- Source: List of Secret Society of Super Villains members
The Secret Society of Super Villains is a team of fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Over the years, they have featured a large number of ne'er-do-wells as they attempt to subvert the superheroic population of the world for a variety of schemes.
This page lists the known members of the Secret Society of Super Villains:
Darkseid's Society
These members of the Secret Society of Super Villains were secretly gathered by Darkseid when the group was first founded in 1976 through their splintering after the discovery of their benefactor's true identity. Since then, various leaders like Lex Luthor, the Wizard and the Silver Ghost have taken over or re-formed the Society, including old and new members in the roster.
In JLA #119 (late Nov. 2005), it was revealed that Catwoman was an early member of the SSoSV briefly as well (Catwoman was mentioned in the text of Secret Society of Super Villains #1 as being a member, though the penciller omitted her from the issue; this brief mention is the only known connection of Catwoman to the SSoSV prior to the present). Also, Despero brought the memories of the members back, and was responsible of the subsequent attack of the Society.
The Ultra-Humanite's Society
The next incarnation of the Secret Society was organized by the Ultra-Humanite, who organized foes of both the Justice League of America and the Justice Society of America.
Ultra-Humanite
Brain Wave
Monocle
Psycho-Pirate (Roger Hayden)
Rag Doll (Peter Merkel)
Cheetah (Deborah Domaine)
Floronic Man
Killer Frost (Crystal Frost)
Mist
Signalman
Underground
When the JLA resurfaced with the Big Seven members, Brain Wave started to gather a new Secret Society to take down the newly formed Justice League (JLA 80-Page Giant #1), but Brainwave was actually the Martian Manhunter in disguise—the formation of this Society was a trap made by the League to defeat more supervillains in the same time (as the tale was told by the Rainbow Raider to Sonar III, it is uncertain whether this tale actually happened; at the very least, there may have been some embellishment).
Members gathered by "Brainwave" were:
Amos Fortune
Black Hand
Blockbuster (Roland Desmond)
Bolt
Captain Boomerang (Digger Harkness)
Cheetah (Barbara Ann Minerva)
Cheshire
Crazy Quilt
Deadshot
Doctor Alchemy
Doctor Phosphorus
Doctor Sivana
Fiddler
Floronic Man
Gorilla Grodd
Heat Wave
Hector Hammond
Killer Frost (Louise Lincoln)
Major Disaster
Monocle
Per Degaton
Penguin
Poison Ivy
Prankster
Psycho-Pirate (Roger Hayden)
Rainbow Raider
Riddler
Royal Flush Gang (minus King)
Scarecrow
Signalman
Solomon Grundy
Sonar
Star Sapphire (Carol Ferris)
Wizard
Members in other branches that are on TV screens:
Captain Cold
Felix Faust
Goldface
Kobra
Metallo
Mister Mind
Rainbow Raider
Ra's al Ghul
Two-Face
Vandal Savage
Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Society
Organized by Alexander Luthor Jr. in the guise of Lex Luthor, the Society formed over rumors of the JLA mindwiping Dr. Light. With a ruling council of six members overseeing a structured roster of 200 strong (Villains United #1), the Society is a grave threat to the superheroes of the world. Joker is notably absent from this roster, because he is the only villain the other villains all feared — and rightly so, as the Joker murdered several of the Society's roster in revenge for being left out.
= The Society's council
=Lex Luthor (Alexander Luthor Jr. in disguise, leader)
Black Adam (betrayed by the Society)
Talia al Ghul
Doctor Psycho
the Calculator
Deathstroke the Terminator
= Members of the Society
== Possible members
=The following had declined to join the Society:
Catman (became a member of the Secret Six)
Creeper
Kite Man
A Manhunter (either Mark Shaw or Kate Spencer)
= Deceased members
=An unidentified Hyena was executed as an example in Villains United #3.
Doctor Polaris exploded after being subject to the exposed form of an irate Human Bomb toward the beginning of Infinite Crisis #1.
Fisherman was gunned down by detectives Marcus Driver and Josie MacDonald in Gotham Central #37.
High-ranking members of the Gotham branch of the Royal Flush Gang were seemingly taken out by the Joker in Infinite Crisis #2.
Rag Doll (Peter Merkel) was killed by Johnny Sorrow in JSA Classified #7.
Black Mask was shot by Catwoman in Catwoman #52.
Crispus Allen (as the Spectre) struck down Star Sapphire (Deborah Camille "Debbie" Darnell) in the first half of Infinite Crisis #6.
Psycho-Pirate had his Medusa Mask forcibly pushed through his skull by Black Adam during the finale of Infinite Crisis #6.
Amos Fortune had half of his face blown off in Villains United #6, surviving only to be thrown from a moving helicopter in Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special before absorbing energy and exploding in JSA Classified #16.
Deuce Canyard (an aspiring "Jack" of the Royal Flush Gang) was sniped by the warden of Enclave M in Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special.
Baron Blitzkrieg was incinerated by Superboy-Prime's heat vision during the Battle of Metropolis.
Alexander Luthor, Jr. received severe acid and electrocution burns to the face from the Joker before getting shot by him, in the presence of the real Lex Luthor, in the final pages of Infinite Crisis #7.
