History Characters / JusticeLeagueOfAmericaAntagonist

* NearVillainVictory: He almost beat the Justice League on his first try back in the day, nearly destroying them by sending them to planets suited to exploit their weaknesses. Alas for his plan, [=SuperMan=] and [=BatMan=] were each masquerading as the other, which allowed [=SuperMan=] to escape [=BatMan=]'s trap and free the others.

* {{Expy}}: For the first Anti-Batman, the Wrath. Arguably took his place entirely with the Wrath retconned out of existence.

* CutLexLuthorACheck: On paper, Dreamslayer is one of the most powerful villains in the entire DCU (being a parallel to Dormammu) and ought to be counted among the heaviest of heavy hitters. But being a very minor villain from a very poorly-remembered villain team has condemned him to being the lord of ComicBookLimbo instead.

** MindControl

* AIIsACrapshoot: All of the various radio, television, microwave and other signals bouncing around Earth's atmosphere combine to form an artificial intelligence. Which was born with a raging hatred for humanity.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: To ComicBook/TheAvengers' ComicBook/{{Ultron}}.
* ArmCannon: The Constructs servitor [[MechaMooks Cannons]] get their name from the primary weaponry, which are arm cannons.

* MindControl: he Construct's electronic mind is capable of possessing a human mind by dominating the electronic pulses of the mind.

* LotusEaterMachine: In his reappearance under Grant Morrison he's devised a programmable virus that places victims under a designed hallucination, having their mind work to resolve problems for him.

* SuperIntelligence: 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.

* TookALevelInBadass: Originally he was just a dweeby guy in an orange jumpsuit, but Grant Morrison gave him a significant overhaul as one of the first villains of the late 90's ''JLA'' run.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Originally he was BaldOfEvil, but after his Grant Morrison reinvention he became this.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: of Galactus and Silver Surfer, respectively.
* 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]].

* {{Expy}}: He's certainly got a few... ah, ''similarities'' to ComicBook/{{Galactus}}.

* MindControl: Originally had the power to control men; Grant Morrison updated it to a "pollen powder" that could control anyone regardless of their gender, though HeroicWillpower can beat it.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero:
** Unclear. She's patronizing and cruel to [[AffirmativeActionLegacy Michael Holt]], but that could be simply how she would treat anyone who [[HeroWorship dares profane the name of Mister Terrific by taking up his mantle]].
** She definitely seems to see heroes as nothing but property to make money off of, if that counts.

A robot that resembles a sasquatch. Pre-Flashpoint, built by Dr Zagarian to road-test plastalloy, a material for [[JustThinkOfThePotential 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-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'', it was built by Professor Ivo to give the Secret Society some muscle.

* 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

* UncertainDoom: Starro's last appearance (as of 2017) was in ''R.E.B.E.L.S.'' saw him cut off from his followers and teleported into a room with ComicBook/{{Lobo}}, a mutinous ex-follower strong enough to fight Lobo to a draw, and a RagtagBunchOfMisfits who also wanted him dead. The regular Starro has popped up a few times since, though.

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For more information, please see [[ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} his own page]].

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 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, he was apparently killed by Lex Luthor, but in a way so ambigious the characters even lampshade it in-story.

After the Big Bang there were some sentients formed, one of them was Agamemno who was formed by cosmic energy. When exploring space he gained the desire for controlling this universe and every creature in it. His father, however wanted to be the controller of the universe himself making him and his son rivals. Trying to gain an advantage to win from his father Agamemno converted himself to sentient energy, also he explored the universe searching for three objects of which a powerful weapon could be made. While exploring he came across planet Earth, at that time in the early days of the modern age of heroism. Agamemno made super powered heroes and villains do as he liked, the JLA tried to stop him and they succeeded, they also prevented the three objects of getting combined. Agamemno then left Earth seeking for other ways to beat his father in the quest of ruling the cosmos.

** He formed a new [[LegionOfDoom Secret Society of Super Villains]] after ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis''.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' infamously revealed that he's actually a rapist, and it was for this reason that Zatanna essentially magic-lobotomized him to cause his VillainDecay. When he got his original mind and evil back, he then [[{{Flanderization}} wouldn't shut up about how much he likes to rape]].

