Fearsome Five (DC)
The Fearsome Five are a supervillain team who feature in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
The Fearsome Five were a team of supervillains that were founded by the criminal Doctor Light. Arthur Light recruited the team after placing an ad in the Underworld Star that was a criminal underground newsletter. Light formed the group to attack the Teen Titans but unknown to both groups they were being manipulated by the living psionic named Psimon. He had bee under the influence of the demon Trigon who had empowered him with superhuman abilities and tasked him destroying the Teen Titans. This led to Psimon usurping the Fearsome Five from Light and using them to attack the Titans. (New Teen Titans v1 #3)
Gizmo, Mammoth and Shimmer advertised in the Voice for two members to complete the Fearsome Five. Charger and Deuce were accepted, but the others did not know they had their own agenda, to kill Superman. They robbed the Metropolis diamond expo, and defeated Superman. Charger and Deuce wanted to kill Superman, but his teammates reminded them they were crooks not assassins. They next robbed the charity cruise aboard the Augustus Mandrell, and once again defeated Superman, who was distracted by issues in his personal life. Charger tipped off Superman to the Five's location so he could finish off the hero, but the newly confident Superman defeated the Five. (Adventures of Superman v1 #430)
Under Psimon, the Fearsome Five began working on behalf of the Society. (Villains United v1 #5)
Doctor Sivana breaks several imprisoned team members out of jail, restores Shimmer to life, and convinces Psimon to join them. The team attempts to short sell LexCorp stock by stealing account details and murdering everybody in LexCorp buildings. The original Five demand that they attack a nuclear missile facility, but Doctor Sivana refuses. When pressed, he shoots Gizmo in the head and abandons the rest of the team. They attack the facility anyways, and nearly succeed in directing a nuclear attack against Canada. They are stopped by the Outsiders. Mammoth is captured and returned to Alcatraz, but the remaining members manage to escape.
The Fearsome Five were hired by a client to take down the Titans. They decided to take them out one at a time, and targeted Troia. Troia defeated them, but they refused to name their client, and were sent to Belle Reve. (Titans v2 #20)
Psimon came to be interrupted by the Joker, who apparently murdered him by breaking the dome which houses his brain and smashing it with a rock, repeatedly. In the final issue of the miniseries, Neutron is used by Lex Luthor as a power source for a teleportation device, and is seemingly killed when it self-destructs. (Salvation Run v1 #2)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. The Fearsome Five
The Fearsome Five were among the gathered supervillains present when the Crime Syndicate of America had arrived on this Earth and inducted all the villains into the Secret Society of Super-Villains who looked to take over the world. (Forever Evil v1 #1)
Overview
In appearance, Fearsome Five were a team of superpowered beings that came to operate as supervillains. (New Teen Titans v1 #3)
Members
- Doctor Light : a male human with the power to manipulate light who decided to eliminate the Teen Titans where he recruited other villains to aid him with this goal. (New Teen Titans v1 #3)
- Psimon :
- Gizmo :
- Mammoth :
- Shimmer :
- Jinx :
- Nano : Virgil Adams
- Rumble :
Notes
- The Fearsome Five were created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez where they made their first appearance in New Teen Titans v1 #3 (January, 1981).
In other media
Television
- In Teen Titans, the members of the Fearsome Five appeared in the setting of the animated television series. They were shown as being the H.I.V.E. Five who were founded by Jinx after the destruction of the H.I.V.E. Academy and the defeat of Brother Blood at the hands of Cyborg. Despite their name, they were joined by more members including See-More and Private H.I.V.E.. This was until Private H.I.V.E. eventually leaving the team to strike out on his own and being replaced by Billy Numerous and Kyd Wykkyd. The H.I.V.E. Five were first encountered as a group robbing a mall. The Teen Titans tried to stop them but, due to their ungainly attire, the H.I.V.E. Five easily defeated them. They came close to killing the Titans but were driven off by Mother Mae-Eye. Though they did not get away with any crimes in the end, they still took pride in beating the Titans. They happily celebrated their victory in their base afterwards. However, the Titans later returned the favor by sending them Mother Mae-Eye's cursed pie, which possessed them. During this episode, the members of the H.I.V.E. Five were Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth, Private H.I.V.E. and See-More.
- In Young Justice, a supervillain team based on the Fearsome Five appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Beneath". They were shown to be working for the Light. Led by Psimon, the team consists of Shimmer, Mammoth, Devastation and Icicle Jr.
Video games
- In DC Universe Online, the Fearsome Five appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game. Their line-up consisted of Doctor Light, Mammoth, Gizmo, Jinx, and Psimon.
Appearances
- New Teen Titans v1: (1981)
- Outsiders v3:
- Villains United v1: (2003)
- Titans v2:
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