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* BadassBoast: Practically a living, breathing ''fountain'' of these. See the comics page of that trope for many, ''many'' exaplnes.
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* BadassBoast: Practically a living, breathing ''fountain'' of these. See the comics page of that trope for many, ''many'' exaplnes.examples.
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Libra was once Justin Ballantine, a boy whose parents died as a result of tragic accidents. He became obsessed with the balance of the universe, specifically the moral balance between good and evil. He organized the first Injustice Gang and stole the powers of the Justice League, but the power was too much for him and he disintegrated into the cosmos. Years later, he coalesced again on Apokolips, where he swore loyalty to Darkseid and became one of the New Gods. Libra returned to Earth as Darkseid's prophet and reformed the Secret Society of Super-Villains, using them to bring about [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis Darkseid's conquest of Earth]]. During the heroes' counterattack, however, he was killed by Lex Luthor.
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Libra was once Justin Ballantine, a boy whose parents died as a result of tragic accidents. He became obsessed with the balance of the universe, specifically the moral balance between good and evil. He organized the first Injustice Gang and stole the powers of the Justice League, but the power was too much for him and he disintegrated into the cosmos. Years later, he coalesced again on Apokolips, where he swore loyalty to Darkseid ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} and became one of the New Gods. Libra returned to Earth as Darkseid's prophet and reformed the Secret Society of Super-Villains, using them to bring about [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis Darkseid's conquest of Earth]]. During the heroes' counterattack, however, he was apparently killed by Lex Luthor.Luthor, but in a way so ambigious the characters even lampshade it in-story.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: At the conclusion of his first storyline in 1974, after siphoning all the powers of the Justice League into himself. As Creator/GrantMorrison eloquently puts put it, he "couldn't handle it and ascended to some kind of screaming godhood where he became a million transparent body parts spread across the sky."
* BadassBoast: Gives a short but sweet one to Lex Luthor with his JoinOrDie offer:
--> '''Libra:''' The day of Apokolips is at hand, sir, and I am only its prophet. Choose.
* BadassBoast: Gives a short but sweet one to Lex Luthor with his JoinOrDie offer:
--> '''Libra:''' The day of Apokolips is at hand, sir, and I am only its prophet. Choose.
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: The whole point of the Anti-Life equation, which he is the herald/embodiment of.
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* HeroKiller: He kills the Martian Manhunter and planned to bring about a "no-bullshit Twilight of the Gods".
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* HeroKiller: He kills the Martian Manhunter and planned to bring about a "no-bullshit Twilight "no-bull£$%^ twilight of the Gods".gods".
* TheManBehindTheMan: He was The Man behind the first Injustice Gang, and Darkseid was in turn his Man (though he didn't know it at the time).
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Makes a tasteless remark to Luthor about letting him be "first in line" with Supergirl.
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--> '''Dr. Sivana:''' Hmmph. That's a classic "we haven't heard the last of him" if '''ever'' I saw one.
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--> '''Dr. Sivana:''' Hmmph. That's a classic "we haven't heard the last of him" if '''ever'' ''ever'' I saw one.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His helmet. See ''Cry ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' #6 for Justice'' #6.the most triumphant example
* BadassBoast: Practically a living, breathing ''fountain'' of these. See the comics page of that trope for many, ''many'' exaplnes.
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* [[CapeBusters Cape Buster]]Buster]]: A one-man Cape Buster.
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* TheChessmasterTheChessmaster: To a certain degree, but his ''real'' specialty is XanatosSpeedChess.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' was meant to re-establish him as a top tier threat after years of VillainDecay. Unfortunately, that series took an exceedingly dark tone with both its tone and its titular villain, resulting in Prometheus being KilledOffForReal and banished to Comic Book Limbo in the aftermath. Ironically, his death was used to make his ''killer'' DarkerAndEdgier.
* DragonInChief: To Luthor during"World the ''World War III."III'' storyline.
* DragonInChief: To Luthor during
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* GeniusBruiserGeniusBruiser: He's brilliant enough to hang with the likes of Lex Luthor, yet unlike Lex is perfectly willing (and eager) to get his own hands dirty. No PowerArmor needed for this guy!
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* RoguesGalleryTransplant: In recent years he has become associated with ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'', due to Ollie being the one who killed in ''Cry for Justice''. This has culminated in his use as a villain on the ''Series/Arrow'' TV show that is pretty much Prometheus InNameOnly.
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* VillainDecay: After the JLA series he debuted in ended various writers incorporated him into their stories as an increasingly minor threat, taking him from a CapeBuster so good as to give even ''Superman'' pause to a low-rent henchman who could be dispatched by the likes of Hush and even ''Alfred''. The ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' was meant to reverse this decay, and to a degree it worked, but at the price of turning the character so dark that he felt out of place in the DC Comics world, leading to him being killed off.
* TheWorfEffect: He worfed practically the ''entire Justice League'' in his first big storyline to establish his Badass credentials, taking out Steel, Zauriel, Huntress, the Martian Manhunter, and the [[MemeticMutation the goddamn]] ''[[MemeticMutation Batman]]'' without breaking stride. Even more impressively, his worfing of Bats ''stuck'', as the only way he was able to win in a later fight was via tampering with his helmet.
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: A major factor in the poor reception of ''Cry for Justice''. Though it re-elevated Prometheus to a JLA-tier threat, it also turned him into one of the worst mass-murders the DC universe has ever seen.
* TheWorfEffect: He worfed practically the ''entire Justice League'' in his first big storyline to establish his Badass credentials, taking out Steel, Zauriel, Huntress, the Martian Manhunter, and the [[MemeticMutation the goddamn]] ''[[MemeticMutation Batman]]'' without breaking stride. Even more impressively, his worfing of Bats ''stuck'', as the only way he was able to win in a later fight was via tampering with his helmet.
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: A major factor in the poor reception of ''Cry for Justice''. Though it re-elevated Prometheus to a JLA-tier threat, it also turned him into one of the worst mass-murders the DC universe has ever seen.
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* BizarreAlienReproduction: Starro can asexually generate parasitic clones from his own body.
* {{Flight}}: A fully grown Starro is capable of wingless flight in both outer space and atmospheric environments.
* GalacticConqueror
* HealingFactor: The larger Starro's are capable of physiological regenesis in the likely event of suffering severe abrasion.
* MindManipulation: His clones are parasites by nature, and can attach themselves to a humanoid's face, and subsequently take control of the host's central nervous system, thereby controlling the host. Control of the host is lost once removed from the victim.
* GalacticConqueror
* HealingFactor: The larger Starro's are capable of physiological regenesis in the likely event of suffering severe abrasion.
* MindManipulation: His clones are parasites by nature, and can attach themselves to a humanoid's face, and subsequently take control of the host's central nervous system, thereby controlling the host. Control of the host is lost once removed from the victim.
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* StarfishAliens: Literally!
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PsychicPowers: The humanoid "Starro the Conqueror" possesses telepathy strong enough to control the entire Starro alien race, and possesses immeasurable levels of physical resilience further bolstered by the energies drawn from the victims of his Starro probes.
* StarfishAliens:Literally!A literally starfish alien whose spawn latch onto humans' faces so he can control their minds.
* StarfishAliens:
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* ItsAllAboutMe: He was already an insufferable diva obsessed with all things tacky and garish ''before'' the Lords of Order tossed him into a dimension of kitsch. When he emerged in realspace, he sought to expand the glory he had seen to every corner of Creation, no matter what anyone else thought.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: An insane interior decorator with '''PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS!!'''.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: An insane interior decorator with '''PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS!!'''.POWERS!!'''
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: The Skier's main purpose in-story: he ''hates'' Nebula and his whole crusade.
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: The Skier's main purpose in-story: he ''hates'' Nebula and his whole crusade.crusade, so he sends the JLA to stop him.
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: The Skier's main purpose in-story: he ''hates'' Nebula and his whole crusade.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: A fashion-obsessed Galactus expy.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: A fashion-obsessed Galactus expy.An insane interior decorator with '''PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS!!'''.
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The Scarlet Skier is an unfortunate soul bound to Nebula's service; while he often escapes, his master always manages to drag him back and force him into ever more garish suits.
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The Scarlet Skier is an unfortunate soul bound to Nebula's service; while he often escapes, his master always manages to drag drags him back and to force him into ever more garish suits.
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The Scarlet Skier is an unfortunate soul bound to Nebula's service; while he often escapes, his master always manages to drag him back and force him into ever more garish suits.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Too powerful for the Justice League to defeat. He was, however, successfully driven off the planet when J'onn contacted him and persuaded him humanity was in awe of his brilliance and wished to adapt the planet themselves. [[TakeThat Nebula took a look at Vegas and was instantly convinced]].
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* {{Thememobile}}: His Nebulamobile.
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A powerful alien who also happens to be a complete nutcase. Instead of any of the usual supervillain motives, his horrid fashion sense compels him to visit any nearby civilizations and attempt to "enlighten them" by forcefully reshaping their worlds to suit his warped sensibilities.
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A powerful alien who also happens to be a complete nutcase. Instead of any of the usual supervillain motives, his horrid fashion sense compels him to visit drift around the cosmos, wrecking any nearby civilizations and he crosses in an attempt to "enlighten them" by forcefully reshaping their worlds to suit his warped sensibilities.
