Membership History
Metropolis Crime Wave
Before Superman donned his costume, Metropolis was already controlled by several gangs. Even though in America, Metropolis is seen as a gleaming city of hope and prosperity, underneath there are many facets under control by the most ruthless mobsters and criminals.
Intergang
From the beginnings of Superman's career to now, a crime syndicate has had its cluthes on Metropolis for a long time. This organization had ties to the far outer reaches of space to Apokolips.
- Bruno Mannheim[1] Bruno Mannheim, nicknamed "Ugly", is arguably the second formidable human being to ever challenge Superman. His organization, Intergang, has been under the control of Darkseid for many years. Recently, Bruno has become a psychopath and another mysterious villain has now begun running Intergang's activities.
- Morgan Edge[2] Morgan Edge was former president of Galaxy Broadcasting Systems, a prominent media corporation that owned television station WGBS. Superman's alter-ego, Clark Kent and Cat Grant exposed Egde when it was discovered that he had ties to Intergang. Edge has since lost his job and sponsored the Superman Revenge Squad.
The Megalomaniac Supervillains
Besides Mannheim and Edge, other denizens of subjugation, power, and darkness have appeared in Superman's career that continue to challenge him to this day.
Heavy Hitters:
- Lex Luthor: [3] Lex Luthor is Superman's oldest and most driven foe, thus becoming Kal-El's arch-enemy. A shrewd powerful businessman hell-bent on world domination, Luthor has no special powers, except maybe his exceptional genius intellect, which he uses to formulate plans of destruction towards Superman and sometimes Metropolis; plans of omnipotence over the world. A self-proclaimed Machiavellian industrialist, scientist, and white-collar criminal as referenced by one of his famous quotes, "I'm the greatest criminal mind of all time!," Luthor has proven to be Superman's own "super-foe", being responsible for cloning Superman in order to ultimately destroy him, engineering smear campaigns to ruin Superman's reputation, and almost destroying Metropolis.
- Darkseid: [4] Darkseid has been ruler of Apokolips for thousands of years. A sadistic despot, Darkseid is determined to make sure that he's ruler of the entire universe and to attain that goal, he desperately seeks the Anit-Life Equation, a device that control all life.
Recommended Reading
- Lex Luthor: Man of Steel
- Death of Superman
- Superman: Up, Up and Away!
- Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
See Also
- Gallery of Superman Villains
- List of Superman Villains (Alphabetical Order)
Links and References
- ↑ First Appearance: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #39
- ↑ First Appearance: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133
- ↑ First Appearance: Action Comics #23
- ↑ First Appearance: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134