justice Society's memories, though a post-hypnotic impulse restores the JSA to their mindless states when they hear fingers snapping, causing them to be recaptured. But their memories are restored again after they are placed in a death chamber, leading to Black Canary becoming a proper member.
Silver Age
The Injustice Society reforms during the 1970s to eliminate the reformed Justice Society. First, the Fiddler fetches
Solomon Grundy and defeats
Wildcat
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and Hawkman, but they are defeated by
Kal-L
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and
Power Girl
Power Girl, also known as Kara Zor-L and Karen Starr, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books by DC Comics, making her first appearance in ''All Star Comics'' #58 (January/February 1976). Power Girl is the cousin of the superhero Supe ...
. Vandal Savage tricks the JSA into aiding a false
Camelot
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while the Icicle, Thinker, Wizard, and Brainwave capture Wildcat and
Hourman
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. The Thinker and the Icicle are defeated by
Doctor Fate
Doctor Fate (also known as Fate) is the name of multiple superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original version of the character was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, debuting in ''More F ...
, Hawkman, and Jay Garrick, while the Wizard and Brainwave are defeated by Power Girl and the
Star-Spangled Kid. The Wizard then left the Injustice Society for Earth-One, where he joined the
Secret Society of Super-Villains
Secret Society of Super Villains (SSoSV) is a DC Comics title that debuted in May–June 1976. The series presented a group of DC's supervillains, mostly foes of the Justice League of America. The series was cancelled with issue #15 in July 1978 ...
. Brainwave captures Green Lantern, Jay Garrick, and Power Girl before being defeated in Power Girl's first solo adventure.
Post-''Crisis''
Injustice Unlimited
During what some described as the "anti-costumed-hero mania" (as chronicled in the DC miniseries ''
Legends
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Legend(s) or The Legend(s) may also refer to:
Narrative
* Urban legend, a widely repeated story of dubious truth
* A fictitious identity used in espionage
Books, co ...
'') in the pages of ''
Infinity, Inc.'', the Wizard gathered both old comrades (consisting of Brainwave, Fiddler, Gambler, Harlequin, Per Degaton, Shade, Solomon Grundy, Sportsmaster, Thinker, and Vandal Savage) and new super-criminals (consisting of
Hazard, Icicle II, and
Tigress III) into a new Injustice Society which he called "Injustice Unlimited". Infinity, Inc. fought the Injustuce Unlimited which led to the apparent death of Wizard. Indeed, the criminal group seemed to be a mirror image of Infinity, Inc., which itself was an offshoot of the Justice Society at the time when the group was led by
Dummy. Later, this team returned to the original name.
Johnny Sorrow's Injustice Society
Johnny Sorrow appears in late 1999 as the leader of the new Injustice Society (consisting of the Icicle,
Blackbriar Thorn
B'wana Beast
Baby-Doll
Bad Samaritan
The Bad Samaritan (alias Zviad Baazovi) is a supervillain, and enemy of the Outsiders who first appeared in ''The Outsiders'' #3 (January 1986). He is a former Soviet spymaster who became a neutral party ...
,
Count Vertigo
Count Vertigo is a supervillain created by Gerry Conway, Trevor Von Eeden and Vince Colletta as an enemy of Black Canary and later Green Arrow in the DC Comics Universe. Count Vertigo is the last descendant of the royal family that ruled the sma ...
,
Geomancer
Geomancy (Greek: γεωμαντεία, "earth divination") is a method of divination that interprets markings on the ground or the patterns formed by tossed handfuls of soil, rocks, or sand. The most prevalent form of divinatory geomancy inv ...
,
Killer Wasp, and Tigress). Together they storm the headquarters of
superhero team
Justice Society of America
The Justice Society of America (JSA, or Justice Society (JS)) is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team was conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox during the Golden Age of Comic Boo ...
, although JSA member
Wildcat
The wildcat is a species complex comprising two small wild cat species: the European wildcat (''Felis silvestris'') and the African wildcat (''F. lybica''). The European wildcat inhabits forests in Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus, while th ...
defeats them all (destroying Blackbriar Thorn) despite still recovering from a broken arm and the attack initially being launched while he was in the bath, with the exception of Sorrow, who uses the diversion to steal an unknown
artifact.
