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The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a
DC Comics superhero group, the first team of superheroes in
comic book history. Conceived by editor
Sheldon Mayer and writer
Gardner Fox, the JSA first appeared in
All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940).
Unlike subsequent "all-star" teams, the JSA was limited to heroes not already featured in their own titles because the publisher wanted to expose their lesser known characters. Hence,
Superman and
Batman were only honorary members and
Flash and
Green Lantern's early tenures were brief, ending when each character was awarded his own book. However, a 1944 change in policy allowed them back into the group. Other popular members were
Hawkman, the
Spectre,
Hourman,
Doctor Fate and the
Atom.
The team was popular throughout the 1940s, but after superheroes fell out of favor their adventures ceased with issue 57 of the title (Feb-Mar 1951), and All Star Comics became
All-Star Western. There then followed a gap of 11 years in appearances by JSA members, until the original (Jay Garrick) Flash appeared in The Flash #123 (September 1962).
During the
Silver Age, DC reinvented several popular Justice Society members and banded many of them together in the
Justice League of America. However, instead of considering the JSA replaced, DC revealed that the team existed on "
Earth-Two" and the Justice League on "Earth-One". This allowed for annual,
cross-dimensional team-ups of the teams, lasting from 1963 until 1985. It also allowed for new series, such as
All-Star Squadron,
Infinity, Inc. and a new All-Star Comics, which featured the JSA, their children, and their heirs. These series explored the issues of aging, generational differences and contrasts between the Golden Age and subsequent eras.
In the 1985
Crisis on Infinite Earths maxi-series the series merged all of the company's various realities into one, placing the JSA as
World War II-era predecessors to the company's modern characters. A few unsuccessful and often controversial revivals were attempted, until a new series, titled JSA, was launched in 1999, continuing until July 2006. A new Justice Society of America series was launched in December 2006, to coincide with the new Justice League of America series, also launched in 2006.
The JSA
first appeared in
All-American Comics'
All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940), during the
Golden Age of comic books. The team initially included
National Comics'
Doctor Fate,
Hour-Man (as it was then spelled), the
Spectre and the
Sandman and All-American's
Atom, the
Flash,
Green Lantern and
Hawkman. This makes All-Star Comics #3 the first inter-company superhero title as well as the first team-up title. An in-house rule (explicitly laid out on the last page of All Star Comics #5, reprinted on p. 206 of All Star Comics Archives - Vol. 1) required that whenever a member received his or her own title, he or she would leave All Star Comics, becoming an "honorary member" of the JSA. Thus, the Flash was replaced by
Johnny Thunder after #6; Green Lantern left shortly thereafter for the same reason. This is also the reason why
Superman and
Batman were established as already being "honorary" members prior to All Star Comics #3; how these two heroes helped found the JSA before becoming honorary members was not explained until DC Special #29 in 1977.
Hawkman is the only member to appear in every JSA adventure in the original run of All Star Comics, a fact invoked sixty years later in the then-current JSA series when Hawkman temporarily takes command of the team. The
Atom missed two issues.
All Star Comics is also notable for featuring the first appearance of
Wonder Woman, in #8 (Dec. 1941). Unlike the other characters who had their own titles, she was allowed to appear in the book, but only as the JSA's secretary and did not actively take part in most adventures until much later in the series (a fact sometimes seen as
chauvinistic today), although she was excluded from the title due to the rules that had excluded Flash, Green Lantern, Superman and Batman from the title.
A classic Justice Society line-upCover to The
Justice Society Returns. Art by Dave Johnson.
The early JSA adventures were written by
Gardner Fox and illustrated by a legion of artists including
E. E. Hibbard,
Jack Burnley,
Jack Kirby and
Joe Kubert. The first JSA story featured the team's first meeting, a framing sequence for each member telling a story of an individual exploit. In the next issue, the team worked together on a common case, but each story from there on still featured the members individually on a mission involving part of the case, and then banding together in the end to wrap things up.
By All Star Comics #24, a real-world schism between National Comics and
All-American Publications — a nominally independent company run by
Charlie Gaines and
Jack Liebowitz — had occurred, which resulted in the Detective Comics, Inc heroes being removed from the title. As a result, Flash and Green Lantern returned to the book. Eight months later, National Comics bought out Charlie Gaines' share of All-American and the two companies merged to form Detective Comics, Inc. However, the JSA roster remained mostly the same for the rest of the series.
