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Over
the years, there have been several incarnations of the Royal Flush
Gang.
The very first Flushers were organized by
Professor Amos Fortune. The
Flushers were Fortune's childhood gang. After he moved into
the criminal "big leagues," Fortune tried to pull his old friends
along for the ride, breaking in his mates by pitting them against
the Justice League of America, though during the resulting
struggle, Fortune and his friends were easily defeated. With
the aid of Fortune's "stellaration" machine, however, this version
of the Gang arguably came closer to actually defeating the Justice
Leaguers than any of the others that followed in its wake
(JLOA-043).
A couple of weeks after they were captured, the
members of the Royal Flush Gang made good their escape and fought
a speedy rematch against the Justice League, this time battling
over a mysterious treasure map (JLOA-054).
As part of one of his many plots for restoring
his mobility, Green Lantern's long-time nemesis Hector Hammond
recruited a new Royal Flush Gang which was first defeated by the
JLA shortly after Firestorm joined the JLA (JLOA-203-205).
This same group was later recruited by JLI front man Maxwell Lord,
who sprung the Flushers in order to provide Booster Gold with a
rather visible test that he could pass and thus impress the rest
of the League, securing an invitation to become a member
(JLIA-004). (RW)
Lord also staged another battle between the
Royal Flush Gang and members of the League resulting in the
reformation of Justice League America and Justice League Europe
(JLSPECT-01). It was then it was eventually revealed that the
Royal Flush Gang and Lord were associated with the mystic
Illuminati-like secret society known as the Arcana. (GA)
The Flushers are short-tempered, overconfident,
and dull-witted. They are also legendary for their
dogged persistence. (RW)
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