The Terrible Trio: Oh No, Watch Out!
The Terrible Trio: Who Are They?
In the DC comics The Terrible Trio was formed out of a team of thieves. Thieves who wore animal masks covering their entire face. This DC team was made up of
Gunther Hardwick,
Warren Lawford, and
Armand Lydecker who christened themselves as
The Terrible Trio. Hardwick adopted the alias
Sherman Shackley and wore the mask of the shark, Lawfor took on the alias
Fisk and wore the mask of a fox, and, lastly, Lydecker became
Volper and wore the mask of a vulture. All three of this trio were famous DC inventors in Gotham city, who sought new challenges which brought them right here, to their criminal career. As a ploy, they dressed up in business suits and wore the animal masks which earned them the names of the Fox, the Shark, and the Vulture.
What did the Terrible Trio do?
By using their own knowledge and specialties, they based their technology on their respective animal theme. They were recurring foes of Batman and Robin but they also fought with G’nort and Doctor Mid-Nite - all in several series.
The Terrible Trio: Where to be found?
Oh, this trio was to be found in several places. Let's discuss some!
The trio in Dr. Mid-Nite Mini Series
In the DC Dr. Mid-Nite mini series the trio moved their operations from Gotham City to Portsmouth, and became the industrial leaders Fisk, Shackley, and Volper (names previously mentioned). The DC trio becomes the head of the investment firm for Praeda Industrias. (Did you know that Praeda means "spoils" or "booty?" - Fun Fact!) In the story the Trio takes on the likeliness of their respective animals in a ritual to bring on good fortune so they call upon the spirits of air, earth, and water. The DC trio then attempts to cause concurrent disasters to most of the city and coastal areas. They only left the worst area that they owned so they could resell it for a profit. Part of their plan had them become drug lords. They sold the Venom-based steroid A39 to create a super soldier army. DC Doctor Cross begins to investigate their affairs. The DC trio attempts to kill him but they fail, only succeeding in blinding him (which gives him the powers of Mid-Nite unknowingly to the trio. Doctor Mid-Nite stops their plans, though, and this DC trio was sentenced to 800 years in prison. So that's a long time...
The Trio in Detective Comics #832
In the
Detective Comic #832 that was published in April of 2007, the presumed that the deceased Shark is named Sherman Shackley, which from our knowledge is correct. In this issue of the comic the Fox’s last name is Fisk and the Vultures is Volper, no first names are given to these two DC characters. In this issue, the Shark tries to reinvent himself, faking his own death and trying to murder his partners but Batman stops him. The DC trio ends up in Arkham Asylum, The Fox and The Shark switch their alliance to “The Great White Shark” also known as Warren White. Warren informs Sherman, the Shark, that he can no longer be the Shark because it is taking Warren’s place.
Where else to find the trio?
This DC Trio are also in
The Batman,
Batman: the Animated Series,
Batman: the Brave and Bold and many other series in the DC universe. You should keep an eye out for them and then tell us where you found them!
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