The Elite
| The Elite | |
|---|---|
 The original line up from Action Comics #775. They are: Menagerie I (foreground), Hat, Manchester Black and Coldcast (background, left to right) | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Action Comics #775 (March 2001) |
| Created by |
Joe Kelly (writer) Doug Mahnke (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| 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.
History
Team Members
Manchester Black
The team's first leader. Currently dead after he realized that he'd become as bad as the villains he wanted to fight.
Vera Black
The sister of Manchester Black and the second leader of The Elite.
Coldcast
He is capable of manipulating electromagnetism. He was eventually inspired by Superman to fight on the side of heroes.
Menagerie I
She joined with an alien weapon cache, lobotomized and placed in a coma.
Menagerie II
She joined with an alien weapon cache which drove her insane, now in a metahuman prison facility.
Hat
He was armed with a magic hat. He quit the team shortly after Vera Black took over.
Bunny
A bacterial colony that became a floating fortress before The Elite brought her to their universe to use as a base of operations. It is the equivalent to The Carrier. On the rare glimpse inside, it appears to contain many wonders including Excalibur and the skeleton of Pegasus.
Collected editions
They have appeared in a number of titles and all but Action Comics #795 have been reprinted in trade paperbacks:
- Justice League Elite:
- Volume 1 (collects: Action Comics #775, JLA #100, JLA Secret Files 2004, and Justice League Elite #1-4, 208 pages, 2005, Titan ISBN 1-84576-191-X, DC ISBN 1-4012-0481-3)[2]
- Volume 2 (collects Justice League Elite #5-12, 192 pages, 2007, Titan ISBN 1-84576-632-6, DC ISBN 1-4012-1556-4)[3]
- Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Volume 1 (includes Action Comics #775, 192 pages, Titan, 2006 ISBN 1-84576-399-8 DC, 2004 ISBN 1-4012-0339-6)[4]
In other media
Film
- The Elite appear in Superman vs. The Elite[5] with Manchester Black voiced by Robin Atkin Downes, Vera Black voiced by Marcella Lentz-Pope, Coldcast voiced by Catero Colbert, Menagerie voiced by Melissa Disney, and Hat voiced by Andrew Kishino.
Notes
- ↑ MacPherson, Don, "Critiques on Infinite Earths". Retrieved on 23 March 2008.
- ↑ JLE Vol. 1 profile at DC
- ↑ JLE Vol. 2 profile at DC
- ↑ Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told profile at DC
- ↑ Sands, Rich (February 13, 2012). "First Look: Pauley Perrette Plays Lois Lane in a New Animated Superman Adventure". TV Guide. Retrieved February 16, 2012.}
References
- The Elite at the Comic Book DB
- A profile of the team
External links
- Review of Action Comics #775, Comics Bulletin
- Review of Action Comics #775, Comics Bulletin
- Review of What's so funny about Truth, Justice & the American Way?
- Review of JLA #100
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