In 2012, Detroit was taken over by a group of
supervillains, lead by Despero, who were intent on
claiming a city for themselves. In a short time, they
established themselves as the rulers of the city, and
the local population was left in terror. The
situation had quickly gone way out of hand, and the
Justice League was sent in to put a stop to it.
Except, the Justice League failed.
When they entered the city, it was soon discovered
that the super villain population was much larger then
originally expected. Several new super villains, ones
that the JLA had never even dealt with, or heard of,
before, had taken residence in Detroit. To make
matters worse, while alot of the population of Detroit
did want to escape, many more people then expected
were happy with the cities new government. Finally at
times, it seemed that the city itself fought against
the Justice League. Phantom Lady, Power Girl, Triumph,
and Plastic Man all lost their lives during the strike
on Detroit.
The JLA got out the people it could, but could not
unseat the villains who kept control of Detroit. The
President at the time shut the city down. A wall was
set up around Detroit, guards keeping people from
going in and out. It was totally confined.
Six months after the walls had gone up, before the
Justice League, or any other heroes, could make a
strong offensive to free the city, Detroit completely
disappeared.
All that was left was the walls around the city, and
the dirt where the buildings once stood. On rare
occasions, those on guard have seen Detroit
momentarily reappear, only to disappear again
completely with in minutes. The reports say that
Detroit has become larger, the buildings taller, with
a twisted architecture to them. The buildings almost
seemed to have a life of their own. These
reappearances happen roughly once every six months,
and only last for five minutes at best.
There are rumors among the criminal community, that
Detroit is a paradise, but no one has been out of the
city in almost seven years to tell anyone for sure.
Still, the occasional criminal waits outside the walls
of Detroit for the city, looking for the only way to
escape prosecution for his or her crimes.
In 2020, the Outsiders, newly reformed, were chasing
down Marionette, the daughter of Punch and Jewelee.
She had stolen a device from a Star Labs that was just
south of the city. She fled from the Outsiders into
the wasteland that was once Detroit, and the
Outsiders, not knowing much about what was happening
there, gave chase. It was at this moment, Detroit
reappeared, while the Outsider were in its Wasteland,
four months earlier then its normal schedule. The
heroes were trapped inside Detroit. They cannot
contact the outside world. They have no friends or
allies in the city besides their own teammates. Now
they are now truly Outsiders.
To: The JLA.
From: Oracle
The following is a list of villains that have been
positively identified as those who were part of the
Despero’s team back. All of the following have not
returned since Detroit disappeared. I don’t believe
we need to concern ourselves further with any of these
individuals. I do feel for those innocents that got
left behind.
The Leaders: Despero, Metallo, and Dr Polaris
apparently it was their plan to take over the city and
create a safe have for supervillains. They are the
ones who managed to co-ordinate the attacks against
the JLA.
Toyman: His toys made up the bulk of the troops.
Doctor Destiny: I’m not absolutely sure of his
presence or not in Detroit. There are rumors that he
was there, but no one with 1st person evidence.
However, he has since completely disappeared, so it is
a possibility.
Two-Face
Plasma: He was the only member of the Brotherhood of
Evil present.
Killer Frost
The Burning Man: He had fire powers, obvious by the
name. He had only been active a year before the
Detroit tragedy.
Major Force
Killer Croc
Blitz: New to us, apparently he was a speedster.
Mirror Master
Scarecrow: Oddly enough, he apparently exhibited
actual powers when he was in Detroit. Claimed he was
feeding off the fear.
Teardrop: Little is known about him. He only briefly
made an appearance.
Copperhead
The Female Furies: Lasha, Stompa, and Mad Harriet.
They fled Apocalypse after Danger Girl took over and
came to earth instead.
Dread: Blood Feast, Gore, Sin, Psychopath, and
Manslaughter. Dread was a relatively new villain team
that specialized in terrorism.
Golden Dragon: One of the Hybrids from China. He
actually fought with the Justice League, not against
them. However, he got caught in Detroit when it
disappeared.
