Rokk and Sorban

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Intergalactic gamblers from the planet [[Ventura]] who square off with [[Superman]] - and later [[Batman]] - at the gaming tables.
 
Intergalactic gamblers from the planet [[Ventura]] who square off with [[Superman]] - and later [[Batman]] - at the gaming tables.
  
First, the duo bet that they can force Superman to kill someone (he doesn't - he tricks them) (S No. 171, Aug 1964: "Superman's Sacrifice!").
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In a first encounter, the duo bet that they can force Superman to kill someone and force the man of tomorrow to improvise an elaborate ruse (S No. 171, Aug 1964: "Superman's Sacrifice!"). Later, in an adventure with [[Batman]], as he gambles for Batman's life and the Earth's fate, Superman bests the luckless duo in a game of skill and chance (WF No. 150, Aug 1964: "The Super-Gamble with Doom").
  
In an adventure with Batman, as he gambles for Batman's life and the Earth's fate, Superman bests the luckless duo in a game of skill and chance (WF No. 150, Aug 1964: "The Super-Gamble with Doom").
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Much later, in a cruel gambit, Rokk and Sorban create duplicates of [[Jor-El]] and [[Lara]], merely to wager whether Superman would kill them on finding his "parents" to be actually evil (Act No. 582, Aug 1986: "The Strange Re-Birth of Jor-El and Lara!").
 
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In an cruel gambit, Rokk and Sorban create duplicates of [[Jor-El]] and [[Lara]], merely to wager whether Superman would kill them on finding his "parents" to be actually evil (Act No. 582, Aug 1986: "The Strange Re-Birth of Jor-El and Lara!").
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Also, these unapologetic wagerers are responsible for the second race between Superman and the [[Flash]] (chronicled in The Flash No. 175, Dec 1967: "Race to the End of the Universe").
 
Also, these unapologetic wagerers are responsible for the second race between Superman and the [[Flash]] (chronicled in The Flash No. 175, Dec 1967: "Race to the End of the Universe").

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Rokk and Sorban, seeing through the guise of the "death" of Clark Kent/Superman

Rokk and Sorban

Intergalactic gamblers from the planet Ventura who square off with Superman - and later Batman - at the gaming tables.

In a first encounter, the duo bet that they can force Superman to kill someone and force the man of tomorrow to improvise an elaborate ruse (S No. 171, Aug 1964: "Superman's Sacrifice!"). Later, in an adventure with Batman, as he gambles for Batman's life and the Earth's fate, Superman bests the luckless duo in a game of skill and chance (WF No. 150, Aug 1964: "The Super-Gamble with Doom").

Much later, in a cruel gambit, Rokk and Sorban create duplicates of Jor-El and Lara, merely to wager whether Superman would kill them on finding his "parents" to be actually evil (Act No. 582, Aug 1986: "The Strange Re-Birth of Jor-El and Lara!").

Also, these unapologetic wagerers are responsible for the second race between Superman and the Flash (chronicled in The Flash No. 175, Dec 1967: "Race to the End of the Universe").

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