New Amalgam Comics: Secret Society of Evil 2

The second iteration of the Secret Society of Evil (Masters of Evil + Secret Society of Super Villains). First, they formed a team of younger villains, the Young Titans (Young Masters + Terror Titans), to oppose the heroic Teen Avengers (Young Avengers + Teen Titans), but they failed. Then they had Dr. Traknus reconstitute Deicide to destroy the Justice Avengers, though that failed as well. This team broke up after they failed, thanks to a saboteur/double-agent in their ranks, to take control of the mad cyborg Metoltron (Ultron + Metallo), who nearly slaughtered them.
The original leaders of the SSoE, the Green Skull (Red Skull + Lex Luthor) and Vandal Doom (Dr. Doom + Vandal Savage), will return with a new Society for the events of the Crisis Reign (Dark Reign + Final Crisis).

Top Row, Left to Right:
Acoustikon, Black Ivy, Scarlet Cape, Tigris, Deathpool, Deicide
Bottom Row, Left to Right:
Dr. Traknus, Boron of the Metal Marauders, Mad Controller, White Hare, Shatterfist, Windstryke

Scarlet Cape:
Amalgamation of: Crimson Cowl + Red Hood
Real Name: Justine Todd (Justine Hammer + Jason Todd)
Biography: Justine Todd lost her parents to the criminal enforcer Crusher Croc (Crusher + Killer Croc), and she lived on the streets alone. She was adopted by the industrialist Oswald Hammer (Justin Hammer + Oswald “Penguin” Cobblepott), who wanted to groom the girl to be his heir, but Justine rebelled against him when he learned that he had hired Crusher Croc to do some of his dirty work. Unable to be associated with her parents’ murderer in such a way, she turned to the heroic Iron Bat (Iron Man + Batman) to help aide each other in taking down the criminals. Justine became the second person to take on the mantle of Red Guard (Guardsman + Robin), but she proved herself to be a rebellious hothead. When the time finally came to bring down Oswald Hammer, Crusher Croc overpowered Red Guard and knocked her helmet off. When Oswald realized who Red Guard really was, he ordered Croc to stand down. Justine gained the upper-hand because of this and nearly killed Crusher Croc, but she was stopped by Iron Bat. It was clear that she joined him to gain the means to avenge her biological parents’ murders, so Iron Bat had her dismissed. Feeling betrayed, Justine took off in the Red Guard armor. She learned that Oswald was kidnapped by Crusher Croc for reneging on their contract, and she followed a trail of Croc’s biological makeup to an abandoned warehouse. When she got there, he suit was remotely disabled and she was knocked out by the Laugh Monger (Iron Monger + Joker), who faked her adoptive father’s kidnapping. Iron Bat was too late to stop Laugh Monger, who blew up the warehouse to kill Justine, all as a part of a plan to demoralize the hero. When the villainous Super-Soldier of Prime X (Mutant X Cpt. America + Superman Prime) attempted to rewrite the Multiverse, he caused Justine Todd to return to life and escape her grave. Swearing vengeance on Iron Bat and the Laugh Monger, she took on the supervillain identity of The Scarlet Cape. The Scarlet Cape then organized a second version of the Secret Society of Evil.
Powers: Olympic-level strength/speed/agility/stamina/durability/senses/reflexes; expert fighter, infiltrator, and detective; weapons and technology that she purchased from the villain Yao Mo’s Tou (The Mandarin + Ra’s Al Ghul) include various bladed weapons, firearms, explosives, a teleportation system, and a cloak capable of changing based on her mental commands.

Acoustikon:
Amalgamation of: Klaw + Neutron
Real Name: Ulysses Tyron
Biography: Ulysses Tyron was one of several thugs hired by the Green Skull to steal from a nuclear power plant in the African nation of Wakesi (Wakanda + Zambesi), but the plot was foiled by Super-Soldier (Captain America + Superman) and the nation’s heroic ruler Black Vixen (Black Panther + Vixen). Tyron lost his right hand and was stricken with radiation poisoning in a resulting accident and Green Skull encased him in a vibranium battlesuit, turning him into a superpowered criminal called Acoustikon. Acoustikon served the Green Skull before joining the Fearful Six (Frightful 4 + Fearsome 5), and later the SSoE.
Powers: Super strength and durability; flight; radiation blasts and sound manipulation through cannon replacing his right hand.

