Crime Syndicate of AmeriKa

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Contents 1 History 1.1 Infinite Crisis 1.2 Members and Background 2 Paraphernalia 3 Notes 4 Trivia 5 See Also 6 Links and References

History

The Crime Syndicate of Amerika is a team of super-powered being from the Antimatter Universe version of Earth. ^[1]. They are essentially evil analogs to the Justice League, and have repeatedly attacked the Earth and its inhabitants on several occasions.

The Crime Syndicate's motto is "Cui Bono?" ("Who profits?"). The only universally respected principle on their world that is obeyed by the general populace is that of the "favor bank"---if someone does you a favor, you owe them a favor in return that must be repaid whenever the favor is called in.

Also in line with the reverse attitude of basically "evil" being the norm, the Crime Syndicate is opposed by the heroic Alexander Luthor and the heroic H.I.V.E. (Hierarchy for International Virtuous Empowerment), the Metal Marauders, and the Justice Underground which Luthor is currently leader of, a reversed analog of the Legion of Doom and Secret Society of Super-Villains consisting of Sir Solomon Grundy, General Grodd, Q-Ranger (Earth-1's version of Major Force), Lady Sonar, Star Sapphire, and the Quizmaster (Earth-Two's version of the Riddler, who is regarded as the smartest man in the world) over Owlman.

Ultraman and Superwoman are shown to have an unnamed child together.^[2]

2003's JLA/Avengers crossover written by Kurt Busiek seemed to involve the destruction of the Crime Syndicate's universe, but this was later reversed when the special's villain, Krona, was defeated. The Crime Syndicate later reappeared in Busiek's run on the current JLA series.

Other criminal organizations on the Crime Syndicate's Earth include the Crime Lodge which is a reverse version of the older (Justice Society) and Young Offenders (Teen Titans). These other teams are mentioned at the end of the Busiek story as prepared to take advantage of the Syndicate's weakness, but were not seen.

Infinite Crisis

Main article: Infinite Crisis

The antimatter Crime Syndicate of AmeriKa has been shown to have survived the events of the 2006 limited series Infinite Crisis.

Copies of the original Earth-Three Crime Syndicate made a post-Crisis appearance during the Infinite Crisis when a recreated version of Earth-Three temporarily returned. The vastly powered Alexander Luthor, Jr. attempted to merge models of Ultraman, Superwoman, and his own father Alexander Luthor, Sr. with models of Superman, Wonder Woman, Superman of Pre-Crisis Earth-TWO and a recreated Wonder Woman of Pre-Crisis Earth-TWO to result in a so-called perfect creation of the three beings.

Ultraman (Qward) was recently shown in the new Kandor, posing as the current incarnation of Superman. Saturn Queen claims that she put him under her mind control. She was also able to put Supergirl under her control and initiated plans for the two to marry, but Supergirl was able to break free of her control. After viciously beating Ultraman, Saturn Queen offered information to Supergirl spare Ultraman (whom she considers a son). Supergirl accepted, and Ultraman and Saturn Queen remained in Kandor for some time.

It was recently shown that the anti-Kryptonite powered Kent had left New Kandor and returned to his source Earth and returned to leading the Crime Syndicate.

According to JLA Case 1081151v36662, sometime after the anti-Kryptonite powered Kent returned to antimatter Earth-Two, his world was attacked by the Weaponers of Qward who unleased the Void Hound a planet wreching battlecraft housing a vast and insane electronic mind. The Crime Syndicate of AmeriKa was able to manipulate the JLA into aiding them to destroy the battlecraft completely. But antimatter Earth-Two suffered severe damge with millions of the populace killed and wide rips in the planet surface crust revealing raw magma. The Crime Syndicate enforced open and complete control of their source Earth rather than the indirect control they allowed before.

Kent and his Crime Syndicate of AmeriKa members have once again begun an invasion of the New Earth kidnapping several thousand people of New Earth to replenish their own source Earth's loss in their effort to rebuild their source Earth.

Members and Background

The Crime Syndicate of AmeriKa does not possesses all the counterparts of traditional JLA members on their team though the antimatter counterparts of J'onn J'onzz, Aquaman, Hawkman & Metamorpho exist in the Crime Syndicate's universe:

• White Martian, J'onn's Anti-matter counterpart, came to Earth and became Ultraman's chief rival. He was eventually killed by Ultraman.
• Barracuda, Aquaman's counterpart, is still alive, and leads the armies of Atlantis against the surface world whenever the Syndicate are weakened by some outside force.
• Blood Eagle was Hawkman's counterpart and was killed by the Crime Syndicate.
• Transmutato, Metamorpho's equivalent, is currenly trapped as the floor of the Crime Syndicate's trophy room

It has been suggested that the CSA cannot match the size of the JLA because extended cooperation and gratitude are completely foreign concepts to the Crime Syndicate members.

The CSA's post-Crisis world is primarily governed by the "favor bank"; unofficial but ironically the only rule that is not consistently broken. If any person should grant a favor for someone else, that person is entitled to compensation whenever they see fit, no matter what the cost or hardship to the latter. Failure to pay back a favor results in inordinately harsh consequences; as seen in the beginning of "Syndicate Rules". A mobster, Jackson "Rat-Eyes" Drake, who has failed to follow up on a favor owed was put on "trial" by Owlman, who then had him incinerated by Ultraman as a favor.

The Justice League Quarterly story featured a team based on the then current Justice League International line-up who identified themselves as Qwardians. This team was not the Crime Syndicate. Its members were:

• Scarab (Blue Beetle counterpart)
• Slipstream (Flash counterpart)
• Fiero (Fire counterpart)
• Frostbite (Ice counterpart)
• Deadeye (Green Arrow counterpart)
• Elasti-Man (Elongated Man counterpart)
• Element Man (Metamorpho counterpart)

It is not clear if any of these characters exist in the current Anti-matter Earth setting.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

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See Also

• Appearances of Crime Syndicate of AmeriKa (Chronological)
• Appearances of Crime Syndicate of AmeriKa (Alphabetical)
• Team Gallery: Crime Syndicate of AmeriKa

Links and References

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