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Sandman (Real Name: Unknown) - Only encountered by Nova, Sandman has the ability to manipulate the molecules of his body like living particles of sand. He was hired by The Batman as an anti-hero enforcer, and managed to suffocate Nova to death. When he later learned The Batman had been defeated (only after he had killed Nova), he beat a hasty retreat. Sandman recently re-emerged creating havoc for Magneto, only to be defeated by Raven, Cyclops and Beanbag. He is now in Belle-Reve awaiting trial for murder. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Frank Scanlon

District Attorney of Central City. He is an ally of The Green Hornet, knowing his true identity.  Scanlon serves Britt Reid as legal advisor and The Green Hornet's "municipal eyes." [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Scaramouche I (Robert LaFleur) - French-born anarchist, terrorist and bomber who began his violent career in 1899, inspired by the anarchist Ravachol. Taking on the pseudonym "Scaramouche," LaFleur performed terrorist acts while maintaining the respectable image of a well-to-do stockbroker. During WWII, Scaramouche concentrated his attacks on the Vichy government and the German occupational forces. After the war, LaFleur repented of his old practices and came to America to restart his life, meeting and befriending young Jackie Napier in the process. Now an old man, LaFleur was traced by Magneto and recruited to help his campaign for "homo-superior" by creating a reign of terror in Metropolis. LaFleur played along until he could learn Magneto's hiding place. Then he tipped off the New Metas and planted a bomb in the stronghold. LaFleur was detected and mortally wounded by one of Magneto's students, but managed to start his bomb timer and scratch off a note for the New Metas to warn them. His heroic death prompted Jackie Napier to take on "Scaramouche" as his hero name. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Scaramouche II (John "Jackie" Fitzpatrick Napier III) - The son of The Joker and Harley Quinn, Scaramouche is super agile, has a psychic confuse attack (via heckling the target) and is armed with an 'electroblast' rapier (created by Lexcorp as a special commission from The Joker), as well as some of his father's favorite 'dirty tricks' (bolo-streamers; sneeze powder; itching powder). Naming himself after his friend, Scaramouche I (Robert LaFleur), Scaramouche wears a black 'swashbuckler' costume with white trim, black 'cavalier' hat with white plume, black sword baldric and sheath, and a black domino mask with a long, pointed nose. Jackie is highly energetic and loves swashbuckler movies. Scaramouche is a charter member of the New Metas. [Steve 'Sanson' Mollett]

The Scarecrow (Dr. Jonathan Crane)
Obsessed with the manifestations of fear, psychologist Dr. Jonathan Crane was dismissed from Gotham University for his harmful experiments involving student volunteers. Embittered, he developed a "fear" toxin, and began a psychopathic reign of terror as The Scarecrow. The "master of fear" seemed unstoppable until he confronted The Joker, who proved impervious to the fear toxin. During the fight that followed, Crane fell victim to his own "fear gas" and was taken into custody. He was committed to Arkham Asylum, but later escaped with the help of The Patchwork Man, who used him as an agent of chaos during his night of terror in 1954. Apprehended by the JLA, Crane was returned to Arkham, and there he stayed until "The Great Escape" in July 1956. Most recently, Scarecrow was again recruited by The Patchwork Man and became a peripheral player in the First Patchwork Man War. With The Patchwork Man's aid, he subjected Zero Man to a very powerful modification of his fear toxin tailored to his biology "in the hope that the cataloging of a truly 'alien' reaction to certain primal stimuli would provide great insight into universal evolutionary biological imperatives and how they shape all organic sentient psychology." The result was the death of an E.S.C. ensign at the hands of a hallucinating Zero Man. Later the JLA communication system was flooded with a new "fear frequency" that Crane had developed. Luckily, timely in-house sabotage by "Betty Ross" jammed all the JLA communicators and prevented the signal from effecting the Justice League. These were ultimately only pot shots, however, and in the end The Scarecrow was never encountered in person. His current whereabouts are unknown and that is worrisome as his new "fear frequency" would seem to have terrifying potential, and he presumably still has the equipment to generate it. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Reverend Nehemiah Scutter - Popular Christian fundamentalist radio preacher, with millions of listeners across the country. Fanatically anti-Communist, Rev. Scutter also believed that metahumans were, collectively, the Anti-Christ of Revelations; blasphemous abominations vomited out of Hell, embraced by the naive as saviors, and determined to lead mankind away from the One True God in The Last Days. Later, after being given Baron Blitzkrieg's mace by Legion's government operatives, Scutter first believed himself to be God's messenger on Earth (The Apostle), but then become convinced that he was charged by God to personally bring about The End Of The World (The Eschaton). (See also Baron Blitzkrieg, The Apostle and The Eschaton.) [Ted Brengle]

Seken Ra - Enigmatic ancient Egyptian wizard who created the Blue Beetle’s scarab, and who is BB’s mentor. Seken Ra has access to the "Scrolls of Thoth", which contain all knowledge (including magick). [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Seraph (Sarah Grace Napier) - The daughter of The Joker and Harley Quinn, Seraph is a living Mother Box, in tune with The Source. Very calm, Seraph has big, blue eyes that have a profound calming effect. In addition, she has healing powers, can air walk and, when angered (rare) can inflict a psychic attack that causes the victim to suffer a horrifying headache, or can exert a devastating force blast. She may have other powers as well; only time will tell.  Seraph is easily shocked by man's inhumanity to man, prompting her rare rages. She always feels remorse after having a fit of anger. Despite her inherent honesty and angelic nature, she is also a subtle prankster. Seraph wears a sky-blue bodysuit with a diapanous blue, hooded cloak that billows like wings. Seraph is a charter member of the New Metas. (character created by Steve Mollett; developed by Andrea Mollett)  [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Setep Set - Evil ancient Egyptian sorcerer who created the Helmet of Set (see also, "The Six-Headed Mummy"). Setep Set was an enemy of Seken Ra, and is his "antithesis" in the supernatural realm. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

*The Shade (Real Name: Unknown) - Mysterious, dark villain who dresses in black 19th-century garb, and who can exude controlled tendrils or waves of pure darkness which can take any form and which obey his commands. Not fully understood, The Shade appears immortal, and seems to be playing a "bored dilletante’s" game with the JLA. He recently turned up as a member of The Legion of Doom, only to later reveal that he was actually working as an inside man for the Justice League, possibly simply for the amusement value. The Red Skull very, *very* much wants to see him dead. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Shatterstar (Real Name: Unknown) - Shatterstar's true identity is unknown. She is a young (18?), powerful metahuman who was first encountered in the service of Magneto in 1955. Shatterstar possesses super strength, invulnerability, the ability to generate a blinding flash, and can fly. When using her powers, Shatterstar is constantly surrounded by a soft halo of light. Shatterstar seems to sincerely believe in Magneto and the rightness of his cause. She has also displayed a great deal of hero worship for the Red Knight and spent much time trying to convince him to join with Magneto. Shatterstar has not been captured and is presumed to still be in Magneto's service.[Tom "Niko" Bolenbaugh]

Shocker (Herman Schultz)

A frequent enemy of both Spider-Man and Daredevil, Shocker uses special gloves to emit devastating sonic blasts. His costume also absorbs vibratory waves, creating a shield against blows and making him hard to grapple. He was released from Belle-Reve by Mirror Master and went to work for Kingpin and Nathaniel Dusk immediately thereafter. Thanks to Dusk, he escaped the JLA, and his current whereabouts are unknown. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Silver Spark (Real name: Unknown) - Electrically-powered superhero who has no memory of who he is or how he came upon his powers. He aided the JLA during their journey to Apokolips near the beginning of the Legion Crisis, but went into hiding as repression against super heroes intensified. Silver Spark only recently reappeared. While trying to piece together who he is, he sometimes lives at The Hall of Justice, doing odd maintenance jobs in return for the privilege. (Character created by Jeff Allen)  [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

The Silver Ziggurat (Thomas J. Bolt) - Mad architect / electrical genius who attempted to destroy the architectural empire of his employer, Winston Tremayne (revenge for being "underappreciated"). Bolt was engaged to Angelica Tremayne (Winston’s sister) and used that as a blackmail lever to extort money from Winston Tremayne. Creating an island stronghold and amassing an army of thugs armed with "lightning guns", The Silver Ziggurat began using a special Coanda airship with a "lightning cannon" to destroy skyscrapers designed by Winston Tremayne. He was stopped by the JLA and died in flames as his Coanda crashed (he was madly blasting his own fortress, either to destroy evidence or as part of a mad "tantrum").  [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Sinestro
Few figures in recent galactic history have had a more rapid rise and spectacular fall than the individual known as Sinestro. Perhaps the greatest and most formidable of the nascent Green Lanterns (save for the Green Lantern Prime, himself), Sinestro at first seemed to perfectly embody the ethos of the Corps and its selfless mission. Within the crucible of the Fourth Galactic War, Sinestro quickly became renowned for his combat prowess, strength of will, cunning, determination and bravery. He seemed the thrive on the attention, and at some point (it is still not clear exactly when), Sinestro became seduced by promises of even greater power and glory made by fugitive agents of Darkseid. Almost overnight, he turned his back on his oath, his duty, and his fellow Lanterns, secretly beginning to aid the enemies of peace and justice in the waning days of the war. The magnitude of Sinestro's complete and utter betrayal of everything he once said he stood for can not be overstated. Among other crimes, Sinestro used his station and power as a Lantern to help engineer a safe haven in K’te space for former agents of Apokolips and their allies; he personally smuggled D'Ken and his entourage past a Green Lantern blockade of the Shi'Ar empire; he thoroughly corrupted the inspection process of K'Te space, resulting in completely fictitious reports often written by K'te officers; and arranged for the murder of three fellow Green Lanterns who had gotten too close to his secret. In the general chaos of the Fourth Galactic War, Sinestro’s treason went laregly unnoticed, although vague stories of a rogue Green Lantern soon began to circulate. When these stories were brought to the attention of the Guardians of Oa, however, they were dismissed out of hand. Less convinced was the Green Lantern Prime (Alan Scott of Earth), who decided to investigate these rumors on his own. After dodging a deadly ambush, Scott caught up with Sinestro just as he was preparing to attack the last living Cholonu near the Dressilus system. Despite all of Sinestro's storied cleverness, deviousness and skill, he was absolutely no match whatsoever for the Green Lantern Prime, who thoroughly crushed him almost effortlessly and destroyed Sinestro's power ring in the process. Sinestro is currently incarcerated on Oa, awaiting the judgment of the Guardians--it is not expected to be pleasant. Only time will tell if the fledgeling Corps will be able to repair the damage done to its reputation by Sinestro's duplicity and evil. [Ted Brengle]

Sirocco (Bart Shipman) - Shipman worked as a mercenary in the Middle East for a number of years following World War II.  His team was lost deep in the Arabian desert following a botched raid and all were presumed lost in a terrible sandstorm.  Two years later, Bart showed up in the United States under the name of Sirocco, a supervillain for hire with dangerous powers over sand: Sirocco can use it to bind foes, project it in powerful blasts that can rip through walls and wear down stone, and even ride it like a wave. An analysis of these abilities performed by the Joker, indicates that Sirocco does not actually use sand from the area he is in, but somehow generates the sand out of thin air. Bart never speaks of how he gained his powers or what happened out in the desert.  Recently, he became part of the Shadow Master’s plot to pit the New York underworld against each other and infiltrated the Kingpin’s organization.  When the plot was thwarted by the Justice League, Sirocco went into hiding and his rival, Bullseye, has since sworn to collect the bounty that the Kingpin put on his head. [Tom "Nico" Bolenbaugh]

Dr. Emile Sivana - Mad scientist hired by The Octopus to destroy The Blue Beetle. Sivana’s "Mega-Steel" trap-room and "Hydroencephlic Death Ray" proved to be a bust, and both he and The Octopus were apprehended by an alive & well Blue Beetle. As BB attempted to spirit Sivana away, an alert Prowler placed a well-aimed bullet into the doctor’s brain (T.H.U.N.D.E.R. had named Sivana as The Prowler’s first "government-sanctioned" target).  [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

The Six-Headed Mummy (Rene Belloq) - The evil "champion" of Setep Set, archaeologist and ruthless treasure hunter Rene Belloq discovered the Helmet of Set in the Valley of the Kings. The helmet gave Belloq powers derived from six Egyptian gods, invulnerability to kinetic attacks, and the power to absorb energy attacks. To harness the power, however, he had to "contain" the energy by wrapping himself in enchanted linen bandages. His first appearance was as an enforcer for Labyrinth. Unwrapped by Blue Beetle, and hit with a repulsor blast by the Red Knight, The Six-Headed Mummy was reduced to ash. Dead? Who can say for sure? The Helmet of Set is now in a hidden chamber inside The Sphinx, placed there by Seken Ra.  [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Nicholas Slye - Information broker in Metropolis. Slye is a retired jewel & art thief who now owns the Crystal Ball, a lounge/restaurant. A portly, mustached man, he looks a bit like comedic actor Avery Schreiber. Slye doesn't charge for info to the law, considering it his duty. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Harold W. Smith

Harold W. Smith was a Detroit police officer when his brother, Jedediah Smith was murdered by the Black Legion in 1938.  Contacted by his resurrected brother in the form of Uncle Sam, Harold helped put the screws on the Black Legion in Detroit.  During the war, Smith was, with Uncle Sam's help, inducted into a wartime intelligence cell that would later develop into T.H.U.N.D.E.R.  When New York City police commissioner Stanley Kirkpatrick fell out of grace over the Prowler/Kritalnacht police death scandal, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. pulled strings to get Smith installed as the new commissioner as a means of running interference for The Prowler, whom T.H.U.N.D.E.R. had plans to "draft" into their service. When the Patchwork Man destroyed T.H.U.N.D.E.R., Smith was safely in New York, doing his public job. During the Legion Crisis, Smith and a handful of surviving T.H.U.N.D.E.R. operatives organized CURE to battle the menace. Smith juggled being both the secret director of CURE and the police commissioner of New York City for as long as he could, but following HYDRA's recent assault on him personally, he has decided to retire his public face and concentrate on CURE full-time. His first order of business was a radical internal security initiative that ended in the mind-wiping of most of his opperatives. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Snowman (Frank Shivel) - A born metahuman, Shivel has a natural ability to exude and project intense cold. Garbed in a skintight, black bodysuit with white specks (suggesting snowfall), a scarf and a helmet like a classic snowman head, he first appeared at the wedding of The Joker and Harley Quinn at the behest of Dr. Destiny. He has most recently caused havoc for Magneto, being defeated by Nightcrawler, Silver Spark and Jackie Napier. He is now in Belle-Reve.

