History Awesome / JusticeLeagueOfAmerica

--->'''Aquaman''': We stand guard here.

** ...and the story even had a great historical sting by virtue of Diana doing that stunt at the very {{Playboy}} Club that had the famous reporter/feminist activist Gloria Steinem, undercover as a Bunny, there to record it all.

* Creator/GrantMorrison run on ''JLA'' is made up of back-to-back Crowning Moments of Awesome. Batman is able to expose the Hyperclan [[spoiler:as White Martians]], and is the first superhero to make them truly scared. The Flash manages to catch up to a rival speedster and punch him ''into space'' in less time than it takes a vase to hit the ground. Superman wrestles an [[OurAngelsAredifferent archangel]] immediately after restoring the moon to its orbit. In a dark alternate future where Darkseid's taken over, Batman spent seven years under torture at the hands of Desaad and ''won''. In the same alternate timeline, The Atom ''kills Darkseid''. Connor Hawke defeats a man bordering on nigh-omnipotence with one of his dad's old boxing glove arrows. And, in the end, ''the entire population of Earth'' is given superpowers and willingly joins the JLA ''and'' an army of angels in fighting a potentially galaxy-killing menace. You'd think that last one would be a huge event that would've shaken things up in Franchise/TheDCU... [[SnapBack not so]]...

* Back to Morrison's run, and the story which introduces Zauriel to the DCU (by having him chased down to Earth by renegade angels). Leaving aside the two epic moments of (a) Superman wrestling an angel, mentioned above, and (b) Wonder Woman managing to stop a city-sized spacecraft from crashing into San Francisco and destroying the city, the most awesome moment is the part where Superman stops the moon from falling out of it's orbit. At this point, Superman had his electro-magnetic powers, and he uses those to ''cause the Earth and Moon to repel each other'', saving both. Flash later questions him, wondering how he managed to pull off such an amazing feat. "He smiles, and it's that ''one'' smile he has, the one that reminds you he's not really from here. 'There were larger forces at work today, Wally', he says." The next panel is a wide-shot of the lunar surface, showing ''a giant finger-print on the surface of the Moon''.

* New 53 JLA #7 - Superman is captured by Rao, in a device designed to keep Kryptonians restrained on Rao's ship. Superman, after giving a TheReasonYouSuck speech to him, promptly starts exerting his strength. Rao tells him he can't escape. Supes replies? "I'm not trying to. I'm ''flying''." Using his incredible strength and simple use of his ability to fly, ''he crashes the whole ship into the moon''. [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/5956860.html As seen here.]]
* * The climax of "Justice League Rebirth #1" with Superman pulling a BigDamnHeroes by locating the weakness of The Reaper,an EldritchAbomination preparing earth for his race, and allowing the whole league to defeat it together, followed by the League giving it one hell of a BadassBoast that causes the creature to flee.

* [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/6582760.html ''New 52 JLA #10'']] - Rao has been depowered by a red sun as he is with Superman and his younger self. When he starts ranting and raving to Superman, said younger self calmly picks up a nearby polearm, and ''[[OffWithHisHead decapitates his older self]]''. He acknowledges the murder, but he also notes that ''[[FutureMeScaresMe becoming him]]'' would've been a far, far worse crime, and that he plans to not only take Krypton back to his time and teach its people how to live, but when his work is done, intentionally end his own life, "as I should have, long ago." He is ''serious'' about his redemption.

-->'''Wonder Woman''': We are the Justice League. Run.

* In the Justice League limited series ''ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier,'' John Henry's entire presence in the story is not only gut-wrenchingly tragic, but BadAss as all hell...until the point where it turns gut-wrenchingly tragic. Steel was never the most fascinating character, but knowing what really inspired him (let's just say it wasn't Superman) almost makes this the CrowningMomentOfAwesome for ''both'' characters.

* The very first story had the team unite as one to take down Starro the Conuqeror, a giant alien mind-controlling starfish.

* Creator/GrantMorrison run on ''JLA'' is made up of back-to-back Crowning Moments of Awesome. Batman is able to expose the Hyperclan [[spoiler:as White Martians]], and is the first superhero to make them truly scared. The Flash manages to catch up to a rival speedster and punch him ''into space'' in less time than it takes a vase to hit the ground. Superman wrestles an [[OurAngelsAredifferent archangel]] immediately after restoring the moon to its orbit. In a dark alternate future where Darkseid's taken over, Batman spent seven years under torture at the hands of Desaad and ''won''. In the same alternate timeline, The Atom ''kills Darkseid''. Connor Hawke defeats a man bordering on nigh-omnipotence with one of his dad's old boxing glove arrows. And, in the end, ''the entire population of Earth'' is given superpowers and willingly joins the JLA ''and'' an army of angels in fighting a potentially galaxy-killing menace. You'd think that last one would be a huge event that would've shaken things up in TheDCU... [[SnapBack not so]]...

* New 53 JLA #7 - Superman is captured by Rao, in a device designed to keep Kryptonians restrained on Rao's ship. Superman, after giving a TheReasonYouSuck speech to him, promptly starts exerting his strength. Rao tells him he can't escape. Supes replies? "I'm not trying to. I'm ''flying''." Using his incredible strength and simple use of his ability to fly, ''he crashes the whole ship into the moon''. [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/5956860.html As seen here.]]

* New 52 JLA #1 - [[spoiler: Green Arrow]] spending almost an entire week surviving in the woods, being hunted down by evil robotic versions of the Justice League, all with a serious wound to the side.

