| Demolition Team | |
|---|---|
 The Demolition Team, art byDave Gibbons. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Green Lantern (vol. 2) #176 (May 1984) |
| Created by | Len Wein andDave Gibbons |
| In-story information | |
| Member(s) | Hardhat Jackhammer Rosie Scoopshovel Steamroller |
TheDemolition Team are a fictional team of mercenaries in theDC Comicsuniverse. They first appeared inGreen Lantern #176 (May 1984) and were created byLen Wein andDave Gibbons.[1]
In their initial appearance,Congressman Jason Bloch hired the Demolition Team to destroy theLos Angeles branch ofFerris Aircraft.[2] The Ferris employees were virtually defenseless against the team and their state-of-the-art weaponry provided by theMonitor. Help finally arrived in the form of the mysteriousPredator who defeated the entire team unaided.[1] It is assumed the Demolition Team were sent to prison soon after the incident.
The Demolition Team returned several years later with updated technology only to be handily defeated by theBlood Pack after attacking a nuclear power plant inGermany. Hardhat later appeared committing crimes inOpal City.
Rosie, together with several other scientific geniuses and cybernetic beings (Automan, Brainstorm,Doctor Cyber, Ford, andEmil Hamilton), was for a brief period part of the composite cybernetic being known asEnginehead. However (if this story is still canon), the being seems to have been divided into the individual personalities again shortly after the events of the seriesEnginehead #1-6 (2004).
Most of the team were killed at the hands of theOMACs during the events ofThe OMAC Project, but Hardhat was seen alive inInfinite Crisis #7. He is participating in the 'Battle of Metropolis', which was a supervillain first step to conquer the world.[1]
Still later, Hardhat was seen among the "forgotten characters" ofLimbo. Other notables includeAce the Bat-Hound,Geist,Gunfire and Merryman of theInferior Five. As Merryman explains, Hardhat and all the other inhabitants came here to a realm of 'no stories' because they were forgotten about in the real world. They all are rescued by Superman and assist in the battle against the cosmic threat of Mandrakk.[3]
The Demolition Team appear inJustice League Unlimited #43.
