#SPORTSMASTER

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Injustice

George Perez

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happy mother’s day to our lovely women!!!

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This is kind of a weird question, but I was thinking about thieves. There are plenty of supervillains don’t want to rule the world, or kill off humanity, and aren’t bigots. Like Catwoman for example. I can think of multiple moments where villains like her or the Shade would work with superheroes to defeat a much more dangerous enemy. Which makes sense, can’t steal more cat statues if the city gets destroyed.

I was thinking about the complete drafting of superheroes in WWII and I wonder if there was something like that for supervillains. Not necessarily like Taskforce X, but like, was there an unspoken or even a formal agreement among some contemporary villains that if Nazis were involved, you either alerted a local hero or you dealt with the bastards yourself? Like how the Rogues often have agreements for operating in Central City. (Allegedly, I don’t live there, so it could very much be an image they present to look better in public) Or like the judge that approached gangsters in getting rid of a Nazi infestation? Was that ever a rule? I know sometimes villains get very organized, I think they’ve had countries and secret societies before, so I figured it might be possible.

The thing to remember about the Golden Age is that the rules were still being written as they went along. Any of the ways in which supervillains might have been "organized" or even communicated simply didn't exist in the ways they do now because nothing had had the time to put down roots or established itself yet. It's why groups like the Justice Society and the All Star Squadron were so unquestioned during the war. The ability for heroes to band together toward common cause, support one another and take on threats none of them could handle alone was (and is) one of the greatest advantages that the superhero community has over its villainous counterpart and that was doubly true back in the 40s when supervillains were all disconnected nutjobs who were trying to figure things out the same as the heroes. However, there is an example that can be brought up as to an informal "connection" that took root among the 40s villain "class"

(A christmas card image sent by Sportsmaster and Huntress to the members of the Justice Society, circa 1948) Sportsmaster (Lawrence "Crusher" Crock) and Huntress (Paula Brooks) were the first torrid supervillain romance that ever occurred and as such it was of great interest to the supervillain community. As much as people have tried to pry into the juice details there don't seem to BE any. Sportsmaster and Huntress by all accounts deeply adore one another, raised their daughter Artemis in a loving home with their full support to eventually become a supervillain in her own right (she's married to the second Icicle and they now have a daughter). Now the Crocks are famously VIRULENT anti-fascists, which is why I bring them up. The Injustice Society eventually distancing itself from even fascist LEANING members like Vandal Savage or Per Degaton was less because of an outright ruling in the group's nonexistent bylaws and more that Sportsmaster and Huntress refused to be in the same room with either man without trying to violently murder them. Anecdotes from inside supervillain meetings are about as tenuous as evidence gets but its been said that Sportsmaster pretended to be cowed by Vandal Savage specifically on multiple occasions only to then run up behind him at first opportunity and hit him upside the back of the head with something. Oftentimes foiling the Society's own plots just so Savage could be left for the authorities to find. The reasons are rather simple. As you stated the pair are THIEVES and their delusions of grandeur are limited to being thieves. They want to get rich and not end up dead while doing it and that places them on a much higher moral standing when faced with a fascist. The fact that the pair have a daughter and now a granddaughter has probably only hardened their attitudes, they don't want their children coming up in a world with Nazis in it.

This seems to be a proclivity they have passed onto their daughter, the second Tigress and has been DEEPLY reinforced by her marriage to the second Icicle who is very, VERY Norwegian and as such generally not a fan of Nazis. Again there's a host of stories from inside supervillain meetings or plannings where the duo will derail proceedings because they happen to catch sight of a Nazi villain stinking up the room.

So while there was no concrete rule about Nazis back in the early days of supervillainy, there was the one power couple in the corner of the room who REALLY liked caving their heads in.

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Recently discovered this guy and I love him a lot.

He’s mysterious, sociopathic, tactical and has an interesting gimmick that makes him goofy and terrifying at the same time(Stimming or character aesthetics either way, pretty cool !)

(I’ve been trying to picture a version for the Young Justice series and I feel like he would have quite the ‘unspoken’ rivalry between him and Sportsmaster, consider they are both killer dads (except Ono has a better relationship with his kids))

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oliver: so sportsmaster is lian’s grandfather??

dinah: yeah

oliver: but im her grandfather

dinah: you can have more than one

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All-out action!

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Bucket list :

Get married in a van.

Kill God.

Try all you can eat buffet and win it.

Stab Superman.

Have Lex and Superman act a Superlex fanfic.

Have Batman and Joker do a rap battle.

Steal Red Hood's ammo.

Meet Damian W.

Tell my parents the truth.

Give Joseph a Motorbike.

Throw Sportsmaster higher.

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Green Lantern versus the Sportsmaster by Alex Toth

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[shyjusticewarrior]

Sportsmaster, you'll never be him

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The Green Lantern corps. and Green Lantern villains as seen in the DC Animated Universe. In order:

The Guradians of the Universe - First appearance in Green Lantern v2 #1 (1960).

Abin Sur - First Appearance in Showcase #22 (1959).

Hal Jordan - First Appearance in Showcase #22 (1959).

John Stewart - First appearance in Green Lantern v2 #87 (1971).

Kyle Rayner - First appearance in Green Lantern v3 #48 (1994).

Jessica Cruz - First appearance in Justice League v2 #30 (2014).

Katma Tui - First appearance in Green Lanternv2 #30 (1964).

Kilowog - First appearance in Green Lantern Corps v1 #201 (1986).

Tomar Re - First appearance in Green Lantern v2 #6 (1961).

Arkkis Chummuck - First appearance in Green Lantern v2 #130 (1980).

Barreer Wot - First appearance in Green Lanternv4 #4 (2005).

Salakk - First appearance in Green Lantern v2 #149 (1982).

Galius Zed - First appearance in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #2 (1981).

Larvox - First appearance in Green Lantern v2 #9 (1961).

Spol - First appearance in Green Lantern v2 #168 (1983).

Sinestro - First appearance in Green Lantern v2 #7 (1961).

Star Sapphire - First appearance in Showcase #22 (1959).

Vandal Savage - First appearance in Green Lantern v1 #10 (1943).

The Manhunters - First appearance in Justice League of America v1 #140 (1977).

Sonar - First appearance in Green Lantern v2 #14 (1962).

Dr. Polaris - First appearance in Green Lantern v2 #21 (1963).

Goldface - First appearance in Green Lantern v2 #38 (1965).

Evil Star - First appearance in Green Lantern v2 #37 (1965).

Sportsmaster - First appearance in All-American Comics #85 (1947).

The Tattooed Man - First appearance in Green Lantern v2 #23 (1963).

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Young Justice 3x08 - Triptych

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Rose in Catwoman #62 art by Carmine Di Giandomenico

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All-Star Comics #73

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Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #11

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I love it when DC goes full Venture Bros