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by davoomac on May 5th, 2006

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What is the origin of Intergang?

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  • by Alatea on May 9th, 2006

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    Intergang is a fictional organised crime organisation in Superman comics. It was created by Jack Kirby and first appeared in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133 (October 1970).

    In its initial appearance Intergang was run by Boss Moxie, a gangster Kirby had originally created in his Newsboy Legion stories. He was, however, getting orders and weaponry from Darkseid, who was using Intergang to help track down the Anti-Life Equation.

    Intergang later worked with Morgan Edge, the head of the Galaxy Broadcasting System television network (which had recently purchased the Daily Planet and had Clark Kent transferred to its Metropolis affiliate WGBS-TV as its anchorman). It was later revealed that this was not the real Morgan Edge, but a clone from the Evil Factory. The real Edge was soon free to resume his role as Galaxy's president.

    In the post-Crisis DC Universe, Edge was the leader of Intergang, until he suffered a heart attack due to stress. While he believed he was working for Darkseid, his Apokoliptian contact was actually Desaad, whose only aim in supplying him with weaponry was to cause suffering. While he was in hospital his legitimate businesses were taken over by his father, Vinnie Edge, and Intergang was taken over by "Ugly" Mannheim, Boss Moxie's son, who trained on Apokolips with Granny Goodness. (A later retcon would say that Mannheim was the original leader of Intergang, dealing knowingly with Desaad. How Edge took over is unrevealed.)

    Eventually Intergang was brought down by Clark Kent and Cat Grant, Mannheim was arrested, but managed to escape. He attempted to disappear through a "Boom Tube" (a New Gods transporter), but it collapsed when he was halfway through.

    Some time later, Boss Moxie was released from prison. Discovering that the Newsboy Legion were, seemingly, the same age as when he first fought them, he determined to find out how such a thing could be. Meeting Dabney Donnovan, he arranged for himself and his former gang members from the 1940s to be cloned into youthful bodies with superpowers. Using Vinnie Edge to arrange a meeting between Metropolis' gang-leaders, he killed them all, and declared himself the new head of Intergang. The new Intergang spent much of their time tracking down Jimmy Olsen, whom Moxie believed knew Superman's secret identity.

    Following a short-lived attempt by Morgan Edge to regain control, Lex Luthor gained control of Intergang, retaining Moxie as a figurehead. Moxie and his lieutenants were later captured by Superman. Intergang is currently run by a criminal cyberneticist named Frank Sixty.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergang

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