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A powerful alien who also happens to be a complete nutcase. Instead of any of the usual supervillain motives, his horrid fashion sense compels him to visit any nearby civilizations and attempt to "enlighten them" by forcefully reshaping their worlds to suit his warped sensibilities.
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* AlternateCompanyEquivalent / {{Expy}}: of Galactus and Silver Surfer, respectively
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* AlternateCompanyEquivalent / {{Expy}}: of Galactus and Silver Surfer, respectivelyrespectively.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: A fashion-obsessed Galactus expy.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Like the literary {{Faust}}, Felix has sold his soul to countless demons for power, but always finds a way to get back his ownership.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Like the literary {{Faust}}, Felix has sold his soul to countless demons for power, but always finds a way to get back his ownership. However, Neron states that by now Faust's soul's value is pretty much nil, forcing him to come up with new ways of gaining power. He's tried to sell his own son's soul, that of a young girl he murdered, and Ralph Dibny's.
* DirtyCoward: He's perfectly willing to sell his soul. However, he always chickens out when collecting time arrives.
* DirtyCoward: He's perfectly willing to sell his soul. However, he always chickens out when collecting time arrives.
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* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: And he accepts it, and laughs anyway
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* BlessedWithSuck: He came to be through a mystic ritual in the Crusades in which he contacted a Lord of Order and tried to pry some secrets; he was left a perpetually unnoticeable immortal tasked with collecting the dream residue of sleeping people. He fell into true despair when, after enacting his mass-mind control plan to recall the Lord of Order to beg him to end his miserable existence, the cosmic being told him this state was a ''reward'' - he'd managed to impress the Lords with his ritual and they hoped he'd achieve a higher state of conscience in the end. At the Grey Man's request, the Lord nonchalantly ended his life.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: And he accepts it, and laughsanywayanyway.
* PerceptionFilter
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: And he accepts it, and laughs
* PerceptionFilter
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* SemanticSuperpower: One of the things that makes the Materioptikon so dangerous: Destiny's a clever bastard and keeps using lateral thinking to come up with new uses and return every time he's beaten.
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* SemanticSuperpower: One of the things that makes the Materioptikon so dangerous: Destiny's a clever bastard and keeps using lateral thinking to come up with new uses and return in new ways every time he's beaten.
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* NotSoHarmless: The League defeated him by removing his ability to dream and sent him to Arkham, where he shriveled into a wreck. Then, during a breakout, he managed to totter out, reclaim his artifact of power, and went on a bloody rampage in which he nearly drove humanity insane.
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* NotSoHarmless: The League defeated him by removing his ability to dream dream. However, this had nasty consequences - he was left unable to sleep at all, which destroyed his physique and eroded his sanity; being sent to Arkham reduced him to Arkham, where he shriveled into a pitiful wreck. Then, during a breakout, he managed to totter out, reclaim his artifact of power, and went on a bloody rampage in which he nearly drove humanity insane.
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A vicious scientist-sorcerer capable of twisting reality via dreams.
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* NotSoHarmless: The League defeated him by removing his ability to dream and sent him to Arkham, where he shriveled into a wreck. Then, during a breakout, he managed to totter out, reclaim his artifact of power, and went on a bloody rampage.rampage in which he nearly drove humanity insane.
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* RealityWarper: Designed a machine knows as "Materioptikon" to do this via dreams; eventually, this was revealed to be Morpheus, the Dream King's own artifact, twisted by Dee's additions and tinkering. While the original stone was destroyed, Destiny managed to keep some residual power and kept making more, making him a particularly dangerous foe.
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* RealityWarper: Designed a machine knows as "Materioptikon" to do this via dreams; eventually, this was revealed to be Morpheus, Morpheus' Dreamstone, the Dream King's own artifact, twisted by Dee's additions and tinkering. While the original stone was destroyed, Destiny managed to keep some residual power and kept making more, making him a particularly dangerous foe.
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* MadScientist: His initial schtick; his first attempt at crime used anti-gravity devices.
* NotSoHarmless: The League defeated him by removing his ability to dream and sent him to Arkham, where he shriveled into a wreck. Then, during a breakout, he managed to totter out, reclaim his artifact of power, and went on a bloody rampage.
** In ''Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth'', he's a wheelchair-bound cripple, but if he makes eye contact with you, ''your mind's as good as gone''. Batman beats him by pitching him into a staircase before this happens, though.
* RealityWarper: Designed a machine knows as "Materioptikon" to do this via dreams; eventually, this was revealed to be Morpheus, the Dream King's own artifact, twisted by Dee's additions and tinkering. While the original stone was destroyed, Destiny managed to keep some residual power and kept making more, making him a particularly dangerous foe.
* SemanticSuperpower: One of the things that makes the Materioptikon so dangerous: Destiny's a clever bastard and keeps using lateral thinking to come up with new uses and return every time he's beaten.
* NotSoHarmless: The League defeated him by removing his ability to dream and sent him to Arkham, where he shriveled into a wreck. Then, during a breakout, he managed to totter out, reclaim his artifact of power, and went on a bloody rampage.
** In ''Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth'', he's a wheelchair-bound cripple, but if he makes eye contact with you, ''your mind's as good as gone''. Batman beats him by pitching him into a staircase before this happens, though.
* RealityWarper: Designed a machine knows as "Materioptikon" to do this via dreams; eventually, this was revealed to be Morpheus, the Dream King's own artifact, twisted by Dee's additions and tinkering. While the original stone was destroyed, Destiny managed to keep some residual power and kept making more, making him a particularly dangerous foe.
* SemanticSuperpower: One of the things that makes the Materioptikon so dangerous: Destiny's a clever bastard and keeps using lateral thinking to come up with new uses and return every time he's beaten.
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--> ''[[ShoutOut Please allow me to introduce myself]]. I come to you with an irresistible offer. My name is Neron.''
An extremely powerful demon lord who specializes in the DealWithTheDevil. He made mass deals for the souls of numerous supervillains (and some superheroes) during the ''Underworld Unleashed'' event and has remained a formidable foe over the years.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He allied himself with the rebel angel Asmodel in the latter's planned invasion of Heaven, only to betray him and abandon him to his defeat at the hands of the forces of heaven and the JLA.
* TheFinalTemptation: He tempted Oracle with Superman-level power in exchange for her service as his librarian. [[spoiler:Barbara refused, of course]].
* LargeAndInCharge: Described as being so large "he makes Blockbuster look anemic".
* LargeAndInCharge: Described as being so large "he makes Blockbuster look anemic".
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFastNamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Named for an alternative name of the Roman emperor Neron, who was the historical inspiration for TheAntichrist.
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* RealityWarperRealityWarper: As a high-order demon lord, there's not a lot he can't do.
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* TheWorfEffect: Inflicted this on the first Mongul with an effortless NeckSnap to establish his credentials as a villain. In-story, the excuse was that Mongul blew Neron off, and as Neron himself puts it:
--> '''Neron:''' I will be refused. I will be ignored. But I will '''not''' be defied.
--> '''Neron:''' I will be refused. I will be ignored. But I will '''not''' be defied.
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--> ''Gentlemen, you can call me Libra. I balance the scales. I even the odds.''
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AGodAmI: A subdued version, but he makes occasional allusions to having become something more than human, and at one point it is speculated that he has become the physical manifestation of the Anti-Life Equation itself.
*TheAntichrist
TheAntichrist: Serves this role (sort of) in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''.
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BelatedBackstory: In his original appearance his backstory was nonexistent, with some supplementary material released after the fact even declaring him [[http://940ee6dce6677fa01d25-0f55c9129972ac85d6b1f4e703468e6b.r99.cf2.rackcdn.com/products/pictures/143914.jpg an alien]]. It wasn't until ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' that we learned his true name and history.
*CardCarryingVillainCardCarryingVillain: Unusually for a character that claims to be obsessed with balance, but as the DCU is so stocked to the gills with heroes perhaps this is to be expected.
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FreudianExcuse: His mother died due to the mistake of an alcoholic pharmacist and his father abused him for some years after before his own KarmicDeath. These losses left the future Libra with an obsession of sorts with balance, and living in the world of the DCU he decided the best way to maintain balance was to go supervillain (the sad thing is, he kind of wasn't wrong).
*FromNobodyToNightmare
FromNobodyToNightmare: From a geeky kid with a telescope to the herald of Darkseid himself.
*PhysicalGod
HeroKiller: He kills the Martian Manhunter and planned to bring about a "no-bullshit Twilight of the Gods".
*PowerIncontinence
ImmuneToMindControl: He proved utterly immune to the high-tier PsychicPowers of the Martian Manhunter.
*ReligionOfEvilInTheHood: Wears a hood ''and'' a face mask to conceal his identity.
* MouthOfSauron: Eagerly serves this role to Darkseid.
* PhysicalGod: Mainly in hia first appearance, where he siphoned away half of all the Justice League's powers into himself.
* PowerIncontinence: Related to the above, when he absorbed all that power from the Justice League it was too much for his human body to contain, resulting in him discorporating and vanishing into the cosmos. It took ''decades'' before he rematerialized on Apokolips.
* ReligionOfEvil: Almost literally, as he preaches the "religion of crime" on behalf of Darkseid and that book he's carrying is literally called the ''Crime Bible''.
* UncertainDoom: His "death" at the hands of Lex Luthor is very much this, with Luthor blasting him and the next panel showing what looks like Luthor [[FightingAShadow blasting through an empty cloak]]. Dr. Sivana even [[LampshadedTrope lampshades]] it after the fact.
