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[[File:justice-league.jpg|frame|If you are a [[Super Villain|villain]], [[Oh Crap|you are crapping your pants right now.]] ]]
 
{{quote|''"There is a house above the world, where the over-people gather.''<br />
''There is a man with wings like a bird.''<br />
''There is a man who can see across the planet and wring diamonds from its anthracite.''<br />
''There is a man who moves so fast that his life is an endless gallery of statues.''<br />
''In the house above the world, the over-people gather..."''|'''[[Alan Moore]]''', ''[[Swamp Thing]]''}}
 
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Composed (usually) of the heavy hitters of [[The DCU]], the Justice League has been around in one form or another since [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]], and doesn't show any sign of going away. The team debuted in ''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'' #28 (February-March, 1960), created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky. Their appearances in three consecutive issues of Brave and the Bold served as a trial run. The concept sold well and the team graduated to its first eponymous title by October, 1960.
 
The original lineup is [[Superman]], [[Batman]], [[Wonder Woman]], [[Green Lantern]], the [[Flash]], [[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]], and the [[Martian Manhunter]] (commonly known as the "Magnificent Seven" or just the "big seven", and considered the greatest heroes on Earth by pretty much the entire superhero community). Which almost immediately (6 issues later) started to gradually expand to include [[Green Arrow]], [[The Atom]], [[Hawkman]], [[Black Canary]], [[The Phantom Stranger]], [[Elongated Man]], [[Red Tornado]], [[Hawkman|Hawkgirl]], [[Zatanna]] and, finally, [[Firestorm]]. After that, the group has repeatedly disassembled and reassembled, sometimes with drastic membership changes, including a revival of the original seven. Basically, every [[DC Comics]] superhero who didn't belong to another team (and a few who did) was a member at one time or another ([[JLA-Avengers|and even an entire team of non-DC superheroes!]]). And as the premier group of heroes in the DCU, when a cosmic crisis threatens, ''every superhero available'' becomes a temporary member of the JLA, such is the importance of the group.
 
After [[Mark Waid]] and [[Grant Morrison]]'s revival, the originals are considered the "Big Seven", and cover the archetypes any superhero team should possess (straight superhero, vigilante, magical being, speedster, underwater hero, cosmic hero, psychic).
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The team has a long tradition of [[Crossover|Crossovers]] with the [[Justice Society of America]]. Once labelled "Crisis on (Something)" fairly often; commonly takes place at a [[You Mean "Xmas"|Christmas/Thanksgiving]] dinner attended by both teams, when suddenly a villain attacks. This stopped happening regularly around 1986 with ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', though the tradition has popped up sporadically since then (1998's "Crisis Times Five", 2002's ''JSA/JLA: Virtue and Vice'', 2007's "The Lightning Saga").
 
Appeared on TV as the ''[[Superfriends]]'' and ''[[Justice League]]''. Had [[Justice League of America (filmTV movie)|a live action TV pilot]] that didn't go anywhere.
 
