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'''Abilities:''' Martial arts master, detective skills, high-tech equipment }}
 
Like Superman, the JSA's Batman was only a part-time member. He married Catwoman, had a daughter (the Huntress), was killed by a no-name supervillain in the '70s, and was erased from history by ''[[Crisis Onon Infinite Earths]]''.
 
== [[Black Canary]] I ==
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'''Abilities:''' Green Lantern power ring }}
 
The first Earth-based [[Green Lantern]], only distantly connected to the spacefaring Green Lantern Corps. Alan Scott was a founding member of the JSA, briefly served as chairman, and has been an almost constant presence on the team throughout the years. He is one of the most respected superheroes on Earth and oversaw the creation of the new All-Star Squadron during ''[[Final Crisis]]''; he is also seen as a stern but loving father figure by the younger JSA members, especially to his own son, Obsidian. See the [[Green Lantern (Franchise)/Characters|Green Lantern character sheet]] for more.
 
== [[Hawkman]] I ==
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* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: he was an Eqyptologist, in some continuities.
* [[Badass]]: A guy with melee weapons and wings, and he's one of the most dangerous members of the team. Think of him as a cross between [[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]] and [[Conan the Barbarian]]--with wings.
* [[Continuity Snarl]]: Kept him out of comics for ''years'', as even the DC Editors refused to let other writers use such a "poisoned" character. It took Johns condensing all of his past to make him viable again.
* [[Jerkass]]: He spends the entirety of the JSA run growling and yelling at the younger members, then finally grabs the leadership reins during "Black Reign", which ended badly.
* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: Several times. Occasionally for his own book, once because he was supposed to be dead in ''[[Final Crisis]]'', another because of whatever happens to him in ''[[Blackest Night]]''.
* [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]]: Believing he and Kendra to be soul-mates, he claims to know everything about her, and immediately starts ''heavily'' hitting on her and spying on her.
 
== [[Hourman]] I ==
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'''Abilities:''' Gravity Rod grants flight, energy manipulation }}
 
== [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]] ==
{{quote| '''AKA:''' Kal-L / Clark Kent of Earth-2<br />
'''Abilities:''' Super-strength, speed, senses, flight, and invulnerability }}
 
See the [[Superman (Franchise)/Characters|Superman character sheet]].
 
== Wildcat I ==
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* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The Earth-2 version of [[Supergirl]]. Also "Galatea" from the [[Justice League]] cartoon series, an aged clone of Supergirl who had the same "boob window" costume, but a whole new origin and personality.
* [[Character Development]]: Kind of a boring character in the '80s, she became a one-note bitch "Girl Power!" archetype by the mid-'90s, and was generally unlikeable. [[Geoff Johns]] took to her, and fashioned a personality that had portions of her prior bitchiness, but added some sadness about her lack of past and good friendships.
* [[Continuity Snarl]]: One of the more famous examples; her ''cousin'', the original Golden Age Superman, was written out of the universe by the [[Crisis Onon Infinite Earths]], so she no longer had an origin. So she became the granddaughter of Arion, a dead lord of Atlantis. Then a bunch more confusing stuff happened, and we discovered she had or original origin after all.
* [[Flying Brick]]: Her power-set, being Kryptonian and all.
* [[Legacy Character]]: She's the cousin of the original Superman from Earth-2.
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* [[The Atoner]]: After betraying the team to join Black Adam's crusade, he asked to be let back on, and does a lot of this, offering his life to The Spectre so the people of Kahndaq may live, and fighting against Adam when necessary. The team has differing points of view on him.
* [[Attack of the Fifty50 Foot Whatever]]: His main superpower is to grow really tall.
* [[Depending Onon the Artist]]: Al used to be a redhead, with a standard comic book cherry-red. This went off-and-on during the last JSA series, and the relaunch seems to show him as brown-haired permanently now. He used to be almost eight feet tall naturally, but has suddenly shifted to a standard "tall, but not ''too'' tall" muscular superhero.
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: His original persona most of the time, especially in Infinity, Inc., where he pines over [[Hot Amazon]] Fury, while admitting she loves his friend Hector Hall. The poor guy even ''proposes'' to her out of pity (and his own feelings) because she's alone and pregnant after Hector's death, and she politely turns him down by stating that they're friends. ''Ouch''. It isn't until his mother is killed by Kobra in modern times that he freaks out and shows a more brutal, savage nature, and even then it's tempered by his good nature.
* [[Eighties Hair]]: His original identity as "Nuklon" had a ''mohawk''. Now a pretty famous embarrassing example to look back on, in continuity and out (new JSA writers joked that he could only be on their roster if he brought it back).
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* [[Affirmative Action Legacy]]
* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Crimefighting Withwith Cash]]
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: More genius, as he's generally considered one of the top 3-5 smartest humans.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Mid-Nite.
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* [[Captain Ethnic]]: A dashiki-wearing black Muslim who preaches peace and brotherhood.
* [[Legacy Character]]: The original Amazing Man was Will Everett, his grandfather.
* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: As the least popular of the new characters, he quietly left the team, being given some new powers (he can bestow his Matter-Copying powers onto others) so he could help out his home in New Orleans.
 