* HumiliationConga: His career is full of these, from the time he was ejected from low-rent villain group the Fearsome Five (which he founded!) to attempting to ''rejoin'' the Suicide Squad only to be rejected by Amanda Waller (yes, even a team of expendable villains didn't want him!). This came to a head in the ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' story, where it was revealed that [[spoiler:his humiliations were the result of the League using a MindRape that doubled as a StupidityInducingAttack years beforehand]].

A supervillain team that usually (but not always) acts as ThePsychoRangers to the Justice League of the day. Notable for the In-Universe VillainDecay they've experienced, where as of ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' their history is looked on as a joke and usually when villains have a big team-up it's in some form of the Injustice League.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: An insane interior decorator with '''PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS!!'''

* KickTheSonOfABitch: In what is almost a PetTheDog moment (if a very dark one), Neron punishes Faust for his attempted Faustian Rebellion by honoring the magician's proposed agreement -- only the "unimaginable power" is given to the young girl who Faust murdered rather than Faust himself. Now demonized, the girl comes after Faust himself and is implied to have killed him in very violent fashion (sadly, he got better).

** BroadStrokes: The current version started off with the costumes of the ''Arrow'' version and (seen in the picture) took on the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' version's costumes in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', the weapons of the Hector Hammond version, and the cell-structure of the third version. ''ComicBook/PunchlineTheGothamGame'' brought in the DCAU meta-teens incarnations.

** BroadStrokes: The current version started off with the costumes of the ''Arrow'' version and (seen in the picture) took on the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' version's costumes in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', the weapons of the Hector Hammond version, and the cell-structure of the third version

* InTheBlood: As mentioned above, wedding a tendency toward selfish sociopathy and cunning with an actual genius intellect and superspeed calculation was not
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Or daughter. Although Terry Sloane's her bio uncle he raised her as a daughter and she demonstrates that she inherits brilliant intellect and calculation ability which would do him proud...if they weren't being used to kill innocent people.
* LoonyFan: An obsessive Terry Sloan {{Fangirl}} who thinks he's the only true Mr. Terrific and that he'd love and accept her no matter what just like when she was a kid and see why it makes perfect sense for her to kill innocent people for profit, because he's smart like she's smart and no one's as smart as her and no one else was smart as him no one she's the '''only''' one who understands him really really understands him and and and ''he's'' the '''only''' one who ever understood her and loved her and loved her for real and they were ''happy'' together for years and years and she could pretend they could still be happy and happy together forever if he wasn't dead and how DARE that AWFUL MAN call himself Mister Terrific not be Terry Sloane and call himself Mister Terrific!!!!??? NO WAY NONONO TERRY SLOANE IS THE ONLY O)NE FOR ME THE only mister terrific I mean and RUIN EVERYTHING HE'S RUINING EVERYTHING Well she'll make him pay! She'll make him sorry he was ever born! And then she and Terry can be happy forever and ever! Yay! [[MaskOfSanity But only in her head]].

** Her mother pulled this angle to some degree as well, having a Chinese tattoo under her eye and wearing a qipao.

* LoonyFan: An obsessive Terry Sloan {{Fangirl}} who thinks he's the only true Mr. Terrific and that he'd love and accept her no matter what and see why it makes perfect sense for her to kill innocent people for profit, because he's smart like she's smart and no one's as smart as her and no one else was smart as him no one she's the '''only''' one who understands him really really understands him and and and ''he's'' the '''only''' one who ever understood her and loved her and loved her for real and they were ''happy'' together for years and years and she could pretend they could still be happy and happy together forever if he wasn't dead and how DARE that AWFUL MAN call himself Mister Terrific not be Terry Sloane and call himself Mister Terrific!!!!??? NO WAY NONONO TERRY SLOANE IS THE ONLY O)NE FOR ME THE only mister terrific I mean and RUIN EVERYTHING HE'S RUINING EVERYTHING Well she'll make him pay! She'll make him sorry he was ever born! And then she and Terry can be happy forever and ever! Yay! [[MaskOfSanity But only in her head]].

* OedipusComplex: There are some indications that her affections for Terry Sloane run a little more than familial.

