The Brotherhood of Evil is a powerful international crime syndicate that was founded years ago. Its inner circlewas originally comprised the Brain, a disembodied human brain preserved in a special fluid; Monsieur Mallah, a gorilla given superhuman intelligence through the Brain's surgical techniques; and Madame Rouge, an elastic villainess gifted with extraordinary disguise skills. The Brotherhood of Evil battled the original Doom Patrol numerous times before Rouge was finally driven insane after one of the Brain's experimental surgical operations. Allying herself with General Zahl, another of the Doom Patrol's enemies, Rouge turned against her comrades and tried to kill them.
Unbeknownst to Rouge, the Brain and Mallah survived her attack and remained in hiding for the next several years while scouting for new super-villains who could help them rebuild the Brotherhood. From Saint-Tropez, France, came Emil LaSalle, a.k.a. Warp; from London, England, came Angela Hawkins Ill, who called herself Phobia; from Haiti came Jean-Louis Droo, better known as Houngan; and in East Berlin, Germany, the Brain found Otto von Furth - Plasmus.
With the Brotherhood once again at full strength, the Brain led his new followers on a mission to find and kill Rouge and ZahI. Their pursuit led them to Africa and into a battle with the New Titans, who were also after Rouge; in the melee, Rouge and ZahI paid for their crimes with their lives, allowing the new Brotherhood to escape capture.
The Titans crossed paths with the Brotherhood more than once when the Brain, for his own purposes, declared war on the Titans' archenemy Brother Blood. The Brain and Monsieur Mallah eventually took leave of the team to fulfill their own agendas, at which time those remaining adopted a new member, Trinity, and a new name - the Society of Sin. Based in Zandia, the Society of Sin engaged in terrorist activities, high-stakes robberies and assassination contracts.
Eventually, The Brain and Monsieur Mallah returned to establish another Brotherhood of Evil. This new Brotherhood welcomed old and new members alike.
Members:
The Brain
Monsieur Mallah
Gemini
Plasmus
Warp
Elephant Man
Goldilocks
Former Members:
General Immortus
General Zahl
Madame Rouge
Phobia
Trinity
Houngan
Gargaux
