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75-617: Seven Soldiers started off as a different project which evolved over time. According to Morrison: I started off in 2002 with the idea to do a JLA spin-off called JL8, which featured a bunch of C-list characters getting together as a DC analogue of the Avengers or Ultimates . Guardian was in from the start as my Captain America guy, Mister Miracle was Thor , the Demon was the Hulk , Zatanna

150-516: A different team, the 5-issue title shortly ran from January 2022 to May 2022 Some pivotal members are Superman of Earth 23 , Flashpoint Batman , Mary Marvel of Earth 5, Captain Carrot of Earth 26, among others, including their own Flash, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman, plus a new character by the name of Doctor Multiverse. With the end of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths , the Justice League

225-732: A few of them in the process. Editor Julius Schwartz asked writer Gardner Fox to reintroduce the Justice Society of America. Schwartz decided to rename it the "Justice League of America" because he felt "League" would appeal better to young readers, evoking sports organizations such as the National League . The Justice League of America debuted in The Brave and the Bold #28 (March 1960), and after two further appearances in that title, got its own series, which quickly became one of

300-674: A founding member of the team. In 2011, DC Comics also released a spin-off title called Justice League Dark , which is an ensemble team of prominent magic users of the DC Universe, such as John Constantine , Zatanna , Madame Xanadu , and Swamp Thing . In the New Justice era, the fourth volume of the Justice League begins its run, and continues into the following Infinite Frontier era. A connected new title Justice League: No Justice emerged and ran for 4 issues, taking place shortly after Dark Nights: Metal . Furthering focus on

375-796: A lot of resources must be spent in sorting out the legal issues and corporate politics of the two companies, and due to licensing issues, they cannot create spin-off merchandise and media, which all reduce the profitability of such projects. The last crossover between DC Comics and Marvel Comics was JLA/Avengers , which they jointly published in 2003. Now that Marvel Comics and DC Comics are part of major multimedia corporations (Disney and Warner Brothers, respectively), those aforementioned hurdles are even more complicated, which makes another project like JLA/Avengers much less likely. In 2017, Dan Didio remarked that DC Comics and Marvel are very competitive toward each other and only did crossovers when their sales were low. However, DC Comics did go on to feature

450-590: A militia that is successfully fighting off the Sheeda invasion. At approximately the same time, Bulleteer comes tearing down the street in her car, hoping to take her critically ill nemesis, Sally Sonic, to a hospital. Sally, utterly insane, attacks Bulleteer, who loses control of her vehicle and crashes into the Queen. Guardian arrives on the scene, but Bulleteer is the only survivor. Prior to all of this, Klarion , who had drilled up into New York from hidden caves beneath

525-576: A new Justice League series Justice League Unlimited will debut, written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Dan Mora. Headquartered in a new Watchtower, this team will comprise Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Atom (Ryan Choi), Black Lightning, Captain Atom, Star Sapphire, and many others. The Justice League has on a few occasions appeared in crossover stories with superhero characters from rival publishers such as Marvel Comics and Dark Horse Comics . In general, such inter-company crossovers are rare because

600-794: A satellite. In the Super Friends cartoons which ran from 1973 to 1985, they operated out of the Hall of Justice located in Washington, D.C. During the brief "Justice League Detroit" era, they were headquartered in a repurposed bomb shelter in Detroit. In the JLA comic book which ran from 1997 to 2006, their headquarters was on the Moon and called "the Watchtower". The centerpiece of the headquarters

675-742: A spinoff of the 2011 alternate-timeline crossover event Flashpoint (comics) . The three-issue series was titled Flashpoint: Frankenstein & the Creatures of the Unknown . As part of The New 52 (a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe), a new ongoing series Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. was released, based on the Seven Soldiers version of Frankenstein. It was initially written by Jeff Lemire and drawn by Alberto Ponticelli. Matt Kindt replaced Lemire with issue #10 and stayed with

750-539: A team to tackle especially formidable villains. This is 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. The cast of the Justice League usually features a few highly popular characters who have their own solo books, such as Superman , Batman , and Wonder Woman , alongside several lesser-known characters who benefit from exposure. The Justice League

