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27-540: In the arc, alien invaders, working through a human-seeming agent known as the "Advance Man", use Hector Hammond , a telepathic supervillain , to cause the world to forget the existence of the Justice League of America. When Hammond discovered the Advance Man's true motives, he attempted to reverse the process but was only able to transmit the partial phrase "Justice League of A--" before being incapacitated by

54-474: A large metal object with tentacles that was absorbing metals and minerals from the ocean floor. The Justice League of Atlantis was brought together, and they searched the metal structure. There, they easily defeated the cybernetic dolphins and sharks. Devilfish destroyed the large metal structure before anyone could figure out its purpose. Devilfish left the group and joined the Advance Man, where other similar metal structures existed. The Justice League of Apostles

81-583: A re-telling of Hal Jordan's first days as a Green Lantern. In the storyline, Hammond is a consultant for Ferris Aircraft who has unreciprocated feelings towards Carol Ferris and gains his powers from a fragment of Abin Sur 's spaceship. Hammond is later freed from prison by Krona and obtains the Orange Lantern power battery, allowing the Orange Lantern entity Ophidian to possess him. Ophidian ultimately separates from Hammond and works with Krona and

108-529: A skill set that allows them to draft complex schemes or commit crimes in a way normal humans cannot. Other traits may include megalomania and possession of considerable resources to further their aims. Many supervillains share some typical characteristics of real-world dictators , gangsters , mad scientists , trophy hunters , corrupt businesspeople , serial killers , and terrorists , often having an aspiration of world domination . The Joker , Lex Luthor , Doctor Doom , Magneto , Brainiac , Deathstroke ,

135-604: Is a civilian, consultant to Ferris Aircraft, and superior of Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris. Hector Hamhock , a funny animal variant of Hector Hammond from Earth-C-Minus, appears in Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! . HECTOR ( Highly Evolved Creature Totally Oriented for Revenge ), a fusion of Hector Hammond and MODOK from Earth-9602, appears in the Amalgam Comics one-shot Iron Lantern . Supervillain A supervillain or supercriminal

162-411: Is a variant of the villainous stock character . It is sometimes found in comic books and may possess superhuman abilities. A supervillain is the antithesis of a superhero . Supervillains are often used as foils to present a daunting challenge to a superhero. In instances where the supervillain does not have superhuman, mystical, or alien powers, the supervillain may possess a genius intellect or

189-551: Is among the villains who meet with the Riddler to discuss the Superman Theory. While imprisoned at Ryker's Island , Hammond is captured by Kroloteans who intend to weaponize his powers. Hal Jordan and Superman rescue Hammond, who has grown tired of others wanting to control him. He attempts to commit suicide by making Superman shoot him with his heat vision, but Hal intervenes, rendering Hammond comatose instead. During

216-1131: The Darkstars Rising storyline, Hal recruits Hammond to battle the Darkstars . During the battle between the Green Lantern Corps and the Darkstars, Hammond disrupts the Controllers ' psionic powers, disabling their army. Following the restoration of the multiverse in Dark Nights: Death Metal , Hammond is restored to his human form and joins the Department of Extranormal Operations . Hammond in his mutated state exhibits genius level intellect, as well as potent telepathic and telekinetic abilities including mind reading, mind control, astral projection, levitation, projection of harmful psionic blasts, moving physical objects with his mind, and on occasion displays

243-582: The Green Goblin , Loki , the Reverse-Flash , Black Manta , Ultron , Thanos , and Darkseid are some notable male comic book supervillains that have been adapted in film and television. Some notable female supervillains are Catwoman , Harley Quinn , Poison Ivy , Mystique , Hela , Viper , and the Cheetah . Just like superheroes, supervillains are sometimes members of groups, such as

270-827: The Injustice League , the Sinister Six , the Legion of Doom , the Brotherhood of Mutants , the Suicide Squad , and the Masters of Evil . In the documentary A Study in Sherlock , writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss said they regarded Professor James Moriarty as a supervillain because he possesses genius-level intelligence and powers of observation and deduction, setting him above ordinary people to

297-608: The "monsters", but they were unable to prevent Plura from overtaking any of those remaining. The Justice League of Air was a team of flying superheroes: Hector Hammond Hector Hammond is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics who is primarily an enemy of Green Lantern . Peter Sarsgaard portrays Hammond in the 2011 film Green Lantern . Hector Hammond originally appeared in Green Lantern (vol. 2) #5 (March–April 1961) and

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324-549: The League, however. Both Starman and Orion felt they did not need to be part of a team. Starman left the team, but Orion remained. The Advance Man's large metal structures that he had created during the "Justice League of Atlantis" became active, and they started to transform people who had the correct DNA sequence into monsters. These new "monsters" were being created as a host for the Advance Man's boss, Plura, to come to Earth and take over. The Justice League of Aliens fought several of

351-469: The Selva Basin to investigate the disappearance of some logging camps. When they arrived, they found a group of loggers who were about to start destroying some of the rainforest . However, there was a shaman standing in their way and preventing them from moving forward. The loggers attacked both the shaman and the Justice League of Amazons, and a fight ensued. The loggers were quickly defeated. After

378-525: The Slab. He also freed Riddler , Poison Ivy , and The Ventriloquist from Arkham Asylum so that they could aid him in stopping the Advance Man. The Justice League of Arkham broke into the processing plant in which the Advance Man was planning to release the toxic gas and captured him. While interrogating him, the Joker escaped. Both Batman and Nightwing went into pursuit. During this time, the Advance Man convinced

