| Masters of Disaster | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Batman and the Outsiders #9 (April 1984) |
| Created by | Mike Barr (writer) Jim Aparo (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Member(s) | Coldsnap Heatstroke New Wave Shakedown Windfall |
The Masters of Disaster are a team of supervillains appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. They are a group of mercenary metahumans whose superhuman abilities correspond to a force of nature: earth, wind, fire, and water. [1]
The Masters of Disaster appeared in the second season of the live-action television series Black Lightning .
Throughout their appearances in Adventures of the Outsiders #34, Batman and the Outsiders Annual #2, and the Outsiders series, the Masters of Disasters (consisting of Coldsnap, Heatstroke, New Wave, Shakedown, and Windfall) fight and are defeated by Batman's Outsiders on multiple occasions and Looker on one occasion. [2] [3] [4]
Eventually, Windfall develops sympathetic feelings for the Outsiders and secretly works to keep them alive until her teammates discover her treachery and capture her. [5] They send a clone of Windfall to infiltrate the Outsiders, but she is killed in battle while the original Windfall defects to the Outsiders. [6]
As of Outsiders (vol. 2) #9, the remaining Masters were incarcerated in a prison nicknamed the Slab. They join forces with Geo-Force to escape. [7] However, New Wave disagrees with this, leading to her killing Shakedown. [8]
The Masters subsequently recruit Dust Devil and Mudslide before fighting the Outsiders once more. [9]
Following the events of "The New 52" (a reboot of the DC universe) and the "Forever Evil" storyline, Heatstroke and New Wave attack a prison transport carrying Coldsnap and Shakedown, only to be intercepted by SWAT officers. [10]
In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called "DC Rebirth" which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to "The New 52". Coldsnap and Heatstroke are later recruited into the Suicide Squad to assist Katana in fighting Kobra. [11]
A new incarnation of the Masters of Disaster appears in "DC All In", led by Volcana and consisting of Groundswell, Shakedown II, and Windfall II while secretly being manipulated by Councilman Jay Harriman. [12]