Sorrow returns with a larger version of the Injustice Society (having also recruited
Black Adam
Black Adam, real name Teth/Theo-Adam, is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He was created by Otto Binder and C. C. Beck, and first appeared in the debut issue of Fawcett Comics' ''The Marvel Family'' comi ...
after removing a brain tumour,
Shiv
The word Shiv or shiv may refer to:
People with the name
* Shivnarine Chanderpaul, a West Indies cricketer nicknamed Shiv
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Shiv, a fictional location in Magic: The Gathering, see Dominaria
* Shiv, a villain in the ...
,
Rival
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, and the Thinker A.I.) to distract the JSA while he summoned the King of Tears, an other-dimensional entity. However, the JSA were able to fend off the Society, including killing the Rival and Black Adam defecting, with the fight culminating in the Flash drawing on Black Adam's speed to send the King of Tears to another dimension by striking him at near-lightspeed.
Wizard's Second Injustice Society
The demon Legacy (actually Wizard in disguise) formed another version in the ''JSA All-Stars'' mini-series. The lineup consists of Icicle, Rival, Shiv, and Tigress. The new team again confronted the JSA. Unknown to the JSA, their job was just to stick teleportation disks to the old-timers. Legacy then teleported his successful team away. Legacy is then later "killed" by the
Spectre
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* Vision (spirituality)
* Apparitional experience
* Ghost
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Spectre'' (1977 film), a made-for-television film produced and writ ...
.
Johnny Sorrow's Injustice Society
The Injustice Society resurfaced again in November 2005, in the pages of ''JSA Classified''. The soul of Wizard joined forces with Johnny Sorrow where they gathered a new incarnation of the Injustice Society consisting of
Gentleman Ghost, Icicle,
Rag Doll, Solomon Grundy, the Thinker A.I., and Tigress III. They were tasked to steal
Prometheus
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' Cosmic Key from the JSA Headquarters in order to free Wizard and Johnny Sorrow. While noting to himself that Rag Doll would betray the group, Wizard sets him up to take the fall. The Injustice Society tried to enlist the
Secret Society of Super Villains to help with the caper which drew the attention of
Talia al Ghul
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. Rag Doll took the Cosmic Key as Wizard predicted and was killed when he activated the Cosmic Key. Once Johnny Sorrow was brought back to Earth, he and the Injustice Society teleported to Prometheus' Crooked House. When it was discovered that Tigress III and Icicle started falling in love with each other, Johnny Sorrow strong-armed them into sticking around.
Another plot was to kidnap Stargirl and to face off against the JSA All Stars.
DC Universe
In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called "DC Rebirth", which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to "The New 52". Hawkman and Hawkgirl recount their time with the Justice Society and the day that they fought the Injustice Society. In the flashback to the 1940s when the Justice Society stormed the Injustice Society's fortress in Austria, Hawkman fought Per Degaton, Hawkgirl fought Vandal Savage, Green Lantern fought Wizard, Sandman fought Gambler, Wildcat fought Tigress, and Flash fought Brain Wave. After Brain Wave unleashes a powerful psychic attack that knocks everyone down, Per Degaton and Vandal Savage prepare to finish off Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Hawkman and Hawkgirl throw their maces enough for them to collide. This enables the Justice Society to turn the tables against the Injustice Society. Green Lantern then makes an airplane construct so that the Justice Society can deliver the Injustice Society to the authorities.
Membership
Original team
*
Wizard (William Zard) - An illusionist and powerful sorcerer.
*
Brain Wave (Henry King, Sr.) - A
metahuman with great psionic powers.
*
Gambler (Steven Sharpe III) - A master of disguise and weapons.
*
Per Degaton
Per Degaton is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
A young version of the character was portrayed by Cory Grüter-Andrew on the first season of ''Legends of Tomorrow'', while an unknown actor portrayed his ol ...
- A time-traveler with access to advanced technology.
*
Thinker (Clifford DeVoe) - A former district attorney and enemy of Flash.
*
Vandal Savage
Vandar Adg of the Blood Tribe, more widely known as Vandal Savage, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is said to be a Cro-Magnon warrior who gained immortality and advanced healing abilities after encount ...
- A ruthless caveman given immortality thousands of years ago.
This formation included the following additional members:
*
Fiddler
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(Isaac Bowin) - A criminal who uses specially made violins.
*
Sportsmaster
The Sportsmaster is the name of different supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The Lawrence "Crusher" Crock version of Sportsmaster is usually depicted as a criminal who uses sports-themed weapons and gadgets to ...
