The Vicious Circle
Information
Group Name: The Vicious Circle
Status: Defunct
First Appearance: Savage Dragon #1 (mini-series)
History
The city of Chicago has been infamous for organized crime since before the time of the notorious Al Capone. The mob, which ruled over Chicago for decades, eventually fell under the rule of the ambitious boss, Antonio Seghetti. Seghetti seized control of the majority of the mob and his ruthlessness enabled him to remain in that position for years.
Unfortunately for Seghetti, Chicago was becoming a hot bed for “freak” (mutated and/or super powered beings) activity. The newly settled super-powered “freaks” created their own crime networks that began cutting into Seghetti’s mob activities. With the aid of his lieutenant, Sebastian Khan, Seghetti sought a way to maintain his control of Chicago over the “freaks” by having a weaponized suit of armor built to compensate for his lack of super-powers. Khan worked with the CyberData organization to create the suit of armor for his employer and friend. With the armor covering him head-to-toe, Seghetti took on the moniker of Overlord.
Using fear and intimidation, Overlord recruited rebellious freaks to join the ranks of his revitalized crime cartel, now dubbed the Vicious Circle. The Vicious Circle’s power and influence grew as they eventually replaced all other Chicago mob factions as the ruling crime syndicate over Chicago by the early 1990s.
For almost 30 years of it’s existence, the Vicious Circle survived much in-fighting, with splintered groups and internal power plays. Over this period, the Vicious Circle had over ten leaders, with most of them, including Seghetti, slain in either a power struggle or from other consequences of their life in crime. Many of the rank and file members of the Vicious Circle that joined at it’s inception had been killed, with most surviving members past their prime and looking to retire. In addition, the teenage/young adult offspring of some original members had joined the ranks.
The Vicious Circle took a big blow in 2020, when Chicago authorities carpet bombed the city with Bellco Chemical’s Freak Out drug. This operation depowered many of the gang members. A fraction of the Vicious Circle members, under the leadership of Dart II, escaped the bombing and fled to Toronto. As they did in Chicago, the Vicious Circle used their super-powers to defeat rival Toronto gangs for control of the city. By 2022, gang wars and clashes with authorities had taken a toll on the organization. When Dart II was shot and killed by the Toronto Police, the weakened Vicious Circle once again fractured into groups vying for control. At this point, Malcolm Dragon and Paul Dragon struck at the remaining members hoping to put the final nail in the coffin of the Vicious Circle. While Malcom and Paul attacked, Mako II also entered the fray against the Vicious Circle, as he felt that they betrayed him. Mako II murders many of the remaining Vicious Circle goons and the battle ends when the building they are occupying collapses as result of the fighting. As Paul and Malcolm climb out of the rubble, it appears this is the Vicious Circles final battle as only few scattered members survived.
The remaining scattered surviving members are eventually captured one-by-one by North Force until only Samurai remained at-large. Samurai is killed in a battle with Malcolm Dragon when her breathing mask apparatus is knocked of her face and she appears to rapidly age a die.
In the aftermath of the Vicious Circle’s final battle, Professor Pugly collected the bodies of slain members to create an undead army he dubbed Frankenstein Force. This legion of the undead were created using the body parts of numerous fallen Vicious Circle thugs and controlled via a remote control. Roughneck, a Vicious Circle survivor, was chosen by Professor Pugly to lead Frankenstein Force. Roughneck decided he wanted all the power to himself and seized the control device as his new followers brutally tore apart the helpless Pugly. With an army behind him, Roughneck raided the hideout of a group of super-freaks and declared himself the new leader of the Vicious Circle. When his would-be new recruits point out that the criminal organization is no more, Roughneck orders Frankenstein Force to slaughter them all. The Canadian, who was listening in disguise, leapt into action and knocked out the surprised Roughneck. The Canadian then grabbed the remote control and deactivated the zombie army.
