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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 15, 2007 20:49:03 GMT -5
Folks.....the voting has been complete and without further ado....lets count down the Top 100 Comic Book Villians according to the fans at the Wrestlecrap Forum. Now in this list, I wish to say that there are two wildcards, while not considered villians, did do deeds that are villianous. But let's start first with the people who unfortunately, did not make the list. 107. Maxwell Lord 106. Arcade 105. The Silver Surfer 104. Molten Man 103. Black Tom Cassidy 102. Toad 101. Imperiex Now for clues to the villians that come in at 100-96 * A Pitiful Member of the Suicide Squad * Hush Little Babby * Mysterious Killer of Villians * The Man of Tommarrow * Tuesdays With Morrie
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 15, 2007 23:02:13 GMT -5
100. Hush Dr. Thomas Elliot was a childhood friend of Bruce Wayne. Like Bruce Wayne, Elliot was born into a tremendously wealthy political family. Unlike Wayne, however, Elliot hated his parents as a boy. Driven by his desire for independence and wealth, he cut the brakes on his parents' car and convinced their chauffeur to stay home that night, causing a crash that killed his father. His mother was saved by Dr. Thomas Wayne, who tried in vain to save both parents, which enraged young Elliot. He took out that anger on Bruce, who promised Elliot that both would be saved, and he subsequently attacked his childhood friend. To Bruce's amazement, Dr. Wayne scolded him when he fought back, and comforted Elliot like a father would a son, something Bruce never fully forgave his father for. Meanwhile, Elliot's anger was further fueled by the subsequent murder of the Waynes, which put Bruce Wayne in just the situation Elliot had hoped to create for himself. His hope of inheriting his family's fortune ruined, he decided to wait for his lucky day. Elliot's mother later succumbed to cancer. While he went on to Harvard and became a successful surgeon, Elliot continued to hold an irrational grudge towards his childhood friend for having the good fortune he never had. At some point in his career, Elliot became the doctor of Edward Nigma (also known as the Riddler). Nigma, diagnosed with terminal cancer, had decided to use one of Ra's al Ghul's Lazarus pits. In the insanity (or, as Nigma called it, clarity) that followed, Nigma managed to uncover that Batman and Bruce Wayne were in fact one and the same. Elliot, amazed that Nigma had been able to completely remove the cancer from his body, confronted him about it. Nigma says he figured Elliot would want to pay a fortune for a cure, as his mother died from it. After discovering that they both had a common hatred for Bruce Wayne, Elliot and the Riddler decided to pool resources to bring him down. To this end, Elliot created for himself the persona of Hush, a mysterious, trench-coated criminal with his head swathed in bandages who often quotes Aristotle. His persona came from when Scarecrow sang, "Hush Little Baby", (which is incidentally a nursery rhyme about a child who couldn't be pleased) while working with Dr. Elliot. In their attempt to destroy the Batman, Hush and the Riddler convinced and manipulated several other villains to help. These included the Joker, Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, Killer Croc and Clayface. Jason Todd, the second Robin, who was presumed dead at this point, also became involved. The manipulation did not just end with villains, however, as Superman also became involved thanks to kryptonite-laced pheromones given off by Poison Ivy, and Catwoman fell in love with Batman possibly due to Poison Ivy's pheromones. With these villains and heroes as their pawns, Hush and the Riddler set up an elaborate plot against Batman, which included cutting the batrope with a batarang; inflicting on Batman near-fatal head trauma, for which Elliot performed surgery; getting Batman into a brawl with Superman; Elliot faking his own death and framing the Joker for it, provoking Batman into almost killing his archenemy (Batman #613); making Batman believe Jason Todd had returned to destroy him (Batman #617/18); and killing Harold Allnut. The return of Todd as a villain in this story arc is open to confusion. While an empty grave revealed that Jason Todd's body was missing, the Jason Todd that Batman fought appeared to be Clayface, not Todd. However, future works suggest Todd was present at some point during the fight to satisfy a deal with Hush. Indeed, this is backed up by Batman Annual #25, where the resurrected Jason is seen making a deal with Hush to see if Batman had changed since his death. Following the ensuing battle with his former mentor, he was replaced by Clayface, allowing his return to be a source of speculation. When Elliot finally revealed himself to a worn-out Batman, the Dark Knight felt frustrated by his childhood promise to Elliot and confronted him about making a big deal over it, only to learn the truth about the Elliots' murder. Batman was saved only by the intervention of Two-Face, who