Black Ivy:
Amalgamation of: Blackheath + Poison Ivy
Real Name: Dr. Pamela Smithers
Alias: Plantwoman
Biography: Pamela Smithers was a poor orphan girl from the streets of London, England, who studied botany under Professor Mark Woodrue, now the evil Botanist (Brother Nature + Floronic Man). She soon enough earned a PhD in ecology, and invented a device that allowed her to communicate with plant life. Prof. Woodrue tried to steal the invention for himself, but an electrical storm caused it to explode, washing Pamela in strange energies. The injured woman escaped into the woods and collapsed, fusing with the surrounding vegetation. She discovered she could control plant life, and Pamela dedicated her life to protecting the natural world… by destroying human society. She started calling herself Plantwoman, and became a major enemy of the hero Iron Bat, whose technological aptitude and use of powered armor makes him a foil for Pamela and her obsession with nature. She teamed up with several of Iron Bat’s other enemies, and she became friends with Harleen Powers, the Harlequin (Jester + Harley Quinn). Plantwoman also served in the all-villain government strike team Thunder Squad (Thunderbolts + Suicide Squad), where she changed her name to Black Ivy, but soon escaped their custody. Black Ivy later joined the SSoE.
Powers: The ability to mentally manipulate plants; can absorb nutrients, water, and sun light to regain her strength; can generate toxins and mind-controlling pheromones from her body; can create humanoid plant creatures that she mentally controls.

Deathpool:
Amalgamation of: Deadpool + Deathstroke
Real Name: Dade Wilson
Alias: The Terminator With A Mouth
Biography: Dade Wilson grew up in a highly dysfunctional household that he ended up running away from, and he enlisted in the army at age 18 after years of a nomadic lifestyle. Dade reveled in the bloodshed and became his squadron's most talented soldier. On a mission in the Middle East, a lone Lt. General Wilson held hostage an enemy mercenary, a blind ninja woman codenamed Snowblind (Blind Al + Wintergreen); though she was captive, Snowblind taught Wilson ancient and powerful techniques in stealth, espionage, and assassination in exchange for her freedom. After returning from duty, Dade married his former superior officer Neena Kane (Domino + Adeline Kane) and they started a family. A terrorist party sought revenge on Wilson, so they kidnapped his family and held them hostage; Wilson saved Neena and their daughter Tulana, but it was too late for the sons Dade Jr. and Aaron. Blaming her husband for their sons' deaths, Neena ran away with Tulana. With nothing left in his life, Dade agreed to becoming a test subject for Project: Weapon C (Weapon X + Project: Cadmus), a program dedicated to creating new super soldiers for the American government. Dade survived the suicidally-dangerous procedure, albeit with a missing left eye and horrendous facial scarring, and was given enhanced stamina, reflexes, and thought-processing. Unfortunately, the scientists only used him to see if the procedure would work, and planned to kill him because he's too mentally unbalanced to be controlled. When Dade heard this, he broke out and slew the guards and scientists during his escape. Now wandering the world, Dade Wilson is the mercenary villain “Deathpool”. Deathpool became an enemy of the Teen Avengers when he learned that his former hostage-teacher Snowblind failed to complete a contract to destroy them, and he seeks to complete it. Hired by the Scarlet Cape, Deathpool helped form the Young Titans, and was sent to assassinate them when they failed to kill the Teen Avengers.
Powers: Superhuman strength/speed/agility/stamina/durability/reflexes/aim/thinking power; accelerated healing; use of various weapons, including dual swords, hand guns, and a staff equipped with a miniature cannon; trained in martial arts, stealth, espionage, and assassination.

