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6* ''YMMV/JusticeLeagueDoom''
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16[[folder: The comics]]
17* AlasPoorScrappy: While Detroit-era Vibe wasn't exactly popular, his death is so graphic and brutal most people tend to sympathize with him.
18* AngstWhatAngst: The current version of Johnny Quick apparently had a pretty horrific past that he is very keen not to talk about. His psychological scarring comes out in his willingness to kill people and laugh about it.
19* {{Asspull}}: The Justice League of America once went up against Despero (an alien with vast mental powers, at the time recently powered-up to be almost as strong and invulnerable as Franchise/{{Superman}}) with a mostly C-List team. How to beat him? With an innate Martian power that the ComicBook/MartianManhunter had never before mentioned that he had, because using it was so stressful that any given Martian can only do it [[ItOnlyWorksOnce once]] in their life. Despite that, it was still a fairly well-received story. Another weird power of his was the ability to see through the flow of time. This somehow resulted in him being immune to the powers of an opponent who completely rewrote reality. Pulling never before seen powers out of his ass is the ComicBook/MartianManhunter's shtick. And then getting lit on fire the next time said power would have been useful.
20* AudienceAlienatingEra: The most famous of the fallow periods is probably the time of the informally-named "Justice League Detroit." An attempt to FollowTheLeader of the success of books like ''ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers'', the book had the classic lineup disbanding after the satellite was put out of commission, and reforming as a new team that operated out of Detroit, including introducing a new batch of characters. The intention was to scale back the team's traditional high powerscale and heavy use of A-listers in favor of character drama with a more obscure and malleable cast, but common appraisal was that the book's more low-key storylines made it a poor replacement for the classic League, and the new characters (particularly poor Vibe) weren't interesting or likeable enough to sell the book as soap opera. That said, its last arc, involving the return of Despero, is still the character's most iconic storyline, and helped transition into the better-received ''JLI'' era.
21* AuthorsSavingThrow: For a few years, Prometheus was portrayed as much less competent than in his first appearance and spent most of his time as a hired goon for other villains. This was {{Retcon}}ned into being Prometheus' wayward apprentice, who had stolen the real Prometheus' gear while he was locked up physically and mentally.
22** Considering that in said first appearance (written by his own creator) Prometheus' biggest triumph was murdering Retro (who wasn't an actual super-hero, just a JLA fan who entered a contest) before failing to complete his takeover of the League Moon Base and getting whipped in the groin (literally) by Catwoman....well, his own competence is more touted than verified.
23* BaseBreakingCharacter: Red Tornado is the biggest case among the 60s Leaguers. His big character struggle can be summed up rather quickly as "[[BecomeARealBoy robot who wants to be human]]", and most of his appearances deal with that plot and his feelings about it, even going back to the Silver Age. Because of this, the fandom can be divided pretty neatly into finding his struggle a tragic TearJerker who provides his appearances with an emotional core uncommon for ''Justice League'' stories of their time, and finding him to be an irritating ball of {{Wangst}} who does little but cry and lose fights.
24* CompleteMonster: See [[Monster/TheDCU here]].
25* EnsembleDarkhorse:
26** ComicBook/MartianManhunter has never hold a solid series and just tends to bounce between whatever comic has room for him. However, his status as TheHeart of the Justice League, his varied array of powers and the interesting background he comes from make him a favourite among fans. When he was removed from the Justice League founding line-up in ComicBook/TheNew52 fans were pissed, to put it lightly.
27** ComicBook/{{Vixen}} remains one of the most popular black superheroines due to in no part being [[FairForItsDay very progressive for her era]], having very interesting powers and having a [[NavelDeepNeckline quite sexy outfit.]]
28** ComicBook/PlasticMan might be DC's textbook CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass. It helps he is also hilarious when written by a competent writer. Hell, he is even loved by friggin' Creator/ArtSpiegelman, and he hates superheroes.
29** Tomorrow Woman of Creator/GrantMorrison's run on ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]]''. Originally debuting and making a HeroicSacrifice in the same issue, she was so popular she reappeared in a special one-shot dedicated to her, was briefly brought back in ''ComicBook/{{Hourman}}'' #2 by the main character, and then was brought back in ''Trinity'', [[spoiler: where she was permanently revived as a human woman with superpowers after the series ended]]. She even received a DC Direct action figure in the early years of the toyline (even before big name Leaguers such as Aquaman and Flash).
30** Silver Sorceress is often remembered as just a short-lived CaptainErsatz of Scarlet Witch, but many fans were impressed by how she constantly averts AngstWhatAngst about the destruction of her home world but has some WhenSheSmiles moments and has a memorable final battle with Dreamslayer. She has a fair amount of fan art despite not being an overtly fanservice-y hero.
31%%* EthnicScrappy: Vibe.
32* HarsherInHindsight: When Red Arrow first agreed to join the Justice League, he was told he'd never regret his decision. Given that his tenure with the team ultimately ended with [[spoiler: Roy losing his girlfriend Hawkgirl in ''Comicbook/BlackestNight'' and then his right arm and ''daughter'' in ''Cry for Justice'']], it's safe to say his life would've been far better off had he never joined the League.
33* MemeticMolester: Aside from all the HoYay going on between him and Booster, in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' #9, Max Lord gives Magog a very creepy wink while talking about his 'cojones'.
34* MoralEventHorizon:
35** For Max Lord, it's killing Ted Kord. [[spoiler: He crossed it again by forcing Magog to kill himself. ''After'' playing with his head enough to get him to attack the heroes. It's implied he was influencing Magog from ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' #4 up.]]
36%%* HoYay:
37%%** Fire and Ice
38* {{Narm}}: The circumstances causing John Stewart to join the League as Hal's replacement: Hal was unable to attend a summons because he slipped on a bar of soap in the shower.
39%%* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Creator/GrantMorrison's run did this for [[Franchise/GreenLantern Kyle Rayner]].
40* TheScrappy:
41** Vibe, a member during its [[SeasonalRot "Detroit" era]], was widely hated for being a "hip", slang-spouting caricature of Puerto Rican youth whose power was basically super-breakdancing. Though few of the "Detroit" Leaguers were popular, with Vixen being the only standout, Vibe ended up being the headliner of the book's issues. His inevitable death, though, is one of [[AlasPoorScrappy the saddest moments]] in the League's history. Ironically enough, in the New 52 continuity, he was given a big push by the company and ended up being considerably more well-liked, though it proved short-lived.
42** Fans and editorial alike ''loathed'' Triumph. According to creator Christopher Priest, they missed the point that he was ''supposed'' to be a jerk.
43* TakeThatScrappy:
44** Vibe and Steel from the reviled ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League Detroit]]'' were killed off several years after they were created due to negative fan reaction. Decades after their deaths, the characters are almost never mentioned in-universe unless in a negative manner. This itself got lampshaded when [[ComicBook/BlackestNight Black Lantern]] versions confronted the surviving Detroit Leaguers and basically asked why they were remembered as jokes while their teammates, Gypsy and Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, got to join the "real" League.
45** Triumph, in almost any appearance not written by Priest.
46* TechnologyMarchesOn: Fire's cellphone in JLA: Classified #6 was from Verizon.
47* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
48** The version of ''Justice League International'' after ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''.
49** Everything that came out as a result of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice''.
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53* AudienceAlienatingPremise: A ''Justice League'' series that ''didn't'' feature Batman, Superman, or Wonder Woman? No wonder it didn't catch on. To be fair, it's worth noting that the run the series is based on didn't feature the latter two either, and Batman didn't appear because Creator/WarnerBros were concerned (at the time at least) about diluting the brand by having too many screen versions of the character at once (with ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' released that year, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' still airing in the form of feature-length specials, and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' already in the planning stages).
54* CompleteMonster: [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr. Wellesley Eno]], the diabolical [[BigBad Weather Man]], uses [[WeatherControlMachine technology capable of manipulating the weather]] to enact various disasters across New Metro City that put countless lives at risk. After failing to convince his empowered employee, Tori "Ice" Olafsdotter, to join him, Eno attempts to trap her and the Justice League and then cook them all alive with a heatwave, before unleashing a tidal wave to flood the city unless he's paid a hefty ransom. When instead confronted by the heroes, Eno destroys his own technology so the tsunami can't be stopped, damning the city with a grin on his face.
55* DesignatedHero: The Justice League utterly fail to [[spoiler: figure out who the Weatherman is]] and need Tori to [[spoiler: discover it for them]]. In addition, the Atom reveals they planning on [[spoiler: [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse doing something horrible to Tori if she didn't join them]]]] because [[spoiler: she knows their secret identities... [[Main/{{Jerkass}} while ignoring she only learned their secret identities because they told her]].]]
56* SpecialEffectFailure: While David Ogden Stiers may have been one of the few actors to take his role seriously, he apparently drew the line at shaving off his beard, resulting it in very noticeably being covered by make-up in the same way that Creator/CesarRomero's moustache was in ''Series/Batman1966''.
57* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Creator/DavidOgdenStiers is the only actor who tries to give his part the gravitas you'd expect from a serious ''Justice League'' adaptation, instead of the more sitcom-esque performances that the rest of the cast go for.
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