* Yet another Grant Morrison example: in "Elseworlds," the Connor Hawke GreenArrow, who has just been invited to join the JLA, shows up at the Watchtower to find that the Key has taken it over and placed the entire League in drug-induced hallucinogenic comas to power a machine that will somehow turn him into a RealityWarper. The entire issue is one, long [=CMoA=] for Connor, as he singlehandedly defeats most of the Key's robot {{Mooks}} and stops the Key from completing his plan at literally the last second, armed only with a set of his father's ludicrous {{Trick Arrow}}s, which he isn't even trained in using.

* It comes at the very start of FinalCrisis, but this line tells you everything you need to know about the League:

* GrantMorrison run on ''JLA'' is made up of back-to-back Crowning Moments of Awesome. Batman is able to expose the Hyperclan [[spoiler:as White Martians]], and is the first superhero to make them truly scared. The Flash manages to catch up to a rival speedster and punch him ''into space'' in less time than it takes a vase to hit the ground. Superman wrestles an [[OurAngelsAredifferent archangel]] immediately after restoring the moon to its orbit. In a dark alternate future where Darkseid's taken over, Batman spent seven years under torture at the hands of Desaad and ''won''. In the same alternate timeline, The Atom ''kills Darkseid''. Connor Hawke defeats a man bordering on nigh-omnipotence with one of his dad's old boxing glove arrows. And, in the end, ''the entire population of Earth'' is given superpowers and willingly joins the JLA ''and'' an army of angels in fighting a potentially galaxy-killing menace. You'd think that last one would be a huge event that would've shaken things up in TheDCU... [[SnapBack not so]]...

** Also in GrantMorrison's Hyperclan arc, Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} gets a CrowningMomentOfAwesome when fighting the Hyperclan speedster Zum.

*** He gets another great line during Morrison's run, when the heavenly host invades. The guy can talk down to ''freaking angels'':

* Post Flashpoint Justice League has the first meeting between the GreenLantern and Batman, have Hal ask what Batman's power's are before saying, "What you're not just a guy in a costume are you?" Batman responds by taking off his ring.

** '''Blue Beetle: ''(laughing)'' "One punch!"

** *laughing* "One punch!"

* New 52 JLA #1 - [[spoiler: Green Arrow]] spending almost an entire week surviving in the woods, being hunted down by evil robotic versions of the Justice League, all with a series wound to the side.

* Yet another Grant Morrison example: in "Elseworlds," the Connor Hawke GreenArrow, who has just been invited to join the JLA, shows up at the Watchtower to find that the Key has taken it over and placed the entire League in drug-induced hallucinogenic comas to power a machine that will somehow turn him into a RealityWarper. The entire issue is one, long [=CMoA=] for Connor, as he singlehandedly defeats most of the Key's robot {{Mooks}} and stops the Key from completing his plan at literally the last second, armed only with a set of his father's ludicrous {{Trick Arrow}}s, which he isn't even trained in using.

* In the Justice League limited series ''JusticeLeagueTheNewFrontier,'' John Henry's entire presence in the story is not only gut-wrenchingly tragic, but BadAss as all hell...until the point where it turns gut-wrenchingly tragic. Steel was never the most fascinating character, but knowing what really inspired him (let's just say it wasn't Superman) almost makes this the CrowningMomentOfAwesome for ''both'' characters.

* In the Justice League limited series ''JusticeLeagueNewFrontier,'' John Henry's entire presence in the story is not only gut-wrenchingly tragic, but BadAss as all hell...until the point where it turns gut-wrenchingly tragic. Steel was never the most fascinating character, but knowing what really inspired him (let's just say it wasn't Superman) almost makes this the CrowningMomentOfAwesome for ''both'' characters.

* ''JLA'' gave Batman his moment of awesome when the rest of the heroes, and pretty much the entire world, are captured by the invading [[spoiler:White Martians]]. With the message "I know your secret!" left behind in flaming letters ''written on the unconscious body of one of the Hyperclan'', Batman turns the supremely confident invaders into confused, paranoid wrecks. What makes this scene so spectacularly awesome is that, at this point, the entire JLA has been defeated and captured. The leader of the Hyperclan suspects that Batman had died [[spoiler:when the Batwing he was flying in crashed]], and isn't worried by the thought of Batman surviving. "Batman? ''Batman!'' He's only a ''man!''" Batman shows him.

* ''JLA'' gave Batman his moment of awesome when the rest of the heroes, and pretty much the entire world, are captured by the invading [[spoiler:White Martians]]. With the message "I know your secret!" left behind in flaming letters ''written on the unconscious body of one of the Hyperclan'', Batman turns the supremely confident invaders into confused, paranoid wrecks. What makes this scene so spectacularly awesome is that, at this point, the entire JLA has been defeated and captured. The leader of the Hyperclan suspects that Batman had died [[spoiler:when the Batwing he was flying in crashed]], and isn't worried by the thought of Batman surviving. "Batman? ''Batman!'' What can one man do?" Batman shows him.

* Post Flashpoint Justice League has the first meeting between the GreenLantern and Batman, have Hal ask what Batman's power's are before saying, "What you're not just a guy in a costume are you?" Batman responds by taking off his ring.

* Post Flashpoint Justice League has the first meeting between the GreenLatern and Batman, have Hal ask what Batman's power's are before saying, "What you're not just a guy in a costume are you?" Batman responds by taking off his ring.

** Also in GrantMorrison's Hyperclan arc, {{Aquaman}} gets a CrowningMomentOfAwesome when fighting the Hyperclan speedster Zum.