Trivia / JLA (1997)

• Follow the Leader: The success of this led to similar "back to basics" series like JSA and Titans (1999), to the point both were spun off of events related to this (the arc "Crisis Times Five" serving as a Poorly Disguised Pilot for JSA and Titans starting with the JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative miniseries). The Avengers (Kurt Busiek) was likewise a similar "back to basics" run for Marvel's Alternate Company Equivalent, The Avengers.
• The Merch: During the last years they held the license to make DC figures, Hasbro released a line of action figures that was mostly KB Toys-exlcusive (with the last wave being at Toys 'R' Us) that was mostly repaints (and in some cases Frankensteining) of figures from the Total Justice, Legends of Batman, Superman: The Man of Steel, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, and Steel toylines^note Or in the Joker's case, a repaint of the Batman: The Animated Series figure with a new head sclupt with the last few waves also acting as this for Young Justice.
• Similarly Named Works: Both the final arc of Morrison's run and a tie-in for 52 are named "World War III".
• Toyless Toyline Character: Hippolyta, Orion, Big Barda, Aztek, Oracle, Tomorrow Woman, and many members of Young Justice (outside of Red Tornado and the founding trio) never got toys in the JLA toyline. Additionally, the line had comic store-exclusive box sets that featured the majority of the holograms the Injustice Gang used to attack Star City, as well as Lex Luthor and the Joker. However, the Wonder Woman hologram, Luthor and Joker's Injustice Gang cohorts, and Darkseid (the Greater-Scope Villain of "Rock of Ages") never got figures—despite Darkseid also being the Big Bad of the Total Justice toyline.

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