Crime Syndicate writer Andy Schmidt shed some light on his, Kieran McKeown and Bryan Hitch's version of DC's evil Justice League.

Speaking with Newsarama, Schmidt explained how fans shouldn't "expect to see a vast departure from what makes the Syndicate cool and interesting. But do expect the execution to be a little different. My guiding light on this is really two-fold: keep them villains and write these characters as independent of their counterparts on Earth-0. I'm not writing evil Batman, I'm writing Owlman. I'm not writing dark Wonder Woman, I'm writing Super Woman, and so on…"

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Official character descriptions for the cast of Crime Syndicate are below:

Ultraman

  • The Paranoid Titan.
  • An alien on our world, once he learned of his true origins he felt betrayed—lied to. And it sent him on a spiral into paranoia, trusting no one and unable to connect with others. No one would ever hurt him again. Unfortunately, he has no qualms about hurting others.

Super Woman

  • The Narcissist.
  • Donna Troy is an Amazon from Demon's Island. She simply believes that she deserves the world. Serve her purpose, and you have use. If you have no use, you simply don't exist to her. She wins. Nothing else matters. No loyalty. No honor. Self-serving. Always.

Owlman

  • The Nihilist.
  • To Thomas Wayne, good and evil don't matter. Life and existence add up to nothing. None of it matters. And when arguably the smartest man on the planet believes in nothing, the rest of us should be very afraid.

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Emerald Knight (formerly Power Ring)

  • The Broken Moral Compass.
  • Harold Jordan was a good man. Until he received a ring that gave him immense power. He couldn't trust anyone else to wield it. The ring subjugated him. He would be the voice of reason if he could muster the courage to speak up…

Johnny Quick

  • The Sociopath.
  • Johnny Chambers is incapable of empathy. It makes him uniquely qualified to thrive on Earth-3. His ability to run at nearly the speed of light and his low value of the sanctity of human life makes him one of the more frightening members of the Syndicate.

Atomica

  • The Sadist.
  • For Rhonda Pineda, being a super-villain is about the adrenaline rush of inflicting pain on others. And her powers allow her to inflict a lot of pain.

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Crime Syndicate #1, by Andy Schmidt, Kieran McKeown and Bryan Hitch, goes on sale March 2, 2021 from DC.

Source: Newsarama