Second Council
A second Council appears in the "Nemesis" backup (the Tom Tresser version, not to be confused with the above mentioned Soseh Mykros) in The Brave and the Bold #166–192, starting in 1980. Tom Tresser was an applicant to an unnamed government agency whose brother Craig was an undercover agent infiltrating a criminal syndicate called "the Council". Craig was brainwashed into killing their family friend Ben Williams and was subsequently killed in self-defense by fellow agents. Tom thus became "Nemesis", preferring to use an alias instead of his dishonored family name. With the assistance of Batman, he cleared his brother's name and saw men responsible for his brother's death. Nemesis was apparently killed in the helicopter crash that killed the Council's leader, though Tresser was later revealed to have survived.
The Council seems to return in the miniseries Nemesis: The Imposters in 2010.
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