All Star Comics and the JSA's Golden Age adventures ended with #57, the title becoming All-Star Western, with no superheroes. While Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman continued to have their own adventures, most of the characters lay dormant for several years during the slump in superhero comic books in the early to mid-1950s.
The explanation for the team's disappearance and the inactivity of most of its roster after the early 1950s was first given in
Adventure Comics #466 ("The Defeat of the Justice Society!"; December, 1979) by writer
Paul Levitz, which explained that most of the Society chose to disband and retire rather than appear in front of the fictional Joint Un-American Activities Committee, which demanded that they unmask themselves (this was later
retconned into the real
House Un-American Activities Committee).
The chairmanship of the Justice Society mostly resided with Hawkman, although initially the Flash and later Green Lantern took their turns at leading the team. For a brief period in 1942 they were known as the Justice Battalion, as they became an extension of the armed forces of the
United States of America during World War II. It was later revealed that the reason the JSA didn't invade Europe and end the war was due to the influence of the
Spear of Destiny which caused the JSA's most powerful members to fall under the control of its wielder,
Adolf Hitler. It was also revealed in the 1980s that the JSA had a loose affiliation with the
All-Star Squadron; the All-Star Squadron's adventures were set in the 1940s, and considered to have happened concurrently with the Justice Society's, an example of "retconning", or retroactive continuity, where new material is inserted into already existent continuity. Both teams were the brainchild of American president
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The headquarters for the JSA was initially a hotel suite in New York City, and after the war, the team settled on a brownstone building in Civic City and later in Gotham City. For a very brief period, the JSA was provided a satellite headquarters, much like their later day counterparts, the JLA; however, this turned out to be a deathtrap orchestrated by a crooked senator's henchman from Eliminations, Inc. The Gotham City brownstone remained unoccupied until years later, when the team was active again. The current headquarters is a brownstone in the neighborhood of
Morningside Heights,
Manhattan, north of
Central Park.
[1]The entire original run of All Star Comics has been collected in hardcover volumes in DC's series of
Archive Editions.
[
edit] Guest appearances in Justice League of America and others - (Silver Age)
Having successfully re-introduced several of their Golden Age characters (Flash, Green Lantern, etc.) during the late 1950s, DC tapped industry veteran (and former Justice Society writer)
Gardner Fox to pen a new version of the Justice Society, which Fox re-named the
Justice League. As Barry Allen (the Silver Age Flash) was to Jay Garrick (the Golden Age Flash), so the Justice League was to the Justice Society: the same team, but with an updated roster and a fresh start.
In Flash (vol. 2) #123 "The Flash of Two Worlds" (September 1961), the Silver Age Flash met his Golden Age counterpart, Jay Garrick, who (along with the rest of the original Justice Society) was said to inhabit an alternate universe. This historic meeting thus became one of the classic DC comics of the Silver Age. Fan letters on the pages of following issues were wildly enthusiastic about the revival of the original Flash, both from older fans who remembered the old JSA tales, and younger fans desperate to learn more of these new heroes. Further meetings occurred in Flash (vol. 2) #129 "Double Danger on Earth" (June 1962) and Flash (vol. 2) 137 "Vengeance of the Immortal Villain" (June 1963). Flash (vol. 2) #129 contains the first mention of the JSA in the Silver Age, and refers directly to their last adventure in All-Star Comics #57, while in Flash (vol. 2) #137 the JSA actually reform.
These stories set the stage for "Crisis on Earth-1" (Justice League of America #21, August 1963) and "Crisis on Earth-2" (Justice League of America #22, September 1963), a 2-part tale where the Golden Age Justice Society teamed up with the Silver Age Justice League to combat a team of villains from both worlds. The following year Earth-3 was fully introduced (its existence was guessed at in the previous years' tale), with Justice League of America #29, "Crisis on Earth-3," (August 1964). This Earth featured an evil version of the Justice League known as the
Crime Syndicate of America, whose line-up consisted of Superwoman (an evil version of Wonder Woman), Owlman (an evil version of Batman), Ultraman (an evil version of Superman), Johnny Quick (an evil version of the Flash), and Power Ring (an evil version of Green Lantern). These stories became the first of a long series of team-ups of the two supergroups, an annual summer tradition which carried on until 1985. These meetings produced a considerable number of notable events and characters to JSA history, including
Black Canary leaving to join the Justice League, the return of the Golden Age team the
Seven Soldiers of Victory, the creation of the
Freedom Fighters, (which incorporated several
Quality Comics characters into DC continuity after the characters were purchased by DC Comics), and the introduction of a number of other alternative Earths to house these other teams.
As well as the annual Justice League of America appearances, members of the JSA popped up in other titles over the next few years, the Golden Age Atom in The Atom (vol. 1) #29 and #36, and the Golden Age Green Lantern in several issues of Green Lantern. In addition, a number of the characters appeared in team-up stories in issues of the DC titles Brave and the Bold and Showcase, while the Spectre was given a solo run in the latter which led to his own series.
Almost uniquely in superhero comics at the time, the JSA members during this period were portrayed as middle-aged — and often wiser — versions of their younger, contemporary counterparts. Originally this theme appears to have been introduced simply to acknowledge the back-history of the JSA in DC continuity (another fairly new development for comics), later it was to become a major theme for character development.
[
edit] Appearances to 1975
The Flash (vol. 2) #123, 129, 137, 170, 173, 215
Justice League of America (vol. 1) #21-22, 29-30, 37-38, 46-47, 55-56, 64-65, 73-74, 83, 91-92, 100-102, 107-108, 113-114, 123-124
Showcase #55-56 (Doctor Fate and Hourman), 60-61, 64 (The Spectre)
The Brave and the Bold #61-62 (Starman & Black Canary)
The Spectre (vol. 1) #1-10
The Atom (vol. 1) #29, 36
Green Lantern (vol. 2) #45, 52, 61
[
edit] Return to All-Star Comics - (Modern Age)
The JSA's popularity gradually grew until they regained their own title. All-Star Comics #58 (January–February 1976) saw the group return as mentors to a younger set of heroes (briefly called the "Super Squad" until they were integrated into the JSA proper). This run lasted until #74, with a brief run thereafter in
Adventure Comics #461—466, but it had three significant developments: It introduced the popular character
Power Girl in All-Star Comics #58); it chronicled the death of the Golden Age
Batman in Adventure Comics #461—462); and, after nearly 40 years, it finally provided the JSA with an origin story in DC Special #29. This run was mainly written by
Gerry Conway and
Paul Levitz, and artists included
Wally Wood,
Joe Staton,
Keith Giffen and
Bob Layton.
The series was noteworthy for depicting the heroes as having aged into their 50s; the artwork gave them graying hair and lined faces. It was highly unusual, then or now, for a comic book to have heroes this old. Most obscure the timelines or periodically relaunch the series to keep the characters youthful. This depiction was a consequence of the fact that the heroes were closely linked to World War II era. This became problematic in the 1980s when the heroes would logically be well into their 60s. The explanation given for this by writer
Roy Thomas in
All-Star Squadron Annual #3 was that the team (and several friends) had absorbed energy from the magical villain Ian Karkull during an adventure in the 1940s that stunted their aging process.
Meanwhile, the JSA continued their annual team-ups with the Justice League. Notable events included meeting the
Fawcett Comics heroes, including
Captain Marvel, the death of
Mr. Terrific and an explanation for why Black Canary hadn't aged much despite debuting in the 1940s. A particularly popular JLA/JSA team-up came in #195–197, in which the two teams had to contend with a re-formed
Secret Society of Super-Villains, drawn by
George Pérez.
A series taking place in the team's original setting of the
wartime 1940s called
All-Star Squadron featured the JSA frequently along with several other Golden Age superheroes. This led to a spin-off, modern day series entitled
Infinity, Inc. which starred the children and heirs of the JSA members. Both series were written by noted JSA fan
Roy Thomas and featured art by
Rich Buckler,
Jerry Ordway,
Todd McFarlane and others.
In 1985, DC
retconned many details of the
DC Universe in
Crisis on Infinite Earths. Among the changes, the Golden Age Superman, Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman ceased to exist, and the Earth-One/Earth-Two dichotomy was resolved by merging the Multiverse into a single universe. This posed a variety of problems for the JSA, whose history – especially in the 1980s comics – was strongly tied up in these four characters.
The JLA/JSA team-ups ended during the Crisis with Justice League of America (vol. 1) #244.
[
edit] Other appearances
Adventure Comics #461-466
DC Special #29
Justice League of America (vol. 1) #135-137, 147-148, 159-160, 171-172, 183-185, 193 (All-Star Squadron preview), 195-197, 207-209, 219-220, 231-232, 244
Wonder Woman vol. 1 #231-232 (JSA guest-stars; part of a run of Earth-Two Wonder Woman stories set during
World War II)
All-Star Squadron #1-67, Annuals #1-3
All-Star Squadron Annual #1-3
Infinity Inc. (vol. 1) #1-10, 19, plus various other issues.
America vs. The Justice Society #1-4 (limited series; recounts the entire history of the JSA prior to 1985)
Secret Origins (vol. 3) #1 (Golden Age Superman), #6 (Golden Age Batman), plus various other issues.
[
edit] After Crisis on Infinite Earths
One of Roy Thomas' efforts to resolve the Crisis-created inconsistencies was to introduce some analogues to Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, in a sequel to All-Star Squadron entitled
Young All-Stars.
Meanwhile, DC editoral decided that the time had come to write off the JSA from active
continuity. A 1986 one-shot issue called The Last Days of the Justice Society involved most of the JSA battling the forces of evil while merged with the
Norse gods in an ever-repeating
Ragnarok like
Limbo (written by Thomas, with art by
David Ross and
Mike Gustovich). Only Power Girl, the
Star-Spangled Kid, the Spectre and Dr. Fate escaped the cataclysm.
Thomas also revised the JSA's origin for post-Crisis continuity in
Secret Origins (vol. 3) #31.
[
edit] Justice Society of America (volumes 1 & 2) (1991; 1992 - 1993)
Justice Society of America(vols. 1 & 2)
Cover to Justice Society of America (vol. 2) #1. Art by Mike Parobeck.
Publication information
PublisherDC ComicsSchedule
Monthly
Format
(vol. 1): Mini-series(vol. 2): Ongoing
Publication date
(vol. 1):April 1991 - November 1991(vol. 2):August 1992 - May 1993
Number of issues
(vol. 1): 8(vol. 2): 10
Creative team
Writer(s)
various
Artist(s)
various
Creator(s)
Len Strazewski
Fan interest, however, resulted in DC bringing back the JSA in the early 1990s. An eight-issue Justice Society of America limited series telling an untold JSA story set in the 1950s was published in 1991. In the final issues of the four-issue Armageddon: Inferno limited series, the JSA returned to the modern-day DC Universe when Waverider transported the "daemen" of the interdimensional Abraxis to Asgard as a substitute for the JSA in the Ragnarok cycle, allowing the team to return to Earth.
In 1992, the JSA was given an ongoing monthly series titled Justice Society of America, written by
Len Strazewski with art by
Mike Parobeck, featuring the original team adjusting to life after returning from Ragnarok. Though Justice Socity of America was intended as an ongoing series, and was popular with readers, it was cancelled after only
ten issues. Writer Len Strazewski, in an interview explaining the cancellation of this surprise hit series, said, "It was a capricious decision made personally by
Mike Carlin because he didn't like Mike's artwork or my writing and believed that senior citizen super-heroes was not what DC should be publishing. He made his opinion clear to me several times after the cancellation."
[2] Much more "cartoony" than the more realistic artwork favored at the time, Parobeck's art was a pioneering example of the "animation" style that would become quite popular with
Batman: The Animated Series. Justice Society of America included the first appearance of
Jesse Quick, the daughter of All-Star Squadron members
Liberty Belle and
Johnny Quick.
Not long after, most of the team was incapacitated or killed off in the controversial 1994 crossover series
Zero Hour. During the battle between the Justice Society and the villain
Extant, the latter removes the chronal energies keeping the Justice Society young. The Atom,
Dr. Mid-Nite and Hourman die immediately.
[3] Hawkman and
Hawkgirl (who were separated from the rest of the Justice Society by being pulled into the timestream) merge into a new
Hawkgod being, resulting in their deaths. Dr. Fate dies of the resulting aging shortly after Zero Hour. Green Lantern is kept young due to the mystical effects of the Starheart but loses his ring and subsequently changes his name to Sentinel. The rest of the team is now too physically old to continue fighting crime and retires.
Starman retires and passes on the Starman legacies to his sons resulting in one of the new series created following Zero Hour,
James Robinson's
Starman. The new Starman series brought new attention to the JSA legacy.
[
edit] JSA (1999 - 2006)
JSA
The cover to JSA #1. Art by Alan Davis and Mark Farmer.
Publication information
PublisherDC ComicsPublication date
August 1999 - July 2006
Number of issues
87
Creative team
Writer(s)
James Robinson,
David S. Goyer,
Geoff Johns,
Paul LevitzArtist(s)
various
The Justice Society was again revived in 1999 in a popular and critically acclaimed series (called simply JSA) which mixed the few remaining original members with younger counterparts. This incarnation of the team focused on the theme of generational legacy and of carrying on the heroic example established by their predecessors. The series was launched by
James Robinson and
David S. Goyer. Goyer later co-wrote the series with
Geoff Johns, who went on write the series solo after Goyer's departure. The series featured the art of
Stephen Sadowski,
Leonard Kirk and
Don Kramer, among others. It also featured a story by Pulitzer Prize Winner
Michael Chabon.
As a result of the events of
Infinite Crisis, some of the surviving Golden Age characters, such as
Wildcat and the
Flash, are aware of the existence of Earth-Two.[
citation needed]
[
edit] Other appearances
The Last Days of the Justice Society Special 1986
Secret Origins (vol. 3) #31
The Young All-Stars: various issues
The Golden Age #1-4 (
alternate history story based on the All-Star Squadron set-up, written by
James Robinson and drawn by
Paul Smith)
Zero Hour #4-0 (this series was published with numbering in reverse order, reflecting a "countdown")
Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #130-133 (1940s adventure by
John Byrne, retroactively establishes
Queen Hippolyta as the Golden Age Wonder Woman in post-Crisis continuity)
Sandman Mystery Theatre #1-70 (solo
Sandman series written by
Matt Wagner, set in the 1940s; not strictly in regular DCU continuity)
Sandman Mystery Theatre Annual #1
JLA #28-31 ("Crisis Times Five" - first post-Crisis JLA/JSA team-up, introduces
Jakeem Thunder)
Justice Society Returns issues (a story arc that ran through a number of comic books published by DC Comics in 1999, with issues named with various 1940s-era titles, set in the 1940s)
JLA/JSA: Virtue And Vice (hardcover graphic novel)
[
edit] One Year Later
After the events of DC's
Infinite Crisis crossover and the
World War III event that was chronicled in
52, JSA members Jay Garrick, Alan Scott, and Ted Grant decided to revive the Justice Society.
[
edit] Justice Society of America (vol. 3) (2006 - current)
Justice Society of America (vol. 3)
Variant incentive cover to Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #1.Art by
Dale Eaglesham.
Publication information
PublisherDC ComicsSchedule
Monthly
Format
Ongoing seriesPublication date
December 2006 - Current
Number of issues
27 (as of May 2009)
Creative team
Writer(s)
Geoff JohnsAlex RossJerry OrdwayMatthew SturgesBill WillinghamArtist(s)
Alex Ross
Penciller(s)
Dale EagleshamFernando PasarinJerry OrdwayJesus MerinoInker(s)
Art ThibertRuy JoseFernando PasarinRodney RamosBob WiacekColorist(s)
Jeromy CoxHi-Fi
On December 6, 2006 a new series was launched with the creative team of
Geoff Johns (writer),
Dale Eaglesham (pencils), and
Alex Ross (cover art). According to a pre-release interview in Newsarama, Alex Ross also has the "honorary" title of "creative advisor".
[4]The beginning of the new series shows JSA veterans
Flash,
Green Lantern and
Wildcat choosing members of the new generation of superheroes to train. Continuing a major theme from the previous JSA title, this new series focuses on the team being the caretakers of the superhero legacy from one generation to the next.
Justice Society of America Annual #1 (Sept. 2008; titled as JSA Annual #1 in the comic's legal indicia) featured the
Justice Society Infinity, a team continuing from an analogous post-Crisis Earth-Two. Most of the current members of the Justice Society Infinity are either original members of Earth 2's Justice Society, such as the Atom
Al Pratt and
Robin (
Dick Grayson), but it also included characters that are normally associated with Infinity, Inc, such as Jade and Nuklon (
Albert Rothstein).