--> '''Dr. Sivana:''' Hmmph. That's a classic "we haven't heard the last of him" if '''ever'' I saw one.
* TheWorfEffect: Inflicted this on the Spectre when the latter came calling to judge him for his murder of the Martian Manhunter.
* WouldHurtAChild: He threatens to kill the son of the Weather Wizard in an attempt to coerce the Rogues into working for him. Unsurprisingly, this doesn't work out very well for him.
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* MouthOfSauron: Eagerly serves this role to Darkseid.
* PhysicalGod: Mainly in hia first appearance, where he siphoned away half of all the Justice League's powers into himself.
* PowerIncontinence: Related to the above, when he absorbed all that power from the Justice League it was too much for his human body to contain, resulting in him discorporating and vanishing into the cosmos. It took ''decades'' before he rematerialized on Apokolips.
* ReligionOfEvil: Almost literally, as he preaches the "religion of crime" on behalf of Darkseid and that book he's carrying is literally called the ''Crime Bible''.
* UncertainDoom: His "death" at the hands of Lex Luthor is very much this, with Luthor blasting him and the next panel showing what looks like Luthor [[FightingAShadow blasting through an empty cloak]]. Dr. Sivana even [[LampshadedTrope lampshades]] it after the fact.
--> '''Dr. Sivana:''' Hmmph. That's a classic "we haven't heard the last of him" if '''ever'' I saw one.
* TheWorfEffect: Inflicted this on the Spectre when the latter came calling to judge him for his murder of the Martian Manhunter.
* WouldHurtAChild: He threatens to kill the son of the Weather Wizard in an attempt to coerce the Rogues into working for him. Unsurprisingly, this doesn't work out very well for him.
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* CasualInterstellarTravelCasualInterstellarTravel: Traveled around the universe in a colossal spacecraft that was capable of this.
* CoolStarship: Got around in one of these, and the heroes liked it enough to make it their new base after defeating him.
* DeathTakesAHoliday: In a demonstration of his power, he stopped all deaths (and births) around the whole planet.
* DestroyerDeity: Seems to be one of these in practice even if he denies being as such.
* CoolStarship: Got around in one of these, and the heroes liked it enough to make it their new base after defeating him.
* DeathTakesAHoliday: In a demonstration of his power, he stopped all deaths (and births) around the whole planet.
* DestroyerDeity: Seems to be one of these in practice even if he denies being as such.
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The man who would become the Key was originally a menial scientist working for the crime syndicate Intergang. Developing mind-expanding "psycho chemicals" that expanded his senses from six to ten, he predictably went [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity mad with power]] and set out to TakeOverTheWorld.
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NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: Draws heavily from this old myth, as he claims his "psycho chemicals" have allowed him to tap into this.
*HyperAwareness
EscapeArtist: Per his name, he was eventually retooled into one of these.
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EvilGenius: Even before he became a formal supervillain the Key was working for a villainous group.
*SuperIntelligence
HyperAwareness: Boasts of having ten senses, what exactly the extra four let him sense and how they work are not expanded upon.
*SuperSenses
PsychicPowers: Has {{Telepathy}} and MindControl abilities.
*SuperSerumSuperIntelligence: Even before ingesting his "psycho chemicals" he was a genius, and afterwards he was on a whole other plane intellectually. Or at least [[InformedAbility that's what the narrators kept telling us]].
* SuperSenses: Overlaps with CombatClairvoyance, as he was able to match the martial arts savant Connor Hawke move for move.
* SuperSerum: His so-called "psycho chemicals".
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The classic comic book villain who completely loses it after getting a little taste of power.
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A wicked sorcerer from the ancient African empire of Kor Kor, Dekan Drache was killed when he attempted to usurp the emperor's throne. Ages later, in the 1920s, his spirit took over the body of an amateur mystic who accidentally opened a portal to the other side. Inspired by Goethe's story, the reincarnated wizard took the name Felix Faust and began rebuilding his power. He has clashed with the Justice League many times over the years, often allying with the Demons Three, Neron, and other fiends in his quest for mystic might. He played a part in the death of Elongated Man.
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EliteMook: Numerous Amazos have been made since the original, making him this.
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PointyEars: For some reason his creator made him with elfin ears. They've been a mainstay of the character in all his incarnations.
*PowersAsProgramsPowerCopying: Can copy the powers of any superhuman being in his vicinity, and can copy multiple powers at once.
* PowersAsPrograms: Related to the above, as Amazo is a synthetic being that can physically duplicate any superhuman power.
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!!Amazo
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Brave and the Bold'' #30 (1960)
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[[WMG:The Crime Syndicate]]
The Justice League's counterparts from the [[MirrorUniverse Antimatter Universe]][[note]]or Earth-3, pre-Crisis[[/note]], who are just as evil as the League is good. They rule their Earth with an iron fist from their moon citadel, the Panopticon. See the pages of the individual league members for their respective Syndicate counterparts.
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[[folder: The Crime Syndicate]]
!!The Crime Syndicate
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' #29 (1964)
The Justice League's counterparts from the [[MirrorUniverse Antimatter Universe]][[note]]or Earth-3, pre-Crisis[[/note]], who are just as evil as the League is good. They rule their Earth with an iron fist from their moon citadel, the Panopticon. See the pages of the individual league members for their respective Syndicate counterparts.
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!!The Crime Syndicate
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' #29 (1964)
The Justice League's counterparts from the [[MirrorUniverse Antimatter Universe]][[note]]or Earth-3, pre-Crisis[[/note]], who are just as evil as the League is good. They rule their Earth with an iron fist from their moon citadel, the Panopticon. See the pages of the individual league members for their respective Syndicate counterparts.
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!!!Abnegazar, Rath and Ghast
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' #10 (1962)
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!!Despero
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' #1 (1960)
A fearsomely powerful GalacticConqueror with PsychicPowers strong enough to make him a threat to the entire team.
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* MeaningfulName: He shares a name with John Dee, a real-life 17th-century mystic.
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[[folder: Dr. Destiny]]
!!Doctor Destiny
!!!John Dee
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' #5 (1961)
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!!Doctor Light
!!!Arthur Light
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' #12 (1962)
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!!Epoch
!!!NoNameGiven
-> '''AKA:''' The Lord of Time
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' #10 (1962)
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* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: he's from a billion years in the future, yet sounds and looks like a normal human supervillain. No explanation has ever been given for this.
* TimeMaster
* TookALevelInBadass: Introduced initially as just a distraction used by Felix Faust for a scheme, he has since become '''Epoch, Lord of Time''', former owner of the fortress at Vanishing Point, on a permanent mission to render history safe by eliminating powerful beings and artifacts.
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[[folder: The Extremists]]
!!The Extremists
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League Europe'' #15 (1992)
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!!!Dekan Drache
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' #10 (1962)
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!!The Grey Man
!!!NoNameGiven
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League'' #2 (1987)
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-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' #3 (1961)
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!!The Key
!!!NoNameGiven
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' #41 (1965)
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!!!Justin Ballantine
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!!Manga Khan
-> '''AKA:''' Lord Manga
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League International'' #14 (1988)
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!!!Maxwell Lord IV
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-> '''Debut:''' ''The Demon'' #1 (1972)
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!!The Overmaster
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' #233 (1984)
An ancient alien being of celestial power that considers himself AboveGoodAndEvil. He travels around the universe judging various worlds, wiping them clean of all life if he finds them unworthy.
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!!Professor Ivo
!!!Anthony Ives
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Brave and the Bold'' #30 (1960)
Best known as the creator of the Amazo android, Professor Ivo
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!!Prometheus
!!!NoNameGiven
-> '''Debut:''' ''New Year's Evil: Prometheus'' (1998)
An EvilCounterpart of Batman whose parents were killed in a shootout with police, he has sworn to annihilate the forces of justice.
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!!Queen Bee (II)
!!!NoNameGiven
-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League International'' #16 (1988)
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Group of normal human criminals costumed to resemble playing cards. Initially just a gang put together by Amos Fortune, they have since come into their own.
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-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' #45 (1966)
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-> '''Debut:''' ''Justice League of America'' #96 (1972)
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* TimeMaster
* TookALevelInBadass: Introduced initially as just a distraction used by Felix Faust for a scheme, he has since become '''Epoch, Lord of Time''', former owner of the fortress at Vanishing Point, on a permanent mission to render history safe by eliminating powerful beings and artefacts.
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-> '''Debut:''' ''The Brave and
* TimeMaster
* TookALevelInBadass: Introduced initially as just a distraction used by Felix Faust for a scheme, he has since become '''Epoch, Lord of Time''', former owner of
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* AlternateCompanyEquivalent / {{Expy}}: of Galactus and Silver Surfer, respectively
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Scarlet Skier's real name is [[{{Nerd}} Dren]] [[{{Geek}} Keeg]].
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Scarlet Skier's real name is [[{{Nerd}} Dren]] [[{{Geek}} Keeg]].
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* HordeOfAlienLocusts: originally the head of one.
* MindControl: originally had the power to control men
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: the first Queen Bee was a space conqueror with bug eyes; the second one was a Middle Eastern metahuman. Apart from being women with mind control powers, they share nothing but a name.
* HordeOfAlienLocusts: originally the head of one.
* MindControl: originally had the power to control men
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: the first Queen Bee was a space conqueror with bug eyes; the second one was a Middle Eastern metahuman. Apart from being women with mind control powers, they share nothing but a name.