== Anna Fortune ==
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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: After Damage and Judomaster II (Sonia Sato) began dating, she starts crushing on the cold and aloof King Chimera. He's softened up a bit since they first met, and they're actually good friends now, but he's got a lot of issues he needs to work out.
* [[Blow You Away]]: Her nickname isn't "The Witch of The Winds" for nothing.
* [[Depending Onon the Artist]]: Her costume is pretty hard to draw, so various artists raise or lower the slit on the side (or remove it entirely), alter the amount of stripes on the leggings, change the size or colour of her emblem, and change how baggy or large the overhanging pouch is. Even her hair is subject to this, either having long bangs, or none at all.
** [[Fan Service|And apparently wearing panties with the costume is optional.]]
* [[Fan Girl]]: For the works of [[L. Frank Baum]] of ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Literature)|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' fame, and any associated works, especially ''[[Wicked (Theatretheatre)|Wicked]]''. And also for teammate Stargirl. She even tried to start a "JSA Fanclub," but she ended up being the only member.
* [[Genki Girl]]: One of the only examples in western comics. Hyperactive and frequently seen jumping around or talking on-end. Witness her priceless physical comedy shouting "Surprise!" at Stargirl's birthday party.
* [[Hearing Voices]]: An aspect of her aerokinetic abilities is that she can draw far-off sounds to her ears on the winds. Its pretty useful, but sadly, it also lets her hear all the negative things people say about her, both in and out of costume.
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* [[Les Yay]]: Her obsession with best friend and teammate Stargirl frequently leads fans to this trope, but it's never mentioned in-series.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: ''Defines'' this trope, going on huge rants ad nauseum, saying about a paragraph in the time in takes most characters to say one or two lines. Various characters have covered her mouth for her, or she's simply wandered off, embarrassed over what she just said. She's acknowledged this aspect of herself personally, but realizes this is just part of who she is.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Her entire motif is inspired by [[L. Frank Baum]]'s [[Land of Oz (Literature)|Oz series]], most notably her favorite play, ''[[Wicked (Theatretheatre)|Wicked]]''. She even wore a witch's hat for a while there, before deciding it looked dorky. She even has a pet monkey dressed up like one of its flying brethren from [[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|the movie]], whom she's affectionately named "Franky".
 
== Damage ==
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Black Lightning's teenage daughter with uncontrollable powers.
 
* [[Blessed Withwith Suck]]: Has massive electrical powers, but can't touch any modern tech without shutting down everything within 100 feet, so she can't use TV, computers, or cars.
* [[Legacy Character]]: To Black Lightning. Though this thirty-year-old (as a concept) character has never been described as having a second daughter before her debut.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]
* [[Satellite Character]]: Thanks to the massive team roster, Jennifer just kind of ends up hanging around with Stargirl and Cyclone in group shots, and rarely with anyone else. Being so hard to draw, she was stuck in background shots at-best, and rarely says or does much of anything.
** This is mostly true until the most recent issues of the series, where Lightning is responsible for stopping Scythe. Writer Marc Guggenheim has stated his intention to do more with the character.
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* [[Franklin D Roosevelt]]: The great-grandson of the former President.
* [[Jerkass]]: Has taken completely to acting like this. ''Way'' over the top at points, openly disrespecting his teammates, insulting Wildcat in front of everybody, and being miserable and grouchy constantly.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Totally absent from the main books, but seen in his brief solo title when he trains an abused housewife to stand up to her husband and lays waste to a banana republic's army for terrorizing the citizens. It's also hinted at in JSA All-Stars, where Stargirl comments that while Magog might have been a jerk, he also looked out for her and his training saved her life.
* [[Kick the Son of Aa Bitch]]: Boy, he really loves this one.
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]
* [[Marked Change]]: The Eye of Providence was etched into his upper forearm when he gained his powers.
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: His adoptive father Jim Rice.
* [[Blessed Withwith Suck]]: Todd can feel every negative emotion in people around him, can bring out negative emotions in others, and can manipulate shadows to attack and engulf people. Understandably, Todd sometimes has a hard time believing he's a good person given the way his powers have mostly negative effects on people.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Once he went off his medication, he started listening to the voices inside and outside his head telling him to hurt people.
* [[Hearing Voices]]: It didn't help that one of the voices Todd heard was actually a [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] supervillain with a grudge against the JSA.
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* [[No Medication for Me]]: averted. He's taking medication for his schizophrenia, and it works for him. When he starts acting strangely, Liberty Belle worries aloud that he's quit his meds.
* [[Retcon]] The source of his powers via the recent Brightest Day event. Before his powers came from the Shadowlands via Ian Karkull (who is also the reason why the JSA age so well when not given another reason) now it's implied that he got that his powers from the Starheart, same as his sister.
* [[Separated Atat Birth]]: from his twin sister, Jennifer-Lynn Hayden AKA Jade
* [[Straight Gay]]: his relationship is mostly in the ''Manhunter'' comic.
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: averted. Todd spent several months in a DEO mental hospital. Alan and Jenn-Lynn were shown visiting him.
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