825-629: A title run during the Infinite Frontier era, the team from Justice League Dark would continue to appear as a backup feature in the mainline Justice League series during the Dark Crisis story arc, from issue #59 in May 2021 to issue #71 in March 2022, with guest appearances throughout issues #72 to 74. Also sharing a tie to Dark Crises is Justice League Incarnate . Consisting of

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900-485: Is undead , composed of assorted body parts taken from dozens of different sources. Frankenstein has superhuman strength, does not need to eat or sleep, and is functionally immortal. He has mental access to the S.H.A.D.E. database via a surgical implant. Because of his undead nature, Frankenstein can replace damaged or missing limbs with grafts taken from individuals of similar build and adapt it to his unique physiology. A variation of Frankenstein comes from Earth-276 and

975-550: Is a conference table around which the Justice League discusses menaces to deal with. The satellite and Moon base headquarters are equipped with teleporters for those members who cannot fly to it. The Legion of Doom was created for the Challenge of the Superfriends animated TV series as a villainous counterpart to the Justice League. In that original incarnation, it consisted of established villains associated with each of

1050-801: Is a member of the Monster League of Evil alongside Count Dracula, the Wolf-Man, and the Mummy. In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, Frankenstein was awakened during World War II and attacks Nazi soldiers to save Lt. Matthew Shrieve. Later, Frankenstein is invited by Project M to join the Creature Commandos . Leading a raid with the Creature Commandos, Frankenstein personally killed Adolf Hitler . After

1125-504: Is an independent group, although it usually accepts some constraints from the U.S. government or the United Nations so as to receive their sanction. Particularly in the early decades of publication, DC Comics was keen for its superheroes to be perceived as law-abiding because children were the main audience. The cast is rarely more than a dozen people in size so as to give a reasonable and equal time for each character. While sometimes

1200-683: Is an interactive dark ride at seven Six Flags parks across the United States and Mexico. In the ride, Lex Luthor and the Joker have captured Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Flash, and it is up to the combined forces of the remaining members of the Justice League and the Justice League Reserve Team to save them from their capture at LexCorp. Guests board motion-enhanced and stun blaster-equipped vehicles designed by A.R.G.U.S. as they ride through Metropolis and join

1275-555: Is apparently killed by Black Adam during World War III , but actually survives. Frankenstein and S.H.A.D.E appear in Final Crisis #3, also written by Grant Morrison. He again appears two issues later, leading a squad of superheroes against Darkseid 's forces, who are led by Kalibak . He is also seen in the final issue fighting in humanity's last stand before Superman gets the Miracle Machine working. Frankenstein

1350-700: Is freed and Mister Miracle is shackled, Dark Side shoots him through the head, thus making him the soldier that was prophesied to die. Mister Miracle is later seen emerging alive from his own grave, "escaping death". The series won the 2006 Eisner Award for "Best Finite/Limited Series". The series has been collected into four trade paperbacks : The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from: The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from: The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from: The reprinted material is, in whole or in part, from: Note: The full title of all volumes listed here start with " Seven Soldiers of Victory: ". In 2010-11,

1425-544: Is immune to Darkseid's weapon, the Anti-Life Equation , because he is already dead. Frankenstein confronts Solomon Grundy in the latter's current limited series, and again during the Blackest Night . Grundy, having been transformed into a Black Lantern , rips out Frankenstein's heart. Due to having an extra one in his chest, Frankenstein survives this attack. A version of the character appears in

1500-462: Is working as an agent of S.H.A.D.E. Later, Frankenstein and the Creature Commandos then travel to Romania with Miranda, who was being manipulated by General Sam Lane , who is revealed to be the one truly responsible for the deaths of Miranda's family. They arrive in Romania, where they found a small village populated by monsters. The village is then attacked by a giant G. I. Robot. After they destroy

1575-714: The DC Universe , which had been absorbed from the portfolios of other publishers that DC Comics had purchased. These included Captain Atom and the Blue Beetle , which were created for Charlton Comics in the 1960s. In 1983, DC Comics purchased Charlton Comics and, a few years later, integrated the Blue Beetle and Captain Atom into the DC Universe. Captain Marvel , originally from the Fawcett Comics universe,

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1650-603: The Flash , Green Lantern , the Martian Manhunter , and Wonder Woman . Fox also created a new, non-superhero character called Snapper Carr that was intended to represent DC's teenage readership and joined the League as an Honorary member in their debut story. While Superman and Batman were included in the Justice League's initial lineup, they were largely absent from the League's early stories, playing only minor roles as

1725-596: The Frankenstein miniseries. He is seen fighting against General Wade Eiling . Frankenstein is armed with a three-foot-long sword, which he claims once belonged to the Archangel Michael , and a large antique pistol, which he calls his 'steam-gun'. A character called Young Frankenstein has appeared in Teen Titans as a member of the team during the "Lost Year" covered by 52 . Young Frankenstein

1800-705: The Justice League going on hiatus as a team, the Titans step forward to become the DC universe's premier superhero team, with Nightwing being the leader. The Titans are now located in Blüdhaven with their new Titans Tower being rebuilt over an old prison, which was destroyed following a prison breakout, led by the villain Heartless. Following the end of "Absolute Power" and the start of DC's initiative DC All-In,

1875-504: The 19th century. He was assumed dead in the Arctic when he sank beneath the ice, but he survived and swam to America, having "many adventures". He was revived by Victor Adam. Frankenstein vowed vengeance against Adam for restoring him to life, successfully killing him, but accidentally bringing about a coma for Doctor Thirteen 's wife Maria in the process. In particular, Frankenstein became a frequent enemy of Melmoth , whom he referred to as

1950-491: The Bold #28 (March 1960). Writer Gardner Fox conceived the team 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 League is an all-star ensemble cast of established superhero characters from DC Comics' portfolio. Diegetically, these superheroes usually operate independently but occasionally assemble as

2025-434: The Creature Commandos are ultimately ambushed by Matthew Shrieve's granddaughter Miranda and a group of soldiers. Frankenstein attacks the soldiers, but he was sprung by the G. I. Robot to be subdued again. The Creature Commandos saved Frankenstein by tearing the G. I. Robot apart. During the attacks, the Creature Commandos are saved by Frankenstein's Bride, who is revealed to be alive. The Bride explains to her husband that she

2100-564: The DC Comics catalogue, and readers became engrossed not just in the individual characters but in their web of relationships across the broader setting, thereby building brand loyalty. Marvel Comics copied this idea by creating a number of superhero teams of its own, the closest analogue being the Avengers , so as to promote and develop the Marvel Universe . Some readers focused their attention on just one of these two comic book universes, as they were both large and did not overlap. Thus,

2175-519: The Justice League in crossovers with smaller companies such as Dark Horse Comics , such as a crossover with Black Hammer in 2019. The members of the Justice League are heroes who normally operate independently but who occasionally team up to tackle especially formidable villains. This is in contrast to teams such as the X-Men or the Fantastic Four , who normally operate as a team and for whom

2250-662: The Justice League's members; e.g., Lex Luthor for Superman, Joker for Batman, Gorilla Grodd for the Flash, and the Cheetah for Wonder Woman. The Legion of Doom, or some variant of it, has since appeared in other TV shows and comic books. Most of the characters that appear in DC Comics' books are set in the same fictional universe, known as the DC Universe . They occasionally make guest appearances in each other's solo books, and more regularly in team books such as Justice League . Such crossovers encouraged readers to buy other books in

2325-501: The League is shown to have a designated chairperson or leader, there is otherwise no hierarchy; they are a small band of equals who make major decisions, such as inducting new members, by vote. The Justice League operates out of a headquarters . In the 1960s, their headquarters was secretly in a hollowed-out mountain outside the fictional town of Happy Harbor in Rhode Island . In Justice League of America #78 (1970), they moved to

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2400-1111: The Modern Prometheus (1818), was created in 1948 by Edmond Hamilton and Bob Kane in Detective Comics #135. A later reworking was developed by Len Wein as the Spawn of Frankenstein concept. The monster fell under the thrall of Count Dracula . They often battled against Superman , Batman , or the Phantom Stranger . He appeared in The Phantom Stranger (vol. 2) #23-30 (February 1973-May 1974), Action Comics #531 (May 1982), and The Young All-Stars #18-19 (November–December 1988). A third Frankenstein Monster appears in Superman #344 (February 1980), along with Count Dracula. These both come from "The World of Nightmare" and battle Superman,