Deicide:
Amalgamation of: Ragnarok + Devastation
Biography: In the universe of the Revenge Syndicate (Dark Avengers + Crime Syndicate), the civil war that devastated the superhero community took the life of that universe's version of Thorana the Thunder Woman (Thor + Wonder Woman); the Olympians took the life essence of Thorana and infused it into a metallic, female statue to create their own Thunder Woman to use against the remaining Amazardians (Asgardians + Amazons). This dark Thunder Woman, named Deicide, destroyed Themsgard (Asgard + Themyscira) and slaughtered the Amazardians, but the Olympians lost control of her when her mission was finished. They were nearly killed in her rampage and Zeus banished her to The Bleed, the cosmic void between the universes of the multiverse. Deicide then arrived in the mainstream universe, where the Amazardians, including Thunder Woman herself, were all still alive. Deicide resumed her mission once more, but was defeated and destroyed by Thorana after a brutal and costly battle. The Secret Society of Evil rebuilt Deicide's body with cybernetic implants, further increasing her mystic powers. Deicide and Thunder Woman proved too equally matched in battle, so the villainess used her powers of illusion to trick Cassie Watson (Mary-Jane Watson + Cassie Sandsmark), the second Thunder Girl (Thor Girl + Wonder Girl), to attack her mentor Thorana (being made to think that Thorana was Deicide). Cassie's boyfriend Spider Boy (Spider-Man + Superboy), her fellow Teen Avenger, realized what was happening and attacked Deicide; Deicide nearly killed him, but her illusion was broken and the Thunder heroines drove Deicide away.
Powers: Superhuman strength/speed/stamina/durability/reflexes/agility; flight; illusion-casting; combat skills; wields a dark version of the Enchanted Flail (Mjolnir + Lasso of Truth).

Dr. Traknus:
Amalgamation of: Bolivar Trask + Will Magnus
Real Name: Dr. Victor Traknus
Biography: Victor Traknus' daughter used her metamutant powers (mutant + metahuman) to kill her powerless brother, further cementing his fears of the enslavement and eradication of normal humans. As a robotics expert for the Pentagon, Dr. Traknus developed an army of robots, to combat the growing threat of metamutant criminals. Dr. Traknus is currently the director of P.U.R.I.F.Y. (Purifiers + N.O.W.H.E.R.E.), a govt. organization for the preservation of the human race. He's later a member of the Secret Society of Evil, and then the Intelligence Squad (Intelligencia + Science Squad).
Powers: High intelligence in the fields of robotics, cybernetics, genetics.

Metal Marauders:
Amalgamation of: Marauders + Metal Men
Biography: When, Traknus' first creations, the Harvesters (Sentinels + Scissormen), proved ineffective against more highly-organized groups of metamutants, such as the X-Patrol (X-Men + Doom Patrol) and the Brotherhood (...of Mutants + ...of Evil), Dr. Traknus initiated Project Double-M, a series of cyborgs, half-man and half-machine, to impersonate metamutants, gain their trust, and STRIKE when they least expect it!
Powers: Immunity to telepathy, DNA-encoded, protein-based nanobots to disguise metal flesh as human flesh, strength/durability/stamina.
Boron (Scalphunter + Gold): Creating weapons and tools from nanotech organs.
Arsenic (Malice + Platinum): Dissolution into nanobot swarm to possess victims and control them, until she eats them from the inside out.
Aluminum (Vertigo + Copper): Generates flashes of light that induce confusion, amnesia, nausea, and seizures.
Tungsten (Blockbuster + Lead): Elasticity and anti-energy/anti-radiation flesh.
Titanium (Harpoon + Iron): Superhuman aim; kinetic energy infusion. Wields harpoons.
Sodium (Scrambler + Tin): Secretes a deadly neuro-toxin from his skin.
Silver (Riptide + Mercury): Superhuman speed (running and spinning).

