Justice League of America

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In the Earth-1A universe, a similar universe to Earth-One, there is a team of the greatest superhero's located on Earth called the Justice League (JL or JLA). Together they protect the Interplanetary Federation as well as the entire universe.

The League was founded in order to accomplish this goal:

“	To fight injustice, to right that which is wrong, and to serve all mankind.	”
— SuperFriends, Narrator

Contents 1 History of the Name 2 History 3 Headquarters 4 Equipment 5 Notes 6 Members 6.1 SuperFriends Members 6.2 Junior SuperFriends Members 7 External Links 8 Appearances in Other Media 9 References

[edit] History of the Name

During the 70's the JLA decided to go by a child-friendly, name the SuperFriends, as part of a volunteering program to help train young people to become superheroes. The name stuck for years. (read more...).

In 1985, the JLA went by the name "The Super Powers Team."

[edit] History

Originally, these heroes operated solely within their own respective territories. With the exception of their super-powered adversaries, they rarely interacted with other heroes. These heroes decided to join forces as the SuperFriends. The founding members of the League consisted of Aquaman, Batman, Robin, Superman, Wonder Woman, Hawkman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Black Vulcan and Samurai (formation of team and members depicted in History of Doom).

“	Gathered together from the cosmic reaches of the universe – here in this great hall of justice - are the most powerful forces of good ever assembled.	”
— SuperFriends, Narrator

[edit] Headquarters

Their base of Operations is the Hall of Justice, located in Metropolis. The Hall was equipped with an advanced communications network and "Trouble Alert" system. They maintained a relationship with important government officials such as Colonel Wilcox, who often alerted the Super Friends to various global threats, including alien invasions.

The JLA also make use of the Justice League Satellite, which transmits video images from space and other information to the Hall so as to allow the Leaguers to monitor outer space.

[edit] Equipment

• Justice League mini-radio
• JLA Communicator
• Justice League 'Communication' Ring

• Delta Probes
• SuperFriends Space-Flight Vehicle

[edit] Notes

• Having successfully re-introduced a number of their Golden Age superhero characters (Flash, Green Lantern, etc.) during the late 1950s, DC Comics asked writer Gardner Fox to re-introduce the Justice Society of America.^[1] Fox, influenced by the popularity of the National Football League and Major League Baseball, decided to change the name of the team from Justice Society to Justice League.^[2]
• The Justice League of America first appeared in The Brave and the Bold vol. 1, #28 (1960)^[3]
• Sometime in the late 60s or early 70s, Gardner Fox wanted to showcase an even more child-friendly version of the Justice League, hence the SuperFriends were born.^[?]
• The SuperFriends turned out to be the longest-running version of the Justice League, which ran in various incarnations from 1973 to 1985.
• In the first issue of the SuperFriends comic book, E. Nelson Bridwell makes it very clear that the SuperFriends are sort of a volunteer organization, under the umbrella of the Justice League of America.

[edit] Members

SuperFriends Members

Junior SuperFriends Members

The Junior SuperFriends were young heroes that the other older heroes that were considered full time members would train to be superheroes. Although Robin is seen training the Wonder Twins on occasion, he is still considered a junior member.

Robin and Firestorm were considered Jr. Super heroes in The Case of the Shrinking Superfriends

[edit] External Links

See the Justice League of America at Wikipedia.org

[edit] Appearances in Other Media

Justice League The Justice League is Oliver Queen's (Green Arrow's) team of heroes which was founded to stop Lex Luthor and his 33.1 project(s). They have since neutralized many LuthorCorp facilities around the world, stopping LuthorCorp's testing on innocent people. The team was temporarily disbanded in 2008, after LuthorCorp discovered the secret identities of Aquaman and Black Canary. After a short hiatus the team was reformed. The founding members of this Justice League are: Green Arrow, Aquaman, Impulse and Cyborg. Its expanded team includes: Black Canary, Watchtower (Chloe Sullivan), Dr. Emil Hamilton, Martian Manhunter and the reluctant Boy Scout (Clark Kent). This JLA is based on the Smallville TV series (2001-??) as seen on the CW. - For more on this Justice League see article at Smallville Wiki

Justice League The Justice League was founded after the Imperium invasion by the seven heroes who responded to the crisis. The team was reformed after the Thanagarian invasion, and would be reformed once again into the Justice League Unlimited prior to 2040. The team was originally headquartered in the Watchtower. The founding members of this Justice League are: J'onn J'onzz, Hawkgirl, John Stewart, Wonder Woman, Flash, Superman, and Batman. This JLA is based on the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited animated series that was produced for the Cartoon Network from 2001-2006 - For more on this Justice League see article at DCAU Wiki

[edit] References

1. ↑ Go to the DC Database for more on the Justice Society of America
2. ↑ "League was a stronger word, one that the readers could identify with because of baseball leagues"
3. ↑ Go to the DC Database for more on The Brave and the Bold vol. 1, #28