2475-532: The Phantom Stranger, and Cassandra Craft . Frankenstein's latest revamping was created by Grant Morrison and Doug Mahnke in 2005 and is similar to Doc Frankenstein . He is one of the Seven Soldiers , and bears a resemblance to the creature as portrayed by Boris Karloff in the 1931 film directed by James Whale . Frankenstein is an undead body composed of parts from several corpses stitched together, created by Victor Frankenstein some time in

2550-646: The Queen can be brought to justice by the paranormal special ops group S.H.A.D.E. Once Castle Revolving arrives, the Shining Knight —who had chased the queen to the future—successfully attacks the Queen, severely injuring her and leaving her open to an attack by supporting character I, Spyder , who shoots an arrow into her and knocks her down to the New York streets below. There, the Manhattan Guardian has rounded up thousands of New Yorkers into

2625-520: The Ringmaster of the Circus of Maggots. In a climactic battle in 1870, Frankenstein faced Melmoth and stopped him from destroying a town with maggot-hominids. The fight took place on a moving train, which was derailed during the conflict, and Frankenstein's fate was unknown. In 2005, a high school student, called 'Uglyhead' by all the other children, acquires telepathic abilities through contact with

2700-475: The Sheeda, which he uses to torment his peers. At the senior prom, the now-docile students are killed by the Sheeda maggot-hominids. This causes the return of Frankenstein, who had survived in a state of hibernation underneath the town, who makes short work of the maggot-hominids and the boy, before burning down the school to cover the bodies. Afterwards, Frankenstein tracks down Melmoth and makes his way to Mars through an "Erdel Gate" (a reference to Dr. Saul Erdel ,

2775-756: The Whip (granddaughter of the Golden Age Whip ). The team sets out to battle the Buffalo Spider (later on, the Sheeda are betrayed by Spyder in Seven Soldiers of Victory #1 in another nod to the original), only to be killed during an event known as the Harrowing. The seven miniseries follow seven other characters with indirect connections to the first group, each with their own art styles, genres, and character arcs. A central part of Morrison's idea for

2850-625: The aftermath is a following title called Justice League Odyssey that established its 25-issue run from 2018 to 2020. Continuing to deal with the concerns of the Source Wall being broken, Cyborg, Starfire , Green Lantern Jessica Cruz , and Azrael find themselves being lured by Darkseid into a newly inhabited area in outer space named the Ghost Sector. The title was created by Scott Snyder , Joshua Williamson, James Tynion IV and Francis Manapul . A second volume of Justice League Dark

2925-412: The battle without having any idea of the larger picture. The climactic sequence is initiated by Zatanna casting a spell: "Seven Soldiers Strike!" This is the final push the universe required to move the soldiers into position. After travelling into the future kingdom where the Sheeda live, Frankenstein takes Castle Revolving, the Queen's time-travelling floating kingdom, to present-day New York so that

3000-798: The book until it was cancelled with issue #16. The character later joins the Justice League Dark . The character appears next in seven issues of both the New 52 Batman and Robin and the DC Rebirth Superman , both written by Peter Tomasi and drawn by Patrick Gleason . Later in 2018, the Seven Soldiers briefly reunite in Sideways , then in 2019 Frankenstein forms a team of fellow monsters to once again stop Melmoth in Gotham City Monsters . Frankenstein

3075-559: The bulk of Justice League fiction. In its inception, the Justice League was a revival of the Justice Society of America , created by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox in 1940. After World War II, superheroes fell out of popularity, which led to the cancellation of many characters, including the Justice Society, which last appeared in All-Star Comics #57 (March 1951). A few years later, sales rose again, and DC Comics revived some of these retired characters, reinventing

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3150-465: The city, had stolen a magic die from Misty, Zatanna's sidekick. Together with his own die, the two dice comprise Fatherbox, one of the lost treasures of the ancient superhero Aurakles . Klarion had then traveled up to Castle Revolving. With the Sheeda Queen dead, Klarion uses a binding spell on Frankenstein, forcing him to pilot the ship back into the future. Thus, Klarion becomes the "traitor" that

