#Justice Vol. 1

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

BECAUSE IT'S A CRUEL, COLD WORLD -- YOU'RE IN THE CAPTAIN'S WORLD NOW.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on textless cover art to "Justice" Vol. 1 #8 [Leonard Snart as Captain Cold versus Barry Allen as "The Flash"] December, 2006. DC Comics. Artwork by Alex Ross.

"You poisoned me, Cold. You tried to kill me. And that means you tried to kill everyone I hope to save until the day I die. That's a lot of people."

-- FLASH to Captain Cold (story/script by Jim Krueger & Alex Ross)

Source: www.pinterest.com/pin/flash-vs-captain-cold-by-alex-ross--74872412529275882.

[cherrystainedknuckles]

in my ideal world there was a second yj98 spinoff comic that ran in 2003 called "saint elias" that is gotham academy-esque and followed the adventures of newly-humanified greta and recently-retired anita as they joined saint elias school for girls alongside cissie and traya

I am definitely going to be posting more about this >:) potentially even with a fic series if I can get my shit together heart emoji

(reblogs are much loved and help other people see my art!)

[ryan-waddell11]

anxious boy who I love so much

[aboutzatanna]

Not sure why this myth of 'Zatanna was a teen originally in the 60's' persist. Even in her introductory arc she states "I saw my father! For the first time in twenty long and lonely years'. That puts her in her mid-20's at best (same age as Babs prior to her de aging) and the Teen Titans were very much teens during that period.

Source: Justice League of America Vol 1 #51

Only change that happened was that later on, her Whos Who was updated so her father disappeared when she was 18 then she spent an unspecified number of years looking for him.

Even before the childhood friendship with Batman was incorporated into comics, she was treated as an older woman.

Source: Green Arrow Vol 3 #19

I mean, enjoy your AU's, adaptations, fanfics and fan art. But this claim that Zee was always a teenager like in YJ is just false.

[birdsbats-madness]

this is sooooo sweet. i know bats & superman moments are dime a dozen (thats what 50+ years will do) but everytime i read one of them happening im like 😲 BECAUSE THEY'RE BEST FRIENDS!!!! 🫵

(batman 2016 issue 127)

[cardboard-writer]

J'onn, what were you even doing there?

Source: JLA Vol 1 #115 by writers Geoff Johns and Allan Heinberg with art by Chris Batista.

[lithiumseven]

Young Justice really going at 90's DC's throat, huh?

[dailydccomics]

Vandal Savage vs the Justice Society of America The Flash #137

[ssourskittlez]

expression practice!! featuring team rwby bc i love them ^_^

[cantsayidont]

August-September 1947. One thing that made Batman's posthumous accusations about the JSA rather strange was that the Golden Age Batman had had only limited involvement with the Justice Society. In the late '70s, the JSA origin in DC SPECIAL #29 established him as a founding member, but, barring a very brief cameo in ALL-STAR COMICS #7, the only Golden Age story in which Batman (and Superman) actually participated was this one, "5 Drowned Men!" in ALL-STAR COMICS #36. Moreover, the late Jerry Bails argued that this story (whose author remains unknown) originally featured the Atom and Johnny Thunder, whose chapters were redrawn at the last minute to substitute the higher-profile characters. The Earth-2 Batman later appeared in only two JLA/JSA crossovers, and was generally described as being in "semi-retirement" as a costumed hero.

This issue was the first time Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman all appeared together in the same comic, even on the cover, and the only one until the debut of the Silver Age Justice League more than a decade later. The "Trinity" concept that DC tries to push today with those characters had no Golden Age precedent to speak of, although Superman and Batman appeared together on the covers of WORLD'S FINEST COMICS (years before they actually shared any of the stories inside) and by this time were occasionally costarring on the ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN radio show.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

TARGET: WAYNE INDUSTRIES -- MOTIVE: HACK THE BATCOMPUTER.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 610x1650 -- Spotlight on a close-up panel of Edward E. Nygma as the Riddler, whilst demonstrating his superior hacking capabilities, from the pages of "Justice" Vol. 1 #2. December, 2005. DC Comics.

Script by Jim Krueger & Alex Ross. Artwork by Doug Braithwaite (pencils) & Alex Ross.

Source: www.zipcomic.com/justice-2005-issue-2.

[nothaljordan]

Happy Father’s Day to my dad 🥳

[ryan-waddell11]

OH MY GOD MORE EDDIE CONTENT

also I guess this isn’t new but I’ve never seen it so it’s new to me

[aboutzatanna]

Hey, remember that JLU episode titled ‘The Once And Future Thing: Weird Western Tales’ where a couple of JL members ended up stranded in the old West thanks to time travel?  