Reid "Crazy" Snyder - In-the-know snitch on Central City's underground. [Mike Chambers]

Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
College student and part-time photojournalist Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider during a lab demo, and gained strange "spider" powers. Creating a "web shooter" and a costume, Parker ventured into show-biz for the money. After failing to stop a thief who later murdered his uncle, Parker swore to use his powers against crime. Spider-Man was active in New York City until his powers began to become erratic, proving finally impractical. He is became a research chemist, and still took photos for "The Daily Bugle" as an exciting sideline. Recently, he became an abused pawn of the Green Goblin. The Green Goblin first kidnapped and threatened Spider-Man's beloved Aunt May, forcing Parker to surrender himself.  With Spider-Man in his clutches, the Goblin brainwashed him with powerful mind altering drugs of his own design, turning him into a semi-psychotic solider in Goblin's diabolical vengeance scheme, widely known as "The Goblin War." With Spider-Man under his control, the Goblin used him to commit at least two murders in the guise of the Goblin's other perennial opponent, Daredevil, ruining his reputation. In the end, Spider-Man fought alongside Green Goblin, even threatening the life of Mary Jane Watson, in a climactic battle with the Justice League at the top of New York's Wilson Building. Although the JLA managed to apprehend Spider-Man without seriously harming him and rescued Aunt May, who was to be imminently killed by Goblin's henchmen, the powerful drugs and mental cruelty he suffered at the hands of the Green Goblin, not to mention the memory of the murders he committed, took a severe toll on Parker's psyche. Hanging on to his sanity by the thinnest of threads, he only started to make real progress when he began to work with a  new psychologist, Dr. Gibson Duro, later revealed to be Gabriel Duval Warner, The Patchwork Man. "Dr. Duro" helped Peter unearth "repressed" memories that indicated it was *Harry* Osborne who had been the one who had tortured and brainwashed him. With Warner's "help," Peter became convinced that Harry had always been the Green Goblin and that Harry had framed/brainwashed his father in order to, in one fell swoop, steal M.J. and OsCorp, be seen as a hero and gain membership in the JLA. This delusion, and the white-hot hatred for Harry it has spawned, are now very deeply rooted in Paker's mind. Indeed, they are currently the basis for his tenuous grip on reality. When Harry is not around, Peter often seems totally rational, although adamant that the Justice League has been duped by a cunning fiend. At other times, however, he flies into manic, desperate rages, ranting that only he can stop Harry before "the Goblin kills anyone else!" After he was captured, Parker was kept in a JLA holding cell until several members of the JLA (most prominently The Amazing Ghost Fighter and Captain America) argued that they had no grounds to imprison him and had to let him go free. Upon his release, Peter again warned the JLA that they had a monster in their midst who would destroy them. Additionally, he vowed to uncover ironclad proof of Harry's duplicity and evil and promised to bring the fiend to justice. Since regaining his freedom, Peter and his Aunt May have vanished, apparently on the run from "the threat of the Goblin." There is currently some serious talk in the JLA as to whether or not it would be best if Peter were turned over to Arkham Asylum if he resurfaces. Despite this, Venom was compelled to seek Peter's scientific assistance during his recent efforts to devise a way to free Gwen Stacey from her bond to the Carnage symbiote, and Peter gave it without reservation, again demonstrating that Peter is still as decent as ever, if terribly deluded. (Character created by Mick Siegfried)  [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

The Spirit (formerly detective Denny Colt)

Shot by gangsters and left for dead, Central City police detective Denny Colt was rescued by former "Junior G-Man" Ebony White. Maintaining the misconception of his death, Colt re-emerged as The Spirit, a mysterious masked crimebuster. Commissoner James Dolan knew The Spirit’s secret, and allowed Colt to continue his activities PROVIDED he did not overtly breach the law in a major way, and NOT carry a gun. Relying on his fists and wits, Colt lived off of a trust fund his father left him (the bank was never notified of Colt’s death; The Spirit DID tell the IRS the entire story, and they’ve decided to keep his secret). The CCPD helped Colt convert the lower-catacombs of the abandoned "Wildwood Cemetary" mausoleum into an apartment. The Spirit entered and left the apartment via a trapdoor built into "Denny Colt’s" grave. Orphan and street kid Ebony White was The Spirit’s unofficial "ward", and also resided at Wildwood. The Spirit was thought killed by federal agents when The Keene Act was violently implemented, but it has recently been revealed that Colt was secretely rescued by sympathetic Police officers. Feeling his time had passed, The Spirit decided to retire shortly thereafter. CURE furnished Colt and his ward Ebony White with new identities and both are believed to be living somewhere abroad. Ultimately, Colt decided that retirement was not for him, and he has recently returned to active duty in the Suicide Squad under the new guise of Rocketman (See also Rocketman.) [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Starfire - Click name for full entry. [Brandon Keller]

Anthony (Tony) Stark

Billionaire industrialist who owns and runs Stark Industries. A friend of the JLA, Stark was also a direct patron to both the Red Knight and NoMan. Losing his friends and colleagues Archie Goodwin and Dr. Anthony Dunn, in addition to the damage his company suffered at the hands of Legion's government, has reportedly been very hard on Stark. Indeed, he apparently has become an alcoholic and so unstable that he was asked to leave The Taskforce ten months ago, his mind then wiped of all knowledge concerning it. Before his ejection, he was #5, "The Gunsmith," his vacant seat in the council then taken up by Phoenix. For a time, Stark's public appearances were mortifyingly sodden (and even dangerous--a recent binge in Bangkok, for example, put him in considerable jeopardy), but perhaps this was the wake up call he needed: Recently, Stark has virtually vanished from the public eye and reports coming out of Stark Industries indicate a much stronger sense of purpose and discipline than has been seen at the company in quite some time. These reports have helped push Stark Industries' stock upwards for the first time in two years. (Character adapted by Ted Brengle) [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Stonewall (James Stonewall) - In 1941 the US attempted to create the first super-soldier, using U.S. Army volunteer Lt. James Stonewall. The process misfired, and the rampaging end-result escaped. Most of his mind and memory disrupted or blanked-out, Stonewall stumbled into Metropolis, and good-naturedly decided to use his great strength and invulnerability to fight evil. Uncle Sam knew who Stonewall really was, but kept it a secret for security reasons. A later, more successful experiment would create Captain America. The dimwitted, but kindly and effective Stonewall became fast friends with The Gecko, and a member of the JSA. The Joker thought the world of Stonewall, calling him "our big Boy Scout". Stonewall apparently died fighting Solomon Grundy, but his "death" was actually a coma that partially "cured" his condition. Restored to normal, Stonewall only becomes the "grey-skinned giant" when enraged. Employed by Tony Stark and Archie Goodwin, he became the power-armored "War Machine" in 1954.  Despite performing admirably during the nationwide crisis caused by the Patchwork Man in March of that year, the War Machine armor began to develop substantial glitches in the control system soon afterward. The problems became so numerous that the armor was forced to be recalled and undergo a second testing cycle at Stark Industries. Preliminary results indicate that the neural interface is more fragile than expected and requires routine, extensive and expensive maintenance to function reliably. Tony Stark is said to have admitted privately that rushing the armor was a mistake; one which he won't repeat. Thus, even with the rumored assistance of Lexcorp, Stark predicts that a new, sturdier version of the War Machine armor won't be ready until 1956.  [Character created by Jim Schwab]  [Steve "Sanson" Mollett and Ted Brengle]