== Here are the different incarnations of the Justice League of America so far: ==
* '''The Original Big Seven''' (Gardner Fox/Mike Sekowsky): [[Superman]], [[Batman]], [[Wonder Woman]], the [[Flash]] II (Barry Allen), [[Green Lantern]] II (Hal Jordan), [[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]] & [[Martian Manhunter]], based inside a hollow mountain, the "Secret Sanctuary." Later members included [[Green Arrow]], [[The Atom]] II (Ray Palmer), [[Black Canary]] II and [[Hawkman]]. Snapper Carr served as the team mascot, or as [[The Scrappy]], depending on who you ask.
** '''The [[Post-Crisis]]/Year One League''' (Mark Waid): Like most things in the DCU, this was retconned after ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]''. In this version of the team's history, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman were no longer founding members of the League, but Black Canary II was. Following the events of ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'', Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman were restored as founding members; it's not entirely clear whether Black Canary remains as an eighth founder, or joined later as she did in the original continuity.
* '''The Satellite-Era League''': Basically everyone mentioned above plus [[Elongated Man]], Hawkgirl I, [[Firestorm]] I (Ronnie Raymond/Martin Stein), [[Red Tornado]] II, and [[Zatanna]]. Also Elongated Man's wife, Sue Dibny, sort of. The Martian Manhunter was absent for most of this era when it was originally printed, but seems to have been [[Retcon|retconned]] back in. Also had stretches where Green Arrow and/or Batman had quit the team, but overall, the lineup was quite stable by today's standards. There were several honorary members of whom only one - [[The Phantom Stranger]] - actively participated in their cases on a semi-regular basis.
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* '''The Post-[[Infinite Crisis]] League''' (Brad Meltzer/Ed Benes/Dwayne McDuffie): Varied but seemed similar to the Satellite version, except they were now based in the [[Superfriends|Hall Of Justice]]. Started out with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern II / IV (either Hal or John Stewart), Vixen, Black Canary II, Red Tornado II, [[Black Lightning]], Red Arrow, and Hawkgirl; Geo-Force was often pictured as part of this lineup, but he never actually joined, he just played a minor part in their first story arc.
* '''The Post-[[Final Crisis]] League''' (James Robinson/Mark Bagley): Spinning out of Robinson's ''Justice League: [[Cry for Justice]]'' miniseries, the new team comprised Green Lantern II (Hal Jordan), the Atom II (Ray Palmer), Batman III ([[Batman RIP|Dick Grayson]]), Mon-El, Donna Troy, Cyborg I, Doctor Light III, Starfire, Congorilla, and the Guardian. Green Arrow, the main character in ''Cry For Justice'', was a member for the first few issues, until certain events in ''Cry For Justice'' caught up with him.
* '''The Post-[[Blackest Night]] League''' (James Robinson/Mark Bagley): According to a recent convention appearance, Robinson wasn't satisfied with the way his JLA was going; among other things he thought he had tried to put in too many characters. Starting recently, it's now Batman III (Dick Grayson), [[Supergirl]], Donna Troy, Jade, [[Starman (Comic Bookcomics)|Starman]] (Mikaal Thomas), Congorilla and Jesse Quick, thus making a somewhat rough second generation equivalent to the original team lineup.
* '''The [[New 52]] League''': This team is written by [[Geoff Johns]] and features the Big Seven, only with Cyborg replacing Martian Manhunter (who is in ''[[Stormwatch]]'' instead); in addition to these seven, a leaked image suggests Green Arrow, Hawkman, the Atom IV (Ryan Choi), Firestorm I, Mera, [[Deadman (Comic Book)|Deadman]], recently introduced character Element Woman, and reimagined [[Golden Age]] heroine Lady Luck as additional members.
** In addition, there is a new, separate [[Justice League International]], written by Dan Jurgens, with Booster Gold as the team leader, Batman (Bruce Wayne), Green Lantern III (Guy Gardner), Fire, Ice, Vixen, Rocket Red, Lady Godiva, and August General In Iron (a Chinese hero introduced in ''[[Fifty Two|52]]'').
** There's also the [[Justice League Dark]], written by Peter Milligan, a team of supernatural heroes featuring [[Hellblazer|John Constantine]], Deadman, [[Madame Xanadu]], Zatanna, and [[Shade the Changing Man]].
 
DC even has a [[Funny Animal]] counterpart of the Justice League: the "[[Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew (Comic Book)|Just'a Lotta Animals]]" of [[The DCU|Earth-C-Minus]], a parallel Earth that's a funny-animal counterpart of the mainstream DCU. The core roster of the "JLA" consists of:
* Super-Squirrel (a squirrel, counterpart of Superman)
* The Batmouse (a mouse, counterpart of Batman)
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Other members included: Hawkmoose; Green Sparrow; Stacked Canary; the Martian Anteater; the Item (the Atom; an elephant); Zap-Panda (Zatanna); and Elongator (the Elongated Man; an alligator).
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* [[Alternate Company Equivalent]]: [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]
* [[Animal-Themed Superbeing]]: [[Batman]] and Hawkman are the most prolific but we also have Hawkwoman, [[Animal Man]], [[Vixen]], [[Black Canary]], and Red Robin.
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