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* CombatPragmatist: Dreamslayer, the evil sorcerer, killed the Silver Sorceress... with an arrow shot by a sniper.
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* CombatPragmatist: Dreamslayer, the evil sorcerer, killed the Silver Sorceress... with an arrow shot by a sniper.
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* ButtMonkey: All of them, but especially Multi-Man.
* ClockKing: The Trope Namer himself is a member.
* DumbMuscle: Big Sir
* HeelFaceTurn: After a failed attempt at OneLastJob.
* ButtMonkey: All of them, but especially Multi-Man.
* ClockKing: The Trope Namer himself is a member.
* DumbMuscle: Big Sir
* HeelFaceTurn: After a failed attempt at OneLastJob.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Along with Gnort. even there they can't keep out of trouble.
* EvilCounterpart: They Try
* LargeHam: Major Disaster
* RunningGag: They are a running gag in themselves.
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* LargeHam: Major Disaster
* RunningGag: They are a running gag in themselves.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: The [[OriginsIssue origin story]] of Maxwell Lord. He was a successful businessman, and found by chance the computer of Metron. Rather than using the computer for his purposes, the computer used Lord to TakeOverTheWorld (including his initial relations with the League). When he realized the true nature of the computer, Lord destroyed it, even if that meant that he would die afterwards because the computer was keeping him alive. The League found him and saved his life, and when the Martian Manhunter read Lord's mind and understood the things he did, J'onn left him with a JL card, as a token of his trust.
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* OnlySaneMan: in JLI, when he was not on a ManipulativeBastard kick, he was usually just as exasperated with his team as Jo'nn.
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* ChekhovsGunman
* PresidentEvil
* MindRape: Does this to many people, most notably Jack'O'Lantern and Blue Beetle
* MsFanservice
* TheVamp: A very dark example
* WeCanRuleTogether: When she realized how well did Sumaan Harjavti engineered her fall, she proposed him to rule Bialya together. Sumaan simply shot her.
* WeWillMeetAgain: She said this when the League discovered her mind manipulation machines. She couldn't: Harjavti killed her driver, and then her.
* ChekhovsGunman
* PresidentEvil
* MindRape: Does this to many people, most notably Jack'O'Lantern and Blue Beetle
* MsFanservice
* TheVamp: A very dark example
* WeCanRuleTogether: When she realized how well did Sumaan Harjavti engineered her fall, she proposed him to rule Bialya together. Sumaan simply shot her.
* WeWillMeetAgain: She said this when the League discovered her mind manipulation machines. She couldn't: Harjavti killed her driver, and then her.
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->'''Abilities:''' Power mimicry
An android created by Professor Ivo for the purpose of gathering data to create his immortality potion. Since then, Amazo has resurfaced numerous times under the control of other villains as a recurring thorn in the Justice League's side. Amazo has no ambition of his own and merely follows orders. Over time, numerous copies of the Amazo android have surfaced. What makes him a deadly threat is his ability to copy the powers of any superhuman--including the JLA.
* DoAnythingRobot
* TheDragon: Amazo pops in this role to numerous villains, including Professor Ivo, Black Mask, and Solomon Grundy.
* MegaManning
* PointyEars
* PowersAsPrograms
* PunchClockVillain: Related to his position as TheDragon, Amazo is largely compelled by his programming to do whatever horrible thing his boss is doing, which often involves clashing with the Justice League. Several stories show that even though he doesn't particularly hate (or like) the League, he's just doing what he was made to do.
[[WMG:The Crime Syndicate]]
The Justice League's counterparts from the [[MirrorUniverse Antimatter Universe]][[note]]or Earth-3, pre-Crisis[[/note]], who are just as evil as the League is good. They rule their Earth with an iron fist from their moon citadel, the Panopticon. See the pages of the individual league members for their respective Syndicate counterparts.
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* {{Card Carrying Villain}}s: Their Pre-Crisis versions.
* EvilCounterpart
* ThePsychoRangers
[[WMG:The Demons Three]]
* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: To Felix Faust on many occasions.
* SealedEvilInACan: They are evil beings who ruled the Earth a billion years ago until being imprisoned in crypts by mysterious powerful entities called the Timeless Ones. The three Demons were eventually summoned/released in the present by Felix Faust, with occasional other escapes from imprisonment since then.
[[WMG:Despero]]
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He's bright pink.
* {{Archenemy}}: To J'onn. Sort of, anyways. While he's not officially his archenemy, he truly despises him and will go out of his way to kill him first whenever the League shows up. This is largely because J'onn is responsible for some of his more bitter and humiliating defeats.
* TheDreaded: ''Anything'' involving him is an "oh shit" moment. When he shows up, holding back is not an option, and it always takes multiple teams just to slow his progress. A single team going up against him is a suicide mission.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Technically, he doesn't have hair, but he does have a fin on top of his head that serves the same purpose. In his first few appearances, it took the shape of a ruff, but after he [[TookALevelInBadass took his level in badass]], it became mohawk-shaped instead.
* FromASingleCell: He once regrew a new body after [[LosingYourHead being reduced to a severed head]].
* GalacticConqueror
* GeniusBruiser
* JokerImmunity: He has been repeatedly physically obliterated on-panel, but always manages to either recreate his body or possess a new one.
* LargeAndInCharge
* MotiveDecay: initially he was an alien king looking for escaped rebels hiding on Earth. Then it was because he wanted revenge on the Justice League for humiliating him front of his subjects. As he got more-and-more powerful, this came up less-and-less. By the time [[RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun he stole the United Nations' flag to use as a cape]], it'd been essentially forgotten.
* NighInvulnerability: Wonder Woman once ''hurt her hand'' by punching him in the face.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He frequently takes ''multiple'' teams to bring him down, and even that isn't always guaranteed.
** According to a dossier Lobo once read on him, he has personally killed almost six billion people.
* PhysicalGod: More or less became one.
* ThePowerOfHate: He is driven by unadulterated rage - tempered by a certain amount of cold cunning and pure hatred. Martian Manhunter once defeated him by using his mental powers to make him hallucinate killing all the heroes, at which point he declared he was satisfied and let go of all his hate and anger, regressing to a baby. Unfortunately, when he found out he had been tricked, his hate and anger came back and he returned to normal.
* PsychicPowers:
** AstralProjection
** BarrierWarrior: He can create force fields with his telekinesis.
** EyeBeams: From his third eye.
** GrandTheftMe: He has done this to both J'onn and ''ComicBook/LexLuthor''.
** MassHypnosis: Powerful enough to control League members on occasion.
** MasterOfIllusion
** MindOverMatter
** RealityWarper: He displayed this ability in his first appearance after his power-up, but he hasn't used it since.
** {{Telepathy}}
** VillainTeleportation
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: In his first appearance, he challenges the Flash to a game of chess using a board that causes the other Leaguers to teleport to other worlds when the pieces are moved. Later on, he forced J'onn to [[ChessWithDeath play chess for his life]], using a chessboard that teleported the other League members from planet to planet every time a piece was moved.
* SuperIntelligence
* SuperStrength: Even by DC standards. He's easily one of the single most physically powerful beings in the entire DCU.
* ThirdEye: Which controls his psychic abilities. At one point, it was surgically removed and he was BroughtDownToNormal until it grew back.
* TookALevelInBadass: He originally appeared as a prototypical 98-pound weakling, but became TheJuggernaut after bathing in the mystical "Flame of Py'tar."
* VillainTeamUp:
** With Johnny Sorrow in ''JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice''.
** He formed a new [[LegionOfDoom Secret Society of Super Villains]] after ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis''.
** In the most recent ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'' ongoing, he was a member of Mister Mind's Time Stealers.
** He was a member of the [[BigBadDuumvirate Big Bad Triumvirate]] with Morgaine le Fey and Enigma in ''{{ComicBook/Trinity}}''.
[[WMG:Doctor Destiny (John Dee)]]
* MeaningfulName: He shares a name with John Dee, a real-life 17th-century mystic.
[[WMG:Doctor Light II (Arthur Light)]]
* {{Flanderization}}: Hey, has he told you how much he likes [[MoralEventHorizon rape]] [[http://livingbetweenwednesdays.blogspot.com/2006/11/can-we-talk-about-something-else.html lately]]? "It's like it's his power now." It finally got to the point where [[EvenEvilHasStandards other villains refused to work with him]] and Comicbook/TheSpectre turned him into a candle and lit him on fire -- as he was about to do some nasty things to hookers ''dressed as the ComicBook/TeenTitans''.
[[WMG:Felix Faust]]
->'''Abilities:''' Sorcery
A wicked sorcerer from the ancient African empire of Kor was killed when he attempted to usurp the emperor's throne. Ages later, in the 1920s, his spirit took over the body of an amateur mystic who accidentally opened a portal to the other side. Inspired by Goethe's story, the reincarnated wizard took the name Felix Faust and began rebuilding his power. He has clashed with the Justice League many times over the years, often allying with the Demons Three, Neron, and other fiends in his quest for mystic might. He played a part in the death of Elongated Man.
* DealWithTheDevil: Like the literary {{Faust}}, Felix has sold his soul to countless demons for power, but always finds a way to get back his ownership.
* EvilSorcerer: Emphasis on the "evil" part, and probably one of the most morally bankrupt individuals in the DCU.
