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Marc Guggenheim,George Perez,Various | 144 pages | 21 Feb 2012 | DC Comics | 9781401233686 | English | New York, NY, United States Justice Society of America: Monument Point #1 - Volume 11 (Issue)

Eight of the world's greatest heroes all banded together to stop Adolf Hitler 's invasion of Britain and to protect President Roosevelt from a group of Valkyries summoned by Hitler. The costumed heroes agreed to be this team to fight the Axis powers. and were also honorary members of the JSA. They were created by Sheldon Mayer and comic book legend . Mayer and Fox worked with other writers and artists for this debut. On the US home front, the JSA would continue to deal with crime and super-villains as well as Axis spies and saboteurs. After the war, the team would move their headquarters into a brownstone building in Gotham City. Superman and Batman were later retconned as not being born yet until the Modern Age and were never members of the JSA. Miss America was later retconned as being a member of the team. After the JSA disbanded and retired in the early s, they would come out of retirement to reform the team again in when contacted by another group of super-heroes from a parallel earth. The adult and the were later retconned as never existing in this continuity. After Justice Society of America: Monument Point events of the Crisis on Infinite Earthsthe JSA experience significant changes in their lives which led to another battle to save the world. Terrific, Star-Spangled Kidnew Dr. Fate, new Hawkgirland more. They fought crime for a long time, with miscellaneous enemies. The greatest event and challenge was the event Darkness, where , Obsidianand tried to plunge the world into eternal night. Recently, a vigilante group consisting of Black AdamEclipsoNorthwindBrainwaveand -Smasher took the law into their own hands. They started a violent coup in the terrorist nation of Kandaq to end the JSA. It caused Captain Marvel to quit. Although most of the members of the Justice Society were old-timers when space travel was still merely the stuff of science fiction, the veteran heroes now escape Earth's gravity aboard the stylish Star Rocket Racer, built and maintained by , once the costumed Justice Society of America: Monument Point sidekick Stripesy to the first Star-Spangled Kid. They decide to restart the team and include as many legacy heroes as possible. Feeling the need to train this new generation of heroes, the 3 elders contact many former members to join up as well as hunting down new legacies. Power GirlStargirlMr. Terrificand Dr. Mid-Nite are all among the returning members. Unknown to the Society, is also hunting legacy heroes and killing them with the help of other villains such as the Fourth Reich. The new Mr. America is on his trail and proves crucial in helping the Society take him down. Wildcat also discovers his son during this story arc. His son takes the name Wildcat as well when his powers allow him to become a feral cat. New dynamics are being established on the team due to the presence of new members. Jay, Alan, and Wildcat are now seen as trainers of a new generation while real authority lies with Chairwoman . Stargirl and Cyclone form a reluctant friendship, at least on Stargirl's part. Cyclone's eccentric attitude annoys Stargirl but the two become friends despite. and Liberty Belle take over a protective parental relationship with Damage due to his troubled past. Starman is completely bonkers due to the effects of his time-traveling. Many members of the Legion of Superheroes have returned to the past and new Justice Society member Starman is one of them. Now the 2 teams work together in synthesis to discover what is Justice Society of America: Monument Point going on. The Legion Justice Society of America: Monument Point attempting to bring somebody back to life at the expense of one of their own members. It is during this story arc that Wally West and his family return to the present from their dimensional exile during Infinite Crisis. While trying to Justice Society of America: Monument Point out a fire in a burning building Starman opens up a black hole in an attempt to snuff out all the oxygen, in doing so he opens a void to Earth where Superman Justice Society of America: Monument Point that Earth comes through the portal to save Starman from the burning building. He warns them of the coming of a deity known as Gog who will lay waste to their Earth if he is not stopped. When the confused Superman is questioned he flies off to save a girl committing suicide after saving her the crowd begins to glorify him as Superman upsetting Power Girl who fly's off to Kal-L grave. After helping here defeat some thugs the current Judomaster is recruited, as well as Mr. America, Jakeem and Thunderbolt, and Lightning. Superman of Earth 22 passes the JLA. While investigating a murder Mr. America discoveries