This is a short list of profiles on the adversaries the Outsiders
have faced.
Baron
Bedlam
This would-be conquestor was the first enemy the Outsiders had
to deal with. A neo-nazi villain, and grandson of a dictator who
once invaded Markovia's borders where he took over for a time
during WW2, Bedlam himself tried to take over the country and
usurp it from its rightful heirs once again during the early
1980's, even taking Wayne Enterprises excecutive Lucius Fox
hostage, and forcing Batman into action to save his alter ego's
good employee. Though Bedlam was crushed initially by Geo-Force
in a showdown at the governmental palace of Markovia, he was
later resurrected via cloning, and targeted the goodies again,
including Infinity Inc.
The People's Heroes
This was a Soviet super-team whose powers were developed by the
Russians using data analyzed from the Force of July. They fought
the Outsiders a few times, and at least once, they fought the
Suicide Squad too. Their roster even included a husband and wife
named Hammer and Sickle!
Masters of Disaster
Not much is known about the history of the group of
super-villains calling themselves the Masters of Disaster. They
are a group of mercenaries, and each member of the group
controls at least one super-power related in some way to a
natural disaster. New-Wave and Windfall are sisters, and
Coldsnap and Heatsroke are lovers; their only motivation for
joining the Masters of Disaster is to amass enough money to cure
their conditions. Shakedown is the hefty one. The Masters of
Disaster have fought numerous times with the hero group the
Outsiders, and they have spent a good amount of time in the
Slab, a prison for super-powered villains. Windfall eventually
left the team to join the Outsiders.
Duke of Oil
Earl Dukeston was a businessman whose human body was destroyed
by an explosion, and had his mind inserted into a cybernetic
body by the extra-legal organization called Skull, who hoped to
profiteer from his fuel businesses. On their orders, he
infiltrated the Outsiders' HQ trying to steal their secrets. But
to his horror, he learned that he was not a cyborg at all, but
rather, an elaborate robot whose computerized brain contained
memories of the original Dukeston. With his links to humanity
coming unglued, he proceeded to attack the Outsiders even more
nastily, and was finally plunged into the ocean. However, his
robotic body was never recovered, leading Metamorpho to ideally
suggest that there was every chance he would return.
Marine Marauder
Not much is known about the exact origins of Dr. Marlene
Simmonds, except that according to her, she wanted to achieve
wealth without going through the "tedious world" of business and
investments (in other words, she took a form of commie-socialist
path). She developed a talent for oceanography, finding a way to
influence sea life, investing some of her brother's money to
begin her career. This may not be the whole story, since there
was a male Marine Marauder who'd appeared earlier and attacked
Aquaman, and though defeated, escaped capture. It might be
possible that the brother she spoke of was the original Marine
Marauder, though it hasn't been proven yet. Simmonds' powers
enabled her to control all manner of sea life, and she used them
to try and extort money from the passengers on a cruise liner,
and even tried to siphon powers out of Looker. Simmonds was last
seen in the clutches of an octopus, towed into the ocean.
Copyright Avi Green. All rights
reserved.