Sportsmaster
| Sportsmaster | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
as Crusher Crock All-American Comics # 85 (May 1947) as Sportsmaster Green Lantern Vol. 1 #28 (Oct-Nov 1947) Victor Gover Manhunter #17 (September 1989) |
| Created by |
(Crock) John Broome Irwin Hasen (Gover) John Ostrander Doug Rice Kim Yale |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Lawrence Crock |
| Team affiliations |
(Crock)Injustice Society (Gover) Suicide Squad Legion of Doom |
| Notable aliases | Crusher Crock |
| Altered in-story information for adaptations to other media | |
| Team affiliations |
Secret Society of Super Villains (Justice League Unlimited), League of Shadows (Young Justice) |
The Sportsmaster is the name used by two DC Comics villains who used their sports skills for criminal purposes.
The Lawrence Crock version of Sportsmaster first appeared in All-American Comics #85 (May 1947) and was created by writer John Broome and artist Irwin Hasen.
The Victor Gover version of Sportsmaster first appeared in Manhunter #17 and was created by John Ostrander, Doug Rice, and Kim Yale.
He was the foe of the original Green Lantern as well as Wildcat. He was first known as Crusher Crock, a frustrated athlete who turns to a life of crime. He was a member of different incarnations of the Injustice Society. He helped capture the JSA using an exploding ball, after which they were hypnotized and then during the Patriotic Crimes he steals Old Ironside. He teams up with (and later marries) the Golden Age villainess Huntress. Later they have a child named Artemis Crock who became the third Tigress. In his later years he spent time behind bars but at least on one occasion was broken out of prison by his daughter - then a member of Injustice Unlimited. Following his death, his body was cloned by a secret organization called The Council for their enforcers (they had previously used Paul Kirk, Manhunter).
In the Elseworlds miniseries The Golden Age, set outside regular DC Comics continuity, Sportsmaster's real name was revealed to be Lawrence Crock. he first appears in issue #2, robbing a jewelry store in the same building as the GBS radio station. He battles Alan Scott in a physical fight. According to the mini-series, he had a daughter he could not see and was hoping to earn enough money committing robberies to win her back. Later he joins the forces of Tex Thompson (secretly Ultra-Humanite in Thompson's body). He dies trying to save a little girl from being killed by Dynaman. His death convinces Alan Scott to join the fight.
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