Royal Flush Gang

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The Royal Flush Gang in Justice League of America v2 #35.

Royal Flush Gang is a supervillain team who features in DC Comics.

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History

Pre-Crisis

The Royal Flush Gang were a team of superpowered thieves that were first gathered together by Amos Fortune. (Justice League of America v1 #43)

Post-Crisis

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Originally, it was established by Amos Fortune and his fellow criminals after they robbed a high-stakes poker game and decided to use the money to establish themselves rather than return to their former employers in the local mob. Fortune decided to base themselves on cards with him taking the identity of the Ace of Spades with them using a variety of sophisticated weaponry. This brought them into conflict with the Justice League of America which led to the gang's defeat with them barely escaping the heroes. After numerous such defeats, the gang decided to recruit more people into their ranks and base them on the card-theme in order to establish them as a criminal organization. In time, they began to have a major branch in almost every major city in the United States of America with them being considered a national menace and a rival threat by Intergang. (Justice League of America v2 #36)

With Amos Fortune as Wild Card, the Gang was deployed on a number of missions for him where they were sent on a heist at the Startopia hotel. They were seemingly after the money and faced an undermanned Justice League team who battled the villains but they managed to escape. Unknown to anyone, the money was not their objective but rather it was its proprietary nanotech that was stolen on behalf of their employer. (Justice League of America v2 #35)

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. The Royal Flush Gang

A new team of criminals, calling themselves 'the Royal Flush Gang' took the mantle when the Crime Syndicate came to Earth and claimed to have killed the Justice League. Some members attended the Crime Syndicate's announcement in Happy Harbor. (Forever Evil v1 #1) Setting up in the Man of Steal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Royal Flush Gang caught wind of a bounty set on the Rogues' heads set by the Crime Syndicate themselves. Hoping to acquire more territory and power in exchange for the Rogues, the Ace of Spades sent the Diamonds division to track down and apprehend the Rogues in Gotham City. (Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion v1 #4) Though the Rogues escaped and killed the Diamonds, the Royal Flush Gang still had Golden Glider held captive as leverage. The Rogues then invaded the gang's territory, stole Glider back, and began fighting the army the Royal Flush Gang had at its disposal. The fight was interrupted by Johnny Quick and Atomica arriving, wanting to kill the Rogues themselves. However, the Ace of Spades wouldn't give up the fight and shot Weather Wizard in the head with his shotgun anyway, seemingly killing him, and causing Johnny Quick to go into a fury, being robbed of his rightfully deserved kill. In a fit of revenge, Johnny Quick went around killing members of the gang until he was beamed back to the Watchtower to deal with an important issue. The second group of the Royal Flush Gang was rendered defunct. (Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion v1 #5)

A third wave of criminals who became the Royal Flush Gang were active when Superman's identity was revealed publicly to be Clark Kent. The group was composed of Ten, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace. This group did not have a set card suit for each member, instead they wore a general collection of clubs, spades, hearts, and diamonds and referred to each other by their codenames. The new Royal Flush Gang sought to bring grief to Kent by attacking his apartment building but happened to see him walking the streets on their way. Picking a fight, Ten only threw one punch before Ace surrendered and started beating up King. (Superman v3 #44)

Overview

Originally, the gang consisted of only four members but after opening their membership they came to be regarded more as an organization rather than a team. This led to them establishing branches in almost every major city in the United States. Hierarchy was based on the card theme with those from the seven ups being well protected with their families cared for if they were to die. This left the lower ranks being considered expendable though this was seen as an incentive for them to rise up the ranks. (Justice League of America v2 #36)

Lower ranking members had booby-trapped equipment that could be triggered remotely to kill them if they threatened to expose the Gang's objectives. (Justice League of America v2 #36)

One incarnation of the team made use of a Stellaration device that was a machine that harnessed astrological power of the stars to charge objects with stellaration power in order to cause different effects. (Justice League of America v1 #43)

Members

  • Amos Fortune :
  • Joe Carny :
  • Mona Taylor :
  • Wanda Wayland :
  • Derek Reston :
  • Sam Kurtis :
  • Hi-Jack :

Notes

  • The Royal Flush Gang were created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky where they made their first appearance in Justice League of America v1 #43 (March, 1966).

Alternate Versions

  • In Captain Marvel, Jr. v1 #7 (1943), a similar group of villains referred to as the Ace, King, Queen, and Jack of Crime appeared on Earth-S. Led by Black Ace, they consisted of members named Diamond Jack, King Clubbo, and Queenie Hart where they were enemies of Freddy Freeman's Captain Marvel, Jr.

In other media

Television

  • In The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, the Royal Flush Gang appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "The Wild Cards".
  • In Justice League, the Royal Flush Gang appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Wild Cards".

Films

  • In Justice League: Doom, the Royal Flush Gang appeared as minor antagonists in the setting of the animated film. The Royal Flush Gang attempt to rob a bank using dimensional phasing technology, but are hindered by Batman. They manage to overcome him, but the Justice League arrive and foil the gang. The heroes are unable to find out who supplied the Royal Flush Gang with their technology as they did not know themselves. Unbeknownst to the Justice League, Vandal Savage used the gang as a distraction so Mirror Master could infiltrate the Batcave.

Video games

Appearances

  • Justice League of America v1: (1966)
  • Justice League of America v2:
  • Forever Evil v1:
  • The Flash:
  • Superman v3:

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