Dr. Hugo Strange
A psychiatrist turned raving psychotic, Dr. Strange eventually convinced himself (and others) that he was "Earth's Sorcerer Supreme." Needles to say, this delusion led to disaster. Dr. Strange was part of the staff of Arkham Asylum in the late 40s and early 50s and he parlayed this experience into some short-term celebrity during the Legion Crisis, peddling his theories of the psychosexual disorders that compelled people to become masked vigilantes to the popular media. More importantly, it was during his tenure at Arkham that he treated the brilliant, but twisted, FBI agent-turned-muderer, Windom Earle. Although Dr. Strange destroyed most of his treatment records concerning Earle, it became clear years later that Earle must have adeptly found the psychological weaknesses in his already narcissistic and unstable doctor and manipulated them masterfully. Only a few years after meeting Earle, Dr. Strange left Arkham for private practice and apparently now bought completely into many of his former patient's delusions, spending all his time earnestly researching magic. Despite his zeal, Strange was a mediocre magician at best. Undeterred, he soon organized a self-aggrandizing occult lodge of his own (The Hermetic Order of the Silver Star) and attracted a small group of wealthy supporters with his serviceable parlor tricks and showy rituals. Strange *might* have continued with this career in relatively harmless obscurity, had his old patient, Windom Earle, not visited him again in 1956. Earle apparently needed a passable magician to perform several highly dangerous rituals that were necessary in his continuing campaign against the Amazing Ghost Fighter, and Strange looked like the perfect fall-guy for the nasty magical feedback that such spells would surely unleash. Under Earle's guidance, Dr. Strange was able to both steal the soul from AGF's brother and seal it within an Orb of Thesla, and fashion a demon-conjured arrow to slay AGF's spirit guide. The second ritual was the dangerous one and Strange's clumsy performance didn't help matters. While the arrow was successfully created, Dr. Strange's Greenwich Village brownstone was positively bathed in hellspawn and black energies. Indeed, Dr. Strange's incantation had been so maladroit, he had actually invoked a powerful, demonic parasite (called by some The Monkey King) along with the arrow and hadn't even been aware of it. Because of that fact, The Monkey King was able to bind itself to the first innocent soul unlucky enough to enter Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum (the young child of one of Strange's clients, who visited Strange the day after the disastrous invocation ritual) and escape into the outside world. The Monkey King went on a increasingly bloody rampage, initially attacking only those who threatened the boy and his father, but with that slowly changing as The Monkey King's insatiable hunger grew. Dr. Strange soon realized the magnitude of the power he had let slip through his fingers and became obsessed with finding The Monkey King and binding it to his will. Unfortunately, he was woefully unprepared for the task. Luckily, a group of supers--including the Amazing Ghost Fighter, the Joker, Harley Quinn, Venom and the rogue demon hunter called Dante--ended the threat of The Monkey King by weakening it enough that the demon Etrigan could cage it and return it to its infernal masters, who were most displeased with its unauthorized escape from its assigned spot in Hell. Dr. Strange, on the other hand, did not weather his encounter with a fear demon at the height of its power particularly well, and is now a patient at Arkham Asylum. He currently believes that his padded cell is his Sanctum Sanctorum, the orderlies are his demonic minions, and his straight jacket his magical vestments. No one expects that he's coming back from this one anytime soon. [Ted Brengle]

Supergirl (Kara Kent)

The daughter of two Smallville, Kansas, farmers, Martha and Jonathan Kent, Kara exhibits amazing strength, speed and endurance, in addition to the ability to fly. In fact, several have compaired the similarity and magnitude of her powers to those of the former Nazi villain Ubermann. While some theorize that Kara might be another Kryptonian, Kara herself remains politely vague on the subject, and only seems eager to help those less fortunate and defend the helpless. Now attending school at Metropolis State University, Kara has recently made overtures to the JLA requesting membership. (Character adapted by Melissa Leeseberg) [Brandon Keller and Ted Brengle]

Supernova- Click name for full entry. [Tom "Niko" Bolenbaugh]

Albert Hollis Sunderland

Prominent army general who was forced into early retirement in 1938 after loudly advocating that the United States should enter the Second World War on the side of the Axis. A year later, he founded The Sunderland Corporation. Through his contacts in the military and the defense industry, Sunderland's company soon grew to become one of the leading arms dealers in the world. Eventually Sunderland allied himself with a radical faction within the nation's intelligence community and his company provided this faction with paramilitary training, equipment and financial smokescreens for many of its covert (and frequently illegal) operations. Sunderland was later named National Security Advisor during the Legion Crisis, and his company worked hand-in-hand with the criminal government. He disappeared shortly after The Battle For D.C. and remains a fugitive. (See also The Sunderland Corporation) [Ted Brengle]

Swamp Thing ("Alec Holland")
Scientist who was killed by a bomb planted at his Louisiana bayou lab by Sunderland Corporation operatives who were trying to steal his experimental plant growth accelerant. Holland and his wife were instantly killed by the explosion, but Holland's body--drenched with his experimental formula--was thrown out into the swamp. From this, a new entity was born with the personality of Alex Holland and a soul of the "green." The entity at first believed himself to be the resurrected form of Alec Holland, but later realized that he was the latest in a long line of plant/earth elementals belonging to "The Parliament of Trees."  A defender of the swamp and the planet's ecology, "Alec" was repeated drawn into confrontations with the Sunderland Corporation, who operated several of their black ops research labs in the swamp for easy disposal of hazardous material. The Sunderland Corporation struck back during their Legion-based ascendance, hunting both "Alec" and his human friends--alcoholic private detective Matthew Cable and his wife Abigail--with Sentinel of Liberty paramilitaries. Matthew was shot and entered a coma from which he is not expected to recover, while "Alec's" chest was later blown apart by a fragmentation grenade. Swamp Thing's body was taken away by Sunderland for research. A few weeks later it began to regrow. Unfortunately, fortune was turing against Legion's government by this time and Sunderland became obsessed with raising funds in case he had to flee. Because of this, he sold the reforming plant elemental to the necromancer Murder Legendre, who also lived in the bayou and whom Swamp Thing had once confronted. Over the next nine months, Legendre attempted to use Swamp thing to access the "Parliament of Trees," but was unsuccessful, aside from causing most of the local vegetation to die off. Abigail Cable, however, never lost hope and was convinced that Swamp Thing lived and continued to search for him, eventually crossing path with the Amazing Ghost Fighter. Swamp Thing was freed during the Amazing Ghost Fighter's assault on Legendre's mansion and he helped destroy Legendre's collection of spirit jars, one of the necromancer's prime sources of power. "Alec" was last seen going off into the heart of the revitalized swamp, hand-in-hand with Abigail Cable. [Ted Brengle]

