DC Database is a FANDOM Movies Community. Kull was a frequent foe to, One of Superman's gravest threats, the alien genius Brainiac faces the League on several occasions, such as ", An enemy of the Martian Manhunter that organized a prison break and led, One of a race of super-intelligent gorillas with mental powers. Ivo constructed Amazo in pursuit of immortality. The Lord of Misrule, Saturna aligns with Simon Magus to conquer Magic-Land. In chronological order (with issue and date of first appearance). This winter, DC’s Year of the Villain event will come to a bloody conclusion with a battle royale for the ages. She could breathe underwater and control plant life. Justice League is nearly the first time you have come to Lex Luthor as a character. Lex is the embodiment of that feeling. Former leaders include Lords Gravesend, Arsenic, and Claw. PerpetuaLegion of Doom: Lex Luthor, Gorilla Grodd, Sinestro, Brainiac, CheetahThe Batman Who LaughsSecret Six: The Commissioner, Deathbringer, King Shazam, Sky Tyrant, Scarab, Supergirl He invented a process to transfer his mind between bodies. Year of the Villain is an event that ran from 2019 to 2020. So I really believe in Year of the Villain and what it builds to. Last Appearance By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. That’s what makes him a villain. They were used by Manson in an attempt to reclaim. To this end, he targeted Young Justice. I’ve been waiting for the right story to use him. Justice League: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Martian Manhunter, John Stewart, Aquaman, Starman, Hawkgirl, Mera, Jarro Similar to the Crime Syndicate, the Power Posse was an evil version of the. An international terrorist, Ra's came into conflict with Batman after the hero turned down his offer to take his place in death. And I think what it made me realize, looking back at all these Lex stories, was that the core flaw and strength to him is that he’s sympathetic in his ego. First Appearance Us, that’s it.”. Ruler of Alstai, Hyathis was at war with three other planets until Kanjar Ro enslaved the League to defeat Hyathis and the other planets once and for all. Later, thinking himself dying of cancer, the Joker plunged the world into anarchy by enslaving Earth's villains with his Joker venom in the crossover storyline, A caveman that was exposed to a meteorite that gave him immortality, and who has manipulated history, such as being a Pharaoh in, A super-strong undead monster risen from a swamp where Cyrus Gold had died many years earlier, who battles Green Lantern and is resistant to his ring due to the wood in his body. Justice League #27. Justice League Annual #1. Lex Luthor is making an offer that none of the villains in the DC universe will be able to refuse: The power to do away with their least favorite superhero for good. The storyline centred around Lex Luthor trying to free and empower Perpetua, the creator of the multiverse. monitoring_string = "d254514d58fda348db17b12227af3867", Exclusive Preview: Detective Comics #1011, Superhero Hype Cosplay: Death From The Sandman, Jensen Ackles Reveals His Supernatural Connection to The Boys, McFarlane Toys Rocks Batman With Dark Nights: Death Metal Figures, HBO Max Drops Concept Art For Starfire's New Costume In Titans Season 3, John Boyega Clears the Air With Kathleen Kennedy Over Star Wars. And depending on who that might be, it will probably start the largest battle between every character in the history of the DCU in the biggest way we could do it. When this failed, it controlled Maxwell Lord's mind and sought to dominate the world through cunning by forming and controlling the Justice League. Brother of Atlantean wizard Arion, he placed himself in suspended animation and fought the League, inevitably being destroyed by the team. Action Comics #13 (June 1939) He was originally the first recurring nemesis to the Golden Age Superman and possibly the first comic book supervillain. Inevitably, John Stewart was able to use his power ring and the Construct to contain the weapon's consciousness in his ring. In the end, the League toppled all of the warlords. The malevolent brother of the Martian Manhunter, he was perverted by Darkseid into becoming his herald and engineered the plague known as H’Ronmeer’s Curse that wiped out most of the Martians. Weapons: None known. Prime Earth The African spider trickster god residing in. Title to the ruler and protector of Jarhanpur, Rama Khan can bend the elements of the land to his every whim. Comics, DC Comics, News And so that argument to me is in the zeitgeist all over the place, regardless of where you fall on a political spectrum, regardless of where you live, it’s either give yourself up to problems that you’re not going to solve in a day and you’re not going to be a hero for; you’re going to have to sacrifice any sense of self for a greater good. Justice League #1-7. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Once a mentor to John Constantine and also Zatanna's lover, Nick Necro was the world top magician before his obsession with the. And he wants to be a hero. That plot hook will fuel stories in a score of DC Comics issues arriving this July, from Black Manta in Aquaman and Cheetah in Wonder Woman; to the Court of Owls in Nightwing and Ra’s al Ghul in Batman & The Outsiders. Criminals trapped in a vast prison discovered by Kryptonian scientists where they are able to see and hear within the universe, but generally unable to interact with it. There’s so many stories where I love with Lex in them, from All-Star Superman to Geoff Johns’ Action Comics — and how he wrote him in Justice League, in fact, when he became a hero. Happening upon the League during their battle with Kraad the Conqueror, he followed and observed them, inspired by their fight for justice. So Year of the Villain is Lex finally coming to the realization that he was always right [laughs], and that the cosmos agrees with him. It springs out of a lot of the stuff that we’ve been doing in the Justice League group since [Dark Nights Metal]. Deathstroke #45. Do you have any like particular inspirations? I believe that what he’s saying, at least for me, is relevant and resonant to this moment more than any other, where we have people in power across the world appealing to both sides of that argument. A powerful wizard that switched bodies with Green Lantern and defeated the Justice League. Give me what I need to beat my hero, let’s do it.’ Other villains are going to say, “You’re scaring me and I don’t actually want to go that far.” And some heroes, might even hear Lex and be like, “I kind of believe what he’s saying.”.