The Justice Society or Justice Society of America is a team of comic book superheroes in the DC Comics Universe. First appearing in the Golden year of 1940, the team was originally named the Justice Society of America before being reintroduced in the year of 1960 under its current and most-known name, Justice League of America. [1] [2] Sometime in the early 1960s, a separate team took on the name and mantle of Justice Society of America, and began working closely with the Justice League throughout various team member changes, universes, and relaunches to the present day. (For that particular reason, both titles as well as others are included here.) [3] [4] [5]
Since the reintroduction, a large number of team affiliations, team name changes, and spin-offs have taken place over the decades. The result is the team being prominently featured in many ongoing series, annuals, miniseries, maxiseries, one-shots, graphic novels, trade paperbacks and intercompany crossovers published by DC Comics. All titles and stories are published exclusively by DC Comics under their standard imprint, unless otherwise noted.
Title | Material collected | Published date | ISBN | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All-Star Comics / Justice Society of America | |||||
JSA All-Stars Archive vol. 1 | 2007 | 9781401214722 | |||
Title | Material collected | Published date | ISBN | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All-Star Comics / Adventure Comics / Justice Society of America | |||||
Justice Society Volume 1 | All-Star Comics #58–67 and DC Special #29 | August 2006 | 1-4012-0970-X | ||
Justice Society Volume 2 | All-Star Comics #68–74 and Adventure Comics #461–466, | February 2007 | ISBN 1-4012-1194-1 | ||
Showcase Presents: All-Star Comics | collects issues All-Star Comics #58–74 and Adventure Comics #461–466 | September 2011 | 1-4012-3303-1 |
Title | Material collected | Published date | ISBN | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Justice Society of America | |||||
Justice Society of America: The Next Age | Justice Society of America #1–6 | June 24, 2014 | 1-401216528 | ||
Justice Society of America: Thy Kingdom Come Part I | Justice Society of America #7–12 | April 7, 2009 | 1-401216528 | ||
Justice Society of America: Thy Kingdom Come Part II | Justice Society of America #13–18, Annual #1 | April 7, 2009 | 1-401216528 | ||
Justice Society of America: Thy Kingdom Come Part III | Justice Society of America #19–22, Kingdom Come Special: Superman, Kingdom Come Special: Magog, Kingdom Come Special: The Kingdom | April 13, 2010 | 978-1401221676 | ||
Justice Society of America, Vol. 5: Black Adam and Isis | Justice Society of America #23-28 | September 8, 2009 | 978-1848565111 | ||
Justice Society of America: The Bad Seed | Justice Society of America #29-33 | May 25, 2010 | 978-1401227142 | ||
Justice Society of America: Axis of Evil | Justice Society of America #34-40 | December 7, 2010 | 978-1401229016 | ||
Justice Society of America: Supertown | Justice Society of America #44-49 | October 4, 2011 | 978-1401232849 | ||
Justice Society of America: Monument Point | Justice Society of America #50-54 | February 12, 2012 | 978-1401233686 | ||
JSA Omnibus Vol. 1 HC | JSA #1-25, JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice, JSA All-Stars #1-8, JSA Our Worlds at War #1, JLA/JSA Secret Files #1, JSA Secret Files #1, All-Star Comics #1-2, All-American Comics #1, Adventure Comics #1, National Comics #1, Sensation Comics #1, Smash Comics #1, Star Spangled Comics #1 and Thrilling Comics #1. | May 20, 2014 | 978-1401247614 | ||
JSA Omnibus Vol. 2 HC | JSA #26-81 | December 2, 2014 | 978-1401251383 | ||
Justice League of America / Justice Society of America | |||||
Justice League of America Volume 2: The Lightning Saga | Justice League of America (vol. 2) #8–12; and Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #5–6 | 2008 | 1-401216528 | ||
Justice League of America: The Dark Things | Justice League of America #44–48; Justice Society of America #41–42 | April 3, 2012 | 978-1401231934 | ||
Miscellaneous | |||||
JSA: The Liberty Files | JSA: The Liberty Files #1–2; JSA: The Unholy Three #1–2 | 2004 | 1-4012-0203-9 | ||