* FaustianRebellion: Tried this with Neron by attempting to rip him off. He didn't succeed.
* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really Several Thousand Years Old]]: No one knows quite how long he's been around, but it is known that he's been around for at least several millennia.
* RedeemingReplacement: His son, known simply as Faust.
* StupidEvil: His thirst for power sometimes makes him cross into this territory, as he has a ''long'' history of making deals that he can't possibly fulfill and then attempting to worm his way out of living up to his end of them simply because it's his trademark, not to mention ripping people off and doing absolutely disgusting things for power even when he could have just as easily done less awful things and gotten the same result.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: He owns several, including [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos the Necronomicon]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Killed a young girl and stole her soul so that he could use it to [[MoralEventHorizon rip off Neron in a deal]]. Neron saw through it right away and was [[EvenEvilHasStandards absolutely disgusted by it]].
[[WMG:The Injustice Gang / The Injustice League / The Secret Society of Super-Villains]]
* LegionOfDoom: They inspired the TropeNamer on the ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' cartoon.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness - Darkseid, the Ultra-Humanite, [[spoiler:Alex]] Luthor, [[ComicBook/ForeverEvil the Outsider]]... let's just say that this trope has turned out to be the "secret" in "Secret Society of Super-Villains" surprisingly often. Usually averted by the Injustice League, where everyone just wants to kill superheroes and go home.
[[WMG:Kanjar Ro]]
* SmugSnake
* [[SpacePirates Space Pirate]]
[[WMG:The Key]]
* EvilGenius
* HyperAwareness
* PsychicPowers
* SuperIntelligence
* SuperSenses
* SuperSerum
[[WMG:Libra]]
->'''AKA:''' Justin Ballantine
->'''Abilities:''' Godlike charisma
Libra was once Justin Ballantine, a boy whose parents died as a result of tragic accidents. He became obsessed with the balance of the universe, specifically the moral balance between good and evil. He organized the first Injustice Gang and stole the powers of the Justice League, but the power was too much for him and he disintegrated into the cosmos. Years later, he coalesced again on Apokolips, where he swore loyalty to Darkseid and became one of the New Gods. Libra returned to Earth as Darkseid's prophet and reformed the Secret Society of Super-Villains, using them to bring about [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis Darkseid's conquest of Earth]]. During the heroes' counterattack, however, he was killed by Lex Luthor.
* AGodAmI
* TheAntichrist
* BelatedBackstory
* CardCarryingVillain
* DealWithTheDevil: He offers these to the other villains.
* TheDragon: To Darkseid
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He evokes this response from some of the other villains in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', most notably ComicBook/LexLuthor and [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Doctor Sivana]].
* FreudianExcuse
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* PhysicalGod
* PowerIncontinence
* ReligionOfEvil
[[WMG:Maxwell Lord]]
->'''Abilities:''' Extreme mind control
Following the JLA's decimation in the ''ComicBook/{{Legends|DC}}'' crossover, the smug tycoon Max Lord stepped in to fund the formation of a new UN-sponsored Justice League with an international mandate. He also discovered that he possessed the ability to mentally "push" people. As the manager of Justice League International, Max became good friends with many of the members, but his involvement with them caused him great pain, including an unwilling transformation into a cyborg and an extended coma. This led him to believe that superheroes only cause trouble for normal humans, and he set about a plan to eradicate them. Using his mind-control powers to take over Checkmate, he created an army of cyborg [=OMACs=] and even killed his one-time friend Blue Beetle before he himself was killed by Wonder Woman.
After the ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', Max was resurrected by the White Light. He is currently at large, having taken over Checkmate once again.
* AntiHero: As a White Lantern, Max is apparently acting in good faith to fulfill the White Entity's requirement that he [[spoiler:prevent a superhuman war from destroying civilization]]. It's just that, with the body count and the mind control and the killing his erstwhile friends, he's got a funny way of going about it.
* [[CapeBusters Cape Buster]]
* BewareTheSuperman: His whole villain shtick is geared towards preventing the rise and control of superhumans. This mindset of stopping "powerful people" was fueled by his own mother throughout childhood after his father was assassinated on the order of corrupt corporate executives. Hypocritically, he is a superhuman himself.
* FaceHeelTurn: Originally it was explained as EvilAllAlong, but it was later retconned that he ''was'' good during the JLI days, but turned evil sometime after.
* KneelBeforeZod: Lots of creepy eewwness while running Checkmate.
* MilkmanConspiracy: Kind of subverted, in that Max took the JLI - a UN-backed international organization staffed by superhumans - and, over twenty years, turned it into a bit of joke precisely so his association with it would place him BeneathSuspicion and everyone else's low opinion of the Leaguers would leave them powerless to stop his EvilPlan.
* PsychicNosebleed: Or, when he whammies the whole world at once, psychic gushing of blood out of every orifice. Eew.
** Hardly limited to that one instance. This guy is more or less the DCU poster boy for psychic nosebleeds.
* RobotBuddy: L-Ron, in happier times.
* SmugSnake: Despite his occasional moments of Magnificent Bastardry, the climax of ''Generation Lost'' reveals him as just a ''very'' high-functioning Smug Snake. [[spoiler:His big master plan that we waited twenty issues for? He makes an Amazo OMAC and sics it on Wonder Woman. Why? Petty revenge, which he cheerfully admits himself.]]
* ThereAreNoGoodExecutives
* WeCanRuleTogether: Lampshaded in a showdown with Ted Kord. Right before Max put a bullet between Ted's eyes.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* WeUsedToBeFriends: In the bwa-ha-ha JLI days, he really appeared to be buddies with ol' Booster and Beetle and the gang.
[[WMG:Morgaine le Fey]]
* PublicDomainCharacter
* VainSorceress
[[WMG:Neron]]
* AscendedDemon: In his first appearance, he's more or less the devil. Later it's revealed he's just a demon that worked his way ''really high'' up the infernal ladder.
* DealWithTheDevil: This is more or less his shtick.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even he was disgusted by Felix Faust and the levels that he regularly sank to for power.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: And it costs him ''badly'' when he attempts to steal Captain Marvel's soul.
* EvilVersusEvil: The DC crossover event Reign in Hell pitted the half-demon children of Shazam, Blaze and Satanus, against him.
* LouisCypher: Briefly during ''Underworld Unleashed''.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* NumberOfTheBeast
* OneWingedAngel: ''Very'' briefly when Trickster outsmarts him and he reveals his true form before vanishing.
* RealityWarper
* SuperEmpowering: He gave a lot of villains power boosts during ''Underworld Unleashed'' - [[DealWithTheDevil in exchange for their souls]], of course.
* WastefulWishing: And on the other hand, you had the Joker, who sold his soul for... a box of cigars.
[[WMG:The Overmaster]]
* AboveGoodAndEvil: Or so he claims.
* CasualInterstellarTravel
* {{Expy}}: He's certainly got a few... ah, ''similarities'' to ComicBook/{{Galactus}}.
* HandBlast
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Amazing Man defeats him by absorbing his energy blasts and redirecting them at him.]]
* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really 580 Million Years Old]]
* SuperEmpowering: He increases the powers of his minions, the Cadre, and later buffs up Ice's abilities when she becomes his herald.
[[WMG:Professor Ivo (Anthony Ives)]]
* CompleteImmortality: He simply cannot die, much as he would like to.
* DeathSeeker: He wants someone to take his place as one of Earth's 13 Immortals so he can finally die.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: The immortality potion he invented deformed him, causing him to lose his hair and his skin to turn scaly.
* ImmortalityImmorality
* MadScientist: Focusing on biology and robotics, and applications that combine the two.
* NighInvulnerable: His deformed skin is bullet-proof.
[[WMG:Prometheus]]
->'''AKA:''' [[NoNameGiven Unknown]]
->'''Abilities:''' Genius, master martial artist, downloads fighting styles directly into his brain.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His helmet. See ''Cry for Justice'' #6.
* BadassNormal
* BloodKnight: "If I want something, I just take it. I'm in this for the ''buzz''."
* [[CapeBusters Cape Buster]]
* CardCarryingVillain: As a ShadowArchetype of Franchise/{{Batman}} (his parents were criminals killed by the police), his stated goal is to "annihilate the forces of justice."
* TheChessmaster
* CostumeCopycat: His uniform allows him to do this flawlessly. [[spoiler:He impersonates Freddy Freeman throughout most of ''Cry for Justice''.]]
* CrazyPrepared: He's developed [[BatmanGambit plans to defeat every member of the JLA]].
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Actually, Lex offers to cut ''him'' a check, for his advanced technology. He doesn't bite.
* DragonInChief: To Luthor during "World War III."
* EvilGenius
* {{Expy}}: For the first Anti-Batman, the Wrath. Arguably took his place entirely with the Wrath retconned out of existence.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: "My parents were the coolest people I knew."
* FatalFlaw: An inability to adapt to deal with an opponent or situation he didn't plan ahead for.
* [[FlawExploitation Flaw Exploiter]]: It's what makes him so deadly.
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* GeniusBruiser
* NoNameGiven
* PowersAsPrograms: Literally. With his helmet, he can download skills directly into his brain.
* SecretKeeper: He uncovered the identity of Oracle way back in "World War III", but oddly chose to keep it to himself.
* ShadowArchetype: To Batman.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: His [[ArtifactOfDoom Cosmic Key]] allows him to instantly teleport to and from his home base in the [[PhantomZone Ghost Zone]].
