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The Justice Society debuted in All-Star Comics #3. While their
first meeting was just an exchange of stories over dinner, in the next
issue they worked on their first case together.
In All-Star Comics #8 appeared
the special insert which was the debut of Wonder Woman. This was the
story which was continued and reprinted in Sensation Comics #1.
It took a few issues, but Wonder Woman did join the Justice Society...
as Secretary. Ironic that the most powerful member of the Justice Society
was Secretary. How could this be? Well, the Justice Society featured
heroes that did not have their own books. Second tier heroes, as they
were considered at the time, such as Green Lantern, The Spectre, Dr.
Fate, Sandman, Hawkman, Starman, the Atom, and Dr. Mid-Nite. Superman
and Batman were not members at the time because they had their own books.
Superman and Batman did appear in All-Star
Comics #36 in a story about Koehaha, a pool of water that when
drunk turned people evil. But this was an anomaly of the time. Members
were added and subtracted with only one other female character taking
up membership: The Black Canary.
All-Star Comics continued through #57 where it became All-Star
Western and the glorious Justice Society's time was temporarily
over.
In the 1960's the Justice Society returned to do battle in tandem with
the Justice League in Justice League of America #21 and #22 with
Crisis on Earth-One and Crisis on Earth-Two. This began a yearly team-up
between the two teams which continued up until the Crisis On Infinite
Earths.
Now, while I can explain the continuity, one may find it confusing.
If one wishes to understand it they can read
about it here.
While the Justice Society was back together, it was a few appearances
before the Earth-Two Wonder Woman was
reunited with her peers.
The Earth_Two Wonder Woman continued to appear with the Justice Society
in various appearances... then the aforementioned Crisis occured, retconning
her existence and thus her membership.
The Justice Society would reappear in a mini-series and in a brief on-going
series and then would go back into that good night. It was assumed the
last gasp for the Justice Society was in Zero Hour where Dr. Mid-Nite,
Hourman, and the Atom were killed. The remaining members were aged or
depowered. But, this state of affairs, as most in comic books was only
temporary.
Then with issue #131 of v2 of Wonder Woman, John Byrne transformed
the post-Crisis Wonder Woman into the
Goddess of Truth and sent her mother, Hippolyta into the past where
she became the Golden Age Wonder Woman. This retcon
undid a portion of Crisis on Infinite Earths which had left the
DC Universe with only one Wonder Woman, which was in the modern age.
Now coming is a resurgence of the Justice Society once more with Wonder
Woman again being a part of the team. This is another of DC's fifth
week projects with two book end issues of All-Star Comics enclosing
one shots of Adventure Comics, All-American Comics, National Comics,
Sensation Comics, Smash Comics, Star-Spangled Comics, and Thrilling
Comics. This is supposed to lead into a new Justice Society series,
which we shall see if it comes to fruition. |