History Characters / JusticeLeagueOfAmericaCrimeSyndicate

* FreudianExcuse: The Infinite Frontier version of Jonny Quick was raised by AbusiveParents that collected dogs for illegal dog-fighting. His attempt to save some of them failed and instilled in him a LackofEmpathy.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: She managed to convince the Justice League and the Justice League of America she was a good-natured woman who simply wanted to help people, when she was really biding her time until she could screw them all over.

* {{Sadist}}: Her motivation to hurt people is because she enjoys it. Rhonda especially seemed to really enjoy gloating about how she fooled both teams and made Superman kill Doctor Light.

* NighInvulnerability: Superwoman can tank attacks that would be lethal to any normal person, including a direct lightning blast from Black Adam. Ultra Man noted how hard it would be to tear her apart, this coming from someone who moved the moon really says something about her.

* BlessedWithSuck: Most versions of Power Ring are essentially enslaved by the ring, rather than using it for their own ends. Most Power Rings are still evil, just frustrated at their lost free will. The Post-Crisis Power Ring was able to con another man into taking the ring off his hands.

* {{Flanderization}}: The ''Infinite Frontier'''s Emerald Knight goes from a morally-fenced KnightTemplar into a hedonistic slob during ''War For Earth-3''. He's also now addressed by the Power Ring moniker.

* BigGood: The first two versions are Earth 3's biggest hero. The New 52 version believes himself to be one, but is just as evil as the Crime Syndicate he vowed to defeat. The ''Infinite Frontier'' version loops back around to being a straight example, but has more friends than the other variants do.

The New 52 Alexander Luthor is an entirely different character, having grown up in a version of Earth-3 that didn't know what the concept of "good" was. He was his world's answer to Shazam, opposing the Crime Syndicate as the dark wizard-hero Mazahs.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Post-Crisis version from the Antimatter Universe]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Villainous version from Post-Flashpoint Earth 3 as Mazahs]]

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->'''AKA:''' Joseph Harrolds (First Power Ring, Post-Crisis), Harold "Hal" Jordan of Earth-3 (New 52)

%%ZCE* ArtifactOfDoom: The ring in all continuities.

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-->'''AKA:''' Rhonda Pineda

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-->'''AKA:''' Kal-Ul (Pre-Crisis), Lieutenant Clark Kent (Post-Crisis), Clark Kent/Kal-Il (New 52)

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An evil Amazon from an alternate universe. There have been two main versions.

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* StrawNihilist: The ''Crisis on Two Worlds'' and ''Infinite Frontier'' versions are both these - believing absolutely nothing matters after a seemingly-grim truth[[note]]The Owlman from the movie came to the conclusion that every choice makes a new Earth and thus, wiping everything out is the only infallible choice. The ''Infinite Frontier'' Owlman actually started out as a hero ala his good counterpart until the discovery that his parents were criminals like those he'd been fighting drove him mad.[[/note]] broke them into lunatics.

* StrawNihilist: The ''Crisis on Two Worlds'' and ''Infinite Frontier'' versions are both these - believing absolutely nothing matters after a seemingly-grim truth[[note]]The Owlman from the movie came to the conclusion that every choice makes a new Earth and thus, wiping everything out is the only infallible choice. The ''Infinite Frontier'' Owlman actually started out as a hero ala his good counterpart until the discovery that his parents were criminals like those he'd been fighting drove him mad.[[/note]] broke them in lunatics.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The ''Infinite Frontier'' Luthor has [[TheFettered considerably more scruples]] than his other counterparts and is obviously the BigGood of the book. Unfortunately, he's a FailureHero whose ability to unite people is at-best lacking.

* BigGood: The first two versions are Earth 3's biggest hero. The New 52 version believes himself to be one, but is just as evil as the Crime Syndicate he vowed to defeat.

* AdaptionaHeroism: The ''Infinite Frontier'' Luthor has [[TheFettered considerably more scruples]] than his other counterparts and is obviously the BigGood of the book. Unfortunately, he's a FailureHero whose ability to unite people is at-best lacking.

* {{Flanderization}}: The ''Infinite Frontier'' Power Ring goes from the morally-fenced Emerald Knight in the 2021 run to a hedonistic slob in ''War For Earth-3''.

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%%* NoNameGiven: The Pre-Crisis version.

* VillainousFriendship: In the New 52, he works with Rhonda Pineda, alias Atomica, as professional thieves and killers.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Pre-Crisis Ultraman genuinely cared for the other members of the Crime Syndicate, and died trying to save his world from the Anti-Monitor. Post-Crisis and New 52 Ultraman, not so much.

* BloodKnight: Pre-Crisis Ultraman was a CardCarryngVillain who liked his team-mates despite being evil. Post-Crisis variants of Ultraman will generally pick a fight at any time for any (or no) reason.

