Rich Buckler, Mike Vosburg, and Dick Ayers all contributing short stints as pencilers, while inkers changed from issue to issue. After issue #4, both Conway and Kraft abruptly left DC, leading to a mad scramble to hold a fill-in issue. Publication historyĭue to the delays caused by having to redo the first issue from scratch, Conway assigned David Anthony Kraft to script the next three issues of Secret Society of Super Villains over his plots. The inclusion of ahero in the book helped to avoid Comics program Authority concerns about presenting villains in a positive light. Conway said that he wanted a'lead hero' for the villains to interact with. Starting from theissue, the comic's recurring hero is Captain Comet. In the revised first issue, the team's lineup sent Captain Cold, Gorilla Grodd, Star Sapphire and the Manhunter from the original conception, and added the Mirror Master, the Copperhead, Sinestro, the Shadow Thief and the Wizard. The Manhunter suspects Darkseid control it from afar and suggests forming the Secret Society of Super Villains to combat Darkseid while pursuing their own goals. The group, presented up of Captain Cold, Gorilla Grodd, Clayface, Star Sapphire, in addition to a clone of the Manhunter, turns on their benefactor when the Manhunter raises the issue of Darkseid's history of trying to enslave humanity. In the original story, Darkseid demanding to be called the Director founds the office under the names of the Brotherhood of Crime in a bid to hit the world ransom by stealing the world's deadliest nerve gas. In my time at DC in Carmine’s years, this was the most significant change in an issue I recall his asking for at that late stage. While I wasn’t in the room, I clearly recall Gerry coming back down the hall to his office, confused, as Carmine had looked through the effect wanting to see the villains’ clubhouse or headquarters, together with when that wasn’t in the book, asking Gerry to redo it. Then, according to Conway's assistant Paul Levitz:Ĭustom in those years was for the editor to bring the finished inks of an issue in to Carmine for a keep on conference, during which Carmine would commonly sketch a cover design in pen on typing paper.
The number one issue of Secret Society of Super Villains was drafted with artwork by Pablo Marcos. Conway said: "Obviously, this was lifted from Dick Tracy, but having costumed villains with a shared intention - even whether it was simply the damage of their common enemy - seems to be something that was unique to DC". Since other editors were somewhat possessive towards the more popular DC Comics supervillains, Conway resorted to sifting through DC's back issues in search of members, finally selecting a lineup of relatively obscure and/or forgotten villains.
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Series conceptionĮditor Gerry Conway created the team to be "a manner of 'evil' Justice League", inspired by the "Rogues Gallery" that fellow editor Julie Schwartz created for the Flash.
In the decades following the cancellation of the original book, the fictional multinational has target in numerous forms.
Secret Society of Super Villains SSoSV is the DC Implosion, a period when DC suddenly cancelled dozens of comics.
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