America vs. the Justice Society | America vs. the Justice Society #1–4 | July 28, 2015 | 978-1401255091 | ||
Justice Society Returns | Adventure Comics (vol. 2) #1; All-American Comics (vol. 2) #1; All-Star Comics (vol. 2) #1–2; National Comics (vol. 2) #1; Sensation Comics (vol. 2) #1; Smash Comics (vol. 2) #1; Star-Spangled Comics (vol. 2) #1; Thrilling Comics (vol. 2) #1 | April 7, 2009 | 1-4012-0090-7 | ||
JSA: The Golden Age | THE GOLDEN AGE #1–4 | March 21, 2017 | 1-4012-0711-1 | ||
Last Days of the Justice Society of America | Last Days of the Justice Society Special (1986) #1; and material from Secret Origins (1986-1990 2nd Series) #7, (Sandman) #9 (Star-Spangled Kid, Flash), #11 (Hawkman), #13 (Johnny Thunder), #15 (Spectre), #16 (Hourman), #18 (Green Lantern), #20 (Dr. Mid-Nite), #24 (Dr. Fate), #25 (Atom), #31 (Justice Society of America) | May 16, 2017 | 978-1401267339 | ||
Title | Material collected | Published date | ISBN | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earth 2 JSA / Wonders of the Worlds | |||||
Earth 2 Vol. 1: The Gathering | Earth 2 #1-6 | 03/19/2013 | 9781401244453 | ||
Earth 2 Vol. 2: The Tower of Fate | Earth 2 #0, 7-12, and DC Universe Presents #0 | April 15, 2014 | 978-1401246143 | ||
Earth 2 Vol. 3: Battle Cry | Earth 2 #13-16, #15.1 and EARTH 2 ANNUAL #1 | April 15, 2014 | 978-1401246150 |
DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
The Flash is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in Flash Comics #1. Nicknamed "the Scarlet Speedster", all incarnations of the Flash possess "superspeed", which includes the ability to run, move, and think extremely fast, use superhuman reflexes, and seemingly violate certain laws of physics.
Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, and the electromagnetic spectrum of emotional willpower. The characters are typically depicted as members of the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic law enforcement agency.
Gardner Francis Cooper Fox was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. He is estimated to have written more than 4,000 comics stories, including 1,500 for DC Comics. Fox was also a science fiction author and wrote many novels and short stories.
The Justice League, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #28. 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 Justice Society of America (JSA), is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. It was conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox during the Golden Age of Comic Books. It first appeared in All Star Comics #3, making it the first team of superheroes in comic books. Its original members were Doctor Fate, Hourman, the Spectre, Sandman, Atom, the Flash, Green Lantern and Hawkman.
Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam and the Captain, is a superhero in American comic books originally published by Fawcett Comics and currently published by DC Comics. Artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker created the character in 1939. Captain Marvel first appeared in Whiz Comics #2, published by Fawcett Comics. He is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a boy who, by speaking the magic word "Shazam!", is transformed into a costumed adult with the powers of superhuman strength, speed, flight, and other abilities. The character battles an extensive rogues' gallery, most of them working in tandem as the Monster Society of Evil, including primary archenemies Black Adam, Doctor Sivana and Mister Mind. Billy often shares his powers with other children, primarily his sister Mary Batson and their best friend/foster brother Freddy Freeman, who also transform into superheroes and fight crime with Billy as members of the Marvel Family, also known as the Shazam Family.
Doctor Fate, also known as Fate or collectively as Fate's Legacy, is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version was originally created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, debuting in More Fun Comics #55. Throughout the character's extensive history, various incarnations of Doctor Fate emerged as deliberate attempts to reinvigorate the character.
