The Conglomerate (comics)

History

The Conglomerate is a fictional DC Comics superhero team. They first appeared in Justice League Quarterly #1 (Winter 1990)

Fictional background

The Conglomerate is a corporate sponsored superhero team, created by Claire Montgomery as competition for the Justice League International, which is led by her ex-husband Maxwell Lord. The Conglomerate has had three incarnations, the first led by Booster Gold, and including Praxis, Maxi-Man, Echo, Vapor, Reverb and Gypsy. This team initially is hostile towards the JLI (Booster had recently quit the group over his perceived lack of respect from his peers), but the two groups gradually become more friendly. Eventually all the members of this version of the Conglomerate drift away. Booster Gold part ways with the team during an attack upon New York by Despero. Claire doesn't want the team to go, as they will only get in the way. Gold, who figures he has enough experience with the League, leaves on his own.

However, the Conglomerate has an upcoming competition with the JLI, and Montgomery quickly recruits an all new team thanks to the dimension-spanning powers of would-be member Norman the Doorman: Deadeye, Fiero, Frostbite, Elasti-Man, Element Man, Scarab, and Slipstream, interdimensional heroes who later are revealed as villains from Qward and defeated by the Justice League.

Current Status

The final version of the group is led by the British hero Templar, and features returning Conglomerate members Echo and Reverb (now Hardline), as well as more established heroes Nuklon and Jesse Quick. The current status of this Conglomerate is unknown; however Jesse Quick is now a member of the JSA, and Nuklon (now Atom Smasher) is allied with Black Adam, making it appear that the team has dissolved.

See also

• Blood Pack
• Hero Hotline
• Power Company
• Captains of Industry.