Johnns' run as writer of Justice Society of America ended with issue #26. Following a two-issue fill-in by
Jerry Ordway,
[5] Bill Willingham and
Matt Sturges take over as writers with issue #29 in July 2009.
[6][7][
edit] Collected story-arcs
The following story-arcs are collected in hardback editions:
The Next Age:
Cyclone,
Damage, and
Starman join the Society.
Wildcat learns that he has
a son with metahuman powers.
Vandal Savage tries to exterminate the families of the Society members, and although he succeeds in getting many people killed (including
Trey Thompson and members of the
Heywood family), he's defeated by Wildcat and son; the new Wildcat is then asked to join the Society. This storyline is immediately followed by
The Lightning Saga.
Thy Kingdom Come, Part One: When Starman creates a
black hole to prevent a disaster, the
Superman of
Earth-22 appears; inspired by the nature of this world's heroes compared to those of his own world, he decides to stay. Other new Society members include
Citizen Steel, Lightning (daughter of
Black Lightning),
Lance (David Reid), the new
Amazing Man, and the new
Judomaster; also,
Jakeem Thunder and the Thunderbolt return. While investigating a series of metahuman killings,
Mister America (Jeffrey Graves) encounters the villain
Gog and warns the Society about him.
Thy Kingdom Come, Part Two
Thy Kingdom Come, Part Three
[
edit] Related series
[
edit] JSA: Classified
In Sept. 2005, JSA's popularity led to a spin-off series, JSA: Classified, which tells stories of the team at various points in its existence, as well as spotlighting specific members in solo stories.
The first arc featured
Power Girl's origin. It was written by
Geoff Johns with art by
Amanda Conner. As of issue #39, released on June 25, 2008 the title was cancelled.
[
edit] Collected editions
The Golden Age issues of
All Star Comics have been collected in the following hardcover
DC Archive Editions:
#
Title
Issues Collected
Writers/Pencillers
Pages
ISBN
0
All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 0
All Star Comics #1-2
Gardner Fox, et al.
144
ISBN 14012079151
All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 1
All Star Comics #3-6
Gardner Fox, et al.
272
ISBN 15638901942
All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 2
All Star Comics #7-10
Gardner Fox, et al.
256
ISBN 09302891293
All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 3
All Star Comics #11-14
Gardner Fox, et al.
240
ISBN 15638937034
All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 4
All Star Comics #15-18
Gardner Fox, et al.
224
ISBN 15638943355
All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 5
All Star Comics #19-23
Gardner Fox, et al.
224
ISBN 15638949716
All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 6
All Star Comics #24-28
Gardner Fox, et al.
240
ISBN 15638963627
All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 7
All Star Comics #29-33
Gardner Fox, et al.
216
ISBN 15638972028
All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 8
All Star Comics #34-38
Gardner Fox, et al.
208
ISBN 15638981289
All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 9
All Star Comics #39-43
Gardner Fox, et al.
192
ISBN 140120001X10
All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 10
All Star Comics #44-49
Gardner Fox, et al.
216
ISBN 140120159811
All Star Comics Archives, Vol. 11
All Star Comics #50-57
Gardner Fox, et al.
276
ISBN 1401204031(Note: Volume 0 was published after Volume 11)
#
Title
Issues Collected
Writers/Pencillers
Pages
ISBN
Crisis on Multiple Earths, Vol. 1
Justice League of America (vol. 1) #21-22, 29-30, 37-38, & 46-47
Gardner Fox, et al.
208
ISBN 1563898950Crisis on Multiple Earths, Vol. 2
Justice League of America (vol. 1) #55-56, 64-65, 72-73, & 83-84
Gardner Fox, Denny O'Neil et al.
196
ISBN 1401200036Crisis on Multiple Earths, Vol. 3
Justice League of America (vol. 1) #91-92, 100-102, 107-108, & 113)
Mike Friedrich, Len Wein, Dick Dillin et al.
192
ISBN 1401202314Crisis on Multiple Earths, Vol. 4
Justice League of America (vol. 1) #122-124, 135-137, & 147-148)
Dick Dillin et al.
168
ISBN 1401209572Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups Vol. 1
The Flash (vol. 2) #123, 129, 137, & 151; Green Lantern (vol. 2) #40; Showcase #55-56, The Brave and the Bold #61
Gardner Fox et al.
