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Morgan Edge

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Morgan Edge
Occupation Crime lord
Played By Rutger Hauer, Patrick Bergin
Status Deceased (Shattered)
Appeared In Exile, Phoenix, Shattered

Morgan Edge was the leading crime lord in Metropolis and a childhood friend of Lionel Luthor.

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[edit] Early Life

When Lionel was growing up in Suicide Slums, he befriended Morgan Edge and the two became close friends. They decided that he and Lionel should kill Lionel's parents and claim the insurance money on them and the property. They planted a bomb in their apartment and killed them; Lionel made sure he had an alibi so that he wasn't connected to the murder. They then split the money and started their careers: Lionel started LuthorCorp and Morgan became a crime boss.

[edit] Season Three

In 2003, Clark Kent stole the money from a bank while one of Edge's gangs were in the middle of a heist. Edge approached Clark in his apartment and offered him a job. At first Clark turned him down, but after Lana found him, he decided he could use the money to disappear and meets Edge to accept his offer. Edge asked him to break into Lionel's LuthorCorp office and steal a package from a titanium reinforced safe.

Clark later learned that the item he stole was the blood sample taken by Helen Bryce. Jonathan destroyed it immediately. Edge came to Smallville and demanded the package. Clark told him that he didn't have it, but Edge took Jonathan and Martha Kent hostage to force Clark to give it to him. Clark used a piece of green meteor rock to cut his arm and give him a new sample. Edge returned the blood to Lionel and told him that he could provide him with the source. Lionel was very interested because he did not know the source. Edge's thugs brought Clark to Metropolis in the back of a truck for the hand off, but Clark used his heat vision to create an explosion, which destroyed the truck. Lionel believed that Edge set him up to be killed. Edge fell into the water after being shot by Lionel's security, where he was presumed dead.

Morgan survived. Lex found him, but he had plastic surgery to hide from Lionel. He carried a string of meteor rock beads in case he ever met Kal again. Edge confessed on tape to the murder of Lionel's parents, but then conspired with Lionel to break Lex's fragile psyche and discredit his testimony. Lex tracked him down and shot him, but he escaped and tried to use his car to kill Lex. Lex shot Edge several more times, but Clark still had to save Lex from the car speeding toward him out of control, thus Clark revealed his powers to Lex when he stopped Lex's car, thus, crushing Edge's body, just before they dragged him off to the sanitarium.

[edit] Notes

  • In the comics, Morgan Edge was the head of Galaxy Communications and leader of Intergang, which received advanced alien weapons and technology from Darkseid. Edge was exposed by Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Cat Grant, and was arrested. He eventually escaped prison and maintains the goal of destroying Superman, and regaining his position in the Metropolis crime ring.
  • Coincidentally, Rutger Hauer starred in a film called Warrior Angels in 2002, completely unrelated to Smallville's Warrior Angel.
  • In a deleted scene, Morgan Edge tells Clark as Kal that his gang is called InterGang and that he wishes him to become a part of it.

[edit] In the Comics

Former head of Galaxy Communications and leader of the criminal group Intergang, which received alien technological assistance from Darkseid. Edge's
criminal career was exposed by reporters Cat Grant, Clark Kent, and Lois Lane. He was arrested by Superman after a robot from Apokolips tried to assassinate Clark and Lois. While in jail Morgan wrote a tell-all autobiography embarrassing Cat and his father, Vinnie Edge. Escaping from prison, Edge began recruiting second-rate villains to form the Superman Revenge Squad. His goal is to destroy Superman, discredit Lex Luthor, and become a major player in the Metropolis crime scene.

[edit] Appearances

  • Exile: Morgan Edge hires Clark to steal a package from Lionel Luthor.
  • Phoenix: Morgan Edge comes to Smallville to retrieve the package. He kidnaps Martha and Jonathan to force Clark to comply. He kidnaps Clark and attempts to deliver him to Lionel.
  • Shattered: Morgan Edge conspires with Lionel to break Lex's psyche and ends up in a shoot out with Lex. Lex shoots him; then Morgan drives a car into Clark, killing himself and destroying the car.

[edit] See Also

Intergang

[edit] External Links

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