(Lawrence Crock) - A crook who uses sport-themed weapons.
*
Tigress (Paula Brooks) - Tiger-themed mercenary, married to Sportsmaster.
*
Icicle
An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water falling from an object freezes.
Formation and dynamics
Icicles can form during bright, sunny, but subfreezing weather, when ice or snow melted by sunlight or some other heat source (such a ...
(Joar Mahkent) - A scientist who invented a gun that drastically lowers temperature.
*
Harlequin
Harlequin (; it, Arlecchino ; lmo, Arlechin, Bergamasque pronunciation ) is the best-known of the '' zanni'' or comic servant characters from the Italian '' commedia dell'arte'', associated with the city of Bergamo. The role is traditional ...
(Molly Mayne) - A villainess with hypnotic goggles.
Later members
*
Shade (Richard Swift) - He was an additional member when a third formation formed during a team-up between the Justice Society and the
Justice League
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, but later in the comic ''
Starman'' he is shown in a flashback assisting a Golden Age incarnation of the Society. His actual time of joining is unknown, but he was a member during the Golden Age. He had a cane which enabled him to cast darkness.
*
Solomon Grundy - A superstrong undead foe of Green Lantern who joined a fourth formation led by the Icicle.
Injustice Unlimited members
* Wizard
* Fiddler
* Shade
*
Tigress (Artemis Crock) - Daughter of the original Tigress and Sportsmaster.
*
Hazard - Granddaughter of Gambler.
* Icicle (Cameron Mahkent) - Son of the first Icicle with cryokinetic powers.
Later members
These members were recruited after the Wizard was believed dead and both the Fiddler and the Shade were imprisoned.
*
Dummy - A sentient ventriloquist's dummy and enemy of
Vigilante
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A vigilante (from Spanish, Italian and Portuguese “vigilante”, which means "sentinel" or "watcher") is a person who ...
who became the second leader of Injustice Unlimited.
* Harlequin (Marcie Cooper)
*
Solomon Grundy
Johnny Sorrow's team
*
Johnny Sorrow - A former thief whose face kills nearly anyone who looks at it.
*
Count Vertigo
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- A
Green Arrow villain who induces vertigo.
* Icicle (Cameron Mahkent)
*
Geomancer
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(Adam Fells) - A geokinetic supervillain.
* Tigress (Artemis Crock)
*
Blackbriar Thorn
B'wana Beast
Baby-Doll
Bad Samaritan
The Bad Samaritan (alias Zviad Baazovi) is a supervillain, and enemy of the Outsiders who first appeared in ''The Outsiders'' #3 (January 1986). He is a former Soviet spymaster who became a neutral party ...
- A
druid.
*
Killer Wasp - A half-human half-insect villain who is the son of Yellow Wasp.
Later recruits included:
*
Rival
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- A foe of the Golden Age Flash who developed a formula to endow himself with speed nearly matching that of the Flash.
*
Black Adam
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- A rogue
Marvel Family
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member with powers from the Egyptian Gods. He was sent after Wildcat, but betrayed the team.
*
Shiv
The word Shiv or shiv may refer to:
People with the name
* Shivnarine Chanderpaul, a West Indies cricketer nicknamed Shiv
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Shiv, a fictional location in Magic: The Gathering, see Dominaria
* Shiv, a villain in the ...
- Shiv is the daughter of the supervillain
Dragon King
The Dragon King, also known as the Dragon God, is a Chinese water and weather god. He is regarded as the dispenser of rain, commanding over all bodies of water. He is the collective personification of the ancient concept of the '' lóng'' in C ...
. She had a grudge against
Stargirl.
* Thinker (A.I.) - An artificial intelligence version of the first Thinker which spied on the JSA.
Legacy's team
* Legacy - This is an alias of Wizard.
* Kestrel - A supervillain created by M’Shulla and Gorrum of the
Lords of Chaos to either subvert Hawk (of
Hawk and Dove
Hawk and Dove are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Steve Ditko and Steve Skeates, they appeared in ''Showcase'' #75 (June 1968) during the Silver Age of Comic Books. The duo has existed in ...
) to the forces of evil or to kill him.
*
Rag Doll - A contorting supervillain.
