The Justice Society predated the Justice League by quite a few years. Their membership included some of the early DC superheroes such as the original Flash (Jay Garrett). The team was disbanded after WWII when the cold-war era government decided that all of them needed to unmask for security reasons. Rather than do so, they gave up their costumes and retired. I don’t remember why, but the team was reunited some years later and for a very long time DC had parallel earths in one of which the Justice Society operated and another was “our” earth where the Justice League served. When DC had their “Crisis on Infinite Earths” and consolidated all of those parallel earths into one, both teams participated in the event and now co-habitate the only earth that is left. It’s been about 10 years since I have read a new comic, but I believe that is still the status quo. (In case you can’t tell, I used to collect comics, mostly DC.)
Jogger2 over 12 years ago
Pun intended?
davidf42 about 12 years ago
Morning, Anniephans! Thinking this kid is going to quiet down is just a pipe dream.
Here’s the link to Annie 2003 .
JanLC about 12 years ago
The Justice Society predated the Justice League by quite a few years. Their membership included some of the early DC superheroes such as the original Flash (Jay Garrett). The team was disbanded after WWII when the cold-war era government decided that all of them needed to unmask for security reasons. Rather than do so, they gave up their costumes and retired. I don’t remember why, but the team was reunited some years later and for a very long time DC had parallel earths in one of which the Justice Society operated and another was “our” earth where the Justice League served. When DC had their “Crisis on Infinite Earths” and consolidated all of those parallel earths into one, both teams participated in the event and now co-habitate the only earth that is left. It’s been about 10 years since I have read a new comic, but I believe that is still the status quo. (In case you can’t tell, I used to collect comics, mostly DC.)