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Talia

The daughter of the powerful genius and mad man Ra's Al Ghul, Talia often walks a razor's edge of allegiance between her father, whom she loves dearly despite his evil schemes, and her "beloved," the Gray Ghost, who has vowed to bring her father to justice for his many crimes. Talia is a woman whose cunning and intelligence match her passions, however, and she is never to be underestimated. [Ted Brengle]

Tank (Thomas Flynn) - Military fatigues wearing metahuman criminal who can animate mechanized vehicles and have them do his bidding. He calls this "awaking the spirit within," researchers into metahuman phenomena call it "sub-conscious telepathic control." At any rate, vehicles that Flynn "awaken" behave independently, follow his orders--often wordlessly--and manifest extraordinary teamwork. There seems no limit to the number of vehicles that Tank can control at one time, but when the number goes above five, the speed and intelligence displayed by these "awoken" machines drops drastically. As his name suggests, Tank often co-ops military hardware for his plans, as well as using small war machines of his own design. An intelligent and clever foe (Flynn was a weapon designer by trade before turning to crime), Tank butted heads repeatedly with Red Knight and Psilence before fleeing to Europe to offer his services to the highest bidder as a mercenary. His current status is unknown.  [Ted Brengle]

**Eve Teschmacher

Voluptuous former receptionist at Warner Brother's studio in Hollywood, Miss Teschmacher was Simon Williams' date to the JLA Christmas Party. Drawn to powerful men, she left the party with Lex Luthor and has since become his personal secretary. [Ted Brengle]

Thud (Ben Grimm)
A member of "The Penny Ante Gang" (later The Fearsome Foursome), Grimm grew up in the same run-down Hub City neighborhood (Yancy Street) as childhood friends and running buddies Johnny Storm and James Sorski. Loud, boisterous and with a pronounced love of beer, Grimm dreamed of becoming a pro wrestler, but never moved out of the old neighborhood. He made a meager living as a freelance leg breaker to local hoods before he, James and Johnny hatched an idea during a late poker night to make The Big Score by robbing the First National Bank of Hub City. Released on parole three years after the botched robbery, Grimm and Johnny Storm were attending a Welcome Home party at the Sorski's when a meteor charged with cosmic rays crashed into the apartment, subjecting them all to strange energies. Grimm gained the power to control gravity and took the name "Thud." Moreover, he finally had the opportunity to use the signature line he'd worked out for the wrestling career that never happened: "It's Clobberin' Time!" Grimm died only a few days after his grand debut as a super villain, murdered at the hands of Epsilon. He has since returned to life under strange circumstances. He is currently staying at the Baxter Building, where the scientist Reed Richards continues his quest to explain what happened to Grimm and Sue Sorski. (See also: Jimmy Shortround, The Dragon, Emerald Web, Dr. Reed Richards and The Fearsome Foursome) [Ted Brengle]

Titan (Real Name: Unknown) - His origin unknown, Titan joined the Justice League in 1955. He is a giant of "living metal"; incredibly strong and resistant to attack. (Character created by Dave Dotson) [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

The Top (Roscoe Dillon) - Fascinated with tops as a child, Roscoe conceived the idea of using tops in crimes after a short jail term for armed robbery. Learning all he could on the technology of applied centrifugal force and other scientific principles, The Top became one of Central City’s most successful villains, a good match for The Flash. He was involved in the Belle Reve riots, where he lost a fingertip to one of The Joker’s steel cards. Making a deal with Apokolips, The Top created a huge, spinning “atomic grenade” that would destroy the earth when it ceased spinning (the explosive matter was of Apokolips origin) while The Top would be spirited to Apokolips and join Darkseid’s elite troops. The Flash intervened, but was thrown to the ground violently by The Top’s ability to spin his body at high speed (causing The Flash to lose control in his attempt to grab The Top). The unconscious scarlet speedster was imprisoned inside the grenade’s shell-casing and the force field that protected it. Running the inside perimeter, Flash sped the grenade up until the momentum and inertia launched it into space, where it exploded with The Flash still inside. An enraged Darkseid killed The Top, and New Genesis declared Earth a protectorate to prevent a second attempt to destroy the planet. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

The Toyman (Real name: Unknown)

The Toyman has become perhaps the Blue Beetle's most daunting opponent.  The terror of Metropolis, The Toyman uses horrendous gadgets designed to look like harmless toys.  While his motivation is clearly mercenary, using his "toys" to rob or to provide distractions for robberies, he also seems to take a bloodthirsty joy in seeing good-natured people maimed or killed by his contraptions, especially if the victims are innocent children.  For years he was believed to be a perfectly proportional midget, who wore a suit and full-head mask that made him look like a sinister ventriloquist's dummy, complete with the hinge-jawed mouth. The truth, however, was far more sinister: The Toyman is not even human, but instead some sort of sentient, diabolical spiritual protoplasm, a churning green blasphemy the smallest drop of which can animate objects with its evil consciousness. During his latest rampage, the JLA traced Toyman to his lair and destroyed a fairly large reservoir of this substance, but most believe that Toyman probably keeps other caches in reserve, and has thus survived. How Toyman reached this state, or if he was *ever* human, remain very intriguing, but thus far unanswered, questions.  [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

The Traveler

The single member of the Noirmer race designated to voyage beyond their homeworld, the Traveler's duty is to be nothing less than his race's eyes, ears and voice among the stars. To better facilitate interaction with other races, the Traveler houses his quite alien form inside a robotic, humanoid-shaped encounter suit and communicates using the Noirmer's natural telepathy. As a Traveler's responsibilities will often encompass just about every field--including the the scientific, the diplomatic and the martial--these individuals are invariably masters of many disciplines, and possess the sum total knowledge and experience of all previous Travelers who have come before them. The awesome gift and responsibility of the Travelers is passed down from generation to generation, and while Travelers do occasionally retire, it is unusual. The previous Traveler, for example, was killed eight months ago when the planet Aratell fell to the Swarm. The current Traveler is young, and while he has not yet fully assimilated all of the knowledge that is the Travelers' legacy, he has already shown himself to be quite worthy of his office. This Traveler's actions indicate he ascribes to a more "activist" philosophy, and has already earned the galaxy's gratitude for helping to uncover the intrigue that threatened the cause of peace at the Dressilus conference.  (Character created by Mike Chambers) [Ted Brengle]

Angelica “Angel” Tremayne - Sister of Winston Tremayne and fiance of Tommy Bolt (The Silver Ziggurat). [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Winston Tremayne - Wealthy architect and friend of The Joker, who was the target of Tommy Bolt (The Silver Ziggurat). [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

The Trickster (James Jesse) - Born into a circus aerial act, James created various gimmicks, including “air-walking shoes” as a super criminal (he was bored, and took his “Jesse James-variant” name too seriously). A frequent enemy of The Flash, he became appalled by The Crimson Ghost’s secret operation at Belle Reve, threatening to “blow the whistle”. His old Rogues Gallery buddies had other ideas, and told The Hoxton Creeper that if James spilled the beans, Belle Reve would be shut down and they would all be sent to a “bad” prison. The Creeper was performing his floor mopping duties, and as James walked by The Creeper broke his back and tossed him down some steps. Dr. Parker claimed James had had an “accident” on the steps, but a subsequent investigation by The Flash and the JSA resulted in the Belle Reve riots. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Wiggins Tripp - Architect who was framed and turned into a “manimal” by The Silver Ziggurat, and who gave his life to free the JLA from the Ziggurat’s electrified maze. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