an emissary of Gog who attacks him leaving him near dead but still alive he warns the rest of the team. Earth 22 Superman pays a visit to Current Superman who reveals he had fought the pupil of Gog before and that he never thought him to be a threat. While discussing this downtown is attacked by Hercules who puts down Current Superman only for Earth 22 Superman to defeat with little to no effort at all proving that his longer duration in Justice Society of America: Monument Point sunlight has made him stronger. goes to confront Gog's pupil only to be beaten severely and use him to teleport him to the Brownstone where he attacks which leads to a prolonged battle eventual ending up in Gog's temple where they defeat the Pupil and Gog is awoken and destroys his own pupil. Upon awakening Gog a giant Purple God begins proclaiming peace and begins a Trek across Africa granting miracles to the people of the countries. They all began to praise him as their Justice Society of America: Monument Point and follow and. He than begins granting miracles on the JSA. Such as repairing Damage's face, granting sight to Dr. Mid-Nite and Allowing Sandman sleep with no nightmares. But the team soon realizes must be Justice Society of America: Monument Point when he turn the rebels attacking the villagers into trees. So they begin there assault and as they attack Gog takes away all their gifts and de-powers Magog. But the eventually do defeat Gog and still Justice Society of America: Monument Point alive Superman of Earth flies him to the source wall and adds him to it and than using Starman returns back home. Upon completing this he strips Billy of his power and takes the Throne at the Rock of eternity with Isis. Billy awakes the next day on the streets of Fawcett de-powered. While this is going on Billy's. Upon entrance to the Rock of Eternity Billy is quickly swept away by Isis who puts him in an endless maze he is followed by Jay and Stargirl. Stargirl stays on him while Jay gets lost in the mists around the maze. Billy and Stargirl are than confronted by Billy's sister Mary in the Maze. She quickly defeats Stargirl and than threatens to kill her unless Billy says which he does in thus turning him evil. Jay while lost is found by Billy's father who was murdered by Black Adam so many years ago. Billy's father leads Jay to the rock of finality where The Wizard Shazam has Justice Society of America: Monument Point dormant they awake Shazam to right the wrong that has Justice Society of America: Monument Point done. Appalled by Black Adam and Isis and what they have done he strips them of their powers and turns them to stone. Than turns his attention to Billy and Mary who he strips their powers as well and sends them home to Fawcett City. Recently, the JSA has been experiencing some hard times. would not explain why he put the house in lock down other than a threat has occurred and Justice Society of America: Monument Point a "ghost". Stargirl from the outside of the Brownstone and from the inside are able to cast away Obsidian's shadows and the team regroups in the meeting hall as Obsidian fades away as this is. He reveals himself as a warrior of Japan from War World Two who fought Jay, Alan, and Ted in the war and was killed in Hiroshima and is acting revenge with his spirit. While this is happening The Spectre has appeared back at the Brownestone and has picked up the rest of the team to stop Kung. Before the bomb is dropped Kung transports the team to a deserted beach where they wage in combat. One day, they mysteriously found a large black egg, which was revealed to be Obsidian. The Society, with new members All-American Kid, and King Chimera have little time to ponder over it, as they are soon attacked by a large group of villains, headed by Blue Moon. They attack them, while avoiding to fight Stargirl, who their boss had strictly ordered them not to attack. Terrific, and stabs him. He then steals Obsidian and gives it to an unknown source. He is thought to be. Fate, who has now joined the team. The attacker was indirectly thought to be King Chimera, as he has mental illusion powers. It was revealed, Justice Society of America: Monument Point, that was the All American Kid, as he was actually the villain Kid Karnevil. The JSA continues to fight the group of villains, until they retreat. Hourman and Liberty Belle then decide that they can't work together as a team anymore, and they split up into two teams. Not long after moving into their new base Dr. Fate has officially become a new member of the JSA. But upon his return bad tidings have followed. The Dark Sorcerer Mordru comes to the base in energy form and take possession of Fate's body and with begins plotting a take over of the JSA. But his strange behavior is enough for the team to know he is not Dr. Fate so they attack him and as Mordru leaves Fate's body Fate is left on the floor crippled and helpless to help his friends. Mordru being in his own physical form quickly cast an array of transportation spells casting each Society member into a pocket dimension hidden in a cardboard box. Each dimension holds a personal hell for whichever member is in that particular box. He stores them away so he can fight and kill each member when he sees fit he first chooses Alan Scott and they wage battle in orbit above the Earth. Fate is able to muster up the strength to go and save his friends. He does so by reaching into each cardboard box and pulling them out. Back out in space Alan is able to bring Mordu out of orbit back to Earth where the JSA is waiting and together they defeat him and cast him into his own made pocket dimensions. Justice Society of America - Wikipedia

The team was initially popular, but after the popularity of superhero comics waned in the late s, the JSA's adventures ceased with issue 57 of the title March This allowed for annual cross-dimensional team-ups of the teams between and These series explored the issues of aging, generational differences, and contrasts between and subsequent eras. The 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. As part of DC Comics' relaunch of its entire line of monthly books an unnamed version of the team appears in the Earth 2 Vol 1 —Earth 2 World's End —and Earth 2: Society — Comics' historian noted that: "This was obviously a great notion, since it offered readers a lot Justice Society of America: Monument Point headliners for a dime, and also the fun of watching fan favorites interact. Hibbardand Bernard Justice Society of America: Monument Point. The first JSA story featured the team's first meeting, with a framing sequence for each member telling a story of an individual exploit. In the next issue, the team worked together on a common case, but each story from there on still featured the members individually on a mission involving part of the case, and then banding together in the end to wrap things up. Thus, the was replaced by after 6, and Green Lantern left shortly thereafter for the same reason. For this reason, Superman and Batman were established as already being "honorary" members prior to 3. How these two heroes helped found the JSA before becoming honorary members was not Justice Society of America: Monument Point until DC Special 29 in She was excluded from the title because of the same rules that had excluded the Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, and Batman from the title, though in 13 it was claimed she had become an active member. The membership kit included a welcome letter, a badge, a decoder, a four-page comic book, and a membership certificate. National Comics heroes Justice Society of America: Monument Point removed from the title. As a result, the Flash and Green Lantern returned to the team. The explanation for the team's disappearance, and the inactivity of most of its roster after the early s, was first given in "The Defeat of the Justice Society! The chairmanship of the Justice Society mostly resided with , although initially the Flash, and later Green Lantern, took turns leading the team. For a brief period inthey were known as the Justice Battalion, as they became an extension of the armed forces of the United States of America during World War II. The All-Star Squadron's adventures were set in the s, and were considered to have happened concurrently with the Justice Society's in a " Justice Society of America: Monument Point ". This turned out to be a deathtrap orchestrated by a crooked senator's henchman from Eliminations, Inc. The Gotham City brownstone remained unoccupied until years later, when the team was active again. The headquarters used in the s was a brownstone in Morningside Heights. Having successfully introduced new versions of several characters the Flash, Green Lantern, etc. This historic meeting thus became one of the classic DC comics of the Silver Age. These meetings produced a considerable number Justice Society of America: Monument Point notable events and characters in JSA history, including leaving to join the , the return of the Golden Age team the Seven Soldiers of Victory[29] [30] [31] the creation of the Freedom Fighterswhich incorporated several Quality Comics characters into DC continuity after the characters were purchased by DC Comics, [32] [33] [34] and the introduction of a number of other alternative Earths to house these other teams. In addition, a number of the characters appeared in team-up stories in issues of the DC titles The Brave and the Bold and Showcasewhile the Justice Society of America: Monument Point was given a solo run in the latter which led to his own series. Some JSA members during this period, residing on "Earth-Two", were portrayed as middle-aged versions of their younger, contemporary "Earth- One" counterparts; the "Earth-Two" characters' portrayal as older than their counterparts eased incorporation of the