Tag: Forever Evil

Justice League 31 and The Doom Patrol

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The original Doom Patrol first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963) just about the same time Marvel introduced the original X-Men. Writers Arnold Drake (who was the feature’s regular scripter) and Bob Haney, artist Bruno Premiani, and editor Murray Boltinoff are generally credited as the team’s creators. The first Doom Patrol consisted of super-powered misfits, whose “gifts” caused them alienation and trauma. The series was canceled in 1968, and Drake killed the team off in the final issue, Doom Patrol #121. In the years after this story several…

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Forever Evil And The Crime Syndicate From DC

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The Crime Syndicate of America is back, and they’re taking over the New 52. DC confirmed that the evil team known as the Crime Syndicate of America will be the villains that overtake the Earth in Forever Evil, the seven-issue mini-series that starts in September. According to Geoff Johns, DC’s chief creative officer and author of Forever Evil, the Crime Syndicate is also involved in events that are currently happening in Trinity War, the Justice League crossover running this summer. “The Crime Syndicate will be the ones leading the charge…

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Trinity War Leads to Villains Month

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“Villains Month” is a forthcoming crossover event published by DC Comics in September 2013. It is the first line wide crossover since The New 52 reboot of their shared fictional universe, and involves the regular comics stopping publication for a month, with titles focusing on the villains, such as The Joker and Bizzaro being published instead. It will spin out of the events in “Trinity War”, with Forever Evil focusing on the Secret Society of Super Villains. The DC villains that are receiving their own titles and will be a…

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