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Ubermann (Col. Klaus Kurtz) - When the planet Krypton faced an apocalyptic end, Jor-El rocketed his son, Kal-El, to Earth. The rocket landed in Hannover, Germany in 1915 and the strange infant was found and adopted by Hans and Frieda Kurtz. Young Klaus Kurtz knew he was different, but tried to hide his powers as best he could. When Hitler came to power, Klaus was compelled to join the Hitler Youth (his parents were anti-Nazi). Despite the will-bending power of the Spear Of Destiny, Klaus resisted joining the S.S. for a time, but later mysteriously become a "true-believer" in Nazi dogma who was anxious to do his duty as a representative of the Master Race. Klaus, who now dubbed himself “Ubermann”, was made the head of an elite force called “The Super Axis”; a team sent to America to destroy its super-powered contingent. Ubermann first confronted (very successfully) Green Lantern. In the climactic battle to follow, Ubermann was literally taking on the entire JSA with relative success, even using his heat vision to destroy Lex Luthor’s “cosmic uranium” (Kryptonite) before it could get close to him. Aided by Metron, Green Lantern flew to the ruins of Krypton and absorbed the energy of the “phantom zone projector” into his power ring. Using that burst of energy, he sent Ubermann to the Phantom Zone, where he has had years to observe the earth's doings…and to think. Among other things he learned that his adopted parents were shot by the S.S. for resisting the government, following his failure against the JSA. Later, Lex Luthor, as a member of The Taskforce, learned that the only reason Ubermann had joined the Nazis was due to the machinations of the Patchwork Man. In early 1957, with the help of Ted Knight and the Phantom Stranger, Luthor briefly reopened a portal to the Phantom Zone and freed Ubermann. Luthor hoped that Kurtz would be the charter member of  a new Justice League Europe, but Kurtz rejected the offer and said he simply wanted to go home. He is believed to be in Germany, but his exact whereabouts are currently unknown. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Uncle Sam (Jedediah Smith)

Jedediah Smith was a fiery union leader in the small Ohio town of Lima, where the Black Legion had its headquarters.  One night the hooded hate mongers attacked the defiant old man, beating and shooting him to death. His young son, Buddy hid from the attackers, watching his father's murder in horror.  As the boy knelt over his dead father's body, an extraordinary thing happened. The corpse of Jedediah Smith glowed with red, white and blue light, morphing into the familiar image of Uncle Sam.  The Spirit of America explained to Buddy he had taken over his father's body and soul to bring about justice in such troubled times.  He had possessed a patriot and taken physical form on two other occasions; during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.  With Buddy at his side, Uncle Sam declared war on the Black Legion.  The strange reports of Black Legionaires being attacked by "Uncle Sam" brought the attention of the FBI, who mobilized to crush the Legion for good.  They made it a point to "bury" the Uncle Sam sighting reports. As the Second World War went into full swing, a freak electrical storm hit Washington DC. The next day, Uncle Sam strode into Congress.  Hard to kill--invulnerable and incredibly strong when America is insulted--and able to hurl the devastating ""Fist of America"", Uncle Sam was a homefront inspiration during the war, and continued to make cameo appearances in its wake. He was a charter member of the JSA having been instrumental in forming it. During the Legion Crisis, Uncle Sam feigned insanity and with the aid of a now grown up Buddy Smith, convinced Legion's corrupt lackeys that he was harmless and could be analyzed and brainwashed at their leisure. This put Uncle Sam in an excellent position to strike at Legion's power structure from within, paving the way for the climactic final battle between the JLA and Legion in Washington. After America was freed, Uncle Sam faded away, promising that he would live on in the hearts of all Americans.  The now-truly-dead body of Jedediah Smith was buried in Arlington with full military honors. (See also Buddy) [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

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Vicky Vale -  Properly “overly-curious” photojournalist for “The Gotham Globe”. She is fascinated by The Amazing Ghost Fighter, and once had to be rescued by  him when she was kidnapped and placed in a death-device by Dr. Ghoul. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

The Vanisher (Real Name: Unknown) - A confirmed sociopath, the Vanisher served Magneto in capturing a US missile base, but was later apprehended by Daredevil. Vanisher is a skilled fighter who possesses sharp claws and the ability to turn invisible. The Vanisher is also cruel and enjoys his work, often using his powers to stalk and toy with his prey. All attempts at learning his true identity have failed. The Vanisher had escaped from Belle-Reve's special section just before the Legion Crisis began and was found by agents of the corrupt government who quickly put him to work as an assassin. He managed to escape the JLA after The Battle For D.C., but reappeared months later at the U.N. as one of the many people trying to kill Dr. Doom. He was captured by the JLA after this failed assassination attempt and returned to Belle-Reve, but he is now free once again, thanks to the Mirror Master. [Tom "Niko" Bolenbaugh]

Adrian Veidt

Highly intelligent and enigmatic, Veidt was the PR man and dispatcher for the JLA, under special contract from Lexcorp. Veidt was fascinated by high technology, ancient cultures, and Alexander the Great. He disappeared during the Legion Crisis and his current whereabouts are unknown. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Venom- Click name for full entry. [Brandon Keller]

Verdun (Real Name: Unknown) - Verdun is an undead revenant, the animated corpse of a German soldier killed at the battle of Verdun during WWI. The most ghastly member of the Super Axis, Verdun appears with clawed, rotting hands, a mouldy German uniform, and wearing a helmet and gas mask. He smells at all times of mould, dampness, and decay. Verdun is able to generate clouds of smoke and gas. These include simple smoke, tear gas, mustard gas, and nerve gas. He also carries a bolt action German rifle with bayonet which never runs out of ammunition and which he can summon out of thin air. It is also believed Verdun has the power to vanish, possibly teleportation. Verdun fought the Flash to a standstill in Central City during the Super Axis attack in 1942. After their inconclusive battle, Verdun vanished. Unconfirmed reports and rumors about Verdun were heard throughout the rest of the war, but no verifiable sightings were ever made. After the war even the rumors died away. In 1955 Verdun reappeared, fighting alongside Magneto in that villain's attempt to hold the world hostage with stolen nuclear weapons. It is unknown how Magneto and Verdun formed their alliance, but an overheard conversation indicates that Magneto believes Verdun was one of the thousands of Jewish soldiers who died fighting for Germany in WWI. After battling NoMan and Daredevil inside the missile compound, Verdun vanished without a trace. Verdun continued to serve Magneto and was imprisoned along with his master when the Iron Colonel Stormfront and The Warlord briefly took control of Magneto's underwater base. Verdun was freed during the ensuing battle between the Iron Colonel and the JLA, but then quickly disappeared. His current whereabouts are unknown.  [Tom "Niko" Bolenbaugh]

