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| The Elite | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Action_Comics-775_13.jpg) The original line up from Action Comics #775. Clockwise: Menagerie I (foreground), Hat, Manchester Black, and Coldcast. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Action Comics #775 (March 2001) |
| Created by | Joe Kelly Doug Mahnke |
| In-story information | |
| Member(s) | Coldcast The Hat Manchester Black Menagerie I Menagerie II Vera Black |
The Elite is a team of fictional super-powered antiheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, in particular those featuring Superman and The Justice League. They are DC's response to Wildstorm's The Authority. The Elite made their first appearance in the story "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?", published in Action Comics #775 (March 2001). The story, which was voted number 1 in Wizard magazine's "Top Ten Comics of the Decade",[citation needed] was written by Joe Kelly, inked by Tom Nguyen and penciled by Doug Mahnke and Lee Bermejo. They appeared as antagonists before some of the characters merged with members of the Justice League to form the Justice League Elite.