Well, turns out there was a comic book very similar to it written by Gerry Conway with art by Don Heck but starring a different set of JL members which may or may not have been the inspiration for the episode:   

The episode was written by the late Dwayne McDuffie who was no stranger to writing in references to older comics. For instance, the two parter ‘Brave and the Bold’ Flash’s hallucinations were references to various Silver Age Flash comic covers and he was also very open about the fact that the line up for the Terra Beyond two parter was based on Marvel comics Defenders (no not the Netflix team, the one with Namor and Dr Strange). Even the episode title itself, ‘Weird Western Tales’ is a reference to the long running anthology series of the same name featuring DC’s western characters. 

The story arc in the comics ran from Justice League of America Vol 1 #198-199.     

While it’s hard to conclusively say that the episode was inspired by the comic, there are some interesting similarities like Batlash’s introduction here:   

I posted Zatanna’s meeting with Cinnamon earlier in another post but here is a little excerpt:  

Interesting to note that one of the goons calls her an ‘Eastern Filly’ (is it because of the way she was dressed or a subtle hint that she is not 100% Caucasian?).  The heroes and their new Western cowboy friends all meet at a Saloon: 

Then they all ride off on horses out of town to confront the villain and of course, faces robot cowboys:   

The differences begin with the choice of the time travelling villain, the comic went with classic JL villain: the Lord of Time:   

JLU went with David Clinton, aka Chronos. He’s a different villain who is primarily the enemy of the Atom/Ray Palmer but has also fought the JL on occasion.   

The Lord of Time on the other hand, is a conqueror from the future who travelled back in time with future technology to conquer the past and rule the future. Sound familiar? He was Kang before Kang.  Since JLU’s version of Chronos comes from the future, you could make a case that version is a combination Chronos and Lord of Time.   

Then of course,  there is the line up, the comic features Zatanna, Elongated Man, Barry Allen and Hal Jordan whereas the show features Wonder Woman, Batman and Green Lantern.  Superman also appears trying to thwart the Lord of Time in the present day.     

On the Western heroes side, we got Diablo instead of Cinnamon and Scalphunter is replaced by Pow Wow Smith (and it only takes a cursory glance at the characters wikipedia pages to see why the socially conscious Dwayne McDuffie made that choice).   

The plot of the JLU episode involved a corrupt sheriff using future technology to take over the town but the plot of the comic is a little different. The Lord of Time sent the heroes back in time, erased their memories, because an anti matter meteor was set to strike earth on that day.   The LoT is counting on the heroes to stop the meteor so he can have it for himself so he can use it to conquer the world.  (Why he doesn’t just get the meteor himself? Maybe he didn’t have the technology to?) 

Anyway, the heroes learn about the anti matter meteor heading towards them, Zatanna is reluctant to leave her new found cowgirl girlfriend with her friends to fight the robots:

But she ends up going anyway:   

Can I just say, I really like this shot of Zee and Green Lantern flying together? Even though she is depowered during this period, they never really stuck strictly to the ‘she can only manipulate the elements’ ethos.  Having her flying alongside GL and being unabashed powerhouse is really cool and shows her place among the DCU. There is no ‘she has to be taken out so someone else can shine’ bs here.  Also, reading these comics, I have felt that GL makes the most sense as the field leader of the JL; power based on creativity and will power and they are specifically trained to work together and take on strange extra terrestrial or otherwise threats. I think any of the human GL’s (except maybe Guy) can lead the team.  

Zatanna and GL  manage to stop the meteor. But in present timeline the Lord of Time ends up defeated by Superman (early on he got in a kryptonite trap set by the LoT but managed to escape) just as the time trapped Leaguers make their way back.      

Awww, a krytonite waterfall wasn’t that bad, Clark.    

Overall, the issue was alright. It does feel like placeholder (albeit a fun one) before the big #200 celebration issue (I posted some scans from that here). Come to think of it, the episode came off as filler as well, with the Western parts feeling like a fun romp and ultimately inconsequential to the arcs of the main heroes but the follow up portion set in the Batman Beyond timeline was more impactful and memorable.   

[pablohunie1993]

jld constantine wearing brown pants with a brown trench coat is so aggravating essentially the occult detective version of jeans and jean jacket

headass

[cardboard-writer]

Black Canary and Superman from Justice League of America Vol 1 #75 by writer Denny O'Neil and artist Dick Dillin: