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T and . ,a e v AVEN vity on R ISASTER TOM such as the A A D ONDER s, ANITOU AJOR ATEST LINEUP IRTUE AND VICE remain available on an available remain as-needed basis. the reformed criminal M L Watchtower their From on the moon, the to JLA continues monitor acti Earth, dispatching the team as required. Their ranks ha to include the swelled American Native mystic M Other V The JLA and JSA combine to battle an evil from conspiracy—apparently within their own heroic r APTAIN y will The UTURE RG F TH s of the solar system. ued to expand and contract as circumstances and contract as ued to expand AR E THE otector At the request of the U.N.,At the request the various Justice OF OF ,, the Manhunter, III, and Green JLA emier pr HE T century,By the 853rd A will be Legion the Justice the pr Legions the Justice B,be aided by L, S, X, Super- Zoomorphs, Legion Justice S, Union,Young and Primate Legion. 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FORCE , Flash II, Green IRST , F LUE tian Manhunter.A short time later, Earth, plasma aliens invaded ASK hing ader J’onzz super team of fledgling heroes T them between cr eam. ANHUNTER v HE LACK and the her Mar J’Onn J’Onzz ended decades of hiding, in B M When Earth was threatened by Appellax aliens, by threatened When Earth was the M T POWER along with the dispatc , , OF uit and the Scarlet Skier ecr ) helped install the T OWER them via embassies scattered around the continents. seven T JL International team continued to add members tian Manhunter . as trapped in a temporal NOR om the timestr ould r Y ’s bid for power in Europe. bid for power ’s NAPPER mally joined. n G’ EAGUE OF AR ,S ed fr werful the Mar for ONAR , iumph w ARR r s smear ’ L e po C T ).“cool cat” A teenage called Lucas s of the Injustice League ANCTU ) pulling the TMAN S see s for a single case A een Lanter B eamed-of technologies and nightmarish of weapons RROW and one which w ODFREY AVOK A UPERMAN ut a mor G H b S s first headquarters, Sanctuary, the Secret in was ecognized the JLA as global peacekeepers. the JLA as global ecognized Later, ized the creation of a JL Task Force, Task of a JL ized the creation ECRET II). official mascot. Snapper became the team’s S GREATEST HEROES They are Earth’s premier defense team and for the last decade team and for defense premier Earth’s are They the basic human rights seen to it that of liberty and have all citizens. paramount to remain the Justice are They America,League of comprised best of the best. of the Ever since Superman in the modern age, ushered heroic Earth has needed protection, megalomaniac and from especially, greedy alien tyrants with hitherto from undr mass destruction. internal when the team has suffered Even strife, rallied, have they to all their obligations recognizing this of mankind.Their not only beyond has spread reputation this plane of existence. beyond solar system but etion, ed S REEN man and ORD med member NTERNATIONAL ing the fight, ’ L mer alien Gr mally r most member discr intended for use on missions calling for a team led by the Martiana team led by Manhunter, HE author LORIOUS name International.Thename Justice U.N. EETLE Afterwards, took the League Europe Justice efor and the JSA stopped S short-lived Justice League Antarctica.The JLA, entire League Justice short-lived its reserves, see for r Justice League Europe.Justice use of the decided to make Lord strings.The United Nations for line-up was introduced,line-up was with Lord the enigmatic Maxwell ( campaign, JL I by discredited This team was G the JLI split into two branches,the JLI split into two America and League Justice “Snapper” Carr ( T The team’ Rhode Island, Queen (the Oliver financed by and secretly first G (later B Kord high-tech gear,Ted team’s designed by B After functioning as JLA members name, in all but Super anomaly and disappear gather Lantern II,Aquaman, and II to defeat them. 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