List of Secret Society of Super Villains members

The Secret Society of Super Villains is a team 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.

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 (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, it was revealed that Despero brought the memories of the members back, and was responsible of the subsequent attack of the Society.

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.

Underground

When the JLA resurfaced with the Big Seven members, Brainwave started to gather a new Secret Society to take down the newly formed Justice League (JLA 80-Page Giant #1), but Brainwave was actually 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 II, it's uncertain whether this tale actually happened. At the very least, there may have been some embellishment.)

Members gathered by "Brainwave" were:

Members in other branches (apparently):

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 superheroes of the world. The Joker is notably absent from this roster, because he is the only villain the other villains all feared — and rightly so, as Joker murdered several of the society's roster in revenge for being left out.

The Society's council

Members of The Society

Possible Members

The following had declined to join the Society:

Deceased members

Wizard's Society

Some former members of the Wizard's Secret Society, also victims of 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 Luthor's Society as well is unknown.

In addition to the Wizard, Felix Faust and Chronos the membership included:

One year later

One year after the events of Infinite Crisis, Calculator has taken control of the Society with Talia as the only other original leader left. Felix Faust and Cheetah (Barbara Ann Minerva), however, have also been linked to this group.

Libra's Society

In the lead-up to Final Crisis, the returned Super-Villain 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

Inner Circle

Membership

Former Membership

Members turned into Justifiers

Cheetah's Society

Following the Final Crisis, Cheetah has assembled another Secret Society of Super Villains. Among its members are:

The New 52's Secret Society

It is shown in the issues of Justice League of America Vol. 3 of The New 52, that "The Outsider" has been assembling this incarnation of the Secret Society to deal with the growing superhero community,[1] as well as have members he can offer to the Crime Syndicate to assist them once they arrive.[2] First appearance and any additional info listed in parenthesis.

References

  1. ↑ Justice League Vol. 2 #6
  2. ↑ Justice League Vol 2. #23

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