THE NEW SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER-VILLAINS

HISTORY

The New Secret Society of Super Villains was formed by the Grandmaster to serve as an enforcement arm for his efforts, naming it for the group that he had allegedly been a part of. Under the orders of the Grandmaster the villains confronted the newly formed Guardians of Empire City. Sometime later, when the Guardians were attempting to thwart the plans of the AI OMEGA, Grandmaster sent his Society to distract Justice Inc. to prevent OMEGA from using his control of those heroes to set them against the Guardians.

Darkstorm later took the Society to his home nation of Seyvaria to help him take control of the country. They again faced off against the Guardians in what turned out to be one of the early incidents in the Revelations crisis. This version of the Society consisted of:

The Ultra-Humanite formed another version of the Society to battle the New Enforcers of Justice. The only common member with its predecessor was Darkstorm, with most of the others being allies of the Ultra-Humanite.

This incarnation was also assisted by two rogue members of the Dark City community, Midnight and Mongrel.

DARKSTORM

PERSONAL DATA

HISTORY

Derek Stürm was a member of the Seyvarian royal family that was exiled when Communist forces took over the country in the 1950s. With the family fortunes waning, Derek became an international mercenary. His Metagene was activated during the Dominator Invasion, granting him superhuman strength and resilience as well as accelerated healing, all of which served him well in his chosen profession.

Stürm was hired by the Grandmaster, who intended the mercenary to be the field leader of his new Secret Society of Super Villains. The Grandmaster provided Derek with a suit made of the rare super-chemical known as Mentachem, which granted the mercenary powers to manipulate matter and christened him Darkstorm. Alongside the Society, Darkstorm faced off against hero teams like the Guardians and Justice Inc., often being apprehended in the aftermath.

When the Communist government of Seyvaria collapsed and the country fell into civil war, Darkstorm took the Society there to help him try and seize power in his home nation. The Guardians stopped the Society and turned them over to international authorities and they were imprisoned. The Ultra-Humanite freed Darkstorm from prison to lead a new incarnation of the Secret Society, which led him into conflict with the New Enforcers of Justice.

Escaping capture, Darkstorm eventually returned to Seyvaria, which was still torn by ethnic strife and dealing with a famine. Stürm took the throne, proclaiming himself king, and is in the process of trying to consolidate power in his homeland.

POWERS & WEAPONS

Derek Stürm is a trained mercenary, skilled in military tactics and adept in a variety of armed and unarmed combat. He is also very charismatic with a regal manner that makes him a natural leader. When his Metagene activated Derek gained superhuman strength, resistance to injury, and an accelerated healing factor.

As Darkstorm, Derek wears a suit made of the metamaterial Mentachem. The suit grants Darkstorm mental domination over any material in its natural state. This allows him to transport these materials, change their size, and even endow them with a semblance of life. The Mentachem can also absorb and release pure forms of energy, which Darkstorm has used to project powerful blasts of heat, electricity and radiation. It is not known where the Grandmaster acquired the Mentachem to create Darkstorm's suit.

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