At long last, DC Comics’ Justice Society of America star in their own animated film.
The first super-team of all time debuted in “All-Star Comics” No. 3 in 1940.
The comic was a hit, and for the next decade, DC’s greatest heroes banded together to fight villains on this world and across the cosmos.
Superhero comics dropped out of popularity in the early 1950s, and “All-Star Comics” went western and then went kaput.
At long last, DC Comics’ Justice Society of America star in their own animated film.
The first super-team of all time debuted in “All-Star Comics” No. 3 in 1940.
The comic was a hit, and for the next decade, DC’s greatest heroes banded together to fight villains on this world and across the cosmos.
Superhero comics dropped out of popularity in the early 1950s, and “All-Star Comics” went western and then went kaput.
In the 1960s, DC relaunched the Justice Society concept as the Justice League, and then in one of the most ground-breaking comics ever, established the existence of a parallel earth in which the original Golden Age heroes still battled evildoers in “The Flash” No. 123 (September 1961).
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At last, “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” is available on HBO Max, and now everyone can appreciate the acclaimed director’s vision for themselves.
First, a disclaimer:
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Now this is how you show love to someone.
Today, on Valentine’s Day, HBO Max dropped the trailer to “Zack Synder’s Justice League.”
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It starts with Santa Claus being blown up.
It ends with one of the most garish gifts in the DC Universe.
It features six super-heroes behaving criminally stupid in an Agatha Christie-style caper that climaxes with a ridiculous deus ex machina simply because the story had only so many pages and just had to end.
So why is “The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus” such a fun story – and yes, even important?
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