Crazy Gang

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Official Team Name

Crazy Gang

Team Aliases

Unknown

Status

Active

Identity

Public

Alignment

Bad

Universe

Earth-616

Base of Operations

Formerly Gretton, UK

Affiliations

Team Leader(s)

Jester

Current Members

Jester, Red Queen, Knave, Tweedledope

Former Members

Executioner, Feron

Allies

Joyboy; formerly Arcade, Slaymaster, Mad Jim Jaspers

Enemies

None; formerly Excalibur

Origin

Origin

Created out of the surrounding landscape by the insane, reality warping mutant, Mad Jim Jaspers, to keep him company, the Crazy Gang survived his destruction and went on to become some of Britain's most inept criminals, often used as pawns by others.

Place of Formation

London, England

Creators

Alan Davis, Alan Moore

First appearance

Mighty World of Marvel Vol 2 #11
(April, 1984)

History

When the reality warping Jim Jaspers decided he needed friends, he used his powers to create the Crazy Gang (just as his counterpart from Earth-238 had created the original Crazy Gang). After giving the Crazy Gang life, Jaspers was murdered by the Fury, a creation of his late Earth-238 counterpart. The Crazy Gang survived the Fury and wandered off. They went on to become Britain's most inept supervillians. They subsequently placed an advertisement in a newspaper in order to find a new leader and, as a result, the Crazy Gang entered the employ of Slaymaster. Under his leadership, the gang committed a series of audacious crimes, robbing the Royal Mint, the National Gallery, and the British Museum. As Slaymaster had planned, these crimes attracted the attention of Captain Britain, who he captured. having no further use for the Crazy Gang, Slaymaster dismissed them.

The Crazy Gang were later used by Arcade to kidnap Courtney Ross in order to lure Captain Britain and his teammates in Excalibur to Murderworld. Ross managed to fight off the Crazy Gang, but was captured by Arcade and his assistant Miss Locke. When Excalibur came to the rescue, the gang used a device created by Tweedledope to switch bodies with Excalibur - Captain Britain with Tweedledope, Meggan Puceanu with the Knave, Nightcrawler with the Jester, and Phoenix with the Executioner. Only Shadowcat escaped. Captain Britain in Tweedledope's body managed to alter the device, and Shadowcat, with Ross' help, managed to reverse the body-swap, and Excalibur defeated the Crazy Gang. Both the Crazy Gang and Arcade were apprehended after Excalibur defeated them.^[1]

Later, the Crazy Gang were involved in the disappearance of the population of a small English village. When Excalibur investigated, they found the villagers, and the Crazy Gang, in a strange, Alice in Wonderland-style underground lair. As it turned out, however, the villagers had consented to accompanying the Crazy Gang, and Excalibur left them alone.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

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See Also

• 22 Appearances of Crazy Gang (Earth-616)
• 2 Images that include Crazy Gang (Earth-616)
• Team Gallery: Crazy Gang (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Crazy Gang (Earth-616)

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