Cadre (comics)
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The Cadre is a DC Comics supervillain group, except for members of the Cadre of the Immortal, most of whom were redeemed and became heroes by story's end.
Publication history
The Cadre first appeared in
Fictional team history
Overmaster's Cadre
A cosmic alien villain known as the Overmaster began to test humanity's fitness to inhabit Earth.[2] He summoned a bunch of villains to him and gave them superpowers, and the villains became the Cadre. The Cadre has fought the Justice League on different occasions and has been through many incarnations of their group. Several members have died and new ones were recruited.[1]
The original
Cadre of the Immortal
There was also another version of the Cadre called the Cadre of the Immortal; this version was made up of international
Overmaster was accidentally killed by Will Everett III, the second
Second Cadre
Another version of the Cadre was formed with various members of minor DC villain groups such as the
Third Cadre
Another version of the Cadre, led by Doctor Polaris, was later formed and fought the Power Company.
Membership
There were different incarnations of the Cadre. They are:
Members of Overmaster's Cadre
- Overmaster - A 580 million year-old alien. He was accidentally slain by Amazing Man.
- Black Mass - A former M.I.T. physicist with gravity control powers.
- Shatterfist - A Korean martial artist whose fists could shatter anything. He was killed by Ice.
- Crowbar - A former Detroit gang leader with a metaphysical crowbar.
- Fastball - Used a robotic suit that allowed him to throw baseball-sized explosives with great force. He was killed by an OMAC.
- Nightfall - Wields wristbands that can create null-fields and absorb light and energy.
- Shrike - A mental patient with a sonic scream and wings. Shrike died on a mission with the Suicide Squad.
Members of the Cadre of the Immortal
- Prester John aka the Immortal, he wanted to rid the world of modern technology, but was killed by the Overmaster for failing to defeat the JLI.
- Ewald Olaffson - Ice's brother and servant of the Overmaster.
- Maya - A former JLA member from India.
- Mahayogi - A Hindu wraith and servant of the god Shiva, who gave Maya her powers.
- Druid - An English villain, died at end of story.
- Phalanx - An Italianhero wearing Roman armor who could create duplicates of himself.
- Mohammed Ibn Bornu - A North African hero with an electric spear that fired bolts of lightning, and owns a flying robot horse.
- Musashi - A super powered Japanese warrior hero.
- Seneca - A super-strong Native American hero.
- Xiuhtecutli - An Aztec-styled Mexican warrior woman with solar powers.
- Osiris - An Egyptian hero wearing golden armor, believing himself to be the reincarnation of Osiris.
Members of the Second Cadre
- Ice - Deluded by the Overmaster and eventually killed.
- Devastator - Wields armor and a powerful trident; critically injured Booster Gold.
- The New Extremists
- Aryan Brigade
Members of the Third Cadre
- Doctor Polaris - Possesses magnetic powers, healed Black Mass and reformed the team.
- Starshrike - Resembles the original version with similar powers and wings.
- Shatterfist
- Black Mass
- Crowbar
- Fastball
In other media
- The Cadre appear in Justice League Unlimited, consisting of Shatterfist, Black Mass, Fastball, Nightfall, and Crowbar. Following their introduction in the episode "Clash", Shatterfist takes part in Roulette's Meta-Brawl in the episode "Grudge Match" while the other members join Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society as of the episodes "I Am Legion" and "Dead Reckoning".
- The Cadre make cameo appearances in the Harley Quinn tie-in comic Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill Tour, consisting of Nightfall, Black Mass, Fastball, Shatterfist, and Maya. Throughout their appearances, Nightfall is revealed to be in a relationship with Livewire.
References
- ^ OCLC 213309017
- ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
- OCLC 213309017
External links
- DCU Guide: The Cadre
- Cosmic Teams: The Cadre Archived 2018-07-11 at the Wayback Machine