[[WMG:Roulette]]
[[WMG:The Royal Flush Gang]]
Group of normal human criminals costumed to resemble playing cards. Initially just a gang put together by Amos Fortune, they have since come into their own.
* TheConstant: There have been a few teams by this name across a few continuities. The only thing most of them have had in common has been the name
** The original version were recruited by Amos Fortune to absorb the luck of the Justice League
** Hector Hammond recruited a roster that used advanced technology to do his bidding
** Then there was the reveal that they had become a genuine grassroots supercrime organization, with 52-member cells in every major city in America
** And "Arcana", who were a semi-mystical group who planned to take over the world using rituals
** The DCAU had two versions:
*** a team of mutant children who were broken free of their government handlers and costumed by the Joker
*** a dynasty of masked thieves with a feud with Batman
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' had a group of OldWest cardsharps
** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' had a trio armed robbers in hoodies and decal'd hockey masks
** BroadStrokes: The current version combines the costumes of the ''Arrow'' version, the weapons of the Hector Hammond version, and the cell-structure of the third version
* WeaponOfChoice: The Royal Flush Gang habitually uses "card scooters" - hoverboards painted to look like giant playing cards
[[WMG:The Shaggy Man]]
A robot that resembles a sasquatch. Pre-Flashpoint, built by Dr Zagarian to road-test plastalloy, a material for [[ButThinkOfTheApplications building replacement limbs]]. The result went a little... rampage-y, and was dumped in space by the Justice League. Years later, it was recovered by Wade Eiling, who put his mind into it to escape his encroaching cancer.
Post-Flashpoint, it was built by Professor Ivo to give the Secret Society some muscle.
* TheBrute
* GrandTheftMe
* {{Mecha Mook|s}} ''and'' {{SuperPoweredMook|s}}
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Averted. When the first Shaggy Man appeared, the heroes found the scientist responsible, who argued that the fastest way to defeat was to build another and make them fight.
[[WMG:Starbreaker]]
* CosmicHorrorStory: literally! He lives in shadow and draws energy from suns. He's a stellar vampire.
* DarkMessiah: to Shadow Thief, due their similarity of powers
[[WMG:The Lord of Time]]
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: he's from a billion years in the future, yet sounds and looks like a normal human supervillain. No explanation has ever been given for this.
* TimeMaster
* TookALevelInBadass: Introduced initially as just a distraction used by Felix Faust for a scheme, he has since become '''Epoch, Lord of Time''', former owner of the fortress at Vanishing Point, on a permanent mission to render history safe by eliminating powerful beings and artefacts.
[[WMG:Starro the Conqueror]]
* EldritchAbomination / HumanoidAbomination: DependingOnTheWriter. Originally, Starro was the giant alien starfish he appeared to be, but in 2009, ''L.E.G.I.O.N.'' {{Retcon}}ned him into a humanoid who telepathically controls said starfish.
* PsychicPowers
* StarfishAliens: Literally!
[[WMG:T.O. Morrow]]
->'''AKA:''' Thomas Oscar Morrow
->'''Abilities:''' Genius engineer
A self-proclaimed MadScientist, T.O. Morrow invented a television that could see into the future. He used the knowledge he gained to create fantastic inventions to help him in his crimes, culminating in his ultimate creation, the Red Tornado android, which he used to infiltrate the Justice Society (to no avail as the robot turned on him). He also created Tomorrow Woman with Professor Ivo.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Out of the five androids he built to serve him, three turned good (Red Tornado, Red Torpedo, and Tomorrow Woman), one went rogue (Red Inferno), and one tried to kill him (Red Volcano). For the record, he considers it a point of pride that the artificial intelligences he builds are capable of making their own decisions to such a degree that they can defy his wishes, though he does get annoyed at Red Tornado's tendency to perform heroic sacrifices.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** He refuses to participate in the creation of the Franchise/WonderWoman villain Genocide because she required grave dirt from the sites of (among others) Nazi atrocities (he's Polish).
** In a twist on this trope, he helped the Justice League find and sabotage a deactivated AMAZO before it could break Professor Ivo out of prison (he was sick of listening to Ivo boast about it), but since he doesn't want to help them out ''too'' much, he arranged so that the League would still wind up having to fight it. Turned out evil has standards to which it can help the good guys too.
* LovableRogue
* MadScientist
* OddFriendship: With Will Magnus, the creator of the robot superheroes, the Metal Men. Morrow was one of Magnus's teachers and the only person to not laugh at his theories.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Eventually justified when it was revealed he was actually born "Tomek Ovadyah Morah" and changed his name to "T.O. Morrow" deliberately.
** StealthPun: Though even his real name might let him go by "Tom Morah".
[[WMG:White Martians]]
->'''Abilities:''' Super-strength, flight, shapeshifting, optic blasts
The Martian species was split into two races or factions: the peaceful, philosophical Green Martians and the warlike White Martians. The Whites hated the Greens and made war on them, but after a long and bloody conflict they lost and were locked away in stasis in the extradimensional Ghost Zone. Today, the Green Martians are all but extinct, but the White Martians have escaped numerous times to wreak havoc on Earth, often using their shapeshifting powers to infiltrate human society. J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter, is their most reviled enemy.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Miss Martian of the Comicbook/TeenTitans is a White Martian who has abandoned her people's violent ways. J'onn has also befriended a young White Martian named Till'All.
* EvilCounterpart: To the ComicBook/MartianManhunter.
* FlyingBrick: A whole race of them.
* TheMole: They specialize in infiltration.
* SealedEvilInACan: Prior to a story that killed most of them off, the White Martians were brainwashed to live as humans working with their WeaksauceWeakness, fire; later, they were kept in stasis in J'onn J'onzz's custody.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* WeaksauceWeakness: Their entire species are pyrophobic and can be easily killed by fire. Their attempt to invade planet Earth was ended by normal humans attacking them with flames.
** RemovedAchillesHeel: Their second appearance had them alter the Earth's atmosphere in such a way that combustion was impossible to sustain.
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->'''Abilities:''' Power mimicry
An android created by Professor Ivo for the purpose of gathering data to create his immortality potion. Since then, Amazo has resurfaced numerous times under the control of other villains as a recurring thorn in the Justice League's side. Amazo has no ambition of his own and merely follows orders. Over time, numerous copies of the Amazo android have surfaced. What makes him a deadly threat is his ability to copy the powers of any superhuman--including the JLA.
* DoAnythingRobot
* TheDragon: Amazo pops in this role to numerous villains, including Professor Ivo, Black Mask, and Solomon Grundy.
* MegaManning
* PointyEars
* PowersAsPrograms
* PunchClockVillain: Related to his position as TheDragon, Amazo is largely compelled by his programming to do whatever horrible thing his boss is doing, which often involves clashing with the Justice League. Several stories show that even though he doesn't particularly hate (or like) the League, he's just doing what he was made to do.
[[WMG:The Crime Syndicate]]
The Justice League's counterparts from the [[MirrorUniverse Antimatter Universe]][[note]]or Earth-3, pre-Crisis[[/note]], who are just as evil as the League is good. They rule their Earth with an iron fist from their moon citadel, the Panopticon. See the pages of the individual league members for their respective Syndicate counterparts.
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* BizarroUniverse
* {{Card Carrying Villain}}s: Their Pre-Crisis versions.
* EvilCounterpart
* ThePsychoRangers
[[WMG:The Demons Three]]
* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: To Felix Faust on many occasions.
* SealedEvilInACan: They are evil beings who ruled the Earth a billion years ago until being imprisoned in crypts by mysterious powerful entities called the Timeless Ones. The three Demons were eventually summoned/released in the present by Felix Faust, with occasional other escapes from imprisonment since then.
[[WMG:Despero]]
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He's bright pink.
* {{Archenemy}}: To J'onn. Sort of, anyways. While he's not officially his archenemy, he truly despises him and will go out of his way to kill him first whenever the League shows up. This is largely because J'onn is responsible for some of his more bitter and humiliating defeats.
* TheDreaded: ''Anything'' involving him is an "oh shit" moment. When he shows up, holding back is not an option, and it always takes multiple teams just to slow his progress. A single team going up against him is a suicide mission.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Technically, he doesn't have hair, but he does have a fin on top of his head that serves the same purpose. In his first few appearances, it took the shape of a ruff, but after he [[TookALevelInBadass took his level in badass]], it became mohawk-shaped instead.
* FromASingleCell: He once regrew a new body after [[LosingYourHead being reduced to a severed head]].
* GalacticConqueror
* GeniusBruiser
* JokerImmunity: He has been repeatedly physically obliterated on-panel, but always manages to either recreate his body or possess a new one.
* LargeAndInCharge
* MotiveDecay: initially he was an alien king looking for escaped rebels hiding on Earth. Then it was because he wanted revenge on the Justice League for humiliating him front of his subjects. As he got more-and-more powerful, this came up less-and-less. By the time [[RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun he stole the United Nations' flag to use as a cape]], it'd been essentially forgotten.
* NighInvulnerability: Wonder Woman once ''hurt her hand'' by punching him in the face.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He frequently takes ''multiple'' teams to bring him down, and even that isn't always guaranteed.
** According to a dossier Lobo once read on him, he has personally killed almost six billion people.
* PhysicalGod: More or less became one.