224
ISBN 1401204708Crisis on Multiple Earths, The Team-Ups Vol. 2
The Flash (vol. 2) #170, 173; Green Lantern (vol. 2) #45, 52; The Brave and the Bold #62; The Atom (vol. 2) #29, 36; The Spectre (vol. 1) #3)
Gardner Fox et al.
200
ISBN
The Bronze Age continuation of All-Star Comics (1976 - 1978) along with the subsequent JSA series in Adventure Comics and a related special has been collected in the following trade paperbacks:
#
Title
Issues Collected
Writers/Pencillers
Pages
ISBN
1
Justice Society: Volume 1
All-Star Comics #58 - 67, DC Special #29
Gerry Conway, Paul Levitz
224
ISBN 1-4012-0970-X2
Justice Society: Volume 2
All-Star Comics #68 - 74, Adventure Comics #461 - 466
Paul Levitz, Joe Staton, Bob Layton
224
ISBN 1-4012-1194-1The JSA (1999 - 2006) series has been collected in the following trade paperbacks:
Vol. #
Title
Issues Collected
Writers/Pencillers
Pages
ISBN
1
Justice Be Done
JSA #1 - 5, JSA Secret Files #1
James Robinson, David S. Goyer, Steve Sadowski
160
ISBN 1-56389-620-62
Darkness Falls
JSA #6 - 15
David S. Goyer, Geoff Johns, Steve Sadowski
232
ISBN 1-56389-739-33
Return Of Hawkman
JSA #16 - 25, JSA Secret Files #1
David S. Goyer, Geoff Johns, Steve Sadowski
256
ISBN 1-56389-912-44
Fair Play
JSA #26 - 31, JSA Secret Files #2
Geoff Johns
176
ISBN 1-56389-959-05
Stealing Thunder
JSA #32 - 38
Geoff Johns, David S. Goyer, Leonard Kirk
176
ISBN 1-56389-994-96
Savage Times
JSA #39 - 45
Geoff Johns, David S. Goyer
168
ISBN 1-4012-0253-57
Princes Of Darkness
JSA #46 - 55
Geoff Johns, David S. Goyer
256
ISBN 1-4012-0469-48
Black Reign
JSA #56 - 58, Hawkman #23 - 25
Geoff Johns, Don Kramer, Rags Morales
144
ISBN 1-4012-0480-59
Lost
JSA #59 - #67
Geoff Johns
208
ISBN 1-4012-0722-710
Black Vengeance
JSA #68 - 75
Geoff Johns
208
ISBN 1-4012-0966-111
Mixed Signals
JSA #76 - 81
Geoff Johns, Keith Champagne
144
ISBN 1-4012-0967-X12
Ghost Stories
JSA #82 - 87
Paul Levitz, Rags Morales, George Pérez, Jerry Ordway
144
ISBN 1-4012-1196-8The current volume of Justice Society of America is collected in the following hardback editions:
#
Title
Issues Collected
Writers/Pencillers
Pages
ISBN
1
The Next Age
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #1-4
Geoff Johns, Dale Eaglesham, Art Thibert, Ruy Jose
144
ISBN 978-1401214449 (HC)
ISBN 978-1401215859 (TPB)
2
Thy Kingdom Come, Part One
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #7-12
Geoff Johns, Alex Ross, et al.
152
ISBN 978-14012169003
Thy Kingdom Come, Part Two
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #13-18 and Annual #1
Geoff Johns, Alex Ross, et al.
160
ISBN 978-14012191474
Thy Kingdom Come, Part Three
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #19-22, Justice Society: Kingdom Come Special: Superman, Justice Society: Kingdom Come Special: Magog,Justice Society: Kingdom Come Special: The Kingdom
Geoff Johns, Alex Ross, et al.
224
5
Black Adam and Isis
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #23-28
Geoff Johns, Jerry Ordway, et al.
(Note: Issues 5 and 6 are included in the
Lightning Saga collection.)
