Justice League of America (comics)

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The Justice League of America (sometimes referred to as the Justice League or simply JLA) is a superhero teamup created by Julius Schwartz and Gardner Fox for DC Comics in 1960. The original team lineup consisted of Aquaman, Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Originally envisioned as a series of "team up" stories featuring DC's most popular comic book characters, the Justice League first appeared in the DC title The Brave and the Bold before the characters gained their own comic book in November 1960. 

Winged Warriors of the Immortal Queen! (Volume 1, Issue 60)[edit | edit source]

Queen Bee perfects an immortality potion that, unfortunately, will cause her to become immobilized. Hoping to avoid this fate, she takes control of most of the Justice League members and sends them on missions to collect items needed to cure her condition.

A Tale of Two Satellites (Volume 1, Issue 143)[edit | edit source]

Wonder Woman, tired of feeling like a trophy, quits the Justice League in a huff. While the other members fight over who is most responsible for her departure, Wonder Woman comes across a robbery being committed by Scarecrow and Poison Ivy. After the encounter, she and her new colleague Privateer come to blows, and a worried Privateer seeks out the Justice League for help. They discover that Construct has reformed itself as "Construct 2" and is using mind control on Wonder Woman, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Mirror Master, Chronos, and Tattooed Man.


Justice Leaague America (Vol 1, Issue 27)[edit | edit source]

Oberon goes to Belle Reve to enlist the aid of Amanda Waller on behalf of Maxwell Lord and the Justice League. He needs to find out how and why Blue Beetle came to be in his present psychotic condition. Waller agrees to see him and flies to New York.

At Justice League headquarters, Batman has Blue Beetle contained in Max's old office. Beetle's personality has returned to normal, but he has no recollection of the murderous rage that led him to attack Oberon and Max. Even the Martian Manhunter is unable to pull anything from his mind, leading Batman to deduce that Beetle is suffering from an extremely sophisticated form of mental brainwashing.

When Waller arrives, she demands to see Beetle privately. During her interview, she inadvertently speaks a code-phrase that sends Blue Beetle into frenzy. He attacks Waller and nearly kills her, but Waller manages to keep the snarling hero at bay by hitting him in his injured leg.

Later, Amanda attempts a second intervention; this time however, she resorts to hypnosis. Under hypnosis, Blue Beetle reveals that the Bialyan leader Queen Bee is responsible for his current condition. Beetle suddenly begins having a seizure and falls onto the floor in a coma.

Batman takes it upon himself to pursue an alternative course of action. He goes to the house of the former Justice League member Kent Nelson and speaks with its sole occupant – Nabu.

JLA (1997) (Volume 1, Issues 22-23)[edit | edit source]

The first giant Starro agent arrives and takes up the entire Hudson Bay, where Aquaman attempts to either communicate with it or fight back. More of the giant creatures hang in orbit, with many civilians being taken over by smaller drones. It's only thanks to the resistance the League puts up in the Dreaming world that persuades Starro to retreat.

JLA(1997) (Volume 1, Issues 94-99)[edit | edit source]

A vampire has decided to create an army of Super Heroes which he controls with his hypnotic powers and his vampire bites, he even manages to control Superman.

Formerly known as Justice League (Volume 1, Issues 3 and 4)[edit | edit source]

The Justice League gets mind controlled to fight each other.