had been cured and again was Harvey Dent, betraying the villain by alerting former police commissioner James Gordon of the plot against Batman. Dent wound up shooting Hush twice, pushing him off a bridge. His body was never found; Superman has since suggested that it had been blown out to sea. Since the courts wouldn't charge Dent without proper evidence or a body, he was cleared of all charges and released. Thanks to Superman's x-ray vision, it was learned that Elliot had placed a tracking bug in Bruce Wayne's skull when he operated on him, which Superman destroyed with his heat vision. It was revealed that the Riddler was the real mastermind behind the whole plot, guiding Elliot and providing him with information from the shadows. Although Batman was sure that Hush indeed was Thomas Elliot, the Dark Knight regretted that he'd never had the chance to actually unmask the villain. When Hush resurfaced, he did so with a vengeance. Still out to destroy Batman and determined not to let the rest of the villains get in his way, Hush quickly began to carve out a niche for himself, beating his former accomplice, the Riddler, within an inch of his life and even driving the Joker out of town. Hush also ended up killing Poison Ivy in a fruitless attempt to recruit her. Following a short-lived alliance with JLA nemesis Prometheus, Hush then began to torment Bruce Wayne with the aid of an all-new Clayface. Exploiting the latter's shape-shifting abilities, Hush was briefly able to shed doubt on his true identity and apparently also had Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth framed for murder. His name has since been cleared, albeit through trickery. The Joker eventually returned to Gotham City and retaliated (in Batman: Gotham Knights #73-74). He captured Hush and kept him sedated for three weeks, during which time he implanted a pacemaker into his body, effectively gaining control of his heart. At the Joker's mercy and unable to remove the device himself, Hush turned to the one man he felt he could trust (or rather, predict): Bruce Wayne. Wayne consented to help Hush on the condition that he allow himself to be treated in and confined to Arkham Asylum. Hush agreed, and then immediately escaped after being told that the surgery had been a success. He was intercepted by Batman before he could confront the Joker, and the two men debated the merits of a code against killing such vile criminals. Hush demanded that Batman allow him to do what he wouldn't, and finish off the Joker once and for all. Batman seemed to agree and began to leave, but then revealed that he'd tricked Hush - the pacemaker was still in his body, and he'd been allowed to escape the asylum. At that moment the Joker arrived, and Hush began begging Batman not to leave him. The issue (and the Batman: Gotham Knights series) ended unresolved. It remains to be seen what decision Batman made, although Hush returned in the recent Man-Bat miniseries. Hush has not made any appearances following or been mentioned nearly one year after the events of the Infinite Crisis. It would seem to many that Batman probably left him to die since the pacemaker was controlled by The Joker. However, given that several mobsters and villains, such as The Penguin, have fled Gotham City due to the Great White's stronghold over organized crime, it is possible that he might have left Gotham as well. Leaving Hush to die would also be directly against Batman's moral code, making his death even more unlikely. The writers have yet to reveal as to what Hush did during the One Year Later storyline and what he intends to do in the future.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Apr 15, 2007 23:05:13 GMT -5
pitiful Suicide Squader? alright, Boomer made the list
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Post by DSR on Apr 15, 2007 23:29:00 GMT -5
Hush is quite cool. Can't wait to see the rest of the list.
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Apr 15, 2007 23:31:30 GMT -5
And now for the obligatory "if _______ isn't on this list then I riot."
My choice:
Blackout, from Marvel comics.
As an aside, Hush... Wasn't he the guy offing all the C and D-list superheros?
Or was that someone else?
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Post by "St. Louis Viper" Buck Summers on Apr 15, 2007 23:31:36 GMT -5
I'm sad Arcade didnt at least make 100. I enjoy his evilness thoroughly.
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Apr 15, 2007 23:33:54 GMT -5
I'm sad Arcade didnt at least make 100. I enjoy his evilness thoroughly. True, but he generally was a flunkie. Still he was an enjoyable supervillain.
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Post by "St. Louis Viper" Buck Summers on Apr 15, 2007 23:36:29 GMT -5
I'm sad Arcade didnt at least make 100. I enjoy his evilness thoroughly. True, but he generally was a flunkie. Still he was an enjoyable supervillain. I dont see him as a flunkie. His entire gimmick is that people pay him to kill others. He doesnt do it for fun, it does it for fun and profit. He's a merc, jsut like DD and to an extent, Bullseye.