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: The RecurringElement of the ''Infinite Frontier'' Crime Syndicate. Most of the groups' backstories very closely mirror their Justice League counterparts in some fashion, [[FreudianExcuse only for a significantly traumatic event/realization to finally shift them over the edge]].

%%* BloodKnight: He and the rest of the Syndicate alike, Pre-Crisis.

* DumbMuscle: In both the Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis continuities, Ultraman is an impulsive egomaniac, and while not particularly stupid, comes off this way in comparison to our Superman. He usually lets Owlman do his thinking for him. This may be justified if he has not yet gained Superman's SuperIntelligence. New 52 Ultraman, while not a genius, is a considerably more effective and intelligent leader.

* VigilanteMan: Post-Crisis, when he sought to control crime.

** The post-''Death Metal'' Ultraman was raised by the Kents, who in his world were AbusiveParents that [[LazyBum used him for labor while they lazed around]], gaslighting him into thinking he depended on them. The experience instilled in Ultraman a belligerent mistrust of other people, with [[ItsAllAboutMe the inevitable selfishness that mindset can entail]].

* LackOfEmpathy: Post-Crisis and New 52. Averted by the Pre-Crisis Ultraman, who saw the rest of the Syndicate as his friends. The Post-''Death Metal'' Ultraman is a downplayed example; he still has empathy [[spoiler: for Ultragirl]] but sees everyone else as "freeloaders."

** The Post-''Death Metal'' version was originally a vigilante that fought criminals until he found out he was raised by a pair. He [[GoMadFromTheRevelation completely loses it]] thereafter and devolves into a StrawNihilist.

* DarkChick: In all three versions of the Crime Syndicate. The Post-''Death Metal'' version shares the trope with Atomica, who's even more sadistic than her.

* FreudianExcuse: The Post-''Death Metal'' Superwoman was a sheltered Amazon who fell in love with her world's Steve Trevor. The man [[spoiler: took her hostage in an attempt to strong-arm the Amazons into aiding him against the Crime Society]], only to be killed. This turned Diana into a serial manipulator that uses people for her own ends.

* FreudianExcuse: The Post-''Death Metal'' version of Jonny Quick was raised by AbusiveParents that collected dogs for illegal dog-fighting. His attempt to save some of them failed and instilled in him a LackofEmpathy.

* FaceHeelTurn: The entirety of ''ComicBook/CrimeSyndicate2021'' is a lead-up to this for the Post-''Death Metal'' version of Power Ring, who otherwise starts out unstable yet nice.

** The Post-''Death Metal'' version of the Ring is actually part of an intergalactic sect of space-heroes in-line with its good counterpart, but sprinkles in [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech demeaning motivation]] to bend its wielder's spirit into obedience.

* LackOfEmpathy: Post-Crisis and New 52. Averted by the Pre-Crisis Ultraman, who saw the rest of the Syndicate as his friends.

%%* DarkActionGirl: All three versions
%%* DarkChick: In all three versions of the Crime Syndicate

Pre-Crisis Superwoman was a renegade Amazon from Earth-3 who was exiled from her people, and cursed with ageing. Turning criminal, she founded the Crime Syndicate of America, alongside Ultraman, Owlman, Johnny Quick, and Power Ring, and proceeded to terrorize the people of the American Empire for years, before being imprisoned by first the Justice League of Earth-1, and then Alexander Luthor Senior. She, alongside her teammates, died defending Earth-3 against the Anti-Monitor.

Post-Crisis Superwoman hailed from an Antimatter Universe. She was an Amazon who lived undercover as her world's Lois Lane, before joining up with the Crime Syndicate of Amerika, and conquering the world. A dominatrix who maintained a harem for her personal amusement, she was married to Ultraman but maintained numerous affairs with both her victims and teammate Owlman, and was essentially every "bad woman" stereotype rolled into one.

Pre-Crisis Superwoman was renegade Amazon from Earth-3 who was exiled from her people, and cursed with ageing. Turning criminal, she founded the Crime Syndicate of America, alongside Ultraman, Owlman, Johnny Quick, and Power Ring, and proceeded to terrorize the people of the American Empire for years, before being imprisoned by first the Justice League of Earth-1, and then Alexander Luthor Senior. She, alongside her teammates, died defending Earth-3 against the Anti-Monitor.

** The Infinite Frontier version is Donna Troy, with her sister Diana having been killed years ago meaning she takes [[ComppositeCharacter her place]] in meeting Steve Trevor.

The counterpart to the Atom, introduced in the New 52 continuity. Rhonda Piena was a crook in Central City, who went on a crime-wave with her boyfriend, Johnny Allen, until they were cornered on the roof of Star Labs in a thunderstorm. Rhonda fell through a lab roof into a chamber containing Ray Palmer, the incarcerated villain Atomico, and when the lightning struck the building was granted a version of his powers. She briefly infiltrated the Justice League as a version of the Atom, only to reveal her true colors when the rest of the Crime Syndicate crossed over.