Villains United

    (DC, 2005)
™ and © 2005 DC Comics, Inc.

“Villains United” is actually just a bit of a misnomer: you see, there are actually two separate, and diametrically opposed, teams of super-villains forming in this six-issue limited series from writer Gail Simone (Birds of Prey) and artist Dale Eaglesham (Green Lantern) that spills out of the events of both Identity Crisis and Countdown to Infinite Crisis no. 1. One group, the Society, is headed up by Superman’s nemesis, Lex Luthor, and offers both unity and protection to the rogues in the wake of the revelation of the mind-wipe the JLA used to turn the once-deadly Doctor Light into a joke—at a price: slavish devotion. Oh, and you really can’t refuse. Except Catman does. Catman?!? Yes, Catman, a bad guy Batman-knockoff who has apparently found himself by leading a Tarzan-like existence in the African jungle, turns down the Society’s offer.

What will Luthor, Dr. Psycho, Talia, Deathstroke the Terminator, Black Adam, and the Calculator do to such an upstart? Well, if they try something, they’ll have to take on Catman’s cohorts in the new Secret Six, a rival team assembled by the mysterious Mockingbird, focused less on protection and more on world domination, and composed of Scandal, Cheshire, a Parademon from Apokolips, Ragdoll, Deadshot, and the aforementioned Catman. Two highly organized bands of bad guys? Sounds like more trouble for the super-heroes of DC Universe is a-brewing!

— Thomas Moudry
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  • 1
    #1
    Regular Cover by J.G. Jones
    Jul 2005
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    W: Gail Simone  ·  A: Dale Eaglesham
    Death of Bug (Barney Bonner); Death of Fiddler (Isaac Bowen)
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  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing B&W Sketch Cover by Dale Eaglesham
    Jul 2005
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    W: Gail Simone  ·  A: Dale Eaglesham
    Death of Bug (Barney Bonner); Death of Fiddler (Isaac Bowen)
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  • 1-3
    #1 - 3rd printing
    White Cover by J.G. Jones
    Jul 2005
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    W: Gail Simone  ·  A: Dale Eaglesham
    Death of Bug (Barney Bonner); Death of Fiddler (Isaac Bowen)
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  • 1/C
    #1 Variation C
    White background on Cover C by Dale Eaglesham
    Jul 2005
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    W: Gail Simone  ·  A: Dale Eaglesham
    Death of Bug (Barney Bonner); Death of Fiddler (Isaac Bowen)
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  • 2
    #2
    Regular Cover by J.G. Jones
    Aug 2005
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    W: Gail Simone  ·  A: Dale Eaglesham
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  • 3
    #3
    Sep 2005
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    W: Gail Simone  ·  A: Val Semeiks
    Death of Hyena (Jivan Shi); Origin of Rag Doll
    22 copies from $0.70
  • 4
    #4
    Oct 2005
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    W: Gail Simone  ·  A: Dale Eaglesham
    Origin of Catman (Thomas Blake)
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    #5
    Nov 2005
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    W: Gail Simone  ·  A: Dale Eaglesham
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  • 6
    #6
    Dec 2005
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    W: Gail Simone  ·  A: Dale Eaglesham
    Death of Pariah; Death of the Parademon; Final issue
    21 copies from $0.88
  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Dec 2005
    Cover: $12.99
    W: Gail Simone  ·  A: Dale Eaglesham, Val Semeiks
    Collects Villains United #1-6
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