The Secret Six is the name of three distinct, 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 six themselves. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ... Villains United is a six-issue comic book limited series, written by Gail Simone with art by Dale Eaglesham and Wade von Grawbadger, published by DC Comics in 2005. ... E. Nelson Bridwell was a writer for Mad magazine and for DC Comics. ... Frank Springer (born December 6, 1929) is an American comic book and comic strip artist best known for Marvel Comics Dazzler and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.; and, with writer Michael ODonoghue, for one of the first adult-oriented comics features in the U... Dan Spiegle (born October 12, 1920) is a cartoon illustrator (penciller and inker). ... Gail Simone at the 2002 SDCC. Photo copyright 2002-2005 Lea Hernandez Gail Simone is a popular American writer of comic books. ... Dale Eaglesham is a veteran comic book illustrator who has been working in the industry since 1986. ... For the OTEP album, see House of Secrets (album). ... The Secret Six is the name of three distinct, fictional comic book teams in the DC Comics universe. ... FicTioNaL is a Gaming Legend. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... Cover to the History of the DC Universe trade paperback. ... Mockingbird is the code name of several characters in the DC Comics Universe, denoting whoever is in charge of the Secret Six. ...

This comic book team is unrelated to either the 1931 gangster movie The Secret Six or the real-life covert group of radical abolitionists who assisted American Civil War-era revolutionary John Brown. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... For other uses, see Gangster (disambiguation). ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... The Secret Six (1931) is an early gangster movie, starring Wallace Beery as Slaughterhouse Scorpio and featuring Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown (billed as John Mack Brown), Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, and Ralph Bellamy. ... This article is about the historical Secret Six. ... This article is about the abolition of slavery. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... John Brown, ca. ...

Publication history

Original Secret Six

Secret Six #1 (May 1968). Unusually, the story begins on the cover. Art by Frank Springer.

The Secret Six first appeared during the Silver Age of comic books in the initial team's seven-issue title, Secret Six (May 1968 - May 1969). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x605, 66 KB) Summary Cover, Secret Six #1 (May 1968), DC Comics, cover art by Frank Springer Source: http://comics. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x605, 66 KB) Summary Cover, Secret Six #1 (May 1968), DC Comics, cover art by Frank Springer Source: http://comics. ... In comic books, the term first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Showcase #4 (Oct. ...

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 Deneuve, Carlo DiRienzi, Tiger Force, 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 & 120, (March & July 1975). A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... E. Nelson Bridwell was a writer for Mad magazine and for DC Comics. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... Frank Springer (born December 6, 1929) is an American comic book and comic strip artist best known for Marvel Comics Dazzler and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.; and, with writer Michael ODonoghue, for one of the first adult-oriented comics features in the U... The Brave and the Bold is a DC Comics comic book that is currently in monthly publication in a second volume. ...

Secret Six revived

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). Dan Spiegle (born October 12, 1920) is a cartoon illustrator (penciller and inker). ... Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ...

They revealed Mockingbird as Durant, who now reunited the team after five 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 (Aug. 9, 1988), with DiRienzi succeeding Durant as Mockingbird. Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ...

The revived Secret Six, in Action Comics Weekly #612 (Aug. 9, 1988), cover art by Paul Gulacy.

A second arc of this team, by writer Pasko and original Silver Age artist Springer, ran in Action Comics Weekly #619-630 (Sept. 27 - Dec. 13, 1988). DiRienzi died, and his son Rafael disappeared amid intimations that he may be the successor Mockingbird. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x611, 72 KB) Summary Cover, Action Comics Weekly #612, DC, August 9/1988, cover art by Paul Gulacy Source: http://comics. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x611, 72 KB) Summary Cover, Action Comics Weekly #612, DC, August 9/1988, cover art by Paul Gulacy Source: http://comics. ... Cover of Action Comics #1, which featured the debut of Superman. ... Paul Gulacy is an American Comic Book Artist. ...

Villainous Secret Six

The next version of the team, introduced in Villains United #1 (July 2005), consists of the pre-existing DC characters Catman, Deadshot, and Cheshire, and the newly created Ragdoll, Scandal Savage, and Parademon. Another member, Fiddler, is killed by Deadshot on order of Mockingbird. Later Parademon is killed and Cheshire betrays the group and is apparently killed, but eventually turns up alive and plotting revenge. The Mockingbird for this version of the team is eventually revealed to be Lex Luthor. Villains United is a six-issue comic book limited series, written by Gail Simone with art by Dale Eaglesham and Wade von Grawbadger, published by DC Comics in 2005. ... This article is about the DC Comics character. ... Deadshot (real name Floyd Lawton), is a fictional character in the DC Universe. ... Cheshire, real name Jade Nguyen, is a DC Comics villain, one of the worlds top assassins and mercenaries. ... The Ragdoll is a colorful supervillain in the DC Universe. ... Scandal is a DC Comics supervillain. ... In the DC Universe, parademons are monstrous shock troops of Apokolips used by Darkseid to maintain the order of Apokolips. ... The Fiddler is a DC Comics supervillain and a reoccurring foe of the first Flash (Jay Garrick). ... Deadshot (real name Floyd Lawton), is a fictional character in the DC Universe. ... Lex Luthor is a fictional DC Comics supervillain and a prominent member of Supermans rogues gallery. ...

In the 2006 Secret Six miniseries, (written by Gail Simone with art by Brad Walker and Jimmy Palmiotti), Knockout, who was revealed as a mole infiltrating the Secret Society of Villains in Villains United, has officially joined the group to be with her lover, Scandal. At the end of issue #1, Catman asks the Mad Hatter be the sixth member of the group. While Catman meets with the Mad Hatter, Doctor Psycho orchestrates a series of attacks designed to wipe out the Six. Hatter is removed, and his replacement is revealed to be Harley Quinn^[1] who later quits.^[2] A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Gail Simone at the 2002 SDCC. Photo copyright 2002-2005 Lea Hernandez Gail Simone is a popular American writer of comic books. ... James Jimmy Palmiotti is an Italian American writer of various comics, games and film. ... Knockout is a fictional superheroine published by DC Comics. ... Villains United is a six-issue comic book limited series, written by Gail Simone with art by Dale Eaglesham and Wade von Grawbadger, published by DC Comics in 2005. ... Scandal is a DC Comics supervillain. ... This article is about the DC Comics character. ... The Mad Hatter is a fictional character in the Batman comics, published by DC Comics. ... The Mad Hatter is a fictional character in the Batman comics, published by DC Comics. ... Doctor Psycho is a supervillain in Wonder Womans rogues gallery. ... Harley Quinn (real name Dr. Harleen Quinzel) is a fictional character, a supervillainess, in the animated series Batman: The Animated Series, later adapted into DC Comics Batman comic books. ...

In Birds of Prey issues #104-106, the Secret Six face off against Spy Smasher's Birds of Prey in Russia for the soul of Tora (Ice). They have since disbanded after Harley Quinn quit the team. Subsequently, in Birds of Prey #109, Knockout was attacked and killed by the same assassin who had been stalking the New Gods and killing them off, one by one. Knockout comments in passing that Catman was going soft and Deadshot returned to the Suicide Squad. Birds of Prey is a comic book published by DC Comics that features the adventures of a group of female superheroes who are based in Gotham City (and later Metropolis). ... Spy Smasher (real name Alan Armstrong) is a DC Comics superhero, formerly owned by Fawcett Comics. ... Ice (Tora Olafsdotter) is a fictional character, a superheroine in publications from DC Comics. ... The New Gods are a fictional race published by DC Comics, as well as the title for four series of comics about those characters. ... Suicide Squad is a name for a number of fictional organizations created for and owned by DC Comics. ...

Alternate versions

A version of the Secret Six appeared in DC's alternate-universe imprint Tangent Comics, in the one-shot Secret Six #1 (Dec. 1997), by writer Chuck Dixon and artist Tom Grummett. This team consists of the Atom (Adam Thompson), the Flash, the Joker, the Spectre (Taylor Pike), Plastic Man (Gunther Ganz), and Manhunter. Parallel universe or alternate reality in science fiction and fantasy is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with our own. ... Tangent Comics was a DC Comics imprint created in 1997-1998, developed from ideas created by Dan Jurgens. ... Chuck Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s. ... New Thunderbolts #7 cover by Grummett Thomas Tom Grummett is a Canadian comic book artist and penciller. ... The Atom is a fictional comic book superhero published by DC Comics. ... The Flash is a name shared by several DC Comics superheroes. ... The Joker redirects here. ... The Spectre is a fictional cosmic entity and superhero who has appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. ... Plastic Man (Patrick Eel OBrian) is a fictional comic-book superhero originally published by Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics. ... Manhunter is the name given to several different DC Comics superheroes/antiheroes, as well as the Manhunters an entire race of androids created by the Guardians of the Universe, as a forerunner to the Green Lantern Corps. ...

Footnotes

Birds of Prey is a comic book published by DC Comics that features the adventures of a group of female superheroes who are based in Gotham City (and later Metropolis). ...

References

• The Grand Comics Database
• Komics.dk 2006: "That's True, Sort Of"
• Cosmic Teams fanpage