This inspiration for Flashback Friday is by this week’s DC Comics Villains Month kickoff and Forever Evil #1!
Now we know the Crime Syndicate is the real power behind The New 52 Secret Society of Super Villains. These dark alternate versions of Justice League icons have come from another world to conquer Earth.
As I perused the Villains Month issues I was taken back to childhood when I remembering gasping when I saw this shocking cover. Imagine a little kid seeing his Justice League heroes literally “trashed” by these ruthless foes! I begged Mom to buy it and I tore through a spectacular showcase for DC’s bad guys.
Back in the 1970’s comic book great Gerry Conway created the first Secret Society. Darkseid recruited Captain Cold, Gorilla Grodd, Mirror Master, Sinistro, Star Sapphire, Clayface and Manhunter as his agents of evil but you can’t trust a rogue and they turned on him! I still remember a creepy Copperhead slithering in the action, too. Power struggles and massive egos were always part of the Society’s undoing but that was part of fun.
Here’s a link to the recent collection of the first volume of the Secret Society of Super Villains. Click or visit your local comic book shop for this blast from the past for a series with bad guys at their worst see why they are Forever Evil.
By Editor