The Rise and the Fall of
the Edge Gang
Over
time Oliver Queen's gang was able to establish themselves in Metropolis. They
maintained
a relative calm among the metahuman gangs who would constantly rally
for
power. In the meantime Lana Lang continued to gather followers to her vigilante
cause,
yet she chose to remain mostly outside the city, preferring the earthiness and
secrecy
of the Kawatche reservation. Also at this time Lex had not yet made a move
to
take on the gangs of Metropolis.
Oliver's
gang considered their biggest threat to be the remnants of the Morgan Edge
gang,
who had since recruited among the metahuman population. The Edge gang
increased
in strength after Lionel Luthor learned about his son's ambitions to create
an
elite task force of metahumans for his own purposes. Upon this discovery Lionel
went
into a jealous rage. Fearing his own death at the hands of his son Lionel threw
all
his support and finances behind the Morgan Edge gang.
The
leaders of the Edge gang were elated to receive Lionel's support, but in their
jubilation
they did not anticipate the speed of Lex's response. When the moment was
right
Lex moved into Metropolis with his "Legion of Doom". He ordered them
to wipe
out
the Edge gang to set an example for the other metahuman gangs. Lionel Luthor
was
killed in the attack. Metropolis was thrown into chaos once again as the
metahuman
gangs rallied to fill the vacuum of the Edge gang.
In
the brutal aftermath Arthur Curry, Helena Bertinelli and 'Black' Canary were
finally
able
to convince Oliver to allow them to use harsher methods to bring back order to
Metropolis.
In the meantime Bart Allen became obsessed with fighting crime, so
much
so that Bart soon found himself the unwitting accomplice of the darker
elements
of Oliver's gang.