Intergang

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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 Galaxy Broadcasting and the WGBS network that Clark Kent worked for. It was later revealed that this was not the real Morgan Edge, but a clone from the Evil Factory.

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 suppliying 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 half way through.

Some time later, Boss Moxie was released from prison. Discovering the Newsboy Legion were, seemingly, the same age as when he first fought them, he determined to find out how. 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 lieutenents were later captured by Superman. Intergang is currently run by a criminal cyberneticist named Frank Sixty.


Other Media

Intergang appeared in several episodes of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Some names were changed, Vinnie and Morgan Edge became Bill Church Sr and Bill Church Jr, Galaxy Broadcasting became Multiworld Communications etc. The Churches were played by Peter Boyle and Bruce Campbell respecively. By the end of the series, both Churches were in prison and Intergang was being run by Bill Sr's young wife, Mindy (Jessica Collins), who appeared to be an airhead but was actually a ruthless mastermind.

In Superman: The Animated Series, Intergang was run by Bruno Mannheim, voiced by Bruce Weitz.

Morgan Edge has appeared as a Metropolis gang boss in Smallville, played by Rutger Hauer.