3225-476: The company's best-selling titles. This led DC Comics to create a bunch of other superhero teams, such as the Teen Titans . Marvel Comics , a rival comic book publisher, noticed the Justice League's success and created the Avengers and the Fantastic Four . The initial Justice League lineup included seven of DC Comics' superheroes who were regularly published at that time: Superman , Batman , Aquaman ,

3300-403: The convoluted continuities of the classic characters by using lesser-known and new characters, thus giving the writers more flexibility to write character-driven stories; and to give the team a more youthful, hipper feel similar to that of the Teen Titans and the X-Men , which were selling better. The cast was multicultural: Gypsy was Romani , Vibe was Latino, Vixen was Black. However,

3375-533: The current series is that, although the seven characters in question are each a part of the same struggle, they never actually meet (although there are references to each other in the various titles). Thus, the team is actually not a team. An explanation for this is presented in Manhattan Guardian and Zatanna . In the first, a man named Ed Starsgard (Baby Brain) tells Guardian that the Sheeda have been attacking humanity in periodic waves, taking everything of value (physical and mental) and leaving behind just enough for

3450-568: The end of World War II, however, Project M was deemed obsolete by Robert Crane 's government services. Frankenstein refuses to accept, but is subdued and put into stasis by the G. I. Robot . Later, Frankenstein and the Creature Commandos revive, escape from their prison and discover they have been awakened over 65 years later. Frankenstein and the Creature Commandos travel to Gotham City , where Dr. Mazursky might live and believe him to be alive. The Creature Commandos found Dr. Mazursky's cabin; they discover that Dr. Mazursky has moved to Romania , when

3525-406: The fight against the henchmen of Lex Luthor and the Joker. Affiliations and spin-off groups Frankenstein (DC Comics) Frankenstein is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . He is based on the Frankenstein's monster character created by Mary Shelley . Frankenstein, based upon Mary Shelley 's character from the novel Frankenstein; or,

3600-478: The final issue, he stows away on a time-ship which brings him to the Sheeda realm in the distant future. There, he destroys their world-destroying fleet, kills the Sheeda-Queen's time-yacht's steersman, and hijacks her ship to the present. Once in the present, though, Klarion the Witch Boy gains control of Frankenstein using a witch-brand and forces him to take the castle back to the future. He appears briefly in Infinite Crisis #7, which takes place one week after

3675-429: The first crossover story in which the Justice League meets and teams up with the Justice Society of America. In doing so, DC Comics brought back a number of legacy characters such as Doctor Fate and the Black Canary. The issue was a hit with readers and such crossovers became a recurring event. Justice League of America (vol. 1) was published from 1960 to 1987. From the Justice League's inception in 1960 up until 1984,

3750-401: The first four years, and they gave the book an epic feel by making the Justice League an allegory for a pantheon of gods, and in their stories they regularly fought villains who threatened the entire world or even the entire cosmos. The ongoing series began its monthly run in January 1997, and concluded in April 2006 after 126 issues. This series utilized a "back-to-basics" approach by shifting

3825-410: The first issue of this story (which was part of a two-issue framework for the project), the Vigilante gathers together a new Spider (called " I, Spyder " and apparently the son of the original), Gimmix (the estranged daughter of Merry, the Girl of a Thousand Gimmicks ), a new Boy Blue, Dyno-Mite Dan (owner of two "working fakes" imitations of the explosive rings of T.N.T. and Dan the Dyna-Mite ), and

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3900-459: The focus back on the team's original and most famous seven members (or their successors): Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, the Flash ( Wally West ), Green Lantern ( Kyle Rayner ), and the Martian Manhunter. Additionally, the team received a new headquarters, the " Watchtower ", based on the Moon . JLA quickly became DC's best-selling title, a position it enjoyed on and off for several years. The Justice League books more or less continued

3975-700: The formation of a new Justice League. The new team was dubbed the "Justice League," then "Justice League International" (JLI) and was given a mandate with less of an American focus. The Justice League International was recognized by the United Nations as a political entity and established "embassies" all over the world. The new series was character-driven and had a quirky, humorous tone which proved popular with readers. Numerous spin-off teams such as Justice League Europe , Extreme Justice , and Justice League Task Force were created. In 1996, these series were cancelled due to low sales. The Justice League International featured characters that had previously not been part of