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Apr 15, 2007 23:38:01 GMT -5
True, but he generally was a flunkie. Still he was an enjoyable supervillain. I dont see him as a flunkie. His entire gimmick is that people pay him to kill others. He doesnt do it for fun, it does it for fun and profit. He's a merc, jsut like DD and to an extent, Bullseye. DD? Um... Daredevil, or is there another DD?
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Post by "St. Louis Viper" Buck Summers on Apr 15, 2007 23:38:54 GMT -5
I dont see him as a flunkie. His entire gimmick is that people pay him to kill others. He doesnt do it for fun, it does it for fun and profit. He's a merc, jsut like DD and to an extent, Bullseye. DD? Um... Daredevil, or is there another DD? Ah, meant DP, as in Deadpool. Typo. My bad.
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Apr 15, 2007 23:41:01 GMT -5
DD? Um... Daredevil, or is there another DD? Ah, meant DP, as in Deadpool. Typo. My bad. Ah, alright, well my earlier comments stand. With an addendum, Arcade wasn't used a whole lot. If he had seen a bit more action he might have been up there.
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Post by Person With A Hat on Apr 16, 2007 0:14:28 GMT -5
Is Iron Man up in this piece? 'cause he's a pretty big dick.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 16, 2007 0:22:17 GMT -5
99. Cyber-Superman Hank Henshaw first appeared as a crew member of the doomed LexCorp space shuttle Excalibur. In a pastiche of the origin of the Fantastic Four, Hank and the other three members of the Excalibur crew (including his wife, Terri) were exposed to cosmic radiation, resulting in the crash of their shuttle. As a result of the radiation exposure, the human bodies of two crew members were destroyed. However, their minds survived and they were able to construct new bodies out of pure cosmic radiation and bits of earth and the shuttle (homages to the Human Torch and the Thing, respectively). Initially, Henshaw and his wife suffered no ill effects from the radiation and the crew travelled to Metropolis, in the hope of using LexCorp facilities to cure their transformed crewmates. During a brief battle with Superman, the crew member now composed of radiation became unhinged and flew into the sun. By this time, Henshaw's body had begun to rapidly decay while his wife was beginning to phase into an alternate dimension. With Superman's help, Henshaw was able to use the LexCorp facilities to save Terri, but died immediately afterwards. The remaining member of the shuttle crew committed suicide using an MRI booth. However, Hank Henshaw had not truly died. Though his physical body had expired, he was able to transfer his consciousness into the LexCorp's mainframe. Now able to control technology, Henshaw appeared to his wife in a robotic body; the shock of the shuttle accident, Henshaw's death and his bizarre rebirth was too much for Terri and eventually led to her insanity and death. By this point, Henshaw's electronic consciousness had begun to disrupt Earth's communications networks. Using NASA communications equipment, Henshaw beamed his mind into the 'birthing Matrix' which had carried Superman from Krypton to Earth as an infant. Henshaw crafted a small exploration craft from the birthing matrix and departed the planet. Henshaw spent some time travelling between planets; bonding with local lifeforms to learn about the culture and history of various worlds. Over time, Henshaw became delusional and paranoid, believing that Superman had caused the deaths of himself and his wife, then driven him from the Earth. Arriving on a planet controlled by alien overlord (and Superman nemesis) Mongul, Henshaw learned of the Warworld and forcibly recruited Mongul as part of a plan for revenge against Superman With Superman dead after his battle with Doomsday, Henshaw was unable to directly seek revenge against the man he had come to perceive as his enemy and instead sought to destroy Superman's reputation. To that end, the Cyborg claimed to be Superman reborn; using knowledge obtained from the birthing matrix to construct a cybernetic body with organic portions genetically identical to Superman and technological components built with Kryptonian alloys. Along with destroying a Superman memorial plaque in front of the Daily Planet, the Cyborg exiled Doomsday into space, prevented a nuclear meltdown, and defended the President of the United States from an assassination attempt. As a result of the latter incident, the White House endorsed the Cyborg as the 'true' Superman and he provided the President with a communications device. When confronted by Lois Lane, the Cyborg claimed his memory was "blurry" but he could see a "spaceship on a farm. The name 'Kent,'" suggesting Henshaw may be aware of Superman's secret identity. Henshaw's arrival as Superman was simultaneous with three others: John Henry Irons, Eradicator (the self-styled Last Son of Krypton), and the modern Superboy. When an alien ship