405-486: The ability to absorb and mentally redirect Green Lantern's emerald plasma. In some incarnations, his body has atrophied to the point where he cannot walk and he has to strap his head to a chair to support its weight. As the host of Ophidian, Hammond possesses the powers of an Orange Lantern without needing a power ring to access them. An alternate universe variant of Hector Hammond appears in Flashpoint . This version

432-427: The alien emissary. It was found that the individual members of the Justice League were instinctively creating new crime-fighting organizations beginning with the "Justice League of A" to fill the void. The Justice League of Amazons was a team of all female superheroes: The goal of the Justice League of Amazons was to use their powers and abilities to "protect and defend mother earth and her children". The women went to

459-514: The fight, the shaman returned home. It was then revealed that he was actually the Advance Man in disguise. He used the Justice League of Amazons to remove the loggers from the area so that he would be able to find an unknown spider that carried a virus capable of "exterminating the human surplus". While the Justice League of Amazons were relaxing at the Amazon River, Aquaman appeared with several other heroes and asked Power Girl to join them and

486-659: The other emotional entities to attack Oa . In September 2011, The New 52 reboots DC's continuity. Hector Hammond appears as a prisoner of S.T.A.R. Labs before H.I.V.E. agents free him. The two work with Superman and Lois Lane to battle the Psycho-Pirate . In Forever Evil , Hector Hammond is among the villains recruited by the Crime Syndicate of America to join the Secret Society of Super Villains. In Doomsday Clock , Hector Hammond

513-834: The point where only he can pose a credible threat to Sherlock Holmes . Fu Manchu is an archetypal evil criminal genius and mad scientist created by English author Sax Rohmer in 1913. The Fu Manchu moustache became integral to stereotypical cinematic and television depictions of Chinese villains. Between 1965 and 1969 Christopher Lee played Fu Manchu five times in film, and in 1973 the character first appeared in Marvel Comics . The James Bond arch-villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld (whose scenes often show him sitting on an armchair stroking his cat, his face unseen) has influenced supervillain tropes in popular cinema, including parodies like Dr. Claw and M.A.D. Cat from

540-421: The remaining super-villains to abandon Batman. After they left, the Advance Man was able to free himself and teleport to San Francisco. The Justice League of Aliens was a team of alien superheroes: Martian Manhunter formed the Justice League of Aliens as a way for the alien heroes that occupy Earth to show the humans that they can trust them. Not everyone that J'onn had gathered was interested in becoming part of

567-403: The rest of the "Justice League of Atlantis". The Justice League of Anarchy was a team composed of comedy-themed superheroes: The Justice League of Atlantis was a team of aquatic superheroes: Aquaman formed the Justice League of Atlantis while he was investigating an area nearby Atlantis. While he was there, he discovered cybernetic dolphins and sharks swimming together. He followed them to

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594-453: The scientists to create inventions which he sells for profit. Green Lantern Hal Jordan creates a duplicate power ring for his friend Thomas Kalmaku to wield while he is away fighting Hammond. However, Hammond steals his ring and transforms Kalmaku into a chimpanzee . Jordan confronts Hammond personally in a battle of power rings that ends only when the charge of Hammond's ring runs out, allowing Jordan to capture him and restore Kalmaku and

621-560: The scientists. Hammond returns in Justice League of America #14 (September 1962). He escapes from prison and exposes himself to the meteorite, gaining a massive brain, psionic powers, and immortality . He captures Green Lantern using Amos Fortune 's de-memorizer, but is captured. Hammond's powers eventually rob him of his movement and ability to speak, after which he uses his powers to control others. In Justice League of America #203 - #205 (June - August 1982), Hammond forms

648-609: The second incarnation of the second Royal Flush Gang before Martin Stein subdues him on the astral plane. Hammond later erases the world's memories of the JLA in Justice Leagues . In addition to battling Hal Jordan, Hammond has also fought Green Lanterns Alan Scott and Kyle Rayner . Following the 2004-2005 miniseries Green Lantern: Rebirth , in which Hal Jordan is resurrected, vindicated for his past crimes, and returns as

675-555: The star of the Green Lantern core series, Hammond reappears as one of his adversaries. The Kroloteans , aliens who sent the meteor that gave him his powers, capture and experiment on Hammond, causing him to regain physical speech. Hammond appears in Infinite Crisis as a member of Alexander Luthor Jr. 's Secret Society of Super Villains . Hammond appears in Green Lantern: Secret Origin ,

702-547: Was a team of superheroes based around the theme of religion or the supernatural : The Justice League of Adventure was a team of superheroes. Unlike the other divisions, this team contains no obvious connecting theme: The Justice League of Arkham was a team of Batman supporting characters: After learning of the Advance Man's plan to release a toxic gas that reacts with water to kill all life forms that come in contact with it in Gotham City , Batman freed The Joker from

729-511: Was created by John Broome and Gil Kane . Hector Hammond is a petty criminal on the run from the law when he discovers the fragments of a meteor that previously landed in Africa, super-evolving Gorilla Grodd and other gorillas. Observing that radiation from the meteor caused the nearby plants to evolve rapidly, Hammond kidnaps four scientists and exposes them to the meteor, increasing their intellect and lessening their free will. Hammond forces

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