4050-514: The late 1980s and early 1990s with books such as Justice League International , which deliberately featured a cast of lesser-known characters. The advantage of this was that lesser-known characters are not burdened by convoluted continuities, which gave writers more creative flexibility to write character-driven stories. This was done to emulate the model of Marvel Comics' X-Men comic books, whose stories were more character-driven and which favored more obscure or new characters. The Justice League

4125-438: The pair were already starring together in DC's World's Finest Comics and Fox was worried the two more famous heroes would detract attention from their less popular teammates. As the series went on however, Superman and Batman became more and more present as readers increasingly demanded to see more of them in the League's stories. The team roster would quickly expand with the Green Arrow , the Atom and Hawkman being added to

4200-506: The scientist who first transported the Martian Manhunter to Earth). On Mars, Frankenstein confronts Melmoth once again. Frankenstein frees the children Melmoth has enslaved to work in his gold mines, and feeds Melmoth to the flesh-eating, praying mantis-like horses of Mars. Before he is consumed, Melmoth reveals that it was not lightning that brought the monster to life, but several drops of his own immortal blood, sold to Frankenstein's creator, that still course through Frankenstein's veins. In

4275-441: The series is now considered to take place a week before Infinite Crisis . The comic Seven Soldiers of Victory #1 was originally scheduled for release on April 1, 2006, but was delayed and eventually released on October 25. After undergoing various trials and tribulations in their own miniseries, the soldiers eventually take part in the climactic battle against the Queen of the Sheeda in New York, each affecting different parts of

4350-504: The series was collected into two hardcover volumes, the first of which contains the same content as the first two trade paperbacks, while the second contains the same content as the latter two paperbacks. In 2018, all thirty issues were compiled into a single, 792-page omnibus. Justice League The Justice League , or Justice League of America ( JLA ), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . The team first appeared in The Brave and

4425-439: The series, "Artist Preferred on Justice League of America ," that was won by Murphy Anderson . Justice League: Alien Invasion is an interactive dark ride at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast , Australia . In the ride, guests board vehicles equipped with blasters as they join the Justice League in the fight against Starro , who has mind-controlled the citizens of Metropolis. Justice League: Battle for Metropolis

4500-523: The showdown with the main villain. In the 1940s, most comic books were anthologies, and All-Star Comics was in practice not a major deviation from that. By contrast, the Justice League worked together more closely in their stories, thereby having a stronger identity as a team. In another change from the Justice Society stories of the 1940s, Batman and Superman were regular members of the cast, not mere "honorary members" who made occasional cameos. Justice League of America (vol. 1) #21 (August 1963) featured

4575-430: The story and it feels like there is a "mystery string tying it all together". It eventually emerges that the Seven Unknown Men of Slaughter Swamp are driving the Seven Soldiers to stop the Sheeda. In an interview, Grant remarked that this series of stories (which he calls a "megaseries", also known as a metaseries), takes place after Infinite Crisis . Dan DiDio has stated that, after careful consultation with Morrison,

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4650-460: The superhero fandom developed sub-communities of DC devotees and Marvel devotees. The original Justice League of America series won two 1961 Alley Awards in the categories "Best Comic Book" and "Best Adventure-Hero Group." In 1963, the series won "Favorite Novel" ("Crisis on Earth-One/Crisis on Earth-Two" in Justice League of America #21–22 by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky ) and "Strip that Should Be Improved." There also an award specific to

4725-407: The survivors to rebuild for next time. It is prophesied that the Sheeda will eventually be stopped by seven soldiers, so they target teams of seven, including the Ultramarine Corps and the Justice League of America ( JLA: Classified #1–3). However, because the Seven Soldiers have never met, they stand a chance of doing the job. In Zatanna , a ghost remarks that there are too many coincidences in

4800-434: The team is central to their identity. Most versions of the Justice League feature a select cast of highly popular characters from the DC Comics portfolio, such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, to attract readers with their star power; and they often co-feature a few lesser-known characters who benefit from exposure, such as Cyborg or Black Canary. DC Comics has in several periods deviated from this formula, most notably in

