Secret Six (comics)
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Promotional art for Secret Six vol. 3, #10 (Aug. 2009) by Daniel LuVisi
featuring (from top) Bane, Rag Doll, Catman, Deadshot, Scandal Savage, and Jeannette |
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| Group publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
(1960s) Secret Six #1 (May 1968) (1980s) Action Comics Weekly #601 (May 1988) (2000s) Villains United #1 (July 2005) |
| Created by |
(1960s) E. Nelson Bridwell (writer) Frank Springer (artist) (1980s) Martin Pasko (writer) Dan Spiegle (artist) (2000s) Gail Simone (writer) Dale Eaglesham (artist) Brad Walker (artist) Nicola Scott (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Leader(s) |
(1980s) San Francisco (2000s) House of Secrets |
| Roster | |
| See: List of Secret Six members | |
| Secret Six | |
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Secret Six #1 (May 1968). Unusually, the story begins on the cover. Art by Frank Springer. |
| Series publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule |
(vol. 1) Bi-monthly (vols. 2–3) Monthly |
| Format |
(vols. 1 & 3) Ongoing series (vol. 2) Limited series |
| Genre |
(vol. 1) Action/Adventure Mystery (vols. 2–3) Superhero |
| Publication date |
(vol. 1) April/May 1968 – April/May 1969 (vol. 2) July 2006 – January 2007 (vol. 3) November 2008 – October 2011 |
| Number of issues |
(vol. 1) 7 (vol. 2) 6 (vol. 3) 36 |
| Creator(s) |
(1960s) E. Nelson Bridwell (writer) Frank Springer (artist) (1980s) Martin Pasko (writer) Dan Spiegle (artist) (2000s) Gail Simone (writer) Dale Eaglesham (artist) Brad Walker (artist) Nicola Scott (artist) |
| Collected editions | |
| Villains United | |
| Secret Six: Six Degrees of Devastation | |
| Birds of Prey: Dead of Winter | |
| Secret Six: Unhinged | |
| Secret Six: Depths | |
| Secret Six: Danse Macabre | |
| Secret Six: Cat's in the Cradle | |
| Secret Six: The Reptile Brain | |
| Secret Six Vol. 1: Villains United | |
| Secret Six Vol. 2: Money For Murder | |
The Secret Six is the name of three different fictional comic book teams in the DC Comics Universe, plus an alternate universe's fourth team. Each team has had six members, led by a mysterious figure named Mockingbird, whom the characters assume to be one of the other five members. The third, villainous incarnation of the Secret Six was rated by IGN as the Fourth Best Comic Run of the Decade.
The Secret Six first appeared during the Silver Age of comics in the initial team's seven-issue title Secret Six (May 1968 – May 1969).
Unusually, the premiere issue's story began on the cover, and continued on the interior's page one. This strike team of covert operatives consisted of August Durant, Lili de Neuve, Carlo di Rienzi, Mike Tempest, Crimson Dawn and King Savage.
Created by writer E. Nelson Bridwell and artist Frank Springer, the ongoing series ceased publication with the identity of Mockingbird unrevealed. The first two issues were reprinted in The Brave and the Bold #117 and #120 (March and July 1975).
Writer Martin Pasko and artist Dan Spiegle introduced an updated version of the team as an eight-page feature in the omnibus title Action Comics Weekly #601 (May 24, 1988).
They revealed Mockingbird as Durant, who now reunited the team after twenty years while also assembling a new team consisting of Mitch Hoberman, Ladonna Jameal, Tony Mantegna, Luke McKendrick, Vic Sommers and Dr. Maria Verdugo. The following issue saw the entire first team, including Durant, die. The feature ran through Action Comics Weekly #612 (August 9, 1988), with DiRienzi succeeding Durant as Mockingbird.
A second arc of this team, by writer Pasko and original Silver Age artist Springer, ran in Action Comics Weekly #619–630 (September 27 – December 13, 1988). DiRienzi died, and his son Rafael disappeared amid intimations that he may be the successor Mockingbird.
The next version of the team was introduced in Villains United #1 (July 2005). Unlike previous versions of the team, the new Secret Six consists mainly of villainous characters who undertake missions of dubious moral quality and often resulting in a high body count. The team consists of the pre-existing DC characters Catman, Deadshot, and Cheshire, and the newly created Ragdoll, Scandal Savage, and a Parademon. Another member, the Fiddler, is killed by Deadshot on order of Mockingbird. Later, the Parademon is killed and Cheshire betrays the group to the Society, and was shot by the Society's Deathstroke, who does not trust her for being a traitor (Cheshire eventually turns up alive and plotting revenge). The Mockingbird for this version of the team is eventually revealed to be Lex Luthor.
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