Villains United #1 [First Printing]

(July 2005)

And Empires in Their Purpose (Table of Contents: 1)

Secret Six / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Gail Simone (credited)

Pencils

Dale Eaglesham (credited)

Inks

Wade von Grawbadger (credited)

Colors

Sno Cone (credited as Sno-Cone)

Letters

Jared K. Fletcher (credited)

Genre

superhero; adventure

Characters

The Secret Six: Catman [Thomas Blake] (featured); Cheshire [Jade Nguyen] (featured); Deadshot [Floyd Lawton] (featured); The Fiddler [Isaac Bowin] (death) (featured); Parademon (featured); Ragdoll [Peter Merkel Jr.] (featured) (first appearance); Scandal Savage (featured) (first appearance)
The Society: Black Adam [Teth-Adam] (antagonist); Black Manta [David Hyde] (antagonist); Bug [Barney Bonner] (antagonist); Byte [Blythe Bonner] (antagonist); The Calculator [Noah Kuttler] (antagonist); The Cheetah [Dr. Barbara Minerva] (antagonist); Deathstroke [Slade Wilson] (antagonist); Doctor Psycho [Edgar Cizko] (antagonist); The Fadeaway Man [Anton Lamont] (antagonist); Fatality [Yrra Cynril] (antagonist); Felix Faust (antagonist); The Gentleman Ghost [Jim Craddock] (antagonist); Talia al Ghul (antagonist); Gorilla Grodd (antagonist); Bonny Hoffman (antagonist) (of the Body Doubles); Knockout (antagonist); Carmen Leno (antagonist) (of the Body Doubles); Alexander Luthor Jr. (antagonist) (of Earth-Three, impersonating Lex Luthor); Mr. Freeze [Victor Fries] (antagonist); Multiplex [Danton Black] (antagonist); Phobia [Angela Hawkins III] (antagonist); Plasmus [Otto von Furth] (antagonist); Prometheus [Chad Graham] (antagonist); Shadow-Thief [Carl Sands] (antagonist); Shrapnel [Mark Scheffer] (antagonist)
Lex Luthor (supporting) (on monitor); Mockingbird (supporting) (on monitor, first appearance)

Synopsis

As the main players in the Secret Society go about recruiting new members, six others who turned the Society down are recruited by "Mockingbird". The Six --as they are called-- will work for Mockingbird willingly or be blackmailed into doing so. If they succeed in bringing down the Society, Mockingbird has promised them each a major continent to have, as well as sparing their lives.

Reprints

• in Villains United (DC, 2005 series) (2005 [February 2006])
• in Secret Six (DC, 2015 series) #1 - Villains United ([April] 2015)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Lex Luthor's Secret Six.