History Characters / ArrowverseJusticeSocietyOfAmerica

* SemperFi: He was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps and his JSA costume even has the colors.

* StuffedInTheFridge: Male example. His death motivates Vixin into joining the Legends and finding his killer.

* BadassBookworm: He is mainly TheSmartGuy of the JSA but he could hold his own in combat.

A top secret organization which began operating in 1942.

A member of a group called the Justice Society of America that the Legends encounter in the 1940s.

* BadassNormal: Courtney doesn't have powers herself, with her abilities coming from her staff. However, she's trained in hand-to-hand combat like all the JSA members.

!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Commander Steel

A member of a group called the Justice Society of America that the Legends encounter in the 1940s, and Nate's grandfather.

* AcePilot: Amaya mentions that he was a fighter pilot before being recruited by the JSA. Interestingly, he was in the Marine Corps instead of the Air Force.

* NeverMyFault: When Henry sees Rip for the first time in years he punches him out due to blaming him for bringing him along on the SpearOfDestiny mission and letting his wife think he was dead despite the fact that he willingly chose to help Rip. He eventually realises this and apologises to Rip by the end of the episode.

* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Is wearing the white Nasa uniform when he performed his HeroicSacrifice.

!! Charles [=McNider=] / Dr. Mid-Nite

A member of a group called the Justice Society of America that the Legends encounter in the 1940s.

* CompositeCharacter: He has the costume and gender of Charles [=McNider=] and the ethnicity of Beth Chapel, who was his [[AffirmativeActionLegacy African-American female successor for a short time]]. He's confirmed to be [=McNider=] in ''Camelot/3000''.

A member of a group called the Justice Society of America that the Legends encounter in the 1940s.

* AgeLift: Usually portrayed as a teenager. Here, he's played by the 76 year old actor. It has since been confirmed that this is a version from the future, and that he'll have a younger version as well via TimeShiftedActor, though this version is still much older than his comic counterpart.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Of the our male members, only one (Obsidian) grew up into old age along with the two female members. Both Rex and Dr. Mid-Nite were killed, the former by Eobard Thawne, the latter by a BrainwashedAndCrazy Rip Hunter. Commander Steel, on the other hand, dies in a HeroicSacrifice.
* RememberTheNewGuy: So Oliver Queen and Barry Allen were the first public superheroes right? Nope, these guys were active as heroes decades before they were born. Yet they were never acknowledged until 5 seasons into the Arrowverse, and only Nate knew of them. Somewhat justified in that the knowledge of their existence was kept extremely classified and the team ended up disbanding not long after the war anyway.

The leader of a group called the Justice Society of America who comes to May 2016 under Future Mick Rory's orders.

!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Stargirl, Merlin

* AcePilot: Amaya mentions that he was a fighter pilot before being recruited by the JSA.

->'''Known Aliases:''' ComicBook/{{Hourman}}
->'''Played By:''' Patrick J. Adams
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''

->'''Known Aliases:''' Stargirl, Merlin
->'''Played By:''' Sarah Grey
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''

->'''Known Aliases:''' Commander Steel
->'''Played By:''' Matthew [=MacCaull=]
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He calmly makes his HeroicSacrifice and only sheds ManlyTears while giving a final SoProudOfYou speech to Nate.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: Due to the Waverider being damaged due to collision with an asteroid belt the cargo bay door needed to be manually opened in order to adjust for impact upon re-entry to earth. Henry willingly opens up the cargo bay door knowing that he would be sucked out and die.

->'''Known Aliases:''' Dr. Mid-Nite
->'''Played By:''' Kwesi Ameyaw
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: PlayedWith. He is the second JSA member to die, but he is the first (and so far, only) member during the mission to guard the pieces of the SpearOfDestiny to be killed off.

->'''Known Aliases:''' Obsidian
->'''Played By:''' Creator/LanceHenriksen (older), Dan Payne (younger)
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''

!! [[ComicBook/{{Starman}} Courtney Whitmore / Stargirl]]

* BadassGrandpa: In the 80s he steps up to help Vixen once more, though afterwards he accepts that he is too old to keep fighting.

* BadassGrandpa: If you take the trope by name. He is Nate's grandfather and is a lot more skilled and badass than him as a fighter.

* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:After Hourman's murder and Vixen jumping through time to chase after his killer, the team mysteriously disbands with only Obsidian remaining. It is later revealed that each took a piece of the Spear of Destiny and were scattered through time. Star Girl ended up in Camelot, Mid-Nite wound up in the 30th century and Commander Steel ended up in 1960's Manhattan.]]
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: [[spoiler:All but two (Rex and Obsidian) members are scattered throughout time. Amaya is {{Time Travel}}ling with the Legends, Dr. Mid-Nite is on the year 3000, Stargirl is in 507 A.D., and Commander Steel is on the very beginning of TheSeventies.]]

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Despite being very colorful superheroes who fought the Nazis, their adventures were kept so secret that ''none'' of the Legends knew about them except Dr. Heywood, the historian. And even then, only because he's Commander Steel's grandson. [[spoiler:Likewise their mission to protect the SpearOfDestiny which was so secret only Rip had any knowledge about it.]]

