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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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== 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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** 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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