HOUSE OF PAIN	BIOGRAPHY
Created by D. Curtis Johnson and J. H. Williams

TEAM DATA

Status: Disbanded
Former Members:
First Appearance: Chase #6 (July 1998): "Girl's Day Out"
Creators: D. Curtis Johnson and J. H. Williams

OVERVIEW

House of Pain was the name for the band of "super-villains" opposing the Justice Experience. Their rivalry was often quite harmless.

HISTORY

During the sixties and early seventies, there was a lull in superhero activity. To fill this void, a new breed of adventurer rose on the East Coast, heroes and villains strictly interested in the thrill and excitement of super-adventuring.

One team of these heroes was the Justice Experience, operating in New York City. Their arch enemies were a team of villains named the House of Pain. They fought battles that were no more than mere games, fantastic diversions from their everyday lives. The weapons and 'deathtraps' they used in these adventures were only silly toys. No one ever got hurt, until a battle started at the Washington Square subway station. A woman named Caroline Anders, while fleeing to safety, was electrocuted on the third rail.

Caroline was the girlfriend of eccentric and deformed inventor Larry Trapp. He blamed her death on the community of superheroes and villains, vowing revenge. He created genuine deathtraps and found out the civilan identities, professions, patrols, and addresses of a large number of the heroes and villains.

Over the next two years, Larry Trapp hunted down all of the Justice Experience, House of Pain, and other heroes and villains, killing them. The murders totaled over 35 in the New York, Gotham, and Metropolis areas. He became known as "Dr. Trap" because his lairs were always extensively booby-trapped.

Eventually Trapp was caught by the JSA, and sentenced to 23 life terms. But it was the end of an era, and heroes wouldn't make a comeback for 10 years afterwards. - Chase #6

CHRONOLOGY

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