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Heroes that operated during the 1940s [[spoiler:and later on throughout scattered moments across time protecting the SpearOfDestiny.]]

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: [[spoiler:Of the our male members, only one (Obsidian) grew up into old age along with the two female members. Both Rex and Dr. Mid-Nite were killed, the former by Eobard Thawne, the latter by a BrainwashedAndCrazy Rip Hunter. Commander Steel, on the other hand, dies in a HeroicSacrifice.]]

* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He's promptly killed by Reverse Flash to prevent his warning to the Legends.]]

* DisappearedDad: According to Nate, Hank was never around in his father's life. [[spoiler:TimeTravel changed the reasons quite a few times, but it's ultimately because he died in a HeroicSacrifice.]]

* GuestStarPartyMember: Henry temporarily joins the team during the episode "Moonshot" in order to ensure that his fragment of the SpearOfDestiny doesn't fall into Eobard Thawne's hands and to save the members of the Apollo 13 launch. [[spoiler:Fittingly this is also the episode he dies in.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Due to the Waverider being damaged due to collision with an asteroid belt the cargo bay door needed to be manually opened in order to adjust for impact upon re-entry to earth. Henry willingly opens up the cargo bay door knowing that he would be sucked out and die.]]

* WhiteShirtOfDeath: [[spoiler:Is wearing the white Nasa uniform when he performed his HeroicSacrifice.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Rip]] kills him without a fight.
* DyingAlone: Well, if you don't count [[spoiler:his murderer Rip]], that is.

* SacrificialLamb: He gets even less screentime and character exploration than Rex Tyler, and is [[DroppedABridgeOnHim unceremoniously killed by]] [[spoiler:Rip]] in the opening scene of "Camelot/3000".

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:For some reason (implied that it's because the Government took issue with him being gay.) Obsidian is the only member of the JSA (barring the dead Hourman and {{Time Travel}}ed Amaya) who wasn't recruited by Rip Hunter to protect The Spear of Destiny and thus doesn't know that his team didn't actually die during their mission.]]

* GuestStarPartyMember: Courtney temporarily joins the team during the episode "Camelot/3000" to fight the Legion and save a mind controlled King Arthur and his men.

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* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: He's promptly killed by Reverse Flash to prevent his warning to the Legends.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Rip]] kills him without a fight.

* CouldntFindAPen: Writes the name of his killer on the floor with his own blood.

* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:After Hourman's murder and Vixen jumping through time to chase after his killer, the team mysteriously disbands with only Obsidian remaining. It is later revealed that each took a piece of the Spear of Destiny and were scattered through time. Star Girl ended up in Camelot, Mid-Nite wound up in the 30th century and Commander Steal ended up in 1960's Manhattan.]]

[[folder:Charles McNider / Dr. Mid-Nite]]

* CombinationAttack: Shrouds an area in darkness to hamperopponents' vision, which naturally has no effect on his teammate Dr. Mid-Nite's night vision.

* CombinationAttack: Shrouds an area in darkness to hamperopponents' vision, which naturally has no effect on his Dr. Mid-Nite's night vision.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:For some reason Obsidian is the only member of the JSA (barring the dead Hourman and {{Time Travel}}ed Amaya) who wasn't recruited by Rip Hunter to protect The Spear of Destiny and thus doesn't know that his team didn't actually die during their mission.]]

* BlessedWithSuck: His powers only allow him to see in the darkness. Downplayed in combat though since it makes an [[CombinationAttack effective combination]] with Obsidian's [[CastingAShadow powers.]]

* CombinationAttack: Shrouds an area in darkness to hampering opponents' vision but has no effect on his Dr. Mid-Nite's night vision.

* BlessedWithSuck: His powers only allow him to see in the darkness. Downplayed in combat though since it makes an [[CombinationAttack effective combination]] with Obsidian's [[CastingAShadow]] powers.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: They're a more competent and less sloppy than the Legends, as demonstrated when the two teams fight. Granted the Legends were reluctant to fight, but still..

* CombinationAttack: His tactic of shrouding an area in darkness compliments Dr. Mid-Nite's abilities quite nicely, effectively hampering their opponents' vision but has no effect on his teammate's night vision.

* BlessedWithSuck: His powers only allow him to see in the darkness.

* StuffedInTheFrige: Male example. His death motivates Vixin into joining the Legends and finding his killer.

* TheTeam: A superhero team that preceded all the current Franchise/{{Arrowverse}} teams by over a half century.

** The ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchise is acknowledged to exist in the Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}. His older TimeShiftedActor was in [[Film/TheTerminator the franchise's inaugural work]].

* KidFromTheFuture: Protegee in his case, for Mick Rory.

* SacrificialLamb: He gets even less screentime and character exploration than Rex Tyler, and is [[DroppedABridgeOnHim unceremoniously killed by [[spoiler:Rip]] in the opening scene of "Camelot/3000".]]

* TagAlongKid: Much like Jax, she's a fair bit younger than the rest of her team, and may be underaged.