Posted: 02 June 2016 at 8:08am | IP Logged | 5
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Mike Norris: "But is it the Justice League?"
No, of course not. My Justice League is the one in place around JLA #200 - the original team, but with Hawkman, the Atom, Green Arrow, etc.
But after things got screwed up with "Crisis On Infinite Earths", the Justice League HAD to crudely morph into an ugly amalgam of the Earth-1* Justice League and heroes from every other Earth (most of the Earths.) And again, someone decided that the Justice League had to be ridiculous and a mockery.
So - Batman, Black Canary, and Manhunter from Mars as "legacy" members. Guy Gardner because every team needs a retread, and that's your Green Lantern. Dr. Fate is Earth-2s contribution, and the deus ex machina for any story that the writers felt lazy about (and the Superman figure that could be left out, as Batman and Superman were omitted from the early part of the Justice League of America's run.) Blue Beetle, Captain Marvel.were representatives from other worlds, and easily deconstructed into mockeries. Dr. Light was the original hero from Crisis - gotta put in a Crisis hero! Booster Gold was the first post-Crisis hero with his own book, and again, could be degenerated into a clown pretty easily.
How did they pick the "Legends" JL? Maybe they put names in hats and pulled 'em out? I don't know, but considering the attitude of the Justice League from the start, any sort of continuation, or even homage, was never going to happen.
And since I'm bitching about a bad team, here's the eight member Justice League I would've selected (notwithstanding Legends, which set it up.)
Manhunter from Mars The Atom Hawkman and Hawkgirl (Katar and Shayera Hol) Green Lantern (Alan Scott) Dr. Mid-Nite Captain Marvel Jr. Bulletgirl
Of course your choices will vary; but I feel that this group is serious enough, various levels of power, and representative of all the merged Earths.
(Edited for misspelling 2016-06-03 - ELS)
Edited by Eric Sofer on 03 June 2016 at 8:07am
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