Post by Z451 on Sept 27, 2014 3:50:07 GMT
Sportsmaster
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.
The Earth-One version of the character (see DC Comics Multiverse) had the same name and origin, but was the foe of Robin and Batgirl.
He also married his universe's version of the Huntress.
After losing a villains versus heroes baseball game, they reformed and have not been seen since.
Since the Crisis on Infinite Earths, this version was apparently wiped from existence or merged with his Earth-2 counterpart.
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