Ver-Man (Real Name: Unknown) - No one knows if Ver-Man (so christened by the tabloids) is a bioengineered rat, flash-evolved to humanoid size and form, or a human who has been mutated into that gruesome state. What is known is that Ver-Man is a savage, repulsive enemy of mankind. Ver-Man almost never speaks, but then he doesn't need to, preferring to let his powerful teeth and claws, coupled with considerable stealth and strength, make his point. Even worse, Ver-Man can control hordes of rats and have them act as an effective unit. Ver-Man strikes from deep inside the sewers of major cities and, despite a prominent attack on Los Angeles in 1947 which was defeated by the Red Knight and Psilence, usually haunts Gotham City and New York.  [Ted Brengle]

Vexel - The last God Emperor of the K'Te and ultimate architect of his people's fall. From a young age, Vexel believed himself destined to launch the long-awaitied offensive against the other major empires and subjugate the entire galaxy. He worked toward this goal tirelessly, always searching for a sign of weakness in the other galactic powers, and Vexel was overjoyed when Darkseid presented the opportunity the K'Te had been patently awaiting for centuries on a silver platter. The war soon turned against the K'Te, however, but Vexel could not let go of his dreams of glory. His frantic drive to squeeze some sort of prize from the humiliating defeat he had led his people into resulted in the irrational sacrifice of the entire Cholonu race. This reprehensible act set into motion an escalating series of atrocities and lies that eventually completely unraveled his empire. The night before his war crimes trial would have commenced on Dressilus, Vexel committed suicide in his cell. On K'te'i, Vexel's name, once chanted by millions, is now a curse. [Ted Brengle]

Dr. Otto Von Niemann - Heinous Nazi scientist who created vampiric life-forms and proto-shoggoths. He was a frequent enemy of The Prowler, and the leader of “Pentacle”. Killed by The Prowler at Innsmouth, his brain was saved by Murder Legendre. The psychically powerful brain led the attempt to bring Ferik Jaggar to power in the 50s. Von Niemann’s brain was destroyed by The Red Knight, but it was later regenerated by HYDRA using stolen technology invented by Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Von Niemann later entrapped NoMan's consciousness and was able to manipulated NoMan's abilities, allowing Von Niemann to take on the guise of the Shadow Master and sully NoMan's reputation in the process. After this plot failed, Von Niemann was encased in an nigh-invulnerable sphere and helped mastermind HYDRA and the Warlords' offensive against the surface. During this battle, he was again destroyed, this time by the Suicide Squad. Von Niemann’s chief henchman in the 40s was Herman, a mental-defective turned vampiric monster; killed by The Prowler. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Dr. Virman Vundabar - A member of Darkseid’s elite, Vundabar based his name and style on the military of Earth’s Prussia. Highly terse and efficient, he was Darkseid’s contact with Hitler, and has recently been seen conversing with The Patchwork Man. He is a squat man in a stiff uniform, monocle, and sporting a Prussian officer haircut. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

The Vulture (Adrian Toomes)

Creating an anti-grav belt, allowing him true flight, The Vulture was a frequent enemy of Spider-Man, and later Daredevil. He recently died in Belle Reve of natural causes. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Vulture II (Butch Gulley) - Small time hood and thug Butch Gulley met Adrian Toomes at Riker's Island before Toomes was transferred to Belle-Reve. Toomes gave his secrets to Gulley, sensing he would not survive his imprisonment.  Gulley added new technology to Toomes concepts (now having learned he had a knack for gadgeteering) and, based on old articles by Dr. Henry Pym, created headgear that allowed him to psychically control birds.  He joined Labyrinth and was apprehended by the Justice League, but not before tricking them into the Mirror Master's mind-control trap.  The courts gave him 5-15 for conspiracy and creating a public disturbance. He is now in Belle-Reve.  [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

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War (Hugo Mars) - Dangerously unbalanced even before being "Anointed" by the Patchwork Man, Mars was dishonorably discharged from the Army in 1948 due to his brutality. The Patchwork Man gave him the ability to generate a psychic field that drives those inside it into unthinking, violent rages. Additionally, Mars emerged from his "Anointing" convinced that the Patchwork Man is God and that it is his duty to serve him in all things. Hugo Mars was serving a 25 year sentence at Belle-Reve Penitentiary when he was released by the Mirror Master during "The Great Escape." He recently played a major role in The Patchwork Man's scheme to ferment a nuclear war between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union, infiltrating the Pentagon and influencing the Joint Chiefs (and later President Eisenhower, and Zero Man) into a genocidal frenzy. A nuclear strike was only narrowly averted by the efforts of the Joker and Harley Quinn. War has been returned to Belle-Reve and is awaiting trial for a crime against humanity. [Ted Brengle]

War Machine (see Stonewall)

Dr. Miles Warren
A well-respected scientist and professor of biology and genetics at Empire State University, Dr. Warren was also Eddie Brock's graduate advisor and mentor. Dr. Warren authored several influential papers on mammalian metabolic processes and recently achieved a breakthrough in the field through his research involving lower vertebrates, most notably jackals. His success in activating genetic markers that could stabilize a metabolism after significant system shock made him an early front runner for the Nobel Prize and also provided the missing practical solution to Eddie Brock's plan to remove the Carnage symbiote from his girlfriend Gwen Stacey without killing her. Dr. Warren seemingly generously offered to help his protégé in perfecting the procedure and his assistance was truly invaluable. Little did Brock suspect, however, that Warren's motives were far from pure. For during the time he had been Eddie's advisor, Warren had grown to know Gwen Stacey as well, and what began as an unseemly, but innocent, crush on the young woman soon grew into a full-blown and dangerous obsession. He begain to secretly stalk Gwen and spy on his rival for her love, soon learning of Eddie Brock's secret career as Venom. Warren struggled with his guilt over his feelings for Gwen for a long while, but the breaking point for him came when he learned through his contacts in the scientific community (a community through which Eddie Brock was heedlessly barreling through in his desperate search for a cure) of Stacey's dire fate during The First Patchwork Man War. Warren's mind arguably snapped, and now he dreamed of nothing else but saving Gwen, and taking revenge on Eddie/Venom, whom he blamed for the tragic state of his beloved. And the process that Eddie and Warren developed to save Gwen gave soon him the perfect opportunity: The metahuman pyrotic abilities that they were going to give Gwen to drive the symbiote away were also highly unstable and genetically dangerous and would have to be quickly removed before they became a permanent part of her DNA. Warren assured Eddie that he had found a way to safely remove them, neglecting to tell him that the process involved the use of complex, adaptive nucleotides found only in the Venom symbiote, the removal of which would kill it and, by extension, Eddie. As soon as Carnage had been removed from Gwen and caged, Dr. Warren sprung his trap, blasting Eddie with the same sonic weapons they had used to help control Carnage, and placing Eddie's weakened body into the nucleotide extraction chamber. Warren then pledged his undying love to Gwen. He told her that he had done all of this for her and that Eddie's death was the only way she could ever be fully healthy again, and that he would make he so happy that she would soon forget all about the pain Eddie has caused her. Gwen, however, did not react the way he had always dreamed that she would and instead rejected him spectacularly; the resulting explosion freeing Eddie (and Carnage) and destroying Warren's lab. Warren was blasted clear and soon found by the Carnage symbiote. Instantly recognizing their now-shared hatred for both Eddie Brock and Gwen Stacey, Warren bonded his mind, body and soul with the symbiote without a second's hesitation. Whatever lingering bits of the natty, good-humored, middle-aged professor who once spoke movingly about the responsibilities of science to mankind are now thoroughly gone, and all that is left is pathological loathing of anyone who has found love, and a tightly-focused lust for revenge against the two people whom Warren blames for ruining his one chance at true happiness. (See also Carnage and Blaze [Gwen Stacey]) [Ted Brengle]

