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.