4875-408: The team over the next four years. In the Justice Society stories from the 1940s (in All-Star Comics ), the Justice Society was used more as a framing device for its members' solo adventures. The stories tended to have the following structure: the Justice Society meets to discuss some new menace, they split up to undertake individual missions that somehow connect to said menace, and finally regroup for

4950-446: The team's roster always included a number of A-list characters to draw in readers, such as Wonder Woman and Superman . But in Justice League of America Annual #2 (October 1984), the Justice League was revised to entirely comprise more obscure characters such as Vixen , Vibe , and the Martian Manhunter . The original A-list members would not be brought back into the cast until 1996. The motives behind this change were to dispense with

5025-570: The third issue of the series, Frankenstein meets an old acquaintance greatly resembling the "Bride" in James Whale 's film Bride of Frankenstein , albeit with two extra arms grafted onto her by the Red Swami, a supervillain who brainwashed her into thinking she was the reincarnation of an assassin goddess. She is now an agent of the Super Human Advanced Defense Executive ( S.H.A.D.E. ), a secret government agency, which temporarily drafts Frankenstein as well. Of their previous relationship, she says: "It's nothing personal, but you were never my type". In

5100-443: The trend set by the JLA era: world-shaking threats with epic stakes, with a focus on plot over character development, and strong tie-ins to all the company's crossover events. In 2006, DC began an ongoing comic series titled Justice League of America (vol. 2). In The New 52 era, further changes to the retroactive continuity of the DC Universe were made, such as Cyborg , one of DC's premier African American heroes, becoming

5175-465: The writing of Vibe and Gypsy was criticized for using clichés of their ethnic groups, symptomatic of writers who were well-meaning but out of touch, something for which said writers ( Gerry Conway and Chuck Patton ) later expressed regret. This era of the Justice League, which lasted about two years, is popularly known as "Justice League Detroit" because they were headquartered in Detroit . The 1986 company-wide crossover " Legends " concluded with

5250-445: Was announced, and ran regularly for 29 issues from July 2018 to February 2021. Being led by Wonder Woman , the team members include John Constantine , Zatanna , Swamp Thing , Man-Bat , Detective Chimp , Doctor Fate , and briefly Animal Man . The fourth volume of the definitive Justice League title continues well into the Infinite Frontier era and reaches a conclusion with a total of 75 issues in June 2022. Despite not having

5325-426: Was brought back from the dead. This has now inspired Amanda Waller , now working under The Light , to take action against all metahumans , as she believes that they have become too powerful. Waller tasked Peacemaker , her new right hand, in the goal of getting the Helmet of Hate. While Peacemaker was off on his mission, Waller met up with a group of villains giving them a new task, which is to kill superheroes. With

5400-509: 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. Beyond comic books, the Justice League has been adapted to television shows, films, and video games. Since 1960, the Justice League has appeared in comic books published by DC Comics (periodicals and graphic novels). These comic books constitute

5475-477: Was prophesied. However, by doing so, he also stopped Misty, the Sheeda princess, from becoming the new Queen and being obligated to continue the cycle of destruction to save her people. Finally, Mister Miracle confronts Dark Side in his club. There, Dark Side explains that he gave Earth to the Sheeda in return for them giving him Aurakles , the primordial superhero. Mister Miracle offers himself in exchange for Aurakles' freedom and Dark Side accepts. Once Aurakles

5550-433: Was similarly integrated. The cancellation of the aforementioned spin-off books prompted DC to revamp the League as a single team in a single title. A new Justice League of America was launched in a September 1996 miniseries Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare by Mark Waid and Fabian Nicieza , which returned to the classic cast. In 1997, DC Comics launched a new book titled JLA . Grant Morrison wrote JLA for

5625-766: Was the Scarlet Witch and so on.... I worked on the material for the next two years to turn it into the Seven Soldiers concept as it finally emerged. The metaseries is bookended by Seven Soldiers #0 and #1, with art by J. H. Williams III . The rest was made up of seven mini-series: Shining Knight with art by Simone Bianchi , Manhattan Guardian with art by Cameron Stewart , Zatanna with art by Ryan Sook , Klarion with art by Frazer Irving , Mister Miracle with art by Pascal Ferry and Freddie Williams II , Bulleteer with art by Yanick Paquette , and Frankenstein with art by Doug Mahnke . In

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