The Justice Leaguers have defeated all opposition in the past because they possess something their adversaries have lacked-- An organization-- A common meeting ground to exchange strategies and secrets-- But now crime has a gathering of its own-- A satellite similar to that of the Justice League itself-- But held in stationary orbit 22,300 miles above the opposite side of the Earth! Aye, we now have all that the Justice League has-- And one thing more-- This! If your defeat at the JLA's hand seems imminent, simply press this button-- And I personally guarantee the tables will instantly be turned! 
The Injustice Gang of the World was an organization created by Libra to balance the scales between good and evil, by counteracting the advantage held by the Justice League of America.
History
Libra's preparations involved contracting an enigmatic third party to build and furnish a geosynchronous satellite base in orbit 22,300 miles above the Earth, on the opposite side of the planet as the Justice League Satellite. Unbeknownst to Libra at the time, this third party was Glorious Godfrey, acting on behalf of the New Gods of Apokolips to guide Libra towards his destiny. Libra summoned Mirror Master, Scarecrow, Chronos, Shadow-Thief, Poison Ivy, and Tattooed Man, convening them aboard the Injustice Gang Satellite for the first time and promising them victory against their opposite numbers on the other side of the law.[1][2]
Libra equipped each Injustice Gang member with a miniaturized version of his Transmortifier device and sent them off in groups of two to cause havoc in London, Hollywood, and Singapore. The Injustice Gang's game-plan was to force the JLA to split up into manageable groups, then use the Transmortifier devices to halve their foes' vital energies if their own abilities failed them in battle. This stratagem was successful, insofar as it accomplished the defeat of the Justice League, though all Injustice Gang members were defeated by their JLA enemies before Libra interceded against the Justice Leaguers in their weakened states. Libra abandoned the rest of the Gang to capture by the law and took the Justice Leaguers captive aboard their Satellite, planning on having the heroes bear witness as he used the larger version of the Transmortifier to absorb half of the energy in the Milky Way Galaxy and ascend to godhood. However, Libra was unprepared for what his expanded power would entail and lost cohesion over his physical form as his consciousness drifted out into space.[1][2]
The Injustice Gang went their separate ways, though they were later brought back together under the auspices of the Construct, who psychically influenced Poison Ivy and the Scarecrow into resurrecting the idea. Meanwhile, the Construct tapped into Wonder Woman's grievances with her fellow JLAers to seize control of her mind, causing her to lash out at the allied vigilante Privateer and make paces for one of the Earth-side teleport terminals of the Injustice Gang Satellite. The Privateer had covertly planted a tracer on Wonder Woman after her outburst, allowing Batman and him to trace her steps to the site of the terminal, while the Construct sent Wonder Woman to teleport to the Justice League Satellite, ensnare Superman with her Lasso of Truth, and reprogram the teleport terminals for the Justice League Satellite on Earth to beam up to the Injustice Gang Satellite instead.[3]
At the same time, the Construct continued to gather the members of the Injustice Gang by directly teleporting them to the Injustice Gang Satellite, but coincidentally, each of the villains was engaged in a running battle with one or more JLA members already before their abrupt disappearances. After Wonder Woman forced Superman to call a general meeting of the whole Justice League, the Justice Leaguers gained suspicions that something was amiss and rendezvoused in New York City to compare notes. These suspicions were validated when Green Lantern used his power ring to confirm that their satellite's teleport system had been tampered with and traced the source to the Injustice Gang Satellite instead. As such, the Justice League got the drop on the Injustice Gang, who had been expecting the League to fall into their ambush instead, and destroyed the villains' satellite, which had the effect of temporarily dispelling the Construct as well. Afterwards, the Injustice Gang lost all memory of their reunion, as the Construct's hold over their minds vanished.[3]
Months later, the Injustice Gang was regrouped for a second and final time by a cloaked figure, actually Abra Kadabra using a disguise, and used the Justice League's mothballed Secret Sanctuary for an impromptu lair. Using information possessed by the people of the 64th Century, Abra directed groups of Injustice Gang members to retrieve ancient prototypes of modern energy exploitation facilities, which had been brought to Earth 1000 years ago by a race of aliens. These prototypes of a sundial, oil rig, hydroelectric dam, and windvane were, according to Abra, intended by the aliens to encourage humans' eventual exploitation of the planet's natural resources, in order so that the aliens could usurp control of these resources and the means for their exploitation upon their eventual return. The Justice League's efforts to stop the Injustice Gang were frustrated by Ultraa, who came to the conclusion that the existence of superpowers posed a grave danger to mankind and had to be destroyed.[4]
In service of that goal, Ultraa created a "negative radiation" beam that would reverse the usual level of confidence that a superhuman has in his or her abilities, using it first on the Justice League before tracking the Injustice Gang to the Secret Sanctuary and repeating the procedure on them. However, while Ultraa expected that it would force both superheroes and supervillains into retirement, the effect was to handicap the JLA while giving the Injustice Gang the morale boost necessary to operate more effectively as a team. The Gang proceeded to use the alien prototypes to seize control over all the Earth's energy sources, forcing the League to go into action despite their disadvantage. Led to the Secret Sanctuary by a remorseful Ultraa, the JLA adopted a strategy of encouraging themselves to be more effective by putting their confidence in each other's powers, if they could no longer place the same trust into their own. By this method, the Justice League surpassed their psychological blocks and defeated the Injustice Gang once and for all.[4]
Notes
- Although this team was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985–86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
See Also
- 11 Appearances of Injustice Gang I
- 3 Images that include Injustice Gang I
- Team Gallery: Injustice Gang I
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Footnotes
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