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King of Clubs

[[Image:|200px|center|King of Clubs (New Earth)]]

Real Name

King of Clubs (First name: Kerry)

Current Alias

King of Clubs

Alignment

Bad

Affiliation

Royal Flush Gang

Universe

New Earth

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Status

Occupation

Super-villain

Creators

Gardner Fox, Mike Sekowsky

First appearance

Justice League of America #43
(March, 1966)

History

Little is known of the King of Clubs, but that he was the childhood friend of Amos Fortune, the "Ace of Clubs" of the Royal Flush Gang. Fortune patterened all of his original gang members as the Suit of Clubs and provided them with weaponized playing cards charged with Stellaration energy. The King fought up against and initially defeated several members of the Justice League of America, including Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Flash, and Wonder Woman. Ultimately, it was Snapper Carr who was granted the means by which to defeat the Royal Flush Gang. ^[1]

The King of Clubs and his colleagues also had a run-in with Superman, during the second year of the Man of Steel's costumed career. ^[2]

Amos Fortune eventually abandoned the Gang. Shortly thereafter, the King of Clubs attempted to steal paintings containing clues to a hidden treasure, but he was thwarted by the machinations of the Joker. ^[3]

After this failure, the King abandoned his criminal career, but he later reunited with the Gang for a one-time encounter against the so-called "Justice League Detroit".

A second Royal Flush Gang was put together by Hector Hammond. Styled in the Suit of Spades, the King was replaced by a man named Joe Carny. ^[4]

Notes

• JLA Classified #22 establishes that the original Royal Flush Gang were childhood friends and that they adopted their positions within the gang based on their first name initials: Amos = Ace, Kerry = King, Queenie = Queen, Jack = Jack, Tom = Ten.

See Also

• Discuss King of Clubs (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of King of Clubs (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: King of Clubs (New Earth)
• Images featuring King of Clubs (New Earth)

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Footnotes

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