existing Justice Society of America: Monument Point history of the Justice Society of America into newly-written stories about the "Earth-Two" characters. Later, this fictional age gap was to become a major theme for character development, with the Justice Society of America: Monument Point histories of different versions of the same characters deviating significantly from each other in ways Justice Society of America: Monument Point by their differences in age, including even the deaths of popular characters such as Batman in one setting while different, contemporary versions of the characters lived on as inhabitants of a different fictional "Earth". The JSA's popularity grew until they regained their own title. This run lasted until 74, with a brief run thereafter in Adventure Comics —, [38] but it had three significant developments: it introduced Power Girl in All Star Comics 58, [39] [40] chronicled the death of the Golden Age Batman in Adventure Comics —, and, after nearly 40 years, it finally provided the JSA with an origin story in DC Special The series was noteworthy for depicting the heroes as having aged into their 50s. It was highly unusual, then or now, for a comic book to have heroes this old. Most comic books obscure the timelines or periodically Justice Society of America: Monument Point the series to keep the characters youthful. This depiction was a consequence of the fact that the heroes were closely linked to the era of World War II. The explanation given for this by writer in All-Star Squadron Annual 3 is that the team, and several friends, have absorbed energy from the magical villain Ian Karkull during an adventure in the s that stunts their aging process. Notable events include meeting the Fawcett Comics heroes, including Captain Marvel[47] [48] [49] the death of Mr. Terrific[50] [51] [52] and the origin of the Black Canary. This led to a spinoff, modern day series entitled Infinity, Inc. This posed a variety of problems for the JSA, whose history—especially in the s comics—was strongly tied up in these four characters. Fan interest resulted in the revival of the JSA in An eight-issue Justice Society of America limited series featuring a previously untold story set in the s was published in Though Justice Society of America was intended as an ongoing series, and was popular with readers, the decision was made to cancel the book after the third issue's release. Twelve issues of the new series were ultimately commissioned, though publication itself ended with issue Portions of the remaining two issues originally intended for 11—12, which were part of a planned crossover with Justice League Europewere published in Justice League Europe 49— Strazewski, in an interview explaining the cancellation of this series, said, "It was a capricious decision made personally by Mike Carlin because he didn't like Mike's artwork or my writing and believed Justice Society of America: Monument Point senior citizen super-heroes was not what DC should be publishing. He made his opinion clear to me several times after the cancellation. Not long after, most of the team was incapacitated or killed in the crossover series Zero Hour: Crisis in Time. During the battle between the Justice Society and the villain Extantthe latter removes the chronal energies keeping the Justice Society young. dies of the resulting aging shortly after Zero Hour. Green Lantern is kept young because of the mystical effects of the Starheartbut loses his ring and subsequently changes his name to Sentinel. The rest of the team is now too physically old to continue fighting crime and retires. Justice Society of America: Monument Point retires and passes on the Starman legacies to his sons, resulting in the creation of one of the new series following Zero HourJames Robinson 's Starman. The Justice Society was revived as a monthly series called JSA in which mixed the few remaining original members with younger counterparts. This incarnation of the team focused on the theme of generational legacy and of carrying on the heroic example established by their predecessors. The series was launched by James Robinson [83] and David S. Goyer later co-wrote the series with Geoff Johns[84] who continued to write the series solo after Goyer's departure. It featured a story by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon. In SeptemberJSA ' s popularity led to a spinoff series, JSA: Classifiedwhich tells stories of the team at various points in its existence, as well as spotlighting specific members in solo stories. The series was cancelled with issue 39 August On December 6,a new series was launched with the creative team of Geoff Johns writerDale Eaglesham pencilsand Alex Ross cover art. Continuing a major theme from the previous JSA title, this new series focused on the team Justice Society of America: Monument Point the caretakers of the superhero legacy from one generation to the next. Johns' run