Terrible Trio

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The Terrible Trio

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Official Name

The Terrible Trio

Status

Status

Defunct

Universe

New Earth

Base Of Operations

Gotham City

Organization

Team Leader(s)

Mutual Leadership

Current Members

The Fox, The Shark, The Vulture

Enemies

The Batman Family, Doctor Mid-Nite

First appearance

Detective Comics #253
(March, 1958)

History

The Terrible Trio were three criminal masterminds known to plague the heroes, Batman and Robin, with their strange inventions. Adorned in masks bearing the visage of a fox, a shark and a vulture, the Terrible Trio often engaged upon schemes that corresponded to their chosen totem characteristics. For example, the Vulture preferred committing crimes as it relates to flight, while the Shark was usually found plotting crimes involving the sea.

Batman and Robin successfully apprehended them after their initial series of schemes, but soon after, the Trio escaped from prison and resumed their criminal careers. They attempted to develop a smuggling ring within Gotham City’s underworld, but Batman and Robin fought them a second time and arrested them once again.

The Terrible Trio remained in hiding for a long time after their second confrontation with the Dynamic Duo, but they resurfaced in recent years in Portland, Oregon. Pieter Cross, the inheritor to the mantle of Doctor Mid-Nite stopped the Terrible Trio from wreaking havoc in his adopted city.

Recommended Reading

• Detective Comics #253
• Detective Comics #321
• Doctor Mid-Nite #1
• Doctor Mid-Nite #2
• Doctor Mid-Nite #3
  

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Appearances of Terrible Trio (Chronological)
• Appearances of Terrible Trio (Alphabetical)
• Team Gallery: Terrible Trio

Links and References

• None.

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