| The Elite | |
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The original line up from Action Comics #775. They are: Menagerie I (foreground), Hat, Manchester Black and Coldcast (background, left to right) |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Action Comics #775 (March 2001) |
| Created by | Joe Kelly (writer) Doug Mahnke (artist) |
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| Member(s) | Coldcast Hat Manchester Black Menagerie I Menagerie II Vera Black |
The Elite is a team of super-powered anti-heroes appearing in stories published by DC Comics. The team took early influences from The Authority.[1]
They made their first appearance in the story "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?", published in Action Comics #775 (March 2001). The story, which was voted number 1 in Wizard Magazine's Top Ten Comics of the Decade. was written by Joe Kelly, pencilled by Doug Mahnke and Lee Bermejo, inked by Tom Nguyen. They appeared in a number of stories as antagonists, before some of them merged with members of the Justice League, to form Justice League Elite.
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They have appeared in a number of titles and all but Action Comics #795 have been reprinted in trade paperbacks: