History Comicbook / JusticeSocietyOfAmerica

* AndIMustScream: Obsidian is forced into the form of an egg made of darkness by Kid Karnevil. In this form he's compressed into a small black hole, where he's both aware yet immobile as well as in a time bubble so the day or two he's been stuck in it felt like much longer to him.

The Justice Society is mentioned by [[ComicBook/{{Hourman}} Rex Tyler]] in the first season finale of ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', and makes a full appearance in the second season. The JSA also plays a prominent role in the live action ''Series/{{Stargirl}}'' series (which takes place on Earth-2 of DC's live action multiverse).

* ADayInTheLimelight: One story arc in ''All-Stars'' has Cyclone, after being injured in the last arc, deal with a group of clones and someone stealing her powers at her school, while the rest of the team are away on a mission in space. The story focuses on Maxine just happily dealing with the situation on her own, while the rest of the team's epic space adventure is limited to several random snippets of different stages.

* BigBad: [[EvilOverlord Mordru]] in the first half of the JSA series, and Black Adam in the second.

* CoolBigSis: Kendra to Courtney. Courtney herself is described as this to most of the younger generation who joined after her, despite being ''younger'' than most of them.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Mark Guggenheim's run had all the hallmarks of this, with plenty of violence, destruction, and the normally polite and in-control Jay Garrick (who used to tell Jakeem Thunder to “watch his language”) referring to the villain as a "bastard".

The team is set to appear in the upcoming ComicBook/BlackAdam live action film set in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse and starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, with Creator/AldisHodge as Hawkman and Creator/NoahCentineo as Atom Smasher for the confirmed JSA members. The team will also get its own AnimatedAdaptation in the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies line, ''WesternAnimation/JusticeSocietyWorldWarII'' in 2021.

* GenkiGirl: Cyclone, possibly the only example in DC Comics. Generally just a hyperactive, over-talkative motor-mouth who ends up with her mouth finally covered by another character at least twice.

* {{Stripperific}}: Played straight with Power Girl, but utterly averted by the rest of the female cast. In fact, the JSA may be the ''least'' Stripperific team around (the worst you get is Cyclone's long socks - and possible lack of underwear - and Stargirl's bare midriff).

* TheBusCameBack: The JSA were written out of DC continuity after ''Flashpoint'', and never existed in the New 52, with the characters revised as younger, modern-day versions and placed on the new version of Earth 2. Eight years later, the original JSA appeared as guest stars in an arc of ''Justice League'' and then officially returned to the DC universe in the pages of ''Doomsday Clock'', with a roster lining up with the Post-Crisis incarnation.

The team is set to appear in the upcoming ComicBook/BlackAdam live action film set in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse and starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, with Creator/AldisHodge as Hawkman and Creator/NoahCentineo as Atom Smasher for the confirmed JSA members.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Cyclone's costume features a Grade A variety (high socks, short skirt), but features a slitted skirt/dress that's actually quite long, instead of a regular short skirt.

* SuddenlySexuality: Mocked like all hell. When writer Bill Willingham took over the JSA title, there was a great amount of concern among fans about how this would affect Todd (as Willingham is a Republican). Some fans even feared that Willingham would "cure" Todd's sexuality. In Justice Society of America (Vol. 3) #40, Willingham attempted to address this concern in a humorous way by having the newly restored Obsidian announce that his homosexuality has been cured, only for him to quickly renounce this claim, telling the readers, while breaking the fourth wall for a brief moment, that he was only joking and that he was still gay.

* LegionOfDoom: The Injustice Society of the World was the very second example in comics (after ComicBook/TheMonsterSocietyOfEvil), consisting of many of the JSA's greatest enemies, including the Wizard, Vandal Savage, Solomon Grundy, and Per Degaton.

* LegionOfDoom: The Injustice Society of the World was the very second example in comics, consisting of many of the JSA's greatest enemies, including the Wizard, Vandal Savage, Solomon Grundy, and Per Degaton.

The comic book ''All-Star Comics'', in 1940, was introduced as a standard anthology title featuring characters from other anthologies. However in the third issue (Winter, 1940), writer Gardner Fox introduced the Justice Society of America, teaming up the characters. '''Thus was born the first superhero team'''. Because it was mostly for less-used characters, any character who got his own series would have minimal appearances, so [[Franchise/TheFlash Flash]] and Franchise/GreenLantern left when they got solo comics, Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}} rarely appeared[[note]]They had their own books, and the publisher believed that including them would cannibalize sales[[/note]], and Franchise/WonderWoman was the JSA's [[StayInTheKitchen secretary]] and didn't go on missions until late in the Golden Age ''All-Star'' run. The team had a roster that changed from time to time, with characters leaving the team and others replacing them, until finally the lineup stabilized for the last two years of the book's run. The comic was canceled with issue #57 (February-March, 1951) at the end of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, with ''All-Star Western'' continuing the numbering.

* HistorysCrimeWave: The Trope Namer is in ''All-Star Comics'' #38 where the Justice Society of America investigate Gotham City murders claimed to be performed by historical villains. Though they turn out to be the disguises of an insane wax museum guard, he succeeds in killing every member in the issue except Wonder Woman, who has to use the purple ray to bring them back to life. The villains are Nero, Goliath, Captain Kidd, Caesare Borgia, Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun.

* KnockOutGas: Wesley Dodds, the Sandman, has no superpowers but uses KnockOutGas to render his opponents unconcious. Hence the gas mask that he wears to protect himself from the effects.

* ToKnowHimIMustBecomeHim: In order to help a friend of Carter Hall understand why the US is fighting the Germans, the team take him on a guided tour of German history, with Carter's friend taking the role of various Germans in each time period. This story is probably one of the most blatant examples of anti-German propoganda in All-Star's original run, depicting the Germans as a continually warlike group of people who fight for any or no reason at all.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: An interesting case. Hawkgirl kissed Sand, but mainly to go against the idea that she ''has'' to end up with Hawkman, who came back to lfie and just assumes that he'll have Kendra. Sand later pulls a HeroicSacrifice, and when he's found, he says he wanted Kendra to be more than a friend.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Both Wildcats , Hawkman and Hawkgirl.

* JerkAss: Hawkman turned to this after a while, being grouchy and yelling at the younger members, then demanding leadership of the team during "Black Reign". Magog completely took this role later, suddenly developing an asshole streak a mile wide. He's an order-barking, gruff, grim, "killing the bad guys is OK" type who disrespects the entire team in his own inner monologues.

* MamaBear: Power Girl starts to become this to Stargirl sometimes, once absolutely ''snapping'' at Captain Marvel for butting-in on their conversation about Atom Smasher's potential defection, coldly telling him "Whatever it is, Big Red. I think you better save it."

* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Hector Hall, the modern day Doctor Fate for most of the JSA series. Averted by the third Doctor Mid-Nite, who actually ''is'' a medical doctor, to the surprise of other heroes.

* ThePowerOfLove: What Johnny Sorrow was using Stargirl and Atom Smasher's love for - a magic spell to free him from the King of Tears.

** In the first storyline for ''JSA'', the team goes up against Mordru and begin shifting into different realities. One of them is a anthropomorphic animal world home to the "Justice Critters". Starman in this world is a fox, making him "VideoGame/StarFox".

* YankTheDogsChain: During the "Thy Kingdom Come" arc, Gog seemingly granted Power Girl's wish to be returned to Earth-2. Karen was reunited with Helena Wayne and introduced to a modified Infinity Inc./Justice Society amalgam, the Justice Society Infinity. While her cousin is still dead, Karen gradually becomes to accept that she has finally returned home. And then she meets [[spoiler: her Earth-2 doppelganger, learning that when Earth-2 was recreated in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', it was recreated with a new Power Girl. Karen spends the rest of the arc hunted by the JSI as they try to determine why she "impersonated" Power Girl.]]

* DawnOfAnEra: In this timeline, the Golden Age began with Wonder Woman - Diana, not Hippolyta - becoming the first superhero in 1939, inspiring the other heroes of the era.

* ''All-Star Comics'' Vol 1 (1940-1951, 1976-1978)

The Justice Society is mentioned by [[ComicBook/{{Hourman}} Rex Tyler]] in the first season finale of ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', and makes a full appearance in the second season.

The CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' [[RocksFallEveryoneDies brutally killed off]] members Doctor Fate, Doctor Mid-Nite, Hourman, and the Atom (an act meant to both [[ExecutiveMeddling get rid of "embarrassing" older heroes and create some epic deaths for the big story]]), and wrote out Carter and Shiera Hall, the Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl, by merging them with the Silver Age Hawkman, Katar Hol. The second revival, simply entitled "JSA", brought the team back together with numerous new members, [[BackFromTheDead resurrected]] Hourman (who retired and entrusted the mantle to his son) and the Carter Hall version of Hawkman, and eventually fizzled after 87 issues and yet another CrisisCrossover. It was initially written by James Robinson (and included his ComicBook/{{Starman}} in the lineup) and David Goyer. Robinson was later replaced by Creator/GeoffJohns, whose run on the book is generally considered the team's peak and is regarded as one of his best works to this day.

** The original roster was Franchise/TheFlash, Franchise/GreenLantern, ComicBook/{{Hourman}} (I'm Batman [[SuperSerum on drugs]]!), Sandman (I'm Batman with a gasmask!), ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} (I'm Batman with wings!), [[ComicBook/TheAtom Atom]] (I'm Midget Batman!), ComicBook/{{the Spectre}} (I'm Dead RealityWarper Batman!) and ComicBook/DoctorFate (I'm a Wizard!).

* TheBusCameBack: The JSA were written out of DC continuity after ''Flashpoint'', and never existed in the New 52 with the characters revised as younger, modern-day versions and placed on the new version of Earth 2. Eight years later, the original JSA appeared as guest stars in an arc of ''Justice League'' and then officially returned to the DC universe in the pages of Doomsday Clock, witha roster lining up with the Post-Crisis incarnation.
* ForWantOfANail: Doctor Manhattan prevented the formation of the JSA by moving Alan Scott's lantern six inches away while he was on the fateful train ride. Rather than the lantern saving his life, Alan died in the crash, preventing the formation of the Justice Society in the new timeline. Since the team exists again in the pages of Justice League, it's almost certain that this action will be undone by the end of ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock''. [[spoiler:Not only was Alan's death by Manhattan indeed undone, so was his death when fighting against D'arken period as were the deaths of Damage, the Yolanda Montez Wildcat, and Beth Chapel/Dr. ''Midnight''.]]

* TheBusCameBack: The JSA were written out of DC continuity after Flashpoint, and never existed in the New 52 with the characters revised as younger, modern-day versions and placed on the new version of Earth 2. Eight years later, the original JSA have now officially returned to the DC universe in the pages of Doomsday Clock and Justice League.

In the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, many of the major Golden Age characters were rebooted and re-imagined, with most once again operating on Earth-2, as they did pre-Crisis (in ''Comicbook/Earth2''), and some operating on Earth-0, the DCU's current main Earth. However, there was no official team operating under the JSA title until Geoff Johns' ''[[ComicBook/DCRebirth DC Universe: Rebirth]]'' revealed there had once been a Justice Society on Earth-0, a covert team of mystery men who helped win World War II, but they'd been forgotten by history, lost to time, and needed to be brought back. The team appeared Scott Snyder's ''Justice League'', where Barry Allen and John Stewart encounter them in the past, with the various JSA members young and in their prime. The team proper -- seemingly the post-Crisis version -- fully returned in Geoff Johns' ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', which acted as the conclusion to the ''Rebirth'' saga.

In the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, many of the major Golden Age characters were rebooted and re-imagined, with most once again operating on Earth-2, as they did pre-Crisis (in ''Comicbook/Earth2''), and some operating on Earth-0, the DCU's current main Earth. However, there was no official team operating under the JSA title until Geoff Johns' ''[[ComicBook/DCRebirth DC Universe: Rebirth]]'' revealed there had once been a Justice Society on Earth-0, a covert team of mystery men who helped win World War II, but they'd been forgotten by history, lost to time, and needed to be brought back. The original Golden Age team has finally made its full return in Scott Snyder's ''Justice League'', where Barry Allen and John Stewart encounter them in the past, with the various JSA members young and in their prime.

* ForWantOfANail: Doctor Manhattan prevented the formation of the JSA by moving Alan Scott's lantern six inches away while he was on the fateful train ride. Rather than the lantern saving his life, Alan died in the crash, preventing the formation of the Justice Society in the new timeline. Since the team exists again in the pages of Justice League, it's almost certain that this action will be undone by the end of ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock''. [[spoiler:Not only was Alan's death indeed undone, so were the deaths of Damage, the Yolanda Montez Wildcat, and Beth Chapel/Dr. ''Midnight''.]]