MangaDCU: Legion of Doom 2

Bring on the Bad Guys...AGAIN!

my long awaited return to the Manga Legion of Doom!
left to right:
Sinestro, Black Manta, Lex Luthor, Joker, Bizarro, Cheetah, Zoom.

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Legion of Doom:

Sinestro:
Alter Ego: Sin-Es-Tro
Occupation: CEO of Research & Development Firm, Light Tech, former Spectrum Lantern Corpsman
Base of Operations: Oa, Sector 2814, Rikushigai City
Affiliations: Spectrum Lantern Corps (former corpsman)
Known Relatives: Ah-Bin-Sur (brother), Kat-Ma-Tui (daughter), Hanami (sister-in-law), Jade Sakanoue (niece), Kuroyami Sakanoue (nephew)
Abilities/Weapons: Alien hard light construct generating tech suit
Anime Inspiration: Power Rangers

Sin-Es-Tro and his brother grew up on the war weary world of Korugar. They survived many hardships, until they were approached by the Spectrum Lantern Corp to join its ranks. Sin-Es-Tro convinced his brother to join with him and they left their war torn world for the stars. They trained vigilantly, and they both became top lanterns in a brief time. they wound up on the same squad as Green and Yellow Lanterns. although they were on par with each other, Ah-Bin-Sur was seemingly always garnering the praise. They eventually were given an assignment in the quadrant of their homeworld and went awol to investigate the planet's current status. nothing had changed. It had actually gotten worse. They went to a place they had known and found a small band of refugees being attacked by bandits. they rescued a young girl...the only survivor of a band of nomads. As it turns out, the girl was the daughter of a woman that Sin-Es-Tro was close with. They did the math and realized that she was his daughter. After hearing of the horrors the girl survived through and her mother suffered, the two lanterns agreed to sanction the bandits and make an example of them. They decimated the strongest raiders, executed a global disarmament, toppling what passed as governments all over the globe. After which a planet wide broadcast was presented to the remaining inhabitants. any further acts such as what had been transpiring would be met with similar sanctions. they would also eradicate the entire populace if any harm came to Kat-Ma-Tui. They could not take her with them, as they technically were never there to begin with. Kat was unconscious during the broadcast, and was distraught when they said they were leaving her there, but had faith in them when they said things would be different and they would return for her. They left back to their patrol, periodically taking turns to keep tabs on the planet, and reinforce the fear that kept them in check. As a result, Sin became more accomplished as a Lantern. He was a stern enforcer of the Guardians protocols and his efficiency was noted. Ah-Bin-Sur, however was consumed by the guilt of what they'd done. It showed in his work and the guardians took notice of this as well. For exemplary conduct of negotiating peace in a long standing war, Sin-Es-Tro was given the reward of his choosing, his request was for an extension of membership into the Corps for his daughter, which was granted. Prior to this, Ah-Bin had become complacent in his duties and was sent to the outskirts of Guardian Patrolled space. He contemplated suicide when he met up with another Green Lantern that was given a similar punishment. Hanami helped Ah-Bin-Sur fight his way back from depression as they fended off attacks at the border. After successfully holding off an invasion into guardian space, the two were readmitted into the ranks. They had saved millions, but they had saved each other as well...with love. Shortly after returning to Oa, the two Green Lanterns wed and were readmitted into their squads. Kat-Ma-Tui had become a Violet Lantern on Ah-Bin-Sur's squad alongside his brother, which he was happy about as he now could have a relationship with his niece. However, in his time away, Sin-Es-Tro had grown more and more consumed with the power of fear and instilling it to accomplish his tasks. While patrolling their sector, 2814, their suits had picked up a signal of an incoming Kryptonian Solar Impact Shell, capable of wiping out the entire sector if it reached the star that it was homing in on. Sin-Es-Tro said that there was no time and they had to flee the sector to survive. Ah-Bin-Sur raced to try to destroy the weapon before it could reach its target, but for some reason his brother tried to stop him. they scuffled briefly until Sin-Es-Tro revealed that in his time on the outer rim, they had discovered the power source of the S.I.S...an infant Kryptonian. now armed with this he realized why he was fighting so hard to stop him from destroying it and raced after the shell again. Trying now to rescue the innocent life inside and close to the third planet from the sun, Ah-bin successfully stopped the crafts propulsion, but then he was attacked from behind by Sin-Es-Tro who revealed that he was tasked by Darkseid, Liege of Apokalips to ensure that this particular s.i.s hit its mark. He had evidence of the two lanterns actions on Korugar that was on its way to being presented to the guardians unless his demands were met. When the green lantern said they must face up to their crimes his partner revealed that in his absence he had committed many more such crimes and had terrorized an oppressed a multitude of worlds to appear as if he was merely executing the will of the guardians. they became locked in a deathmatch finalizing with Sin-es-tro's suit being so severely damaged that he would not be able to use it, and Ah-Bin being mortally wounded while he escorted the s.i.s and his brother to the planet's surface. Now a fugitive from the guardians and Darkseid for not carrying out his mission, he plotted to use the earthlings to repair his suit by experimenting on his brother's. He built a secret lab in the research and development lab he secretly created. Only a select few knew the full ramifications of their research. Unfortunately, one of his developers got too nosey, and hacked her way into the secret lab, which he pass coded "Oa". She made the final adjustments to the suit and activated it when he sent sentries to permanently silence her. The good thing was the suit worked and he could now safely repair his own yellow suit...with some upgrades as well.


Black Manta:
Alter Ego: Unknown
Occupation: Sword of Dwarka
Base of Operations: Undersea City of Dwarka
Affiliations: Seven Sea Samurai , Devil Ray (apprentice)
Known Relatives: Nondi (ancestor, deceased), Kaldur'Ahm (son)
Abilities/Weapons: Sword of Dwarka grants mastery of Shadow Element manipulation through mystic art of Shadowweaving.
Anime Inspiration: Samurai Seven, Zabuza Momochi of Naruto

Black Manta grew up watching his relatives plot to kill the Sword of Atlantis in retaliation for the bloodfeud started with the deceit and betrayal of the Kordax the Savage. Dwarka being one of the deadliest undersea cities to live in, meant that he constantly had to watch his family fend off attacks from citizens who sought to claim the power of the sword for themselves. He also saw family member after family member die at the hands of Kordax' brother, his replacement ; the Swordmaster, Orin. Finally, the time came for him to be bound to the Sword and begin his training with the sword, Night Slasher. He trained under his father, who decided to take his vengeance out on Orin, even as he was poised to turn over the Sword to his apprentice (which would then be followed by a mindwipe). Not willing to grant him the freedom to forget all that he and his brother had done to his people, The Sword of Dwarka attacked and killed the new Sword of Atlantis, and wounded Orin. Atlan, The King of Atlantis, Orin's other son, took up the sword to protect his injured father and challenged Black Manta's father. The king lost his life, and as the Sword of Dwarka approached Orin to end his life as well, the aged swordmaster reclaimed the Sword of Atlantis and struck down the slayer of his sons. Black Manta watched his father killed in front of him for attempting to avenge the many Dwarkans killed by the line of Kordax. He vowed to Avenge his line, and trained to master the sword. In time he returned to Atlantis as the Council of Swords called a quorum to address Kordax' murder years ago. The latest Sword of Dwarka, and grandson of the man killed by Kordax, made a Blood feud claim that would only be answered blood for blood. Black Manta claimed that as long as he lived, anyone of the Kordax family line that wielded the blade could pay for his crime. They would come to call this the "Curse of Kordax". Kordax' brother took responsibility for his brother's actions, but didn't want to continue the cycle by allowing Black manta to kill him, so he drew the blade and ended his own life. Black Manta was furious, but the quorum agreed that the continued bloodshed would just lead to war. An agreement was made that Orin's apprentice, Kaizen would be given time to master the sword and both men would face each other in a final battle to end the feud. They would both have to choose apprentices that were not related to them to end the feud forever after. The Quest for Poseidon's Trident delayed Black Manta's vengeance and his blood cried out for retribution. When Aquaman joined the Justice League, Black Manta leapt at the chance to take him on away from the protection of the Swords and end the feud by joining Luthor's Legion.


Lex Luthor:
Full Name: Alexander "Lex" Joshiro Luthor
Occupation: CEO of LexCorp Labs, scientist
Base of Operations: Kyoshigai
Affiliations:
Known Relatives: Lionel Luthor (father, deceased), Lian Luthor(mother, deceased)
Abilities/Weapons: Genius-level intelligence, Proficient with technology, Access to vast wealth, Robotic battle suits grant increased strength and flight.
Anime Inspiration: Dr. Gero, Freiza scientist

Lex Luthor hated superman since he was a boy. His father , Lionel neglected him and was all consumed with everything related to the salvage of the craft he found years ago. Although he was told to stay away from it, Lex tinkered with the salvaged tech from the craft and it emitted some energy which made him sick, causing him to permanently lose his hair. he eventually recovered, but his father became even more obsessed with unlocking the alien technology's secrets. When a young Kento Kuroki arrived to reclaim one of the devices, Luthor refused to allow the bow to take it. Lionel battled the youngster, and killed one of his companions. as a result, the Superboy lost it and destroyed the battlesuit the senior Luthor was piloting. Rather than help his father transfer his consciousness into a new body (with technology developed by scientist Ivo, he allowed his father to die and blamed his loss on the alien boy. His hatred grew even stronger when he was exonerated by one of his own security tapes. He used his vast intellect and fortune to continue his research and development and when the boy resurfaced as superman, he began to plague him with cybernetic warriors to fight. His greatest being, Metallo. A former employee that he had outfitted with the Kryptonium core from the S.I.S that Luthor used as Metallo's powersource which weakened Superman and drained his energy. After winning that fight, Luthor realized he needed a more extreme solution to dealing with the alien. He figured out how to operate the Phantom Zone projector, and released an alternate Superman that had a diminished mental capacity that he believed he could exploit. this too failed. He realized that if he wanted the destruction of his foe done right, he would have to do it himself. When Superman formed the league with the other heroes, he realized that he needed to ensure that the others would not interfere, they needed to be dealt with as well and began recruiting his Legion of Doom.


Joker:
Alter Ego: Unknown
Occupation: Shinobi Assassin
Base of Operations: Goth-Ahm Prefecture, Hidden Regions of Japan
Affiliations: Red Hand(former member), Harley Quinn, Cult of Anarky
Known Relatives: Unknown
Abilities/Weapons: Master of Ninja arts of Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and Taijutsu and ninja weapons;
Anime Inspiration: L from Death Note,

Shunned from birth, Joker was one of the deadliest members of the assassin clan, and thus drew the attention of the organization known as the Red Hand. He became known as Red Jester and his lethality increased. On whim, he once saved a young girl's life and she grew up to return the favor. He became obsessed with the Cult of Anarky, and used his position in the group to acquire as much information on the bringer of chaos as he could. the more he saw as a member of the Red Hand, the more it affected his mind. Eventually he became more of a liability to the group than an asset, and they agreed to release him from his contract. He arranged for his replacement to be Redwing of the ShadowWing Clan, who changed his name to Red Hood after slaying his entire clan...save his brother, Daisuke. Red Jester had already taken on the name Joker as one of his aliases, and now chose it as his identity. This identity was linked to the slaughter of the Shadowwing Clan, which he used as his reputation. armed with the knowledge he gleaned in his former group, he began to assassinate targets for his own pursuits. Eventually, this placed him at a crossroads with the Dark Knight, who suspected like everyone else that Joker was responsible for the disappearance of the ShadowWing Clan. They fought and Batman was the victor. he used the Demon Bat to transport him to Arkham Island to incarcerate him and hopefully they could attempt to help his fractured psyche. It was here that Joker was reintroduced to the girl he saved, now masquerading as one of the healing monks in the Order of Arkham. After his encounter with her, he escaped, and headed back to Goth-Ahm prefecture, as Batman now factored into his grand design. he approached Luthor when he found out about the Legion, and signed on to create chaos and anarchy.


Bizarro:
Alter Ego: Kento Kuroki/ Kura-Ku
Occupation: Former Journalist for Himashi Wakusei Shinbun (Daily Planet Newspaper), Martial Arts competitor
Base of Operations: Kyoshigai, Earth.
Affiliations: "S"-Fighters, Man of Steel Martial Arts Tournament
Known Relatives: Jora-Ku and Alara (Kryptonian birth parents, deceased), Junichi and Mariko Kuroki (adopted parents, deceased), Songoh-Ku (grandfather, deceased), Galatea Kaori Zora-Ku(cousin)
Abilities: Solar charged super-strength and durability, flight and chi control. intergalactic martial arts mastery.
Anime Inspiration: Turles and Brolly of Dragonball Z

After Luthor opened the portal with the Phantom Zone Projector his father had procured from the crashed Solar Impact Shell that brought Superman to earth, the infected alternate universe Superman stepped through. Luthor tried to talk to the solar charged powerhouse, but as he could see no sign of the virus present he just wanted to leave. Luthor's security team made the mistake of trying to stop him and in the process, he saw his reflection for the first time since he had been infected. He became enraged and he began to destroy the lab. It was a few minutes after his arrival that another body stepped through the portal. his mind not being able to comprehend it was his long lost cousin from Krypton; Galatea Kaori Zora-Ku (Power Girl) , he attacked her, beating her brutally before leaving her unconscious and amnesiac. As a result of the virus on his brain, he had a form of aphasia that presented as a backwards type of speech pattern when he could make out words. A citizen referred to his appearance as "Bizarro" and he now had associated that word with Superman, and seemingly was calling himself that. Superman confronted his double to stop his rampage and came upon the knowledge that he was much stronger than himself. he outwitted him by tricking him to go to the fortress of solitude where he froze him until Luthor unearthed his icy tomb. After recruiting Black Manta, he tasked him to locate Bizarro's frozen prison, as he planted a tracker on him and knew where he was. He freed him and he immediately flew away. Only wanting to be left alone in isolation, Luthor used Zoom to trick him into joining the battle against the league by convincing him that he was followed by the Zombie JLA from the phantom zone.


Cheetah:
Alter Ego: Saraswati "Sara" Yutaka
Occupation: Student, athlete
Base of Operations: Marston Academy for Gifted Young Ladies
Affiliations: Marston Track and Field Eagles, Villainy Inc.
Known Relatives: Konjo (father), Bindi (mother), Chitraka "Rekha" (sister), Javan (brother)
Abilities: Gene-spliced cheetah DNA, cybernetic implants and armor. Enhanced speed, strength, agility, and senses.
Anime Inspiration: Sailor Moon villains

After allowing Dr. Cyber and Witchqueen Circe to enhance her with technology and animal DNA, Sara realized that she was still not enough to take on Wonder Woman. She returned to the two(who were secretly the School Nurse and headmistress of The Marston Academy that Wonder Woman attended in her secret identity), who used cybernetic armor and enhancements to give her an upgrade worthy of taking on the Amazon princess. Luthor had seen footage of the two in battle and intercepted her prison transport. She' take any shot to get her claws on the smug Warrior Princess. She would also learn that her upgrade included the ability to further transform into a more pronounced animal state.


Zoom:
Alter Ego: Issouku Tanaka
Occupation: Physicist, Hypercrime Tech broker
Base of Operations: Chuuoutokai Province
Affiliations: Project Kenesis, Dark Riders
Known Relatives: Shinjo Tanaka(father, deceased), Rei(brother), Belle Garrick(wife, estranged), Max Garrick (father-in-law), Jessie Garrick (sister-in-law), Nishimaru, Kosouku(sons).
Abilities: Hypersuit technology harnesses the energies of the other-dimensional Speed Force, granting the suit's pilot the ability to move at superhuman speed, increased reaction time, incredible stamina allowing, him to run long distances without tiring, as well as the ability to think at a superhuman rate to match his movements. Suit also has an array of Hyper Weapons and abilities, including; heat build up and discharge, and vibrational phase shift(molecular excitement causes overheating or spontaneous combustion).
Anime Inspiration: Tech suit wearers.

After growing up the son of famed scientist, Shinjo Tanaka, Issouku was the next logical replacement for his father after the government decided to take his father's prototype from Project; Mercury to the next level and created Project: Kinesis. he was to develop a better , faster, stronger hypersuit. He succumbed to the pressures of running the project and being using drugs to cope. this led to him abusing his wife, Belle, and their son Nishimaru. After her father found out what was going on, he gave him a taste of his own medicine and beat him...landing himself in prison for assault. With his wife and child leaving him he became more consumed with his work and drugs. When he could no longer pay for what he had been using, his dealer (a member of the outlaw biker gang, The Dark Riders)decided that he would take some of the hyper technology that was being developed in his project to enhance his crew's vehicles and convert some into weapons so that they could go on a crime spree that the cops couldn't stop. When he was found out, he was taken to jail, but what none of them knew was that he secretly developed a second suit alongside the one that his financial backers commissioned. After being released from prison, he set out on a revenge scheme against all who had wronged him using the Zoom hypersuit he kept secret as his insurance policy. After terrorizing the city and attempting to set up Flash to take the fall, he was re-incarcerated. The Zoom suit was taken into police custody, and when Lex Luthor formed the Legion of Doom, he stole it from the police lock up and broke Issouku out of jail. after the battle with the Justice League, Flash decided the suit would not be safe with the police & decided to give the suit to Nishimaru so he could put the suit to good use.

- Kat-Ma-Tui looks at Jade Sakanoue as a cousin, since her mother is her aunt by marriage. She mentored her and is why she initially chooses the violet spectrum of the intergalatic ley lines to operate as a Spectrum Lantern. This of course, was not in line with her natural attunement of green.
- Sin-Es-Tro has a soft spot for his daughter. It will later be discovered that Kat-Ma-Tui is not the daughter of as they were led to believe. Sinestro's true daughter Sor-Ah-Nik of the Natu will eventually surface with the arrival of Atrocitus.
-Because some of the components of Ah-Bin-Sur's suit have been integrated into Sinestro's , Hari's suit has an inherent weakness towards it. Not just the color yellow.
- Black Manta wears the A symbol that belonged to Kordax on his waist, but it hangs in such a way that it resembles a D for Dwarka. Kordax is the only Aquaman to use a red symbol indicating his bloody past. It is his constant reminder.
- The LL on Luthor's armor is for Lexcorp Labs, where the armor was built.
- Joker has a rare skin condition known as vitiligo. his pigment has been fading since birth, and he was looked at as deformed. or touched by demons.
-Lex is not a cyborg. he builds them, but cherishes his humanity. the device on his head is just that...a device.
- Bizzaro is based on Brolly from Dbz and is immensely stronger than Kura-Ku. He has the ability to fire chi from his mouth (to simulate one of mainstream Bizarro's reverse abilities of heat breath).
- Cheetah was given the name Saraswati as that is the name of the Indian equivalent of Minerva, which is mainstream cheetah's name.
- The original designs by RJ Sosongco (aka effektdmentality)for the Legion are all intact. They were all done in black and white so I came up with my own color schemes. Zoom and Black Manta were created by myself as opposites for the members who he hadn't drawn counterparts for. All the stories are my own.
- I designed this pic to mirror image MJLA 4 like the last LOD pic mirrors MJLA 2.