The elite
| Comic | |
|---|---|
| title | The elite |
| country | United States |
| author | Joe Kelly |
| Illustrator |
Doug Mahnke Lee Bermejo |
| publishing company | DC Comics |
| magazine | Superman , u. a. Action comics |
The Elite (Engl. The Elite ) is a fictional group of anti-heroes with super powers, which in publications by DC Comics in the comic universe occurs.
history
The Elite were inspired by The Authority comic series published by WildStorm , a DC Comics label . The group first appeared in the story “What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way of Life ?” In Action Comics # 775 from March 2001. The comic was voted # 1 in Wizard Magazine's Top Ten Comics of the Decade . It was written by Joe Kelly and drawn by Doug Mahnke and Lee Bermejo . The group members of the elite appeared in a number of stories as antagonists and anti-heroes before some of them went to the Justice League and later formed the Justice League Elite .
Members
- Manchester Black , the team's first leader. He dies after realizing that he has also become one of the villains he wanted to fight.
- Vera Black , the sister of Manchester Black and the second leader of the elite.
- Coldcast , able to manipulate electromagnetism , was eventually influenced by Superman to fight for the law.
- Menagerie I , was sent to an alien day nursery , lobotomy and is now in a coma.
- Menagerie II , is linked to an alien weapon that drove her crazy. She is in a metahuman detention center.
- Hat is armed with an invisibility cloak and left the team shortly after Vera Black.
- Bunny is a bacterial colony .
Arrowverse
In the Arrowverse , Manchester Black formed a group called The Elite in the episode The Era of the Elite (OT: What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way ?; 4th season of the Supergirl series ) .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Critiques on Infinite Earths: Action Comics # 775 ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed January 1, 2012.
- ↑ Cosmic Teams: The Elite / Justice League Elite (English), accessed January 1, 2012.