* LoonyFan: An obsessive Terry Sloan {{Fangirl}} who thinks he's the only true Mr. Terrific and that he'd love and accept her no matter what and see why it makes perfect sense for her to kill innocent people for profit, because he's smart like she's smart and no one's as smart as her and no one else was smart as him no one she's the '''only'' one who understands him really really understands him and and and ''he's'' the '''only''' one who ever understood her and loved her and loved her for real and they were ''happy'' together for years and years and she could pretend they could still be happy and happy together forever if he wasn't dead and how DARE that AWFUL MAN call himself Mister Terrific not be Terry Sloane and call himself Mister Terrific!!!!??? NO WAY NONONO TERRY SLOANE IS THE ONLY O)NE FOR ME THE only mister terrific I mean and RUIN EVERYTHING HE'S RUINING EVERYTHING Well she'll make him pay! She'll make him sorry he was ever born! And then she and Terry can be happy forever and ever! Yay! [[MaskOfSanity But only in her head]].

* BloodSport: Her trademark crime is kidnapping heroes and villains, pumping them full of crazy rage drugs, then pointing them at each other and taking bets. Or sticking them in elaborate deathtraps. As long as the crowd's happy.
* DarkActionGirl: She is a skilled fighter.
* ADeadlyAffair: She had a husband, but he cheated on her. Not really sure why you'd cheat on someone who arranges deadly deathtraps and violent blood-sports for a living, but as you can guess things didn't end up well for him.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Even though she went bad, she still dearly loves her deceased Uncle/adopted father Terry Sloane aka Mister Terrific I, and hates Michael Holt, thinking him unworthy of taking his mantle. For his part, Terry is a huge fan of Michael whenever TimeTravel lets them meet, but Veronica doesn't know that.

* IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect: This is her shtick; though she has no superhuman powers, Roulette is a genius at calculating odds and gambling winnings.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Or daughter. Although Terry Sloane's only her uncle he raised her as a daughter and she demonstrates a sheer intellect and calculation ability which would do him proud...if they weren't being used to kill innocent people.

* {{Nephewism}}: The niece of ComicBook/MisterTerrific I, born to Debra Sinclair/Roulette I (an old foe of his as Mister Terrific) and his ne'er do well brother Ned (an old albatross around his neck as Terry Sloane). Upon discovering Veronica existed, [[TheKindnapper Terry immediately snatched her up and fled her mother's underground casino]], with a little help from his time traveling successor Mr. Terrific II. Although Terry did his best to raise her right, she ended up following in the footsteps of her mother, and also thinking he was her grandfather, which is a little weird.

* PowerNullifier: She often employs metahumans who can negate superpowers, a wise move as Roulette has no powers of her own.

* LikeFatherLikeDaughter: Although Terry Sloane's only her uncle he raised her as a daughter and she demonstrates a sheer intellect and calculation ability which would do him proud...if they weren't being used to kill innocent people.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Even though she went bad, she still loves her deceased Uncle/adopted father Terry Sloane aka Mister Terrific I, and hates Michael Holt thinking him unworthy of taking his mantle. For his part, Terry is a huge fan of Michael whenever TimeTravel lets them meet, but Veronica doesn't know that.

* ADeadlyAffair: She had a husband, but when he cheated on her, she killed him.

* RetCon: She's introduced as Roulette's granddaughter, ''ComicBook/JSA'' says she's Debra Sinclair's ''daughter'', born around 1950/51. Given her position and connection to the underworld she has access to any number of ways she could be OlderThanTheyLook.

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!!Roulette

* BloodSport: Her trademark crime is kidnapping heroes and villains, pumping them full of crazy rage drugs, then pointing them at each other and taking bets.

The granddaughter of a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] villain of the same name, Veronica Sinclair predictably followed the family footsteps into supervillainy (maybe it just skips a generation?).

* BloodKnight: As he mentioned when Lex explained how he could make a fortune by patenting his inventions:"If I want something, I just take it. I'm in this for the ''buzz''." It's this desire for the thrill of killing dispensers of justice that keeps him aiming for the Justice League. One reason he concocted his grand scheme in destroying Star City instead of killing the members of the Justice League one by one was because he felt the thrill of killing them would wear off after a few times.

* {{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]]? To quote ComicBook/PlasticMan: "It's like it's his power now." It finally got to the point where [[EvenEvilHasStandards even 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''.