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* Another incarnation of the gang, created by Ace, appears in a flashback in the Justice League Unlimited episode " Epilogue ", which is itself set 65 years into the future.

Ace's powers evolved to the point where she could warp reality, so she granted powers to random people in an attempt to make friends, only to have them ditch her and use their powers for crime.

Amanda Waller stated that this was the second or third generation of the gang ; she can't remember which ( this is a reference to this being the third Royal Flush Gang in production terms, but the second in chronological order of the DCAU ).

All of the new members of the gang were various puns, based partially on their names ; King appeared to be a massive head with small limbs that flew on a throne and fired beams from his eyes ( an homage to the Marvel Comics villain MODOK who has been called the " The King of Comic Book Characters ").

Queen is a large transvestite ( in reference to the phrase " drag queen ") with enhanced strength, whose design was based on a cross between the famous drag queen Divine and the Queen of Hearts from Disney's Alice in Wonderland.

Jack is an African-American Samurai-styled warrior ( a reference to the Cartoon Network series, " Samurai Jack ").

Ten is a beautiful woman with long, extensible cornrows she could use like a whip ( modelled on Bo Derek's appearance in the movie 10 ).

As the League battled the empowered criminals, Waller revealed that Ace was dying, and a possible psychic backlash caused by her death could kill millions.

Batman volunteered to use a device to kill her before that could happen, but instead comforted Ace in her last moments, allowing her to die peacefully without harming anyone.

Ace's warped reality, and the criminals empowered by it, returned to normal upon her death.

It is implied that Bruce named the Batman Beyond version of Ace the Bat-Hound after this Ace.