![]() ![]() This is in contrast to teams such as the X-Men or the Fantastic Four, who normally operate as a team and for whom the team is central to their identity. The members of the Justice League are heroes who normally operate independently but who occasionally team up to tackle especially formidable villains. Main article: List of Justice League members 7.2 Justice League: Battle for Metropolisįictional overview Members.5.2 Justice League/Justice League International/Justice League America (1987–1996).5.1 Silver Age Justice League of America.2.3 Justice League International and its spin-offs (1986–1996).īeyond comic books, the Justice League has been adapted to a number of television shows, movies, and video games. The Justice League was created to boost the profiles and sales of said characters through cross-promotion and helped develop the DC Universe as a shared universe, as it is through teams like the Justice League that the setting's characters regularly interact with each other. The cast of the Justice League usually features a few highly popular characters who have their own solo books, such as Superman, alongside a number of lesser-known characters who benefit from exposure, such as Cyborg. This in contrast to certain other superhero teams such as the X-Men, whose characters were created specifically to be part of the team, with the team being central to their identity. Diegetically, these superheroes usually operate independently but occasionally assemble as a team to tackle especially formidable villains. The Justice League is an all-star ensemble cast of established superhero characters from DC Comics' portfolio. The team was conceived by writer Gardner Fox as a revival of the Justice Society of America, a similar team from DC Comics from the 1940s which had been pulled out of print due to a decline in sales. The team first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #28 (March 1960). The Justice League (also known as The Justice League of America) are a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Lana Lang then took Luthor's place as the Malazza-rem's representative to the humans.The seven original members of the Justice League: Green Lantern, Flash, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Martian Manhunter. ![]() Grend'll then threw Luthor off of a building and ordered his body to be left there. This caused the death of Blackhawk's Dick Grayson, Selina Kyle, Slade Wilson, Jim Harper, and Ace Morgan. Later, at a demonstration for a new means of incapacitating humans, Lex Luthor calls in an airstrike from BlackHawk Defense, reasoning that since none of its members were Meta-Human or wore costumes that the Malazza-Rem would not attack them. After this, many heroes abandoned their cause, including: Ted Kord, Ray Palmer, J'onn J'onzz, and Wonder Woman. ![]() This caused the humans to rebel against the Metas, and lead to the deaths of Oliver Queen, Shiera Sanders, and Carter Hall, and the breaking of The Flash's legs to a point where he could no longer run. The League continued to fight, and Coast City was destroyed as a result. At first they were able to hold the invaders off, but when their leader, Grend'll, issued a decree that every time a Meta-Human was seen, they would kill a thousand people, and five thousand more when one tried to fight back. The League had disbanded due to the earth being invaded by a group of alien bandits called the Malazza-Rem. The Super Seven were formed from the remaining members of the former Justice League. Top (L-R): Superman, Superboy, Wonder Womanīottom (L-R): Flash (Wally West), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Metallex, Batman The two-part story concluded in Superboy (Annual Volume 4 #1): Middle (L-R): Superboy, Wonder Woman, Superman, Batmanįront (L-R): Flash (Wally West), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Rear (in shadow): Metallex (Lex Luthor's brain in Metallo's body) This is the Elseworlds Super Seven storyline from 1994, which began in The Adventures of Superman (Annual Volume 1 #6):
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