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• • Everett E. Hibbard (artist) • Roster See: The Justice Society of America ( JSA), or Justice Society ( JS), is a The team was initially popular, but after the popularity of superhero comics waned in the late 1940s, the JSA's adventures ceased with issue #57 of the title (March 1951). During the All-Star Comics featured the JSA, their children and their heirs, and explored the issues of aging, generational differences, and contrasts between the Golden Age and subsequent eras. The 1985 JSA series was published from 1999 to 2006, and a Justice Society of America series ran from 2007 to 2011. As part of DC Comics' Earth 2 Vol 1 (2012–2015), Earth 2 World's End (2014–2015), and Earth 2: Society (2015–2017). All-Stars Comics #36 (August 1946). Art by The Justice Society of America first appeared in All-Star Comics #3 is the first inter-company superhero title, as well as the first team-up title. Comics' historian The JSA's adventures were written by Gardner Fox as well as by :21–34 The first JSA story featured the team's first meeting, with a framing sequence for each member telling a story of an individual exploit. In the next issue, the team worked together on a common case, but each story from there on still featured the members individually on a mission involving part of the case, and then banding together in the end to wrap things up. An in-house rule explicitly laid out on the last page of All Star Comics #5, reprinted on page 206 of All Star Comics Archives Vol. 1, req...

Play Black Adam Cast While the membership of the JSA has varied greatly over the team’s eight-decade history, the Black Adam movie features a pared-down membership: • Atom Smasher (played by Noah Centineo) • Hawkman (played by Aldis Hodge) • Doctor Fate (played by Pierce Brosnan) • Cyclone (played by Quintessa Swindell) • Black Adam (played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) It seems like Black Adam will be fighting the Justice Society in the film… but, of course, don’t these things usually end with everyone making friends to fight a bigger threat? So maybe Black Adam will join the JSA by the end of the movie… Play What Are the Justice Society of America Characters? The JSA is a classic Golden Age superhero team -- the first superhero team actually -- that was born out of the minds of Sheldon Mayer and Gardner Fox. The team debuted in 1941's All-Star Comics #3 -- predating the Justice League by almost two decades -- and featured a lineup of powerful heroes: Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Spectre, Atom, Hour-Man, Sandman, Jay Garrick’s Flash, and Alan Scott's Green Lantern. Eagle-eyed fans will notice that a couple of Black Adam’s characters are from that original lineup, as both Doctor Fate and Hawkman appear in the super-flick. (The Stargirl TV series, meanwhile, has featured a selection of those characters both in their classic forms, and as reimagined modern versions, alongside heroes from the Seven Soldiers of Victory including Starman and his titular legacy successor.) The JSA's ad...

Outside of comics, the Justice Society has often been overshadowed by its more famous successor team, the Justice League (as in Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, and dozens of others over the years). But the foundations of the shared DC Universe lie with the JSA, as well as the origins of the DC Multiverse/Omniverse. Now that the team is coming to movies and returning in comics at the same time, there's more reason than ever to dig into their history, both with Back in 1940, the original JSA consisted of most of the biggest heroes of National Publications (the name DC went by in the Golden Age) as well as some characters published by All-American Publications (which was later absorbed into National), including founding members Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Dr. Mid-Nite, the original Green Lantern Alan Scott, the Atom, Jay Garrick the original Flash, Sandman, Hourman, the Spectre, and Johnny Thunder. (Image credit: DC) The roster of the Golden Age JSA also included the original versions of the heroes Wildcat, Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman, Starman, Mister Terrific, Red Tornado, and Black Canary, with Batman and Superman included as honorary members (a tradition that would continue into the founding of the Justice League almost 20 years later). Though the early team had plenty of enemies, their greatest foes were the Injustice Society, a villainous mirror team consisting of some of the arch-enemies of the members of the JSA, including founding members the mystical Wizard, evil s...

