Brotherhood of Evil
| Brotherhood of Evil | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Doom Patrol #86 (March 1964) |
| Created by |
Arnold Drake Bruno Premiani |
| In-story information | |
| Member(s) |
The Brain (leader) Monsieur Mallah Gemini Warp Plasmus Houngan Phobia Trinity Elephant Man Goldilocks General Immortus Madame Rouge Garguax |
The Brotherhood of Evil is a group of DC Comics supervillains, archenemies of the original Doom Patrol and the Teen Titans.
The Brotherhood of Evil first appeared in Doom Patrol #86 and were created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani.
The Brotherhood of Evil was founded by the engimatic villain the Brain. In the beginning, the group's motivation was world domination. It has recently been revealed that Brain's true purpose for the Brotherhood was to destroy Niles Caulder and his "colleagues". Caulder murdered Brain so he could turn the scientist into Robotman without his consent, but his plans were foiled by the Brain's creation, the super-intelligent Monsieur Mallah. Brain swore revenge against Caulder and his "pets", the Doom Patrol, who like Brain were often victims of experimentation in order to create an army of super-heroes through the ruining of innocent lives (several members were experiments of the Nazi war criminal known as General Zahl).
The original line-up consisted of the Brain, his chief henchman Monsieur Mallah, and their first recruit, the shapeshifter Madame Rouge. They fought the Doom Patrol on a regular basis and were later briefly joined by fellow Doom Patrol villains General Immortus and the alien Garguax. The group also was aided by the clumsy henchman Mr. Morden, who often operated robotic devices for the Brain including a robot called Rog (who was originally built by Niles Caulder).
The group's constant failure to defeat Doom Patrol combined with the growing romantic attraction between Madame Rouge and Doom Patrol leader Niles Caulder, led to Madame Rouge breaking free of the mental conditioning the Brain used to forcibly recruit her. Rouge quit the Brotherhood to join Doom Patrol but the Brain quickly recaptured Madame Rouge and rebrainwashed her to make her evil personality dominant. The result backfired horribly on the Brain, as Madame Rogue turned against her evil teammates and launched a missile to destroy the Brain and Mallah.
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