* Tigress (Artemis Crock)
* Icicle (Cameron Mahkent)
* Solomon Grundy
* Shiv
Present formation
The Injustice Society resurfaced again in November 2005, in the pages of ''JSA Classified'', composed of:
* Icicle (Cameron Mahkent)
* Tigress (Artemis Crock)
* Rag Doll (Peter Merkel, deceased)
* Thinker (A.I.)
*
Solomon Grundy
* Wizard
*
Gentleman Ghost - The ghost of a
highwayman.
* Johnny Sorrow
The Injustice Society resurfaced once more, this time in a plot to kidnap Stargirl and to face off against the JSA All Stars. The team was composed of the following members:
* Johnny Sorrow
* Tigress (Artemis Crock)
* Icicle (Cameron Mahkent)
* Wizard
* Killer Wasp
* Geomancer - The unnamed successor of the original Geomancer with the same abilities.
* Shiv
DC Universe version
* Wizard
* Brain Wave
* Gambler (Steven Sharpe III)
* Huntress (Paula Brooks)
* Per Degaton
* Vandal Savage
Other versions
''JSA: The Golden Age''
In the four-part ''
Elseworlds'' story ''JSA: The Golden Age'', the Injustice Society appears in a cameo during the final issue. The lineup consists of Fiddler, Gambler, Harlequin, and
Psycho-Pirate
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Bob Frazer portrayed the character for his live action debut during The CW's 2018 Arrowverse crossover "Elseworlds (Arrowverse), Elseworld ...
. The group is seen at a gathering of superheroes, having apparently taken advantage of a recent offer of amnesty to supervillains willing to serve the U.S. government.
Earth 3
On
Earth 3, the Injustice Society is the name of a supervillain group that is led by Sky Tyrant (Earth 3's version of Hawkman) and other unseen members where it is the evil counterpart of the Justice Society of America. The group was defeated by the Justice Society All-Stars.
In other media
* A team based on the Injustice Society called the Injustice Guild of America appeared in the ''
Justice League
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'' two-part episode "Legends", consisting of
Music Master,
Sportsman,
Doctor Blizzard, and
Sir Swami.
* The Injustice Society appears in ''
Stargirl'',
consisting of
Icicle
An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water falling from an object freezes.
Formation and dynamics
Icicles can form during bright, sunny, but subfreezing weather, when ice or snow melted by sunlight or some other heat source (such a ...
,
Brainwave
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,
Gambler
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,
Sportsmaster
The Sportsmaster is the name of different supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The Lawrence "Crusher" Crock version of Sportsmaster is usually depicted as a criminal who uses sports-themed weapons and gadgets to ...
,
Tigress,
Wizard,
Dragon King
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, and
Solomon Grundy, with the
Fiddler
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and
Shade appearing as former members. In the pilot episode, Brainwave, Gambler, Icicle, Shade, Grundy, Sportsmaster, Tigress, and Wizard attacked the
Justice Society of America
The Justice Society of America (JSA, or Justice Society (JS)) is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team was conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox during the Golden Age of Comic Boo ...
in Blue Valley and killed most of its members, with Icicle fatally wounding their leader
Starman. A decade after their victory, the Injustice Society operate in Blue Valley under their civilian identities while Fiddler's wife Anaya Bowin fills in for him. After
Courtney Whitmore finds Starman's Cosmic Staff and forms a new Justice Society, the Injustice Society take up arms to stop her as well as enact Project: New America to brainwash the
Central United States
The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern and Western as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the U.S. Census' definition of the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions o ...
' citizens. However, the new Justice Society,
Shining Knight, Barbara Whitmore, and Mike Dugan foil their plans, with most of the Injustice Society either being killed, incarcerated, or escaped.
** In season two,
Cindy Burman and
Eclipso form their own offshoot group called Injustice Unlimited, recruiting Sportsmaster and Tigress' daughter
Artemis Crock
Artemis Crock is a fictional comic book character, appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. First appearing in ''Infinity, Inc.'' #34 (January 1987), she has appeared as both a supervillain and superhero, usually using her first ...
and Fiddler's son Isaac Bowin to their cause. After failing to recruit Icicle's son Cameron Mahkent, Injustice Unlimited fight Stargirl's JSA. In the process, Stargirl accidentally frees Eclipso of his Black Diamond. He subsequently sends Burman to the Shadowlands and consumes Isaac while Artemis flees.
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