appeared over Coast City, the Cyborg revealed his true intentions, attacking and severely injuring the Eradicator as Mongul's craft destroyed the city, killing millions. The Cyborg was then able to convince the White House and the public that the Eradicator had been responsible for the destruction of Coast City, turning the public against the Kryptonian. He also came within a hairsbredth of killing the Eradicator in direct combat. After tricking and defeating Superboy, Henshaw set about preparing to launch a warhead that would convert Metropolis into a second Engine City. However, Superboy was able to escape and warn John Henry Irons, Supergirl, and the resurrected true Superman of the Cyborg's plans. The quartet traveled to the site of the former Coast City where Superman, Supergirl and Steel confronted Mongul and the Cyborg while Superboy stopped the missile from destroying Metropolis. While Green Lantern defeated Mongul, the Cyborg lured Superman and the Eradicator to the Engine City main reactor and attempted to kill Superman with the kryptonite that powered the engine. Henshaw attempted to kill Superman using a concentrated blast of kryptonite radiation, but the Eradicator intercepted the blast at the expense of his own life. However, as the Kryptonite energy passed through the Eradicator, the radiation was altered and acted to restore Superman's powers. Superman was then able to easily defeat the Cyborg (partially due to the kryptonite weakening the Cyborg's Kryptonian form) by vibrating Henshaw's body to pieces. Before exiling Doomsday into space, Henshaw had installed a device on the monster to allow him to detect if Doomsday were to ever escape. After the destruction of his 'Cyborg Superman' body, Henshaw transferred his consciousness into this device, as Doomsday was "the safest place in the galaxy" for the Cyborg to hide. Doomsday was eventually brought on board a space cruiser and managed to escape, landing on Apokolips. Henshaw re-emerged once again, reconfiguring an exo-armored Apokoliptian trooper into a new body, establishing his standard appearance with long hair and red armor, and began to lay siege to Apokolips alongside Doomsday (although the Cyborg's body possessed Superman's Kryptonian DNA, Doomsday did not seem to perceive the Cyborg as a threat). The Cyborg successfully took over most of Apokolips, but was destroyed by Darkseid's Omega Beams after a short battle with Superman. Darkseid's attack did not kill the Cyborg; rather, the Omega Effect had stored Henshaw's consciousness in a small orb, with Darkseid planning to use the Cyborg against Superman at a later date. Darkseid eventually freed Henshaw, with the understanding that Henshaw was to leave Apokolips and never return. The Cyborg eventually aligned himself with an intergalactic 'tribunal', which was seeking to bring Superman to trial for the crimes of his ancestors. Henshaw assisted the tribunal in capturing Eradicator, Superboy, Supergirl, Steel and Alpha Centurion, who had been preparing to rescue Superman. However, the Cyborg betrayed the tribunal and attempted to conquer their planet for conversion into a new Warworld. Superman and his allies stopped the Cyborg's plan and, when Henshaw's involvement in the destruction of Coast City was brought to the attention of the tribunal, they found the Cyborg guilty of genocide and sentenced him to death. As an electronic consciousness, Henshaw could not be killed by normal means and was transported beyond the event horizon of a black hole, where not even energy could escape from the gravity. Rather than being destroyed, the Cyborg was transported to the Marvel Universe, as seen at the beginning of the Green Lantern/Silver Surfer crossover. The Cyborg destroyed a planet in another attempt to recreate Warworld, attracting the attention of the Silver Surfer. Their short battle was interrupted by the arrival of Parallax, who had been tracking the Cyborg for some time, seeking vengeance for the destruction of Coast City. In the confusion, Henshaw managed to escape and was returned to the DC Universe by the end of the story. The Cyborg would again encounter Hal Jordan, at the very brim of the Source Wall, a nexus of statues that flow forth energy vital to the preservation of the Fourth World. Parallax used his powers to generate representations of the victims of Coast City, who tore the Cyborg's body apart. Jordan than dispersed Henshaw's consciousness and the Cyborg was once again seemingly destroyed. During a crisis involving the Godwave, Superman (wearing at the time his "Blue Energy Costume") travelled to New Genesis, and encountered Henshaw again, Henshaw had become part of the Godwave's structure and had crafted a small world comprised of his memories, which he used to taunt Superman, after seemingly being defeated. However, unknown to Superman, the Cyborg stored his own consciousness in Superman's technological containment suit. After Superman returned to Earth, Henshaw escaped and eventually constructed a new