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Villains United
''Villains United'' is a six-issue 2005 comic book limited series, published by DC Comics, written by Gail Simone and illustrated by Dale Eaglesham and Wade Von Grawbadger, and later by Val Semeiks and Prentis Rollins. Publication history ''Villains United'' is one of four miniseries leading up to DC Comics' ''Infinite Crisis'' event and a seven-issue miniseries. This story follows the evolution of the latest incarnation of the Secret Six, and the group's ongoing battle with Secret Society of Super Villains. Like all major intracompany events, this series ties in with several monthly DC Comics titles, including: :''Action Comics'' #830-831 :'' Batman: Gotham Knights'' #66 :'' Breach'' #7 :''Firestorm'' #17 :''Nightwing'' #109-110 :''Superman'' #221 :''Catwoman'' #46-49 :''Green Arrow'' #50 :'' Flash'' #225 Plot summary Lex Luthor assembles the Secret Society of Super Villains, a massive alliance consisting of Talia al Ghul, Doctor Psycho, Deathstroke, Black Adam, and Cal ...
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DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, the first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its published stories are set in the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous List of DC Comics characters, culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash; as well as famous fictional teams, including the Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Suicide Squad, and the Legion of Superheroes. The universe contains an assortment of well-known supervillains, such as Lex Luthor, the Joker (character), Joker, Darkseid, and the antihero Catwoman. The company has published non-DC Universe-related mater ...
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Superman (comic Book)
''Superman'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Superman as its protagonist. Superman began as one of several anthology features in the National Periodical Publications comic book ''Action Comics'' #1 in June 1938. The strip proved so popular that National launched Superman into his own self-titled comic book, the first for any superhero, premiering with the cover date summer 1939. Between 1986 and 2006 it was retitled ''The Adventures of Superman'', while a new series used the title ''Superman''. In May 2006, it was returned to its original title and numbering. The title was canceled with issue #714 in 2011, and was relaunched with issue #1 the following month which ended its run in 2016. A fourth series was released in June 2016 and ended in April 2018, while the fifth series was launched in July 2018 and ended in June 2021. The series was replaced by '' Superman: Son of Kal-El'' in July 2021, featuring adventures of Superman's son, Jon ...
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Scandal Savage
Scandal Savage is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in ''Villains United'' #1 (July 2005), and was created by Gail Simone and Dale Eaglesham. She is the daughter of Vandal Savage and a member of the Secret Six. Publication history Scandal first appeared as a shrewd businesswoman in ''Villains United'' #1 (July 2005). Within this run, her character was developed and revealed by the author to be as deadly a character as any of the others in ''Secret Six'', where she unveiled her trademark "lamentation blades" and battle outfit. In ''Villains United'' #6, the character was revealed to be lesbian. Scandal Savage also makes guest appearances in ''Birds of Prey'' following the "Whitewater" story arc. Fictional character biography Scandal Savage is the daughter of Vandal Savage and an unknown Brazilian woman, being raised in the latter's country and trained in combat from an early age. As an adult, Scandal joins the Secret Six ...
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Deadshot
Deadshot is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer David Vern Reed and artist Lew Sayre Schwartz based on a concept from Bob Kane, the character first appeared in ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' #59 (1950). Introduced as a gun-toting criminal in a tuxedo, top hat, and domino mask, Deadshot was only intended to be a one-off adversary of the superhero Batman, but writer Steve Englehart and artist Marshall Rogers revived, redesigned, and popularized the character in ''Detective Comics'' #474 (1977), which featured the debut of his wrist-mounted guns, reticle emblem, and mask with a built-in targeting sight that have since become Deadshot's visual motif. This revamped depiction of the character has endured as one of Batman's most recurring enemies belonging to the collective of adversaries that make up his List of Batman family enemies, rogues gallery. Deadshot is the alias of Floyd Lawton, a mercenary with a death wish and uncanny ...
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Cheshire (comics)
Cheshire (Jade Nguyen) is a supervillain appearing in DC Comics. She is a long-standing rival of the superhero team, the Teen Titans, and occasional love interest of Roy Harper (character), Roy Harper and Catman (DC Comics), Thomas Blake. Publication history Cheshire first appeared in ''Teen Titans#New Teen Titans, New Teen Titans'' Annual #2 (1983) and was created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez. Fictional character biography Post-Crisis Born (allegedly) to a French people, French father, Andrê Chaumont, and a Vietnamese people, Vietnamese mother, Anna Nguyen, Jade Nguyen has an unhappy childhood and is sold into slavery. As a young adult, after killing her master, Jade is informally adopted by Chinese freedom fighter Weng Chan, who teaches her all he knows about guerrilla fighting. She acquires knowledge of poisons from Kruen Musenda, a famed African assassin known as the "Spitting Cobra", whom she is married to for the two years prior to his death. She is a long-standing ri ...
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Catman (DC Comics)
Catman (Thomas Reese Blake) is a character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. He is part of Batman’s List of Batman family enemies, growing roster of enemies, debuting in the mid-1960s. For decades, the character rarely appeared in comic books, as Batman stories returned to darker themes. A modern revival of the character in the pages of ''Green Arrow'' many years later depicted a Catman down on his luck, clinging to past glories, overweight, and pathetic. In 2006, however, the character was rehabilitated by writer Gail Simone, depicting Blake as having picked himself up from the gutter, restoring his physical fitness and gaining a new sense of purpose and dignity while living with lions in Africa. Stories since then have depicted him as an antihero and the leader of the mercenary team Secret Six (comics), Secret Six. Publication history Catman first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #311 (January 1963) and was created by Bill Finger and Jim Mooney. A different Ca ...
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