His wife, Big Barda, and friend, Oberon, are also associated with the League. Mister Miracle: The world's greatest escape artist.He soon develops a love for Oreo cookies. Martian Manhunter: The only connection to the previous iteration of the Justice League.Guy Gardner: Editor Andy Helfer suggested using Guy Gardner over the more well-known Hal Jordan.Doctor Light: First appearing in Crisis on Infinite Earths, Kimiyo Hoshi briefly joins the League.Fate coincided with a miniseries written by DeMatteis and Giffen.

Doctor Fate (Linda Strauss): The inclusion of Dr.

Captain Marvel: No longer a separate personality, this version focuses on his alter ego's naiveté.The Blue Beetle: A recent acquisition from Charlton Comics.Black Canary: Dinah Lance was written as a strong feminist and often clashed with chauvinist Guy Gardner.Batman: Series editor Denny O'Neil, taking pity on the new creative team, allowed Batman to be used in the series.Superman was limited to John Byrne's reboot, George Pérez was relaunching Wonder Woman and Mike Baron was launching the Wally West version of the Flash.Īs a result, the initial team consisted of: However, at the time, most of the core Justice League characters were unavailable. DeMatteis was paired with writer Keith Giffen and artist Kevin Maguire on a new Justice League series. In 20, the team experienced a resurgence as part of the Blackest Night and New 52 comic runs.įollowing the events of the company-wide crossovers Crisis on Infinite Earths and Legends, Justice League of America writer J. Due to editorial conflicts, the team's new makeup was based largely on newer characters, such as Booster Gold, and recent acquisitions from other comic book companies, such as The Blue Beetle. DeMatteis, with art by Kevin Maguire, created in 1987. The team enjoyed several comic books runs, the first being written by Keith Giffen and J. Justice League International ( JLI) is a fictional DC comics superhero team that succeeded the original Justice League from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.

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