as writer of Justice Society of America ended with issue Following the Brightest Day Justice Society of America: Monument Point arc, Marc Guggenheim became the new Justice Society of America: Monument Point with issue 44, and Scott Kolins took over art duties from Merino. In addition, Guggenheim introduced a new character named Red Beetle a gadget-wielding heroine clad in a red variation of the Silver Age Blue Beetle 's costumeand brought in Ri and Darknight, two Chinese superheroes that he had created for his Batman Confidential run. Calling themselves the "All-Stars", the group included more of the newer, younger members of the JSA. Roxy, with Damage [96] and Magog [97] later being killed. Johnny admits he threw away the magic pen containing Thunderbolt. However, when Barry tries to secure him to the universe just as he did to Wally, Jay instead is transported back into the Speed Force in a blast of blue energy. In the " Watchmen " sequel " Doomsday Clock ," Doctor Manhattan recalls various events in which he indirectly killed Alan Scott and thus brought about changes in the timeline. On July 16,Alan Scott was riding on a train over a collapsing bridge, but he survived by grabbing onto a green lantern. He continues his life, eventually "sitting at a Justice Society of America: Monument Point table wearing a mask" and later testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee but refusing to implicate anyone in his employ. On July 16, again, Doctor Manhattan moves the lantern six inches out of Alan Scott's reach so that Scott dies in the train accident and leaves no family behind. Lois didn't know about the Justice Society until now. Curious about the importance of Superman and what would happen if time were to be changed and how it would affect him, Doctor Manhattan prevented Justice Society of America: Monument Point Scott from becoming Green Lantern. This in turn created the New 52 Universe, and with Justice Society of America: Monument Point, the creation of the Justice Society of America was erased. Afterwards, the Justice Society investigates the Department of Metahuman Affairs which led to the arrest of those involved. The Justice Society returns in the pages of Justice League. The League splits up to retrieve fragments on the Totality from the past and future. Flash and Green Lantern are transported to to retrieve a fragment. They arrive in December to discover that the Legion of Doom has already travelled to the past and meddled in history, attacking and seemingly conquering the United States. They encounter the Justice Society, much to their surprise, as they are not aware of any superheroes active in the s. However, they begin to develop an affinity for their Golden Age counterparts, and feel that there is an intricate shared history they cannot fully remember. Most of the Silver Age and Bronze Age stories depicting the annual team-up adventures of the Justice League and the Justice Society were collected in the following trade paperbacks :. The Brave and the Bold The Atom 29, 36; The Spectre 3. The Bronze Age continuation of All Star Comics —along with the subsequent JSA series in Adventure Comics and a related special, has been collected in the following trade paperbacks:. The third Justice Society of America series was collected in the following trade paperbacks:. Several JSA miniseries, Elseworlds non- canon graphic novels, Silver Age collections, and one-shots were collected in the following trade paperbacks:. Sensation Comics vol. Under James Robinson, Earth 2 featured new versions of the classic Justice Society members, including a young unmarried Jay Garrick, a gay version of Alan Scott, [] an African-American version of , and a version of the Atom who was a soldier and possessed powers similar to his protege Atom Smasher where they are members of the Wonders of the World and working for the World Army. The series revolved around an Earth 2 that had been devastated by an invasion from Apokolipsled by Steppenwolfthat ended with Superman, , and Batman dead and Power Girl and Robin a. Helena Wayne a. Worlds' Finest dealt with Power Girl and Huntress's quest to return home, and the rescue of Michael Holt who had been exiled to Earth 2 by Desaadwho was now impersonating him on Earth Mister Miracle and Big Barda later joined the cast, with Mister Miracle having just escaped from the villainous . His relationship with Barda was strained because of a mutual mistrust as the result of Barda being a former member of the Female Furies. Robinson quit Earth 2 with issue The tie-in series World's End saw Darkseid terraform Earth 2 into a new Apokolips as the heroes are barely able to get several ships full of survivors off-world. Power Girl and Huntress would join the cast as well once Worlds' Finest was cancelled. Justice Society of America, Vol. 9: Monument Point by Marc Guggenheim

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