* ThePowerOfHate: He is driven by unadulterated rage - tempered by a certain amount of cold cunning and pure hatred. Martian Manhunter once defeated him by using his mental powers to make him hallucinate killing all the heroes, at which point he declared he was satisfied and let go of all his hate and anger, regressing to a baby. Unfortunately, when he found out he had been tricked, his hate and anger came back and he returned to normal.
* PsychicPowers:
** AstralProjection
** BarrierWarrior: He can create force fields with his telekinesis.
** EyeBeams: From his third eye.
** GrandTheftMe: He has done this to both J'onn and ''ComicBook/LexLuthor''.
** MassHypnosis: Powerful enough to control League members on occasion.
** MasterOfIllusion
** MindOverMatter
** RealityWarper: He displayed this ability in his first appearance after his power-up, but he hasn't used it since.
** {{Telepathy}}
** VillainTeleportation
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: In his first appearance, he challenges the Flash to a game of chess using a board that causes the other Leaguers to teleport to other worlds when the pieces are moved. Later on, he forced J'onn to [[ChessWithDeath play chess for his life]], using a chessboard that teleported the other League members from planet to planet every time a piece was moved.
* SuperIntelligence
* SuperStrength: Even by DC standards. He's easily one of the single most physically powerful beings in the entire DCU.
* ThirdEye: Which controls his psychic abilities. At one point, it was surgically removed and he was BroughtDownToNormal until it grew back.
* TookALevelInBadass: He originally appeared as a prototypical 98-pound weakling, but became TheJuggernaut after bathing in the mystical "Flame of Py'tar."
* VillainTeamUp:
** With Johnny Sorrow in ''JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice''.
** He formed a new [[LegionOfDoom Secret Society of Super Villains]] after ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis''.
** In the most recent ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'' ongoing, he was a member of Mister Mind's Time Stealers.
** He was a member of the [[BigBadDuumvirate Big Bad Triumvirate]] with Morgaine le Fey and Enigma in ''{{ComicBook/Trinity}}''.
[[WMG:Doctor Destiny (John Dee)]]
* MeaningfulName: He shares a name with John Dee, a real-life 17th-century mystic.
[[WMG:Doctor Light II (Arthur Light)]]
* {{Flanderization}}: Hey, has he told you how much he likes [[MoralEventHorizon rape]] [[http://livingbetweenwednesdays.blogspot.com/2006/11/can-we-talk-about-something-else.html lately]]? "It's like it's his power now." It finally got to the point where [[EvenEvilHasStandards other villains refused to work with him]] and Comicbook/TheSpectre turned him into a candle and lit him on fire -- as he was about to do some nasty things to hookers ''dressed as the ComicBook/TeenTitans''.
[[WMG:Felix Faust]]
->'''Abilities:''' Sorcery
A wicked sorcerer from the ancient African empire of Kor was killed when he attempted to usurp the emperor's throne. Ages later, in the 1920s, his spirit took over the body of an amateur mystic who accidentally opened a portal to the other side. Inspired by Goethe's story, the reincarnated wizard took the name Felix Faust and began rebuilding his power. He has clashed with the Justice League many times over the years, often allying with the Demons Three, Neron, and other fiends in his quest for mystic might. He played a part in the death of Elongated Man.
* DealWithTheDevil: Like the literary {{Faust}}, Felix has sold his soul to countless demons for power, but always finds a way to get back his ownership.
* EvilSorcerer: Emphasis on the "evil" part, and probably one of the most morally bankrupt individuals in the DCU.
* FaustianRebellion: Tried this with Neron by attempting to rip him off. He didn't succeed.
* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really Several Thousand Years Old]]: No one knows quite how long he's been around, but it is known that he's been around for at least several millennia.
* RedeemingReplacement: His son, known simply as Faust.
* StupidEvil: His thirst for power sometimes makes him cross into this territory, as he has a ''long'' history of making deals that he can't possibly fulfill and then attempting to worm his way out of living up to his end of them simply because it's his trademark, not to mention ripping people off and doing absolutely disgusting things for power even when he could have just as easily done less awful things and gotten the same result.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: He owns several, including [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos the Necronomicon]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Killed a young girl and stole her soul so that he could use it to [[MoralEventHorizon rip off Neron in a deal]]. Neron saw through it right away and was [[EvenEvilHasStandards absolutely disgusted by it]].
[[WMG:The Injustice Gang / The Injustice League / The Secret Society of Super-Villains]]
* LegionOfDoom: They inspired the TropeNamer on the ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' cartoon.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness - Darkseid, the Ultra-Humanite, [[spoiler:Alex]] Luthor, [[ComicBook/ForeverEvil the Outsider]]... let's just say that this trope has turned out to be the "secret" in "Secret Society of Super-Villains" surprisingly often. Usually averted by the Injustice League, where everyone just wants to kill superheroes and go home.
[[WMG:Kanjar Ro]]
* SmugSnake
* [[SpacePirates Space Pirate]]
[[WMG:The Key]]
* EvilGenius
* HyperAwareness
* PsychicPowers
* SuperIntelligence
* SuperSenses
* SuperSerum
[[WMG:Libra]]
->'''AKA:''' Justin Ballantine
->'''Abilities:''' Godlike charisma
Libra was once Justin Ballantine, a boy whose parents died as a result of tragic accidents. He became obsessed with the balance of the universe, specifically the moral balance between good and evil. He organized the first Injustice Gang and stole the powers of the Justice League, but the power was too much for him and he disintegrated into the cosmos. Years later, he coalesced again on Apokolips, where he swore loyalty to Darkseid and became one of the New Gods. Libra returned to Earth as Darkseid's prophet and reformed the Secret Society of Super-Villains, using them to bring about [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis Darkseid's conquest of Earth]]. During the heroes' counterattack, however, he was killed by Lex Luthor.
* AGodAmI
* TheAntichrist
* BelatedBackstory
* CardCarryingVillain
* DealWithTheDevil: He offers these to the other villains.
* TheDragon: To Darkseid
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He evokes this response from some of the other villains in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', most notably ComicBook/LexLuthor and [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Doctor Sivana]].
* FreudianExcuse
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* PhysicalGod
* PowerIncontinence
* ReligionOfEvil
[[WMG:Maxwell Lord]]
->'''Abilities:''' Extreme mind control
Following the JLA's decimation in the ''ComicBook/{{Legends|DC}}'' crossover, the smug tycoon Max Lord stepped in to fund the formation of a new UN-sponsored Justice League with an international mandate. He also discovered that he possessed the ability to mentally "push" people. As the manager of Justice League International, Max became good friends with many of the members, but his involvement with them caused him great pain, including an unwilling transformation into a cyborg and an extended coma. This led him to believe that superheroes only cause trouble for normal humans, and he set about a plan to eradicate them. Using his mind-control powers to take over Checkmate, he created an army of cyborg [=OMACs=] and even killed his one-time friend Blue Beetle before he himself was killed by Wonder Woman.
After the ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', Max was resurrected by the White Light. He is currently at large, having taken over Checkmate once again.
* AntiHero: As a White Lantern, Max is apparently acting in good faith to fulfill the White Entity's requirement that he [[spoiler:prevent a superhuman war from destroying civilization]]. It's just that, with the body count and the mind control and the killing his erstwhile friends, he's got a funny way of going about it.
* [[CapeBusters Cape Buster]]
* BewareTheSuperman: His whole villain shtick is geared towards preventing the rise and control of superhumans. This mindset of stopping "powerful people" was fueled by his own mother throughout childhood after his father was assassinated on the order of corrupt corporate executives. Hypocritically, he is a superhuman himself.
* FaceHeelTurn: Originally it was explained as EvilAllAlong, but it was later retconned that he ''was'' good during the JLI days, but turned evil sometime after.
* KneelBeforeZod: Lots of creepy eewwness while running Checkmate.
* MilkmanConspiracy: Kind of subverted, in that Max took the JLI - a UN-backed international organization staffed by superhumans - and, over twenty years, turned it into a bit of joke precisely so his association with it would place him BeneathSuspicion and everyone else's low opinion of the Leaguers would leave them powerless to stop his EvilPlan.
* PsychicNosebleed: Or, when he whammies the whole world at once, psychic gushing of blood out of every orifice. Eew.
** Hardly limited to that one instance. This guy is more or less the DCU poster boy for psychic nosebleeds.
* RobotBuddy: L-Ron, in happier times.
* SmugSnake: Despite his occasional moments of Magnificent Bastardry, the climax of ''Generation Lost'' reveals him as just a ''very'' high-functioning Smug Snake. [[spoiler:His big master plan that we waited twenty issues for? He makes an Amazo OMAC and sics it on Wonder Woman. Why? Petty revenge, which he cheerfully admits himself.]]
* ThereAreNoGoodExecutives
* WeCanRuleTogether: Lampshaded in a showdown with Ted Kord. Right before Max put a bullet between Ted's eyes.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* WeUsedToBeFriends: In the bwa-ha-ha JLI days, he really appeared to be buddies with ol' Booster and Beetle and the gang.
[[WMG:Morgaine le Fey]]
* PublicDomainCharacter
* VainSorceress
[[WMG:Neron]]
* AscendedDemon: In his first appearance, he's more or less the devil. Later it's revealed he's just a demon that worked his way ''really high'' up the infernal ladder.
* DealWithTheDevil: This is more or less his shtick.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even he was disgusted by Felix Faust and the levels that he regularly sank to for power.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: And it costs him ''badly'' when he attempts to steal Captain Marvel's soul.
