Justice Society of America

The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a team of fictional superheroes whose adventures have been published by DC Comics. They're the first such superhero team in comic book history.

The Silver Age

Many of the characters were revived in different forms during the 1950s and early 1960s. Then, in Flash #123 (September 1961), the Silver Age Flash met his Golden Age counterpart. The rationale for this was that the two existed on parallel worlds in what came to be known as the Multiverse. The Silver Age Flash and his team, the Justice League of America (JLA) lived on "Earth One", while the JSA lived on "Earth Two" (this despite the fact that superheroes arose on Earth Two twenty years before they did on Earth One).

Related Topics:
1960s - 1961 - Silver Age - Multiverse - Justice League of America

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Finally, in Justice League of America #21 (August 1963), the Justice Society emerged fully to team up with the JLA to combat a team of villains from both worlds. This marked the beginning of annual summer team-ups by the two supergroups, which endured until 1985, and which included a number of notable events in JSA history, such as Black Canary leaving to join the Justice League (#74), the return of a Golden Age group of heroes dubbed the Seven Soldiers of Victory (#100-102), and the creation of a team called the Freedom Fighters composed of several one-time Quality Comics heroes (#107-108).

Related Topics:
1963 - 1985 - Black Canary - Seven Soldiers of Victory - Freedom Fighters - Quality Comics

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The JSA also occupied a unique (at the time) position in comics in that they had aged since their early appearances, now being middle-aged, and often wiser, versions of their younger, contemporary counterparts.

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Notable Silver Age Appearances

• The Flash vol. 1, #123, 129, 137, 170, 173, 215
• Justice League of America #21-22, 29-30, 37-38, 46-47, 55-56, 64-65, 73-74, 83-83, 91-92, 100-102, 107-108, 113, 123-124
• Showcase vol. 1, #55-56 (Doctor Fate & Hourman), 61, 64 (The Spectre)
• The Brave and the Bold #61-62 (Starman & Black Canary)
• The Spectre vol. 1, #1-7 (solo series)
• The Atom vol. 1, #29, 36 (Golden Age Atom)
• Green Lantern vol. 1, #45, 52, 61 (Golden Age Green Lantern)

New Silver Age Members

• Robin (joined in JLA #55)
• Red Tornado II (joined in JLA #64)