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One of the best Infinite Crisis prequel stories, Villains United opens with a few pages summarizing the slow buildup reveal of Lex Luthor's Secret Society of Supervillains. The Society had been hinted at in numerous comics across DC's publication though they were eventually revealed in Infinite Crisis to be lackeys of the real culprit: Alexander Luthor of Earth 3 posing as his Earth 1 counterpart. Villains United shows a great counter view point of the Society's reveal from the point of view of the Secret Six: a small group of B and C list villains who operate on their own terms and outright refuse to join the Society, despite the consequences. Cheshire, Parademon, Deadshot, Ragdoll, and Scandal Savage are the base of the team but frankly the real star is Thomas Blake aka Catman. A D-list Batman rogue, Blake is recast here as an honor-bound, badass loner who only wants to protect endangered wild cats. When he refuses the Society, Luthor and his allies (Black Adam, Deathstroke, Talia al Ghuls, Dr. Psycho) balk at being turned down by such a no-name character and dish out retribution, thrusting Catman in league with the Secret Six. Now these two "secret" teams of villains are going head-to-head.

All in all, Villains United has very little to do with the main Infinite Crisis story other than being one of the first comics to reveal that the Luthor of the Secret Society is actually Alexander Luthor in disguise. However, the villains don't factor too much into Alex's main plot aside from distracting the DC heroes with their chaos and occasionally kidnapping the survivors of other Earths to power Alex's Crisis machine (as seen in the main Infinite Crisis story arc). Thus, this book acts as a nice stand alone chapter that pits two fun teams of villains against each other. Again, the biggest boon of Gail Simone's book is the fact that she does wonders for the Secret Six. While Deadshot has become something of an A list baddie thanks to the Suicide Squad movie and comics and Cheshire had a decent role on the beloved Young Justice cartoon, the rest of the team have fallen out of favor in recent years. I would also highly recommend reading the Infinite Crisis Companion after this book as one of its four stand alone comics acts as a sequel to this book both in showing the massive jailbreak that Alex Luthor executes with the Society, as well as the Secret Six contemplating whether or not they're finally going to join the battle between the Society and the heroes. Again, any book that can make Catman interesting and cool is a winner.


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Villains United Countdown to Infinite Crisis Gail Simone Dale Eaglesham Wade Von Grawbadger J G Jones Books Reviews

For its low price and nm condition how could I say no.
READ THIS BEFORE YOU READ 'THE SECRET SIX'!!! (Pre-new 52 secret six) highly recommended if you like great art, and funny and amazing story telling.
This was a Countdown to Infinite Crisis tie-in mini-series. Luthor, Talia, Deathstroke, Black Adam, Calculator and Dr. Psycho form a "Society" of super-villains to stand against the super-heroes. But a few villains won't sign up, and those villains are the Secret Six, lead by the mysterious Mockingbird. The real "breakout" character of the Secret Six is Catman, an obscure Batman villain who I always thought had a lot of potential as sort of an "Anti-Batman". Here, he gets made over into the character he always should have been. Anyway, this is a fun series that fans of DCU super-villains should enjoy.
I heard some great reviews but I wasn't too sure that it would be as good as people said it was. In actuality, it was even better. They made Catman, a joke of a villain, become a legitimate threat. I loved seeing Parademon in action too. I never liked Parademons but this completely changed my thoughts. I also enjoyed seeing cameos of villains like Hellhound, Wizard, and other lesser-known villains.
What if villains team up to fight evil? I know it's been done before, but how many stories out there haven't been? Regardless, this series ended up being a surprisingly good read. I remember looking at the cover and browsing through the compilation and thinking...oh man this is going to be cheesy. But to my delight I really enjoyed the character development and the few twists the authors threw in. Basically, Lex Luthor creates a team of super villains to take on the super heroes of the world. But many villains refuse to join in. A smaller team of villains is created by "Mockingbird" to fight the growing team bent on world domination.

Like I said, the overall story has probably been done before, but if you know the DCU then you know they'll stop at nothing to surprise you in the end. And surprise me they did! I gave 4 stars because I don't think they kept Black Adam's abilities and ruthlessness consistent with other stories they've written about him. But that seems to be my problem with Superman stories as well, you give someone godly powers and you end up having to tone them down for the weaker fights so they don't dominate the battle in a few minutes. Anyway, worth the money and worth the time to give it a quick read.
One of the best Infinite Crisis prequel stories, Villains United opens with a few pages summarizing the slow buildup reveal of Lex Luthor's Secret Society of Supervillains. The Society had been hinted at in numerous comics across DC's publication though they were eventually revealed in Infinite Crisis to be lackeys of the real culprit Alexander Luthor of Earth 3 posing as his Earth 1 counterpart. Villains United shows a great counter view point of the Society's reveal from the point of view of the Secret Six a small group of B and C list villains who operate on their own terms and outright refuse to join the Society, despite the consequences. Cheshire, Parademon, Deadshot, Ragdoll, and Scandal Savage are the base of the team but frankly the real star is Thomas Blake aka Catman. A D-list Batman rogue, Blake is recast here as an honor-bound, badass loner who only wants to protect endangered wild cats. When he refuses the Society, Luthor and his allies (Black Adam, Deathstroke, Talia al Ghuls, Dr. Psycho) balk at being turned down by such a no-name character and dish out retribution, thrusting Catman in league with the Secret Six. Now these two "secret" teams of villains are going head-to-head.

All in all, Villains United has very little to do with the main Infinite Crisis story other than being one of the first comics to reveal that the Luthor of the Secret Society is actually Alexander Luthor in disguise. However, the villains don't factor too much into Alex's main plot aside from distracting the DC heroes with their chaos and occasionally kidnapping the survivors of other Earths to power Alex's Crisis machine (as seen in the main Infinite Crisis story arc). Thus, this book acts as a nice stand alone chapter that pits two fun teams of villains against each other. Again, the biggest boon of Gail Simone's book is the fact that she does wonders for the Secret Six. While Deadshot has become something of an A list baddie thanks to the Suicide Squad movie and comics and Cheshire had a decent role on the beloved Young Justice cartoon, the rest of the team have fallen out of favor in recent years. I would also highly recommend reading the Infinite Crisis Companion after this book as one of its four stand alone comics acts as a sequel to this book both in showing the massive jailbreak that Alex Luthor executes with the Society, as well as the Secret Six contemplating whether or not they're finally going to join the battle between the Society and the heroes. Again, any book that can make Catman interesting and cool is a winner.