While all the annual Justice League/Justice Society team-ups were all events, not all were epics.
One went even to the dogs – well, a dog.
But the 1971 team-up, while fun and light, had unexpected consequences for this reader.
First the crisis, then a confession:
When you think about the annual Justice League/Justice Society team-ups, you think about the greatest cosmic threats to menace two worlds – alien invaders or a quest to find time-tossed Golden Age heroes or a rebellion on a Nazi world.
You probably don’t think about the teams suffering through a pissing contest between their writers.
Continue reading “Crisis in Infinite Weirdness: When the JLA & the JSA battled – their creators?!!”
The heroes of DC’s first and greatest super-team the Justice Society of America have inspired many a terrific cover, as guest-stars in “Justice League of America” or as headliners in their own books.
Check out the pantheon of heroes below. Click on any image for a full-sized view. For commentary and more, go to the nifty search box on the right and type Justice Society. And come visit again, because I’ll be adding more covers as my JSA coverage continues.
Continue reading “The Justice Society of America Cover Gallery”
These are hard days.
The Justice Society of America is no more.
Thanks to the 2011 DC company event “Flashpoint,” the team was retconned right out of existence.
The Golden Age greats – the Flash, Green Lantern, Sandman, Dr. Midnite and more – never existed.
DC turned its back on the first and greatest super-team – and its legion of fans.
Continue reading “Crisis in Fandom: Tough Being a Justice Society Follower”
There’s a battle raging at DC Comics.
It’s been fought for decades, and it is still going on today. It’s about whether to honor the past and use it as a guidepost to the future or whether it should be wiped away like writing on a chalk board. It’s about nothing less than who gets to be a hero.
It’s about the Justice Society of America.
Continue reading “Time for Oblivion: When the Clock Strikes ‘Zero Hour’”
Mark Perigard 