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** The Justice League may have popularized the idea, but it isn't the first - that honor goes to the [[Justice Society of America]] and the [[Seven Soldiers|Seven Soldiers of Victory]], both created in the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|1940s]] (though DC wasn't DC at that point).
** The latest incarnation of the Seven Soldiers stretches the very idea of a super team to its limits; In order to keep the new Soldiers from being killed by the Sheeda like the previous team, they have to be sure that ''none of them ever meet each other''. Seven people who don't know one another even exist have to accidentally work together to save the world from a threat they aren't aware of.
* The [[Marvel Universe]]'s answer to The [[Justice League of America]] was The [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]], a [[Meaningful Name|quartet]] (sometimes) of [[Superhero|Super Heroes]] that had more in common with a dysfunctional family then with a crime fighting organization.
* [[Marvel Universe|Marvel]] also had [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] (AKA [[The Ultimates]]) a collection of that universe's best and brightest [[Superhero|Super Heroes]], much closer in style to The
* The [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] is probably [[Marvel Universe|Marvel]]'s most popular team, which several [[Series]] based on it, and a few [[X-Men (film)|movies]] too.
* [[DC Comics]] also has the [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]], a collection of [[Sidekicks]] and other teenage superheroes.
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* Subverted like hell by The Seven in [[Garth Ennis]]' ''[[The Boys]]''. They are a super team who aren't together to fight greater foes or even because they LIKE each other. They're together purely because they make more money of merchandising that way. In fact none of them can stand each other.
* ''[[Kick-Ass]] 2'' sees Dave joining a group of like-minded superheroes called Justice Forever.
* The somewhat obscure ''Cla$$War'' by Trevor Hairsine and Travel Foreman features Enola Gay, yet another
* Another DC team, the ''Inferior Five'' poked fun at the concept of a team consisiting of people who save the world by themselves pretty much every other day of the week. The ''Five'' were all so weak that they wouldn't be able to do anything if they ''didn't'' work together.
* [[Pride High]] has:
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* Turns out Dr [[McNinja]] was in one of these back in college. They broke up when the resident Incredible Hulk [[Captain Ersatz]] sold out their secret identities, resulting in their leader being killed.
* As with so many other tropes, ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]'' has [http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF136-Super_League.jpg its own unique spin] on this concept.
* "Homeland Insecurity" i.e. ''[[Heist]]'' #1 introduces Pax Americana, a loose
* ''[[PS238]]'' seem to have lots of these. Union of Justice (semi-retired as school staff), Earth Defense League (includes Tyler's parents), [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/07262010/ Power Partners], [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/10152014/ Plasma Pack], [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/10172014/ Psikinetics, Elementalists], [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/10242014/ Major Arcana], and so on. Commonly these are [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/09072007/ registered corporations], which makes it easier to rent land (or register ''orbits'') for their headquarters, take the formally contracted jobs and profit on [[The Merch|memorabilia]] such as action figures of their members. There are [[Super Family Team]]s, too. The younger cast also forms an informal team, along with some extras. At the start of Volume 10 or slightly earlier, the Infinite Vanguard was formed and noticed, provoking an enthusiastic super team <s>plague</s> vogue in the school — [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/07252014/ according to The Flea], most kids wound up on at least three. Veles challenge arc also involved some glimpses of Super Team dynamics/politics.
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