* EvilVersusEvil: The DC crossover event Reign in Hell pitted the half-demon children of Shazam, Blaze and Satanus, against him.
* LouisCypher: Briefly during ''Underworld Unleashed''.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* NumberOfTheBeast
* OneWingedAngel: ''Very'' briefly when Trickster outsmarts him and he reveals his true form before vanishing.
* RealityWarper
* SuperEmpowering: He gave a lot of villains power boosts during ''Underworld Unleashed'' - [[DealWithTheDevil in exchange for their souls]], of course.
* WastefulWishing: And on the other hand, you had the Joker, who sold his soul for... a box of cigars.
[[WMG:The Overmaster]]
* AboveGoodAndEvil: Or so he claims.
* CasualInterstellarTravel
* {{Expy}}: He's certainly got a few... ah, ''similarities'' to ComicBook/{{Galactus}}.
* HandBlast
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Amazing Man defeats him by absorbing his energy blasts and redirecting them at him.]]
* [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really 580 Million Years Old]]
* SuperEmpowering: He increases the powers of his minions, the Cadre, and later buffs up Ice's abilities when she becomes his herald.
[[WMG:Professor Ivo (Anthony Ives)]]
* CompleteImmortality: He simply cannot die, much as he would like to.
* DeathSeeker: He wants someone to take his place as one of Earth's 13 Immortals so he can finally die.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: The immortality potion he invented deformed him, causing him to lose his hair and his skin to turn scaly.
* ImmortalityImmorality
* MadScientist: Focusing on biology and robotics, and applications that combine the two.
* NighInvulnerable: His deformed skin is bullet-proof.
[[WMG:Prometheus]]
->'''AKA:''' [[NoNameGiven Unknown]]
->'''Abilities:''' Genius, master martial artist, downloads fighting styles directly into his brain.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His helmet. See ''Cry for Justice'' #6.
* BadassNormal
* BloodKnight: "If I want something, I just take it. I'm in this for the ''buzz''."
* [[CapeBusters Cape Buster]]
* CardCarryingVillain: As a ShadowArchetype of Franchise/{{Batman}} (his parents were criminals killed by the police), his stated goal is to "annihilate the forces of justice."
* TheChessmaster
* CostumeCopycat: His uniform allows him to do this flawlessly. [[spoiler:He impersonates Freddy Freeman throughout most of ''Cry for Justice''.]]
* CrazyPrepared: He's developed [[BatmanGambit plans to defeat every member of the JLA]].
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Actually, Lex offers to cut ''him'' a check, for his advanced technology. He doesn't bite.
* DragonInChief: To Luthor during "World War III."
* EvilGenius
* {{Expy}}: For the first Anti-Batman, the Wrath. Arguably took his place entirely with the Wrath retconned out of existence.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: "My parents were the coolest people I knew."
* FatalFlaw: An inability to adapt to deal with an opponent or situation he didn't plan ahead for.
* [[FlawExploitation Flaw Exploiter]]: It's what makes him so deadly.
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* GeniusBruiser
* NoNameGiven
* PowersAsPrograms: Literally. With his helmet, he can download skills directly into his brain.
* SecretKeeper: He uncovered the identity of Oracle way back in "World War III", but oddly chose to keep it to himself.
* ShadowArchetype: To Batman.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: His [[ArtifactOfDoom Cosmic Key]] allows him to instantly teleport to and from his home base in the [[PhantomZone Ghost Zone]].
[[WMG:Roulette]]
[[WMG:The Royal Flush Gang]]
Group of normal human criminals costumed to resemble playing cards. Initially just a gang put together by Amos Fortune, they have since come into their own.
* TheConstant: There have been a few teams by this name across a few continuities. The only thing most of them have had in common has been the name
** The original version were recruited by Amos Fortune to absorb the luck of the Justice League
** Hector Hammond recruited a roster that used advanced technology to do his bidding
** Then there was the reveal that they had become a genuine grassroots supercrime organization, with 52-member cells in every major city in America
** And "Arcana", who were a semi-mystical group who planned to take over the world using rituals
** The DCAU had two versions:
*** a team of mutant children who were broken free of their government handlers and costumed by the Joker
*** a dynasty of masked thieves with a feud with Batman
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' had a group of OldWest cardsharps
** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' had a trio armed robbers in hoodies and decal'd hockey masks
** BroadStrokes: The current version combines the costumes of the ''Arrow'' version, the weapons of the Hector Hammond version, and the cell-structure of the third version
* WeaponOfChoice: The Royal Flush Gang habitually uses "card scooters" - hoverboards painted to look like giant playing cards
[[WMG:The Shaggy Man]]
A robot that resembles a sasquatch. Pre-Flashpoint, built by Dr Zagarian to road-test plastalloy, a material for [[ButThinkOfTheApplications building replacement limbs]]. The result went a little... rampage-y, and was dumped in space by the Justice League. Years later, it was recovered by Wade Eiling, who put his mind into it to escape his encroaching cancer.
Post-Flashpoint, it was built by Professor Ivo to give the Secret Society some muscle.
* TheBrute
* GrandTheftMe
* {{Mecha Mook|s}} ''and'' {{SuperPoweredMook|s}}
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Averted. When the first Shaggy Man appeared, the heroes found the scientist responsible, who argued that the fastest way to defeat was to build another and make them fight.
[[WMG:Starbreaker]]
* CosmicHorrorStory: literally! He lives in shadow and draws energy from suns. He's a stellar vampire.
* DarkMessiah: to Shadow Thief, due their similarity of powers
[[WMG:The Lord of Time]]
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: he's from a billion years in the future, yet sounds and looks like a normal human supervillain. No explanation has ever been given for this.
* TimeMaster
* TookALevelInBadass: Introduced initially as just a distraction used by Felix Faust for a scheme, he has since become '''Epoch, Lord of Time''', former owner of the fortress at Vanishing Point, on a permanent mission to render history safe by eliminating powerful beings and artefacts.
[[WMG:Starro the Conqueror]]
* EldritchAbomination / HumanoidAbomination: DependingOnTheWriter. Originally, Starro was the giant alien starfish he appeared to be, but in 2009, ''L.E.G.I.O.N.'' {{Retcon}}ned him into a humanoid who telepathically controls said starfish.
* PsychicPowers
* StarfishAliens: Literally!
[[WMG:T.O. Morrow]]
->'''AKA:''' Thomas Oscar Morrow
->'''Abilities:''' Genius engineer
A self-proclaimed MadScientist, T.O. Morrow invented a television that could see into the future. He used the knowledge he gained to create fantastic inventions to help him in his crimes, culminating in his ultimate creation, the Red Tornado android, which he used to infiltrate the Justice Society (to no avail as the robot turned on him). He also created Tomorrow Woman with Professor Ivo.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Out of the five androids he built to serve him, three turned good (Red Tornado, Red Torpedo, and Tomorrow Woman), one went rogue (Red Inferno), and one tried to kill him (Red Volcano). For the record, he considers it a point of pride that the artificial intelligences he builds are capable of making their own decisions to such a degree that they can defy his wishes, though he does get annoyed at Red Tornado's tendency to perform heroic sacrifices.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** He refuses to participate in the creation of the Franchise/WonderWoman villain Genocide because she required grave dirt from the sites of (among others) Nazi atrocities (he's Polish).
** In a twist on this trope, he helped the Justice League find and sabotage a deactivated AMAZO before it could break Professor Ivo out of prison (he was sick of listening to Ivo boast about it), but since he doesn't want to help them out ''too'' much, he arranged so that the League would still wind up having to fight it. Turned out evil has standards to which it can help the good guys too.
* LovableRogue
* MadScientist
* OddFriendship: With Will Magnus, the creator of the robot superheroes, the Metal Men. Morrow was one of Magnus's teachers and the only person to not laugh at his theories.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Eventually justified when it was revealed he was actually born "Tomek Ovadyah Morah" and changed his name to "T.O. Morrow" deliberately.
** StealthPun: Though even his real name might let him go by "Tom Morah".
[[WMG:White Martians]]
->'''Abilities:''' Super-strength, flight, shapeshifting, optic blasts
The Martian species was split into two races or factions: the peaceful, philosophical Green Martians and the warlike White Martians. The Whites hated the Greens and made war on them, but after a long and bloody conflict they lost and were locked away in stasis in the extradimensional Ghost Zone. Today, the Green Martians are all but extinct, but the White Martians have escaped numerous times to wreak havoc on Earth, often using their shapeshifting powers to infiltrate human society. J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter, is their most reviled enemy.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Miss Martian of the Comicbook/TeenTitans is a White Martian who has abandoned her people's violent ways. J'onn has also befriended a young White Martian named Till'All.
* EvilCounterpart: To the ComicBook/MartianManhunter.
* FlyingBrick: A whole race of them.
* TheMole: They specialize in infiltration.
* SealedEvilInACan: Prior to a story that killed most of them off, the White Martians were brainwashed to live as humans working with their WeaksauceWeakness, fire; later, they were kept in stasis in J'onn J'onzz's custody.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* WeaksauceWeakness: Their entire species are pyrophobic and can be easily killed by fire. Their attempt to invade planet Earth was ended by normal humans attacking them with flames.
** RemovedAchillesHeel: Their second appearance had them alter the Earth's atmosphere in such a way that combustion was impossible to sustain.
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