Dark Circle (DC)
The Dark Circle are an organization that features in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
The Dark Circle
The Dark Circle left behind a few members on Earth to commit acts of sabotage. An Ontiir clone used his weapon-chair to destroy the bridges and drainage systems that kept the California Costal District afloat. The Legion of Super-Heroes was holding a membership drive, and took several prospective members to California to investigate. Dev-Em of the U.P.’s Counter-Intelligence Corps was also on the scene, and with the help of telepath Tellus they found the Ontiir clone. The clone set off another destructive device that caused a tidal wave. Mon-El used his heat vision to evaporate the tidal wave while his teammates tried to pierce the clone’s forcefield. Quislet, an adventurer from a microscopic dimension flying in a miniatures Trans-D Vessel, joined the fray in an attempt to impress the Legion. Quislet could animate inanimate matter, and took control of the clone’s weapon-chair, using it to defeat him. Quislet returned to his Vessel, and the weapon-chair crumbled to dust, as was usually the case for any matter Quislet possessed. (Legion of Super-Heroes v3 #14)
Post-Zero Hour
Overview
Members
- Ontiir :
- Grullug Garkush :
- Norak Kun :
- Gorgoth :
- Rolind Siepur :
- Brainiac 4 :
Notes
- The Dark Circle were created by Jim Shooter and Curt Swan where they made their first appearance in Adventure Comics v1 #367. (April, 1968).
- Another Dark Circle appeared in DC Comics that were unrelated to the Legion version with these appearing in Phantom Stranger v1 #20 (July-August, 1972) with these serving Tannarak and worked with the demon sorceress Tala.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Legion of Super-Heroes, the Dark Circle appeared as antagonists in the second season episode "In Your Dreams". They were noted as a criminal organization with deep ties and seeking to destabilize the United Planets. Members of the Dark Circle wore a similar costume and consisted of various Humanoid alien species. While they did not have powers, they made use of a wide range of technical abilities from weapons to invisibility cloaks. Its members were well trained and personally picked by the leader of the organization thus ensuring that all its members were loyal to the Dark Circle. The Dark Circle were a well trained group of mercenaries that performed criminal activities within the United Planets. Their goal was to destabilize the interstellar power and let chaos rule in its place. The group became bolder and bolder in their activities once Imperiex along with his forces began attacking allowing them to begin their operations while their enemy was distracted. The Circles operations were quickly thwarted by members of the Legion of Super Heroes. At first, a member of the Circle explained to their leader that they had a traitor but it was quickly revealed that their failures were the result of the prophetic dreams of the precog Legionnaire Dream Girl. Upon seeing this threat, they were determined to remove it and make it their own strength. To do this, they infiltrated the Legions base and planted a device that gave a false dream reading on the Legion's computer thus sending them into a trap. In the aftermath, the Legionnaire Dream Girl had a prophetic dream where she was arrested by her colleagues and killed as they believed her to be a traitor. To prevent this from coming to pass, she left the Legion only to fall into the Dark Circles trap where they drugged her as well as used her to gain an advantage over the Legion for their attack on the United Planets conference. Despite this advantage and their numbers, they were defeated when the Legion made the Dark Circle believe that the prophetic vision had come to pass when in fact, a hologram was used to make it appear so. Caught at the disadvantage, the Dark Circle was defeated and captured. Their attempt at destroying the conference was also foiled thanks to the united effort of the freed Dream Girl and Lightning Lad.
Films
- In Legion of Super-Heroes, the Dark Circle appeared in the setting of the 2023 animated film. They were a cult that followed the teachings of Brainiac and enacted his goals in bringing order to the universe. Over the years, they had gone by many names such as Black Zero, Ouroboros, and the Beginning and the End. After Brainiac was killed in the 21st century, they came to collect samples of his DNA which they used to create a number of clones of him. The intention was to bring about the resurrection of Brainiac. By the 31st century, one of their prominent members was Mon-El who was tasked with recovering the Miracle Machine from the Legion of Super-Heroes. Upon learning this, Brainiac 5 joined the Legion in order to stop them.
Appearances
- Adventure Comics v1: (1968)
- Legion of Super-Heroes:
- Legion of Super-Heroes v3:
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