body, posing as a substitute high school teacher in an attempt to become human again (even managing to convince Asbury Armstrong that he possessed some goodness). However, in a fit of rage, Henshaw revealed his true identity as the Cyborg and this body was destroyed in a short fight with Superman. To escape detection, Henshaw stored his consciousness in a toy. This toy was later stolen by the Toyman, leading the two villains to join forces to kill Superman. To this end, the Cyborg designed a machine that would break Superman's energy form down into multiple components and beam them to different points in the galaxy, preventing Superman from reforming. A malfunction in the machine caused Superman to split into Superman Blue and Superman Red, the latter of whom eventually defeated and captured the Cyborg. In a firm sense of irony, Henshaw shared with Superman a crossover encounter with the Fantastic Four, convincing Superman that Galactus was the true ravager of Krypton for a time. The result transformed Superman into the herald of the world devourer for a while. Galactus transformed Henshaw into an inanimate slab of metal after Henshaw demanded he be made his heir, and be made "perfect;" since he was half-human, his reduction to this state, void of all human matter, was as perfect as the merciless Galactus could perceive. He later attempted to take over Kandor, but this failed when he was defeated by Superman and sent to the Phantom Zone. Shortly after Y2K, Henshaw escaped the Phantom Zone and attacked Superman, who was suffering from Kryptonite poisoning at the time. He was defeated with the help of the Kandorians and sent back to the Phantom Zone, swearing revenge. However, he was not encountered on subsequent visits to the Zone. Henshaw returned and he was revealed to be the mysterious new "grandmaster" of the Manhunters. He is once again wearing the red and black version of Superman's insignia, which doubles as the Kryptonian symbol for hope. That variant was most recently used by Superboy-Prime and Kon-El. With his influence, the Manhunters have been upgraded with organic material, most notably with blood. On the Manhunter homeworld of Biot, in sector 3601, Henshaw is holding captive several thought to be dead Green Lanterns (all of whom "died" during Emerald Twilight). The Cyborg has used Kryptonian technology to upgrade the Manhunters. During the first Green Lantern story arc No Fear,[8] Kryptonian robots are seen servicing the Manhunters. Henshaw, the Grandmaster, allowed the Green Lantern Corps to rebuild for unspecified reasons, as a part of his master plan. While Henshaw explains that he first encountered the Manhunters around the time he was imprisoned in the Source Wall by Parallax, it has yet to be revealed how the Cyborg was able to escape the Phantom Zone and take control of Biot. At the beginning of issue 15, the head of Cyborg Superman is being brought by a Guardian back to Oa so that they can learn of how he was able to take control of Biot, what he has learned from the Manhunters, and to learn about 52.
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Apr 16, 2007 0:23:10 GMT -5
Arcade looks like Larry Sweeney in that picture.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 16, 2007 0:23:15 GMT -5
Is Iron Man up in this piece? 'cause he's a pretty big dick. No Ironman is not on this list and is not even one of the two wildcards.
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Post by DSR on Apr 16, 2007 0:26:42 GMT -5
Arcade looks like Larry Sweeney in that picture. Come to think of it, that sounds like EXCELLENT casting.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 16, 2007 0:36:01 GMT -5
98. Hydro-Man Morris "Morrie" Bench was born in the Bronx, New York. He gained his powers while a crewman on a cargo ship, having been knocked overboard while a powerful experimental generator was being tested in the ocean. He is a frequent antagonist of Spider-Man and an occasional ally/enemy of the Sandman. He has been a member of multiple villain teams in the Marvel Universe, including the Frightful Four, the Sinister Syndicate, the Masters of Evil, and the Sinister Twelve. Morrie holds a wary view of Sandman, as the two were once merged into a mud/quicksand-like creature. While working with the Sinister Syndicate, Hydro-Man demonstrated a willingness to put up with just about anything in the name of financial gain. He ignored the constant politicing of the other members and looked past the Beetle's betrayal of the group to the Kingpin in the belief that the group was economically beneficial to him. Hydro-Man was seen in the employ (or rather, being terminated from) Hammer Industries. He then teamed up with Shocker in an attempt to rob a federal reserve bank, but was accidentally evaporated by one of the Shocker's blasts. He appeared again in writer Mark Millar's Marvel Knights run, first attempting to buy the Venom symbiote for his girlfriend, then later as part of the Sinister Twelve. His current status is unknown.
