Justice Society of America
| Justice Society of America | |
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Cover art to Justice Society of America vol. 3 #1 (February 2007).
Art by Alex Ross. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940–1941) |
| Created by |
Sheldon Mayer Gardner Fox |
| Roster | |
| See: List of Justice Society members | |
| Justice Society of America (vols. 1 and 2) | |
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Cover to Justice Society of America vol. 2 #1. Art by Mike Parobeck.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format |
Vol. 1 limited series Vol. 2 – ongoing series |
| Publication date |
(Vol. 1) April 1991 – November 1991 (Vol. 2) August 1992 – May 1993 |
| Number of issues |
Vol. 1 8 Vol. 2 10 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Len Strazewski |
| Penciller(s) |
List
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| Inker(s) |
List
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| JSA | |
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Cover to JSA #1 (August 1999). Art by Alan Davis and Mark Farmer.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Publication date | August 1999 – September 2006 |
| Number of issues | 87 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | James Robinson, David S. Goyer, Geoff Johns, Paul Levitz |
| Artist(s) | Various |
| JSA: Classified | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Publication date | September 2005 – August 2008 |
| Number of issues | 39 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Geoff Johns |
| Artist(s) | Amanda Conner |
| Penciller(s) | Jimmy Palmiotti |
| Creator(s) | Harvey Richards Stephen Wacker |
| Justice Society of America vol. 3 | |
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Variant incentive cover to
Justice Society of America vol. 3 #1 (February 2007). Art by Dale Eaglesham. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | February 2007 – October 2011 |
| Number of issues | 54 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | |
| Artist(s) | Alex Ross |
| Penciller(s) | |
| Inker(s) |
List
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| Colorist(s) | Jeromy Cox, Hi-Fi |
| JSA All-Stars (vol. 2) | |
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Cover to JSA All-Stars vol. 2 #1 (February 2010). Art by Freddie Williams II.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Publication date | February 2010 – July 2011 |
| Number of issues | 18 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Matthew Sturges |
| Artist(s) | Freddie Williams II |
| Creator(s) | Matthew Sturges Freddie Williams II |
The Justice Society of America (JSA) is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The Justice Society of America was conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox. The JSA first appeared in All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940–1941), making it the first team of superheroes in comic books.
The team was initially popular, but in the late 1940s, the popularity of superhero comics waned, and the JSA's adventures ceased with issue #57 of the title (March 1951). JSA members remained absent from comics until ten years later, when the original Flash appeared alongside a new character by that name in The Flash #123 (September 1961). During the Silver Age of Comic Books, DC Comics reinvented several Justice Society members and banded many of them together in the Justice League of America. The Justice Society was established as existing on "Earth-Two" and the Justice League on "Earth-One". This allowed for annual cross-dimensional team-ups of the teams between 1963 and 1985. New series, such as All-Star Squadron, Infinity, Inc. and a new All-Star Comics featured the JSA, their children and their heirs. These series explored the issues of aging, generational differences, and contrasts between the Golden Age and subsequent eras.
The 1985 Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series, merged all of the company's various alternate realities into one, placing the JSA as World War II-era predecessors to the company's modern characters. A JSA series was published from 1999 to 2006. A new Justice Society of America series ran from 2007 to 2011. As part of DC Comics' "The New 52", an unnamed version of the team appears in the Earth 2 Vol 1 (2012–2015), Earth 2 World's End (2014-2015), and Earth 2: Society (2015–2017).
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