Several JSA mini-series, Elseworlds (non-canon) graphic novels, Silver Age collections and one-shots have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:
Title
Issues Collected
Writers/Pencillers
Pages
ISBN
JSA: The Liberty Files (Elseworlds)
JSA: The Liberty File #1 - 2, JSA: The Unholy Three #1 - 2
Dan Jolley, Tony Harris
264
ISBN 1-4012-0203-9JSA: The Golden Age (Elseworlds)
The Golden Age #1-4
James Robinson, Paul Smith
200
ISBN 1-4012-0711-1JSA: All-Stars
JSA: All-Stars #1 - 8
Various Artists
208
ISBN 1-4012-0219-5Justice Society Returns (1999)
All Star Comics 1-2, Adventure Comics 1, All-American Comics 1, National Comics 1, Sensation Comics 1, Smash Comics 1, Star Spangled Comics 1, Thrilling Comics 1, Golden Age Secret Files 1, and JSA Secret Files 1
David S. Goyer, James Robinson, Chuck Dixon, Geoff Johns, Ron Marz
256
ISBN 1-4012-0090-7Doctor Mid-Nite
Doctor Mid-Nite #1 - 3 (
limited series)
Matt Wagner, John K. Snyder III
147
ISBN 1-56389-607-9Power Girl
JSA Classified #1 - 4, Showcase #97 - 99 and Secret Origins #11
Geoff Johns, Paul Levitz, Amanda Conner, Joe Staton
176
ISBN 1-4012-0968-8JSA Classified: Honor Among Thieves
JSA Classified #5 - 9
Jen Van Meter, Peter J. Tomasi, Patrick Olliffe, Don Kramer
128
ISBN 1-4012-1218-2JSA Presents: Green Lantern
Green Lantern: Brightest Day, Blackest Night one-shot & JSA Classified #25, 32, 33
Steven T Seagle, Tony Bedard, Junior Thomas, John K Synder III, Dennis Calero, Staz Johnson, Mike Norton, Rodney Ramos, Jack Purcell, Allen Passalaqua
128
ISBN 978-1845769864The Huntress: Darknight Daughter
DC Super Stars #17, Batman Family #18-20 and Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #271-287, 289-290, 294-295
Paul Levitz, Joe Staton, Steve Mitchell, Bob Layton, Bruce Patterson, et al.
224
ISBN 1-4012-0913-0[
edit] Awards
The Justice Society received a
1965 Alley Award for Strip or Book Most Desired for Revival.
[
edit] Appearances in other media
[
edit] Justice League
Main article:
Justice Guild of AmericaA
Justice League two-part episode called Legends pays homage to the Justice Society with a team of imaginary comic book superheroes in a perfect world. The team was called the
Justice Guild of America.
[
edit] Justice League Unlimited
Many members of the current incarnation of the JSA have been featured in Justice League Unlimited, including
Atom Smasher,
Stargirl (with
STRIPE),
Sand,
Mr. Terrific,
Dr. Mid-Nite,
Wildcat,
Obsidian and the second
Hourman. Stargirl and Mr. Terrific were the two with the most exposure; Stargirl had a speaking part in at least two episodes, while Mr. Terrific took over
Martian Manhunter's job of manning the Watchtower. Wildcat had one episode, "Cat and the Canary" in which he was prominently featured. A version of
Power Girl appeared as
Galatea, and
Jay Garrick's helmet can be seen in the episode "
Flash and Substance".
Hawkman appears in the series and believes that he and
Hawkgirl are reincarnations of a King and Queen of Egypt.
Power Girl, Atom Smasher, Jay Garrick, and Alan Scott have made appearances in the Justice League Unlimited comic.
[
edit] Justice League: The New Frontier
The JSA appeared in the opening credits of the animated film
Justice League: The New Frontier. In this story,
Hourman had apparently been killed (though later revealed to be imprisoned by the US government) and the Justice Society have retired.
Ted Grant has retired as a crime fighter, but is still a professional boxer.
Doctor Fate and
the Spectre are seen meeting with the
Phantom Stranger and
Zatanna, and deciding to let the new heroes defeat the threat of the Center.
[
edit] Batman: The Brave and the Bold
The Justice Society of America have been announced to appear on the new
Batman: The Brave and the Bold animated series.[
citation needed] However, it is still unclear which members will be part of the team. Currently, only
Wildcat,
Jay Garrick and
Doctor Fate have been confirmed as Justice Society members.
[
edit] Smallville
During the
Smallville panel at
Comic-Con, writer
Geoff Johns stated that he is going to write a Justice Society of America episode for the ninth season of Smallville.
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