Former Leaders
Chronological Order (oldest to newest):
Overlord I DECEASED
Cyberface DECEASED
Horde DECEASED
Overlord II DECEASED
BrainiApe DECEASED
PowerHouse
HellRazor DECEASED
SkullFace DECEASED
Buster Justice DECEASED
Brutalizer DECEASED
Overlord III
FirePower DECEASED
Dart II DECEASED
Samurai DECEASED
Former Members (Alive or Status Unknown)
Abner Cadaver
Animal II DEPOWERED
Angry Ivan DEPOWERED
Baby Boom
Beezel Bub DEPOWERED
Big-Fish
Bighorn DEPOWERED
Bile
Bloop DEPOWERED
Blossom INCARCERATED
Blue Demon DEPOWERED
Bubble Boy
Carmella Toad INCARCERATED
Climax DEPOWERED
Cutthroat Kid INCARCERATED
Demonhead DEPOWERED
Domestic Violet DEPOWERED
Double Paige
DoubleHeader
DownLoad INCARCERATED
Dumpling INCARCERATED
Fever
Finkleberry, Joey
Flesh-Blight DEPOWERED
Fountainhead INCARCERATED
Frogman
Gem-Head DEPOWERED
Gripe
Grudge DEPOWERED
Grunt DEPOWERED
Hellfire
Iron Jaw
Lightning Bug
Melvin Mouse
Negate
Neutron Bob DEPOWERED
Ragdoll
The Raptor DEPOWERED
Red Menace DEPOWERED
Reptillian DEPOWERED
RoadBlock
Rogue Warrior INCARCERATED
Roughneck
Savage Andy DEPOWERED
Shard
Sid Hideous DEPOWERED
Skullfire
Sonic Headgear DEPOWERED
The Gasser
Thunder-Head
Tigress DEPOWERED
Ugly Johnny DEPOWERED
UnderMind INCARCERATED
Vein
Volcanic
Warrior
Weed
White Trash DEPOWERED
WildHair
Wrath II
Former Members (Deceased)
Absorbing Junior DECEASED
Anarchy DECEASED
Animal I DECEASED
Aquatic DECEASED
Armm DECEASED
Armor DECEASED
Artillery DECEASED
Assassin DECEASED
Baby Face DECEASED
Baby Killer DECEASED
Babyface DECEASED
Backfire DECEASED
Bad Axe DECEASED
Bagman DECEASED
Bandit DECEASED
Basher DECEASED
Battle Bat DECEASED
Battle Dragon DECEASED
Battle Roy DECEASED
Bear Hands DECEASED
Belcher DECEASED
Bludgeon II DECEASED
Blue Broad DECEASED
Blue Chuck DECEASED
Blue Chunks DECEASED
Blue Don DECEASED
Blueberry Surprise DECEASED
Bodycount DECEASED
Bradley, Peckerwood DECEASED
Brainiape DECEASED
Brain-O DECEASED
Brainwave DECEASED
Brawn DECEASED
Brute DECEASED
Bud Ugly DECEASED
Bug DECEASED
Bugeye DECEASED
Bug Guy DECEASED
Bulldozer DECEASED
Carcass DECEASED
Catfish Jackson DECEASED
Caveman DECEASED
CessPool DECEASED
Charlie Triumph DECEASED
Chaos & Control DECEASED
Chomper DECEASED
Chrome Dome DECEASED
Crippler DECEASED
Crosseye DECEASED
Cutthroat DECEASED
Dataman DECEASED
Dead Guy DECEASED
Deathface DECEASED
Death-Gaze DECEASED
Deathmask DECEASED
Demolisher I DECEASED
Devil Doll DECEASED
Devil Doug DECEASED
Dung DECEASED
Easter Bunny DECEASED
Egg-Noggin DECEASED
Evil Eye DECEASED
EXROE-5 DECEASED
Fade DECEASED
FishFace DECEASED
Flaptrap DECEASED
Flatline DECEASED
Fourplay DECEASED
Freak-Face DECEASED
