. . . . . . . . . "Recognizing that American involvement in Europe was inevitable, President Roosevelt suggested that the heroes should marshal their forces into a cohesive fighting unit aimed at protecting America's home front. Thus, they became known as the Justice Society of America. In 1951, a special inquest convened and the JSA appeared before the House of Un-American Activities Commission demanding that the JSA members reveal their secret identities to the general public. Unwilling to reveal their true faces, the Justice Society instead elected to disband. Reforming some time after the first formation of the Justice League of America, the JSA became locked in a time loop with the Norse gods, which they had to sustain in order to keep the universe alive. Several years later, the Spectre transported the Justice Society team out of Asgard to contend with a new threat. Following another brief disbanding, the JSA reformed again now as caretakers of the superhero legacy, helping to teach and guide younger heroes from one generation to the next."@en . "The Justice Society of America is the original superhero team. They got started during World War II. You'd... think they might have retired by now, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong. They're still mentoring younger heroes. That's right... senile old men with impressionable children. Now, go fight Darkseid."@en . . . "Power Girl"@en . "The Justice Society of America is the original superhero team. They got started during World War II. You'd... think they might have retired by now, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong. They're still mentoring younger heroes. That's right... senile old men with impressionable children. Now, go fight Darkseid."@en . "Doctor Occult"@en . . . . "Flash"@en . . "None"@en . . "JSA Brownstone"@en . "Protecting the United States of America"@en . "Doctor Fate"@en . . . "Hawkgirl"@en . . . . . "Shazam"@en . "Power Girl"@en . . "Red Tornado"@en . . "Formerly Mister Terrific (Michael Holt)"@en . "Justice Society"@en . . "In November 1940, German Chancellor Adolph Hitler acquired a powerful mystic weapon known as the Spear of Destiny. With it, he intended on manipulating its power to dominate all of Europe. A British officer named Smythe learned of Hitler's plans and informed American president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt, pressured by Congress to maintain an isolationist stance, refused to openly involve the United States in England's war with Germany. Instead, he selected two \"Mystery Men\" from a top-secret dossier to use as civilian agents against Hitler's forces \u2013 the Flash and the Green Lantern. Summoning both men to a special office in Gotham City, Agent Smythe outlined the nature of their mission and told them to fly to McMurdie Castle in Scotland. McMurdie was the site of a special Nazi operation led by an officer named Major Streicher. Streicher's scientists developed a giant robot, known as the Mordmaschine (the Murder Machine). Arriving at the Nazi keep, the Murder Machine proved more powerful than either of the heroes expected and it quickly incapacitated them. Streicher sent the Flash and Green Lantern's unconscious bodies to Berlin, Germany \u2013 a gift for the F\u00FChrer. Prostrating before the ranks of the German Army, Hitler proudly displayed the captive heroes before the masses. He then used the Spear of Destiny to conjure an army of Norse Valkyrie. The Valkyries were to act as escorts for a prototype long-range bomber that targeted Washington D.C. Green Lantern and the Flash broke free of their bonds and fought the Valkyries, but were unable to prevent the bomber from taking off. Meanwhile, the sorcerer known as Doctor Fate discovered that Hitler was in possession of the Spear of Destiny. He knew that such a weapon in the hands of a tyrant could only spell destruction for the entire world. Perceiving an imminent Nazi invasion of England, Doctor Fate enlisted the aid of other so-called Mystery Men including, the Atom, Hawkman, Hourman and the Spectre. Fate's magic teleported the heroes to the White Cliffs of Dover where they assisted the British soldiers in fighting off the Nazi hordes. The Spectre single-handedly demolished a fleet of Nazi warships. With England's shores temporarily safe from enemy attack, the heroes met up with the Flash and Green Lantern, who in turn warned them of the bomber attack on Washington. They followed the plane back towards the United States, and Green Lantern succeeded in destroying it with his ring before it could deploy its deadly payload. However, one of the Valkyries, a warrior named Gudra, managed to evade capture and snuck into the White House. She burst into the Oval Office with the intent of assassinating President Roosevelt. The Atom leapt to his defense, deflecting Gudra's spear, but his heroism proved futile, as Gudra struck again, plunging her weapon into Roosevelt's chest, killing him. Horrified at witnessing the death of such an important American statesman, the Spectre pleaded with the Voice of God to resurrect him. The Voice agreed, but gave warning that Roosevelt was fated to die once more, on the eve of his nation's victory over the Axis powers. Roosevelt revived, and neither he nor the other assembled heroes possessed any knowledge of the President's passing brush with death. Recognizing that American involvement in Europe was inevitable, President Roosevelt suggested that the heroes should marshal their forces into a cohesive fighting unit aimed at protecting America's home front. Thus, they became known as the Justice Society of America."