Mad Controller:
Amalgamation of: Controller + Mad Hatter
Real Name: Basil Tetch
Biography: Basil Tetch, from Kittery Point, Maine, was once a successful researcher in the fields of biochemistry and bioelectric sciences, but was fired for his obsessive compulsive habits and short fuse. He lost his home and his pension and was left to wander the streets alone, but then a woman who knew of him hired Basil to brainwash a high school baseball player to kill himself and his teammates in retaliation for raping and impregnating the woman's daughter. The woman paid Basil handsomely, and he found a new calling as a villain who uses mind control to commit his crimes and aide more powerful villains. As the Mad Controller, Tetch attempted many times to mentally enslave the most powerful people in the city of Gothton, MS (Boston + Gotham City), but was defeated by the hero Iron Bat. The Mad Controller and his assistant, the White Hare, were later inducted into the second iteration of the Secret Society of Evil (Masters of Evil + Secret Society of Super Villains). The Mad Controller would later come back to help the other villains of Earth fight in their own theater of war against alien foes during the Identity Invasion (Secret Invasion + Identity Crisis).
Powers: Super-intelligence; uses a series of “slave cards”, which he built himself, that grant him control over the minds of people too strong-willed to be subliminally controlled by his head gear; the slave cards also allow him to absorb the victims' bio-electric energy, enhancing the strength and speed of his nanofiber battlesuit.

White Hare:
Amalgamation of: White Rabbit + March Harriet
Real Name: Lorina Pratt
Biography: Lorina Pratt was the daughter of two wealthy people, but she forsook the riches in exchange for a life of danger and excitement. She ran away and became a prostitute to support herself, but soon degraded to murdering her johns to get more money. Under the identity of the deadly thief and killer called the White Hare, Lorina was hired to be the personal assistant to the wicked Gothton criminal known as the Mad Controller. After their brief history with the SSoE, it turns out that she was brainwashed by another hypnotism-based villain Haly Tiboldt (Maynard Tiboldt + C.C. Haly), who sent her to steal his mind-control technology and kill him.
Powers: Above-average strength/stamina/agility/reflexes; weapons inside her umbrella.

Shatterfist:
Amalgamation of: Shatterfist (of the Hero Killers) + Shatterfist (of The Cadre)
Biography: When a time-traveling supervillain battled Thunder Woman, he summoned several villains from the near future to battle her, including an Asian man with martial arts skills and energy gauntlets. Later, a Korean man was inducted by Oversphinx (Sphinx + Overmaster) into his Cadre of Killers (Hero Killers + The Cadre), given a set of energy gloves, and dubbed “Shatterfist.” During the final battle between the Outer-Warriors (New Warriors + Outsiders) and the Cadre, Shatterfist was sucked into the past, costing the Cadre’s victory. When the Cadre disbanded, Shatterfist joined the Secret Society of Evil.
Powers: Martial arts mastery; gauntlets that generate energies that cause disintegration.

Windstryke:
Amalgamation of: Whirlwind + Airstryke
Real Name: David Kavanagh
Biography: Circus performer and part-time leg breaker David Kavanagh was enlisted by a private R&D firm as a test subject for an experiment. He was implanted with cyborg technology that gave him barokinetic abilities (in other words, wind manipulation), but he escaped and began using his powers for crime. As Windstryke, David became a recurring foe of Wingspan (Hank Pym + Hawkman), a hero who joined the Justice Avengers. He later joined the Secret Society of Evil.
Recently, Windstryke and other meta-criminals were broken out of prison by BLOOD (MODOK + Brother Blood) to serve him, but David refused to follow him; Windstryke started rapidly spinning towards BLOOD to attack, but BLOOD loyalist Ambush (Trapster + Gizmo) glued his legs to the floor, crippling David.
Powers: Wind manipulation (super-fast movement and spinning, concussive blasts); wings that aide in flight; enhanced strength/stamina/durability.

Tigris:
Amalgamation of: Tigra + Tigress
Real Name: Artemis Grant
Biography: Artemis Grant's mother taught her about hunting and weapons, and a scientist infused her with feline DNA, giving her cat-like physical properties. Tigris (pronounced “tee-gris”) was originally a member of the second Secret Society of Evil, but it was later revealed that she was a spy and saboteur working for Iron Bat without the other Justice Avengers’ knowledge.
Powers: Superhuman speed/agility/reflexes/stamina/senses/aim; cat-like physical attributes, including sharpened nails, fangs, short orange fur, and a barbed tongue; uses various projectile weaponry, including a crossbow; martial arts skills.