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Apr 16, 2007 0:38:38 GMT -5
Hydro Man was in the Riker's Island prison break in Issue #1 of New Avengers. I'm unsure if he escaped along with those that managed to get out.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Apr 16, 2007 0:45:57 GMT -5
97. Captain Boomerang Secretly the illegitimate son of an American soldier and an Australian woman, Harkness was raised in poverty, during which time he developed great skill in making boomerangs, and in using them as weapons. As a young adult, he was hired as a performer and boomerang promoter by a toy company which was, unbeknownst to him, owned by his biological father. Audiences ridiculed him, and a resentful Harkness turned to using his boomerangs for crime. Although he lacked any actual superhuman abilities, he became a recurring enemy of the Flash, typically by devising altered boomerangs which could produce astonishing effects (some would explode, others had razor-sharp edges, etc.), and using them ruthlessly. He became a staple member of the Rogues Gallery, a group of villains dedicated to opposing Flash. Later on, Harkness became a less-than-effective member of the Suicide Squad in exchange for being pardoned for his crimes. However, Captain Boomerang's grating personality and blatant racism (among other things, he constantly referred to another team member, the Bronze Tiger, as an "abo") caused considerable friction among his teammates, and he was considered to be a dangerous, vicious, cowardly and undependable member of the team; dysfunctional even by the Squad's standards. Amanda Waller, the Squad's commanding officer, characterized Captain Boomerang as "a jerk and a screw-up." This was not an undeserved reputation, as, among other things, Harkness simply watched by as his teammate, Mindboggler, was shot in the back. (Mindboggler had earlier used her mind-altering abilities on Harkness to shut him up when he was verbally abusing another team member.) He also manipulated another team member, Slipknot, into running away from the action just to see if the explosive bracelets the Squad members wore really did activate if the wearer attempted to escape. (Unfortunately for Slipknot, they did.) While in the Squad, Harkness also briefly took up the mantle of Mirror Master to commit robberies. However, this career was cut short when he was caught and brought to Waller, who put an end to it. She rescinded the benefits Harkness had been given, such as his apartment in New Orleans and his status as a voluntary member of the Squad. Due to various events, Digger once spent year stranded on a deserted island. It was during the series that Harkness revealed a deep patriotism for his home country of Australia. Harkness remained with the Squad until it was disbanded. Digger later showed up in Superboy with another Squad. He was shot through the hands and presumably fell to his death. In the pages of Flash, he was shown to be dead for sure, with his soul in Hell. A super-powered version of him, along with several other members of Flash's Rogue's Gallery, went on a bloody rampage. Mystical powers eventually restored Digger to life. Captain Boomerang was killed in the Identity Crisis miniseries by Jack Drake, father of Tim Drake. Digger had been sent by the real killer to attack Jack Drake, only the killer double crossed Digger and sent Drake a warning and a pistol to defend himself. Digger managed to kill Drake but not before he was shot himself. During the beginning of Identity Crisis, Harkness found himself an obsolete villain in the modern world of supervillains. Regularly going up to the supervillain satellite looking for jobs, asking favors from the Calculator, he was at the end of his rope looking for a job to put him on the map again. During this time Harkness finally reached out to the son he abandoned, Owen Mercer. The two began to bond when Harkness was killed by Jack Drake. The sudden loss of Harkness caused Mercer to take up his father's mantle, and become the second Captain Boomerang. Captain Cold took Mercer in as one of the Flash's enemies, the Rogues Gallery because Cold believed his sister, Golden Glider, was Mercer's mother. It was revealed in the Flash's title that Mercer's mother is actually Meloni Thawne which makes Bart Allen, the current Flash, his half brother. He's since then reformed and joined the Outsiders.
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Post by DSR on Apr 16, 2007 0:50:55 GMT -5
I really don't want to be a prick or anything, but it's "rogue."
Sorry, that one word just really irks me.
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