Quakemaster

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Quakemaster

Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	DC Special #28 (June-July 1977)
Created by	Bob Rozakis (writer) John Calnan, Tex Blaisdell (art)

Characteristics
Alter ego	Robert Coleman
Affiliations	Secret Society of Super Villains
Abilities	Quakemaster is armed with a power charged jackhammer of his own design. It projects pluses waves of energy capable of destroying concrete or smashing bone.

Quakemaster is a fictional supervillain in DC Comics.

[edit] Character history

Robert Coleman was an architect of some note in Gotham City. His reputation was irreparably damaged when an apartment complex he designed and built did not withstand a hurricane. Feeling that he had been wrongly branded, Coleman created the alias of the Quakemaster and used his super-charged jackhammer to create earthquakes in Gotham City. His scheme backfired and only his buildings were damaged in the quakes. Quakemaster was defeated and captured by Batman. Quakemaster was later released and recruited to the Secret Society of Super Villains to be part of the team working with the Silver Ghost to kill the Freedom Fighters. Quakemaster was part of a team of supervillains recruited by Lex Luthor and Brainiac during the so called Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Quakemaster later fell to hanging out with other villains who had apparently fallen on hard times. The other villains included Black Mass, Sonar, the original Blackrock and the Cavalier. The villains gathered at a New York bar to play games of poker. In one such game, the villains lost most of their weapons and devices to Wally Tortelloni, an everyday civilian. When the villains ganged up to track Tortelloni down and retake their devices, they were apprehended by members of the Justice League International.

Much later, Quakemaster was among numerous villains hired by Manchester Black to attack friends and family members of Clark Kent, secretly Superman. He was once again defeated.