The All-Star Squadron is a DC Comics superhero team that debuted in Justice League of America #193 and was created by Roy Thomas, Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway. Although the team was introduced in the 1980s, its self-titled series took place in the 1940s, retroactively inserting their narratives into the fictional history of the DC Comics superheroes. The team included many of DC's Golden Age era characters, new characters, and other World War II superheroes that DC did not own during the 1940s but later acquired. The name "All-Star Squadron" was creator Roy Thomas' reference to All Star Comics, the series that introduced the Justice Society of America, the first comic book superhero team.
Sanderson "Sandy" Hawkins, formerly known as Sandy the Golden Boy, Sands, Sand and currently known as Sandman, is a character appearing in comics published by DC Comics. He was created by writer Mort Weisinger and artist Paul Norris, he first appeared in Adventure Comics #69. After being unutilized for several years, he was reintroduced by writers David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns in the comic JSA in the late 1990s and with a greatly expanded set of powers and responsibilities. He eventually took on the name of Sandman, succeeding his former mentor.
All Star Comics is an American comic book series from All-American Publications, one of three companies that merged with National Periodical Publications to form the modern-day DC Comics. While the series' cover-logo trademark reads All Star Comics, its copyrighted title as indicated by postal indicia is All-Star Comics, with a hyphen. With the exception of the first two issues, All Star Comics told stories about the adventures of the Justice Society of America, the very first team of superheroes. It also introduced Wonder Woman.
Abigail Mathilda "Ma" Hunkel is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Debuting during the Golden Age of Comic Books, she first appeared in her civilian identity in All-American Publications' All-American Comics #3, created by Sheldon Mayer, and became the first character to be known as the Red Tornado in All-American Comics #20. As the Red Tornado, she was one of the first superhero parodies, as well as one of the first female superheroes and the first cross-dressing heroine, debuting months after Madame Fatal, the first cross-dressing male hero.
Al Pratt is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the first character to use the name Atom. He initially had no superpowers and was originally a diminutive college student and later a physicist, usually depicted as a "tough-guy" character. Al Pratt is also the father of Damage and godfather of Atom Smasher.
Congorilla, originally a human character known as Congo Bill, is a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and Vertigo Comics. Originally co-created by writer Whitney Ellsworth and artist George Papp, he was later transformed into Congorilla by Robert Bernstein and Howard Sherman. The character first appeared in More Fun Comics #56.
Sylvester Pemberton, alternately known as The Star-Spangled Kid and Skyman, is a superhero in the DC Comics universe. Sylvester first appeared in Star Spangled Comics #1 and was created by Jerry Siegel and Hal Sherman.
Dr. Kent Nelson is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Garnder Fox and Howard Sherman, the character first appeared More Fun Comics #55 during the Golden Age of Comic Books. Serving as the most popular incarnation of Doctor Fate, he is the original character to assume the codename. In certain instances, he is also referred to as the Golden Age Doctor Fate.
The Batman of Earth-Two is an alternate version of the superhero Batman, who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was introduced after DC Comics created Earth-Two, a parallel world that was retroactively established as the home of characters whose adventures had been published in the Golden Age of comic books. This provided justification within the fictional world of Batman stories for DC Comics publishing Batman comic books that disregarded the character's Golden Age stories, as Batman had been presented as a single ongoing incarnation of the character since his earliest stories were published.
The Huntress is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. The two best-known women to bear the Huntress name are Helena Bertinelli and Helena Wayne, the latter being from an alternate universe. Although Helena Wayne and Helena Bertinelli are both superheroes, the Huntress of the Golden Age was a supervillain.
DC took the 'greatest hits' premise of the comic to its logical conclusion in All Star Comics #3 by teaming the Flash, the Atom, Doctor Fate, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Hourman, Sandman, and the Spectre under the banner of the Justice Society of America for an ongoing series.
{{cite book}}
: |first2=
has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Mayer and Fox cooked up one of the biggest ideas in superhero history: What if the varied stars of All-Star Comics actually met and worked together?