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Axis Amerika is the name of two different teams of supervillains who have appeared inAmerican comic books publishedDC Comics.

The original team, created by writerRoy Thomas and penciler Brian Murray, first appeared inYoung All-Stars #1 (June 1987).

The team's first known mission was to bring down American morale by killing their superheroes, then known as 'mystery men'. TheValkyrie Gudra actually steals the soul of one of them, the explosive hero known asTNT. It was soon after this that Tsunami defects; she was then replaced with Kamikaze. During an intense battle, Die Fledermaus is slain byFury while she is affected by the godTisiphone. The Axis suffer a major defeat but return. The All-Stars are aided in this second fight by a similar group of heroes known asThe Allies. This team consists of Fireball, Kuei, Phantasmo, and the Squire.^[1]

During the "Infinite Crisis" storyline, Übermensch and Sea Wolf appear as members ofAlexander Luthor Jr.'sSecret Society of Super Villains.^[2][3]

This team was an updated version of the old team and was created by Manson and his Clockwatchers organization; they have no relation to the original Axis Amerika. Axis America was a secretfascist cult who ran a children's home called Safe Haven. The JLA arrived to mediate between governmental forces and what they believed to be the innocent men and women inside the camp. Manson manipulated Faith, his former servant, causing her powers to go out of control. It seemed, to the public at large, that the JLA had killed thousands of innocent people.^[1]

Superman is imprisoned for the destruction of Safe Haven. Faith goes to Manson, promising to work for him if the JLA's name is cleared.

• Übermensch – counterpart ofSuperman.
• Grösshorn Eule ("Great Horned Owl") – counterpart ofBatman.
• Fledermaus ("Bat") – counterpart ofRobin. Killed inYoung All-Stars #6.
• Gudra – aValkyrie warrior and counterpart ofWonder Woman. She was also the Valkyrie originally summoned by Hitler to assassinate PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt, which originally inspired the formation of theJustice Society of America.
• Sea Wolf – a lycanthropic water spirit. Counterpart ofAquaman.
• Usil – an archer from Naples and the sole team member fromfascist Italy. As a counterpart ofGreen Arrow, he combines extraordinary archery skills with a variety of standard and trick arrows. He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin where he was bested by U.S. participant Will Everett (the first Amazing Man). He seemingly begrudges his participation in the mission of Axis America and confesses he cannot wait to "return to Napoli". His name derives from Usil, the Etruscan sun god, and he also calls himself the "sun archer" at various points during his appearances.
• Sumo the Samurai – a giant samurai and personal agent ofHirohito.
• Tsunami – Japanesehydrokinetic, later defects to theYoung All-Stars.
• Kamikaze – a living missile and another representative ofImperial Japan.

• Great White
• Fleshburn
• Hel/Vela
• Manson
• The Mouth
• Übermensch/Shepherd
• Zaladin

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• Comics characters introduced in 1987
• Comics characters introduced in 2003
• Characters created by Roy Thomas
• Characters created by Joe Kelly
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