@en . . "Rallying Cry"@en . "The Justice Society of America"@en . . "Aliases"@en . . . "The Justice Society of America"@en . . . . . . "All Star Comics #3"@en . "Hawkman"@en . . . . . . "Dodds Mansion in New York City"@en . . ","@en . . . . "#B0C4DE"@en . "Good"@en . "HQ"@en . "Hippolyta"@en . . . "None"@en . . . "The Justice Society of America is the world's first superhero team. On the world of Earth-Two (prior to the history-altering Crisis on Infinite Earths), Wonder Woman was a member."@en . "Doctor Occult"@en . "Wildcat"@en . "Wonder Woman, Doctor Fate, Hour-Man, the Spectre, the Sandman, the Atom, the Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman"@en . "active"@en . "Doctor Fate"@en . . . "Justice Society of America is published by DC Comics. Current price per issue is $2.99."@en . "The Justice Society of America is arguably the first superhero team (certainly the first in the DC Universe) and the first case of a collection of different characters banding together from the same company. In addition, their banding together created the what would later be known as the DC Universe, which Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman (DC's three biggest superheroes) joining shortly thereafter."@en . "Active"@en . . "Members"@en . . . "The Justice Society of America (also known as the Justice Society or the JSA) was a team of superheroes that secretly defended Earth from villains and criminal activity during the 1970s. Some members recently came out of retirement to help a modern-day team of heroes take down a vengeful Icicle II. They returned to team up with Clark Kent and his team of heroes to battle Zod's Kandorian army. Until his death, their chairman was Carter Hall. The new and old members then fused the Society into the League that The Blur was leading behind the legacy of the JSA with Carter Hall's leadership."@en . "The Justice Society of America is the world's first superhero team. On the world of Earth-Two (prior to the history-altering Crisis on Infinite Earths), Batman was a member. Founded in 1940, the group originally came together when the sorcerer Dr. Fate discovered Adolf Hitler's plot to invade America using the mystic power of the Spear of Destiny. After the heroes fought off Hitler's Valkyries and prevented the invasion, President Franklin D. Roosevelt suggested that they stay together as a team. Both Batman and Superman (who were among the first heroes to debut on Earth-Two) took part in this adventure but elected to remain honorary Justice Society members only. They continued their solo careers while occasionally participating in JSA adventures."@en . "300"^^ . "Morningside Heights, Manhattan"@en . "Creators"@en . . . . "The Justice Society of America is arguably the first superhero team (certainly the first in the DC Universe) and the first case of a collection of different characters banding together from the same company. In addition, their banding together created the what would later be known as the DC Universe, which Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman (DC's three biggest superheroes) joining shortly thereafter."@en . "Green Lantern"@en . "The Justice Society of America (often abbreviated as JSA) was an organization of meta-human heroes operating in 1942. According to Nate Heywood, they are the greatest secret force the United States has ever known. As of 1942, the JSA had a training academy in D.C. Their emergence was an influence to the Dominators' arrival on Earth in 1951 for reconnaissance in order to determine if meta-humans would be considered a threat."@en . . "The Justice Society of America is the world's first superhero team. On the world of Earth-Two (prior to the history-altering Crisis on Infinite Earths), Wonder Woman was a member."@en . . "200"^^ . "[[w:c:dc:All-Star Comics Vol 1 3"@en . . . . "Recognizing that American involvement in Europe was inevitable, President Roosevelt suggested that the heroes should marshal their forces into a cohesive fighting unit aimed at protecting America's home front. Thus, they became known as the Justice Society of America. In 1951, a special inquest convened and the JSA appeared before the House of Un-American Activities Commission demanding that the JSA members reveal their secret identities to the general public. Unwilling to reveal their true faces, the Justice Society instead elected to disband."@en . "Team of heroes"@en . "Justice Society of America"@en . . "Justice Society of America"@en . . . . "In November 1940, German Chancellor Adolph Hitler acquired a powerful mystic weapon known as the Spear of Destiny. With it, he intended on manipulating its power to dominate all of Europe. A British officer named Smythe learned of Hitler's plans and informed American president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt, pressured by Congress to maintain an isolationist stance, refused to openly involve the United States in England's war with Germany. Instead, he selected two \"Mystery Men\" from a top-secret dossier to use as civilian agents against Hitler's forces \u2013 the Flash and the Green Lantern."@en . "Formerly [[w:c:batman:Gotham City"@en . "JSA, The Justice Battalion"@en . . . . "Green Lantern, the Flash, Doctor Fate, Wildcat, Mister Terrific, Wonder Woman, countless others"@en . . "Green Lantern"@en . "The Justice Society of America is the world's first superhero team. On the world of Earth-Two (prior to the history-altering Crisis on Infinite Earths), Batman was a member. Founded in 1940, the group originally came together when the sorcerer Dr. Fate discovered Adolf Hitler's plot to invade America using the mystic power of the Spear of Destiny. After the heroes fought off Hitler's Valkyries and prevented the invasion, President Franklin D. