![]() Instead, Captain Comet convinced Green Lantern to call an emergency meeting of the Justice League of America in order to warn them about the Secret Society's existence. Captain Comet then left the Secret Society, as the defeat of Darkseid meant the end of any cause to cooperation between himself and the Super-Villains. After humbling Mantis with a show of might, Darkseid fought the rebellious Secret Society directly, apparently being vanquished by a suicide-bomb attack from Manhunter. This turn of events forced Darkseid to intercede personally to see his will enacted. However, Grodd defeated Kalibak after a pitched battle, and Mantis absorbed the energies of Green Lantern's power ring and turned against Darkseid, confident in his enhanced power levels. The Lord of Apokolips became privy to this betrayal almost immediately, dispatching Kalibak and Mantis to terminate his ill-conceived experiment. Manhunter's conscience moved him to betray Darkseid's plans, revealing the source of the Secret Society's financial backing to the other members and leading them to a secret Apokoliptian lab on Earth. ![]() Captain Comet later revealed his knowledge of the Society's perfidy to Manhunter in another private conversation, deciding to trust him due to his ability to detect Manhunter's motives were noble, alone out of all the Society members. ![]() Though the Society believed their true intentions guarded by Grodd's telepathic screen, Captain Comet's own telepathic powers were more advanced and penetrated through, allowing him to secretly divine their malevolent designs. Captain Comet accompanied the villains back to the Sinister Citadel, where the Secret Society privately discussed whether to make Comet a part of their group by manipulating his naivete. Green Lantern ran afoul of Grodd and Hi-Jack during the Society's second public outing, but an error in character judgement caused Captain Comet, then newly returned to the Earth after a long absence, to aid the Super-Villains against the Emerald Gladiator. He was quickly replaced by Hi-Jack (formerly Jack of the Royal Flush Gang, striking out to make an independent reputation). Copperhead was captured by mundane policemen during the team's first mission, due to being callously abandoned by Grodd. ![]() ![]() The first convention of the Secret Society was in a high-rise office building by San Francisco Bay, known to the general public as the Loman Building, although the Secret Society referred to it as their Sinister Citadel. Catwoman was also mentioned by Manhunter as having been inducted into the group, but was never seen as a participating member. Manhunter's initial recruits were Gorilla Grodd, Star Sapphire, Captain Cold, Sinestro, Copperhead, The Wizard, Captain Boomerang, Mirror Master, and Shadow Thief. Other clones of Paul Kirk were killed upon The Council's defeat, but the sole survivor was directed by Darkseid to organize a team of powerful villains to front his interests on the planet Earth. Through unknown circumstances, Darkseid contacted a solitary clone of the original Manhunter, Paul Kirk, who was engineered by a shadowy organization known as The Council. ![]()
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