Smashing a place for himself (and his throne) in the increasingly crowded comic book superhero movie space this week is Black Adam. Starring box office juggernaut Johnson’s debut as Black Adam has been a long time coming. The wrestler-turned-actor was originally announced to play the character back in 2014, and was expected to debut with his rival In “Black Adam,” Johnson’s Teth-Adam instead shares screen time with the Justice Society, featuring heroes portrayed by Aldis Hodge, Black Adam — also known as Teth-Adam — debuted in the 1945 launch issue of “Marvel Family” about Captain Marvel (who has since been renamed Shazam for obvious reasons) and his family. As could be expected for a comic book character with a history that spans nearly 80 years, Black Adam’s origin story and background have been rebooted over the years. But he is generally known as a hero-turned-villain-turned-(sometimes)-antihero with ties to ancient (and, more recently, fictional) North Africa. Black Adam wields superpowers bestowed upon him by magic, including flight, superhuman strength, invulnerability, enhanced speed and the ability to shoot lightning. His powers are triggered by saying the magic word “Shazam,” much like the superhero Shazam, his modern-day successor and rival. (Warner Bros. Pictures) Where does “Black Adam” fit in the world of DC superhero films? Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, “Black Adam” is a spinoff film set within what is known as the DC Extended Universe. The long-gestating ...

Entertain This!, USA TODAY So who's takingdown a souped-up Meet the Justice Society of America. Johnson's title character in the superhero movie This new group is one of the movie's "bold" aspects, Johnson says. "Look in the bible of the DC universe, and there are characters a lot of people are going to like." Justice Society actors break down their heroes. 'Black Adam' review: Aldis Hodge's 'savage' Hawkman leads the new squad A leader who runs the supergroupout of his high-tech Louisiana headquarters, Carter Hall is tasked by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis, reprising her role from the "Suicide Squad" movies) to deal with Black Adam. And he's up for the job, with a signature helmet andmace,impressive wings and armorand the knowledge of many past lives (thanks to reincarnation) dating back to ancient Egypt. "I like to describe him as an elegant savage," says Hodge, 36, a fan of superhero comic books since his childhood fascination with Batman."He's always had sort of that individual lane of being truly brilliant, but also very much a brute and very much a warrior." And like Black Adam, Hawkman strongly stands by his belief system:"When they clash, the conversation they have through every battle is, 'What is the true definition of justice?'" 'Fate does not make mistakes': Pierce Brosnan's Doctor Fate brings the A-list magic As James Bond, Brosnan wieldeda license to kill. Now he's got an ancient alien helmet as Kent Nelson, a former archaeologist who works as amagic manfor the ...

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War brought seven years of the DC Animated universe’s interconnected plotlines to a conclusion in 2020, when the Flash reset the whole timeline in the hope of creating a better future. The Flash-centric Justice Society: World War II seems to be the first major step at setting up that new continuity, but at the detriment of its pulpy, enjoyable premise. The demands of building a franchise pull the 90-minute animated feature in too many directions to focus on its objectively awesome premise: Wonder Woman in the role of Indiana Jones. Justice Society: World War II opens with Wonder Woman (Stana Katic of Castle) leading a team of superheroes to stop Hitler’s pursuit of magical artifacts that could give the Nazis an edge in World War II. But after an introduction to the titular characters and a charming black and white credits sequence set to stirring orchestral music, the film makes its first of several harsh pivots in tone and plot by heading to modern day Metropolis, where Barry Allen/The Flash (Matt Bomer of Doom Patrol) is dealing with relationship troubles that could have been pulled straight from an episode of The CW’s The Flash. Barry’s girlfriend Iris West (Ashleigh LaThrop of The Handmaid’s Tale) is annoyed that he’s too busy being a superhero to spend time with her. But like Flash himself, the script by Meghan Fitzmartin and Jeremy Adams rushes headlong towards something new without concern for what’s being left behind. Mid-argument, th...

This article contains spoilers for Shazam! Fury of The Gods. Billy Batson learns what it takes to become a hero in Shazam! Fury of The Gods, but does he have a future in the DC comic book universe? One of the credits scenes seems to hope so, but it’s extremely complicated. Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury — transforming him into a full-grown superhero (played by Zachary Levi). He learned to control that power, and share it with his siblings. Fury of the Gods is about the responsibility and duty of being a super-powered family that has to protect Philadelphia. Philadelphians are notoriously a tough crowd to win over, and that task is made even more difficult when a trio of super-powered goddesses (Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, Rachel Zegler) threaten to destroy not only Philly but also all of planet Earth. What does it mean to be powerful? Where’s the line between personal responsibility and the responsibility owed to people who can’t defend themselves? Why is Helen Mirren so mean in this movie? And why does she get body-slammed so many times? Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu in Shazam! Fury of the Gods. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Through this trial, Billy learns what it means to be a hero, a god even. At the end of the film, he makes the ultimate sacrifice to protect the world and is rewarded with a happy ending as Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot in a brief cameo) resurrects him and reunites him...