Injustice Society

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publisher=DC Comics
debut="All Star Comics" #37
(Oct-Nov 1947)
creators=Sheldon Mayer
Bob Kanigher
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The Injustice Society (also called the Injustice Society of the World) is a group of fictional supervillains in the DC Comics universe. They are antagonists of the Justice Society of America.

Membership

Original team

It is unknown under which circumstances the Injustice Society was formed. The group first appeared in the second half of the 1940s decade.

*Wizard
*Brainwave
*Gambler
*Per Degaton
*Thinker (Clifford DeVoe)
*Vandal Savage

The second formation appeared in the late 1940s, with the following additional members:
*Fiddler
*Sportsmaster
*Tigress (Paula Brooks)
*Icicle (Joar Mahkent)
*Harlequin (Molly Mayne)

Later members

*Shade - was an additional member when a third formation formed during a team-up between the Justice Society and the Justice League, but later in the comic Starman he is shown in a flashback assisting a Golden Age incarnation of the society. His actual time of joining is unknown, but he was a member during the Golden Age.

*Solomon Grundy - joined a fourth formation led by the Icicle.

Injustice Unlimited

During what some described as the "anti-costumed-hero mania", (as chronicled in the DC mini-series "Legends" [1986] ), the Wizard gathered both old comrades and new super-criminals into a new Injustice Society which he called Injustice Unlimited. The adventures of this incarnation were written in the pages of "Infinity, Inc." #32-37 (1987) and #51-53 (1988), indeed, the criminal group seemed to be a mirror image of Infinity, Inc. which itself was an offshoot of the Justice Society. Later, this team returned to the original name.

*Wizard
*Fiddler
*Shade
*Artemis
*Hazard
*Icicle (Cameron Mahkent)

Later members

Recruited after the Wizard was believed dead and both the Fiddler and the Shade were imprisoned.

*Dummy
*Harlequin (Marcie Cooper)
*Solomon Grundy

Johnny Sorrow's team

In the late 1999, another incarnation of the Injustice Society was led by Johnny Sorrow.

*Johnny Sorrow
*Count Vertigo
*Icicle (Cameron Mahkent)
*Geomancer
*Tigress (Artemis Crock)
*Blackbriar Thorn
*Killer Wasp

Later recruits included:
*Rival
*Black Adam
*Shiv
*Thinker (A.I.)

Legacy's team

The demon Legacy, the Wizard in disguise, formed another version in the "JSA All-Stars" mini-series.

*Kestrel
*Rag Doll
*Tigress (Artemis Crock)
*Icicle (Cameron Mahkent)
*Solomon Grundy
*Shiv

Present formation

The Injustice Society has resurfaced again in November 2005, in the pages of "JSA Classified", composed by:

*Icicle (Cameron Mahkent)
*Tigress (Artemis Crock)
*Rag Doll (Peter Merkel, deceased)
*Thinker (A.I.)
*Solomon Grundy
*Wizard
*Gentleman Ghost
*Johnny Sorrow

List of appearances

*"All-Star Comics" #37, 41, 63-66
*"Justice League of America" #123-124, 183-185
*"Infinity, Inc." #34-35, 51-53
*"Secret Origins of Super-Villains 80-Page Giant" #1
*"JSA" #9-10, 16-20
*"JSA: All-Stars" #1
*"JSA Classified" #5-7

Appearance in other media

Justice League

An alternate version of the Golden Age Injustice Society appears in the "Justice League" episode entitled "Legends". The group calls itself the Injustice Guild, and opposes the Justice Guild of America (an analogue for the Justice Society). Its members are:

* "'The Music Master" (patterned after the first Fiddler)
* The Sportsman (patterned after the first Sportsmaster)
* Dr. Blizzard (patterned after the first Icicle)
* Sir Swami (patterned after the Wizard)

When some of the Justice League members end up in their dimension, Music Master was the first to encounter them and escape the fight. Upon hearing this, Sir Swami suggest to the other members that they hold a contest...whoever can pull off the best crime would think of the Injustice Society's next plot to attack Seaboard City. Dr. Blizzard won the contest when he made it back with Flash and Black Siren frozen. When it came to the attack, the Justice League and the Justice Guild freed Flash and Black Siren and defeated the Injustice Guild.

Trivia

The Justice League's counterpart group of enemies is known as the Injustice Gang.