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In their first appearance, in Action Comics #775, they defeated a giant mutant gorilla in Tripoli but caused a lot of collateral damage. [[Superman]] attempts to negotiate with them and show them the error of their ways. After this proves ineffective, he agrees to fight them on Io, where the Elite have already defeated God's Seed. When it appears they have beaten Superman, he manages to exploit the weaknesses in their powers to defeat them, apparently [[Leukotomy|lobotomising]] Black and killing the others. However, this turns out to be just a ploy to show them the futility of their approach, as well as to demonstrate to the world (the fight was being broadcast by the Elite) that heroes who kill are ''not'' fun, but ''terrifying''. |
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After a stint with the [[Suicide Squad]], Manchester Black was betrayed by President [[Lex Luthor]] and so reformed the Elite (''Action Comics'' #795). However [[Menagerie (comics)|Menagerie I]] revealed to Superman that the group was not in control of their own actions and Black crippled her. |
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After Manchester Black's apparent death by suicide, his sister [[Vera Black|Vera]] returned in ''JLA'' #100, leading the Elite against the [[Justice League|JLA]] (this time with [[Menagerie (comics)|Menagerie II]]) in what turns out to be an attempt to fool [[Gaia (DC comics)|Gaea]], the spirit of the planet. [[Hat (comics)|The Hat]], being an earth [[elemental]], had spotted the fact that the planet was going to rise up and strike civilization down because her "children" were not united, which had given them time to devise a plan. The imminent apocalypse was confirmed by [[Manitou Raven]]'s intuition and [[Major Disaster]]'s [[Channelling (mediumistic)|channelling]] of the planet itself. In a ''[[Watchmen]]''-like twist, they concocted a bogus threat to unite the world's governments and fool Gaea into believing the people of Earth were united. Not only did this save the world, but it also started the talks for a Planetary Peace treaty. |
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This final appearance helped cement the links with the [[Justice League]], the result of which was [[Vera Black]], [[Menagerie (comics)|Menagerie II]] and [[Coldcast]] joining the newly formed ''[[Justice League Elite]]'', a superhero '[[black ops]]' team created to hunt down and eliminate metahuman threats before they went public. |
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Revision as of 21:26, 12 June 2008
| The Elite | |
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 The original line up from Action Comics #775. They are: Menagerie I (foreground), Hat, Manchester Black and Coldcast (background, left to right) | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | March 2001 |
| Created by | Joe Kelly (writer) Doug Mahnke (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Member(s) | Coldcast Hat Manchester Black Menagerie I Menagerie II Vera Black |
The Elite is a team of super-powered anti-heroes in the DC Comics universe taking their early influences from The Authority.[1]
They made their first appearance in the story "What's so funny about Truth, Justice & the American Way?" in Action Comics #775 in March 2001. The story, which was voted number 1 in Wizard Magazine's Top Ten Comics of the Decade. was written by Joe Kelly, pencilled by Doug Mahnke and Lee Bermejo, inked by Tom Nguyen. They appeared in a number of stories as antagonists, before some of them merged with members of the Justice League, to form Justice League Elite.
Publication
They have appeared in a number of titles and all but Action Comics #795 have been reprinted in trade paperbacks:
- Justice League Elite:
- Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Volume 1 (includes Action Comics #775, 192 pages, Titan, 2006 ISBN 1-84576-399-8 DC, 2004 ISBN 1-4012-0339-6)[4]
See also
- The Authority, a Wildstorm team of elitist heroes who believed that their need to do right and their superhuman powers gave them the authority to ignore international laws and national sovereignty.
Notes
- ^ MacPherson, Don, "Critiques on Infinite Earths". Retrieved on 23 March 2008.
- ^ JLE Vol. 1 profile at DC
- ^ JLE Vol. 2 profile at DC
- ^ Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told profile at DC
References
- The Elite at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- A profile of the team