In the novelization, Doctor Spectro is a member as well of the Society and dies in the same explosion that killed Solomon Grundy and the Bloodlines heroes.
In an interview with DC editor-in-chief Dan DiDio, he confirms that Boss Moxie did indeed die in Infinite Crisis #7 by stating that Superboy-Prime snapped his neck.
The Wizard's Society
Some former members of the Wizard's Secret Society, also victims of the JLA's mindwiping in the past, had their memories unlocked by Despero and then were summoned back together for revenge by the Wizard. Zatanna reluctantly re-erased their memories of the JLA's identities. Whether they were members of Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Society as well is unknown.
In addition to the Wizard, Felix Faust and Chronos, the membership included:
Floronic Man
Star Sapphire (Deborah Camille "Debbie" Darnell)
Matter Master
One Year Later
One year after the events of Infinite Crisis, the Calculator has taken control of the Society, with Talia as the only other original leader left. Felix Faust and the Cheetah (Barbara Ann Minerva), however, have also been linked to this group.
Libra's Society
In the lead-up to Final Crisis, the returned supervillain Libra (who happens to be the prophet of Darkseid) takes the scattered remnants of Luthor's Secret Society and uses it to create his own Secret Society of Super Villains to serve Darkseid. The following are confirmed members so far.
= Leader
=Libra
= Inner Circle
=Doctor Sivana
Gorilla Grodd
Lex Luthor
Ocean Master
Talia al Ghul
Vandal Savage
= Membership
=Black Manta
Chronos
Clayface (Basil Karlo)
Cyborgirl
Deathstroke the Terminator
Doctor Polaris
Giganta
Human Flame
Icicle (Cameron Mahkent)
Key
Killer Croc
Killer Frost (Louise Lincoln)
Metallo
Parasite (Rudy Jones)
Shadow Thief
Shatterfist
Shrike
Zoom
= Former membership
=Doctor Light (killed by the third Spectre)
Effigy (melted by the third Spectre)
Hangmen (all five killed by the third Spectre before they can swear allegiance to Libra)
Breathtaker
Killshot
Provoke
Shock Trauma
Stranglehold
Rogues (all five withdrew from the Society)
Abra Kadabra
Captain Cold
Heat Wave
Mirror Master
Weather Wizard
New Rogues (all five killed by the Rogues)
Burn
Chill
Mirror Man
Mister Magic
Weather Witch
= Members turned into Justifiers
=Gorilla Grodd
Human Flame
Killer Croc
Man-Bat
Silver Swan (Vanessa Kapatelis)
Typhoon
The Cheetah's Society
Following the Final Crisis, the Cheetah has assembled another Secret Society of Super Villains. Among its members are:
Crime Doctor (Anica Balcescu)
Doctor Poison (Marina Maru)
Felix Faust
Firefly
Genocide
Mammoth
Phobia
Professor Ivo
Red Volcano
Shrapnel
T. O. Morrow
The New 52's Society
In The New 52, the Secret Society of Super Villains is reintroduced in issues of Justice League of America when "the Outsider" is seen assembling them to deal with the growing superhero community as well as to have members he can offer to the Crime Syndicate of America to assist them once they arrive.
First appearance and any additional info listed in parentheses.
DC Rebirth's Society
The DC Rebirth reboot featured the Secret Society of Super Villains, where they place Deathstroke the Terminator on trial to see if he is still evil or not.
The lineup consists of:
Chairpersons
Vandal Savage (leader)
Lex Luthor (former member)
Ultra-Humanite
Hector Hammond
Professor Zoom the Reverse-Flash
Killer Frost
Black Manta
Deadline
Raptor
Riddler
Infinite Frontier’s Society
This was the line-up seen in Infinite Frontier and Dark Crisis:
Deathstroke (leader)
Amazo
Angle Man (Angelo Bend)
Black Spider (Eric Needham)
Body Doubles
Bug-Eyed Bandit
Calculator (former member)
Count Vertigo
Copperhead II
Crazy Quilt (Paul Dekker)
Crime Doctor (Bradford Thorne)
Cluemaster
Deadline (former member)
Doctor Destiny
Doctor Moon (former member)
Doctor Phosphorus
Dollmaker (Barton Mathis)
Felix Faust
Flamingo
Firefly
Gentleman Ghost
Giganta (former member)
Girder
Gizmo
Goldface
Gunsmith
Hellhound
Hyena (Summer Day)
Kanjar Ro
Key
Lion-Mane
Mad Dog (Rex)
Mammoth
Merlyn
Monocle (former member)
Multiplex
Neutron
Nocturna
Phobia
Prankster
Prometheus
Psimon
Raptor
Scavenger (Peter Mortimer)
Scream Queen
Shadow Thief (Carl Sands)
Shaggy Man (Professor Ivo's version)
Shrapnel
Silver Banshee
Skorpio
Slipknot
Tattooed Man (Abel Tarrant)
Trident
Typhoon
Toyman (Hiro Okamura)
Warp
References
External links
Secret Society of Super Villains profile at DC Cosmic Teams
The Society profile at DC Cosmic Teams
Secret Society of Super Villains at the Comics Archive
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