Furious George DECEASED
Fusion DECEASED
Gateway DECEASED
GlowBug DECEASED
Golden Rod DECEASED
Goofball DECEASED
Gunman DECEASED
H.U.B.E.R.T. DECEASED
HalfBad DECEASED
Hardware DECEASED
Hazard I DECEASED
Hazard II DECEASED
Heavy Flo DECEASED
Hell Eyes DECEASED
Hilda Heimlich DECEASED
Horn-Head DECEASED
Human-Sparkler DECEASED
Imposter DECEASED
Inadequate Lightning DECEASED
Inferno DECEASED
Inferno Girl DECEASED
Indigo Hugh DECEASED
Insect DECEASED
Intruder DECEASED
Johnny Nitro DECEASED
Jolt DECEASED
Justice, Dona DECEASED
Justice, Nick DECEASED
Kill-Blow DECEASED
Killer Commando DECEASED
Killer Whale DECEASED
KillZone DECEASED
Laff-A-Lot DECEASED
Lagoombah DECEASED
Larry Lucifer DECEASED
Livewire DECEASED
Lone Rider DECEASED
LowBlow DECEASED
Major Disaster DECEASED
Mako DECEASED
Mako II DECEASED
Mane Man DECEASED
Megamaniac DECEASED
MegaTech DECEASED
MindWarp DECEASED
Misfit DECEASED
Morbid DECEASED
MoreGore DECEASED
Mountain Man DECEASED
Mr. Faces DECEASED
Myotis DECEASED
Nasal Ned DECEASED
Nuke Rage DECEASED
Octopus DECEASED
OpenFace DECEASED
Openface Jr. DECEASED
Oracle DECEASED
Orange Hulk DECEASED
PhatHead DECEASED
Pinky Pete DECEASED
Plague DECEASED
Pucker DECEASED
Pug Fugly DECEASED
Quill DECEASED
Radiator DECEASED
Raging Woody DECEASED
Randy Ruthless DECEASED
Rapidfire DECEASED
Rat Bastard DECEASED
Ravish DECEASED
Rawdog DECEASED
Razor-Face DECEASED
Razz DECEASED
Redneck DECEASED
Red Rage DECEASED
Red Ruckus DECEASED
Rhinoceros DECEASED
Rock Woman DECEASED
Rocky Rogue DECEASED
Rotgut DECEASED
Roy Robot DECEASED
Ruby Friday DECEASED
Rushmore DECEASED
Sage DECEASED
Santa Claus DECEASED
Schemer DECEASED
Scrag DECEASED
Screaming Lola DECEASED
Sea King DECEASED
Seductress DECEASED
Shaggymane DECEASED
Sickly DECEASED
Slab DECEASED
Soundstorm DECEASED
Sourpuss DECEASED
Spike DEPOWERED
Split-Head DECEASED
Squid DECEASED
Sterno DECEASED
Stigma DECEASED
Stretch-O DECEASED
Strongarm DECEASED
Sub-Human DECEASED
Sudds DECEASED
Summers, Billy DECEASED
Super-Spillage DECEASED
Super-X DECEASED
Surefire DECEASED
Tech I DECEASED
Tech II DECEASED
Tech-Head DECEASED
The Blue Flame DECEASED
The Detonator DECEASED
The Devastator DECEASED
The Gossip DECEASED
Throwaway Dork DECEASED
Toad-Man DECEASED
ToastMaster DECEASED
Torment DECEASED
Toxic DECEASED
Transparent Trish DECEASED
Tumor DECEASED
Ultimatum DECEASED
Vandal DECEASED
Victorious DECEASED
Walleye DECEASED
War-Cry DECEASED
Warfare DECEASED
WarGod DECEASED
War Hawk DECEASED
Warren Pieces DECEASED
Warts DECEASED
Washout DECEASED
Waylon Wipple DECEASED
Wimp DECEASED
Worm-Lock DECEASED
Wreckage DECEASED
Yellow Streak DECEASED
Yellow Trevor DECEASED