Justice League

The Justice League of America, also often referred to as the Justice League or JLA for short, is a DC Comics superhero team. In most incarnations, its roster includes DC’s most popular characters and thus many of the most recognizable superheroes in pop culture.

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DC Comics - Superhero - Pop culture

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The original, and arguably most popular, line-up is Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and The Martian Manhunter. The League has also included Captain Marvel, Plastic Man, Green Arrow, Hawkman, the Atom, Elongated Man, Black Canary, Firestorm, Zatanna and dozens of others.

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Superman - Batman - Wonder Woman - The Flash - Green Lantern - Aquaman - Martian Manhunter - Captain Marvel - Plastic Man - Green Arrow - Hawkman - Atom - Elongated Man - Black Canary - Firestorm - Zatanna

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The team first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #28 (1960). Although series featuring the League have occasionally gone stale and been subjected to ill-fated experiments, the team has been fairly popular since inception.

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The Brave and the Bold - 1960

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The team's concept was loosely adapted into the cartoon series Super Friends (1972-85) and more directly into the series Justice League (2001-04) and Justice League Unlimited (2004-present).

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Cartoon series - Super Friends - 1972 - 85 - Justice League - 2001 - 04 - Justice League Unlimited

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Between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s, the team had also gone by the names Justice League America and Justice League International.

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1980s - 1990s

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