Axis Amerika

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Axis Amerika is the name of two different teams of super-villains who have appeared in DC Comics.

[edit] Golden Age Team

Created in 1942, these super-villains were Adolf Hitler's secret weapon against the All-Star Squadron. This team was created by writer Roy Thomas. At least some of them were apparently intended as analogues of the Golden Age heroes removed from continuity as a result of the Crisis on Infinite Earths.

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Übermensch (Counterpart to Superman)
Grösshorn Eule (Horned Owl) (Counterpart of Batman)
Fledermaus (Bat. Killed in Young All-Stars #6) (Counterpart of Robin)
Kamikaze (A living missile. A representative of Imperial Japan)
Gudra (A Valkyrie warrior) (Counterpart of Wonder Woman) (She was also the Valkyrie originally summoned by Hitler to assassinate President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which originally inspired the formation of the Justice Society of America.)
Sea Wolf (A lycanthropic water spirit) (Counterpart of Aquaman)
Tsunami (Later joined the Young All-Stars
Usil (A Bowman from fascist Italy) (Counterpart of Green Arrow)
Sumo the Samurai (Another representative of Imperial Japan)

[edit] Modern Age Team

This team was an updated version of the old team and was created by the Clockwatchers organization. To update the story line Axis was more of a secret fascist cult who ran a children's home called Safe Haven. They accused the JLA of terrorism, but were ultimately discovered to have planned the whole thing.

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