Mary Jane Watson

Formerly the main squeeze of Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Mary Jane is now dating Harry Osborne (Green Goblin II). During the recent war against The Patchwork Man, Mary Jane was kidnapped by Carnage. Green Goblin II was able to rescue her from one of The Patchwork Man's deathtraps, however, and afterward revealed his true identity to her. Obviously, their relationship has become infinitely more complicated, but the last thing M.J. told Harry before he left to rejoin his comrades in the crusade against The Patchwork Man was, "Go get 'em, Tiger."  [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Werewolf (Captain Lawrence Talbot) - Army Air Corps. pilot who crashed and was stranded in the Pacific Northwest in 1946. His survival skills paid off for the next two weeks before his rescue. During that time, he himself rescued a timberwolf cub after its mother had been killed in a fight with a grizzly. The cub grew into a faithful pet and partner, now named “Thor”. T.H.U.N.D.E.R. recruited Talbot, and decided to use his kinship with the wolf to greater advantage. They surgically fitted Talbot’s voicebox with a special transmitter, and Thor’s brain with a receiver; allowing an “super-ventriloquism” link between master and pet. Talbot was also issued the Thunder Suit, a black, hooded bodysuit (open face) with high damage-resistance and temperature control. The suit-soles could be made slick, for rapid “matter-skating” speed; or adhesive, to aid in wall-climbing. Code-named “Werewolf”, Talbot served T.H.U.N.D.E.R. effectively until he and Thor were killed in the Patchwork Man’s attack. The Thunder Suit was believed destroyed, but this is unverified. (See also T.H.U.N.D.E.R.) [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Ebony White (see The Junior G-Men)

Perry White - Editor-in-Chief of “The Daily Planet”. He won’t let Jimmy Olsen call him “Chief”, and his favorite expression is “Great Caesar’s ghost!” [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

White Cobra (Real Name Unknown) - A fearsome martial artist who disdains the use of weapons and has studied the most esoteric of martial art forms. White Cobra’s skill in pressure point attacks is legendary and it is even rumored that he knows the fabled “Hand of Death” technique.  He is very reserved in his demeanor and is considerably more even-tempered than his brother, Red Lotus, with whom he served alongside as a chief enforcer for the Yellow Dragon Society. Deciding that they deserved greater status, both brothers became part of the Shadow Master’s plot to take over the New York underworld.  After the failure of the plot, the two brothers went into hiding. [Tom "Nico" Bolenbaugh]

Wildshot (Shane Goldin) - Impetuous "super archer" whose favorite tactic was to fire a stun arrow and then call the police. A member of the "Meta Avengers," he was killed by a bomb planted in the home of Scaramouche I. [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Wolf Strike (Michael Groves) - Michael is a BIG werewolf.  He stands at 8 feet tall and has a generall nasty disposition.  He has all of the stereotypical ability of a werewolf, although in his first encounter with the JLA, the silver theory was never tested. [Chad Wilson]

Wolverine (Jimmy Reese) - Placed into Prof. X’s care and guidance, the former Migthy Mouse Jimmy Reese has taken on the name ‘Wolverine.’ His powers seem to have settled into flight, enhanced strength, rapid healing and recovery, and metallic claws. The claws, and Jimmy’s entire mutated skeletal structure, have the quality of a remarkably hardened steel.  After walking home to New York from Canada (where he fought with Fenris), Jimmy has picked up some Canadian slang and speech habits from the locals he asked for directions. (See Mighty Mouse) [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Wonder Man- Click name for full entry. [Aaron Einhorn]

Wong - Asian manservant to "Earth's Sorcerer Supreme," Dr. Hugo Strange. Despite being a formidable hand-to-hand combatant, Wong proved no match for the gun-wielding Dante. Dante shot Wong fatally (and repeatedly) after Wong attacked Dante as he rushed to aid his comrades who had fallen into a Phantom Zone-based deathtrap within Dr. Strange's brownstone. [Ted Brengle]

The Wraith (real name unknown)

Little is known of The Wraith's history, and stories conflict with one-another.  The most popular is that he was a member of the Flying Tigers called, "The Black Falcon," who crashed in Tibet, where the lamas taught him the power to cloud men's minds so they could not see him, and to become literally "one with the shadows."  Creating a network of agents--people whose lives he had saved from the clutches of evildoers--The Wraith became the terror of the Manhattan underworld.  With spitting .45 automatics and a laugh that chills the marrow, The Wraith crusades against crime... criminals never knowing where or when he'll appear. (Character created by Chris Zander) [Steve "Sanson" Mollett]

Wraith II (Shun Hei-Kwun) - Click name for full entry. [Jonn Baca]

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Yojimbo (Real Name: Musashi Saburo) - Musashi Saburo comes from an old Samurai family. His codename, literally translated, means "Bodyguard". Yojimbo is a master of all the traditional Samurai skills, both martial and of courtly etiquette, although not many westerners have seen his more refined side due to Yojimbo's disdain for non-Japanese. Yojimbo possessed wooden Samurai armor and special wooden swords. These swords were created using unknown techniques and blessed with Shinto rituals to make them as hard and sharp as any steel weapons. He has also carried a Daiku (Japanese great bow) in the past. Yojimbo was a member of the Super Axis and his original mission was to defeat the Green Lantern using his wooden weapons and armor. However he had a secondary mission, given to him by Emperor Hirohito, to contact the Gecko. The Gecko was a Japanese national who was transformed by a series of painful experiments he was forced to undergo by the Japanese military. In 1942, the Gecko was a member of the JSA and actively fighting against the Axis. Yojimbo was charged to find the Gecko and deliver an imperial order commanding the Gecko to return to Japan. If he refused to return, Yojimbo was to eliminate him as a traitor. The Gecko encountered Yojimbo while the latter attempted to enlist the aid of Henry Pym, an old JSA foe imprisoned in Arkham Asylum. Yojimbo and Gecko fought with the Gecko emerging as the victor. Although taken into custody as a prisoner of war, Yojimbo promptly escaped and returned to Japan. He was present aboard the USS Missouri for the formal surrender of Japan, ending WWII. After the War, the Gecko finally returned to Japan and was reconciled with its homeland. Yojimbo, in an uncharacteristic display of humility, presented his wooden weapons to the Gecko as a salute to the only warrior to ever defeat him. Yojimbo and the Gecko have served as Japan's defenders of justice ever since, although they are not a "team". (The Gecko created by Mark Sugalski) [Tom "Niko" Bolenbaugh]

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Zatara (Giovanni Zatara) - Popular, elegant and highly successful stage magician, who served The Taskforce as #11, "The Magician," hinting that his spectacular stage show may not be all prestidigitation and slight of hand, after all. He currently lives with his wife, Sindella, in San Francisco. They are expecting their first child early next year. [Ted Brengle]

Zero Man - Click name for full entry. [Chad Wilson]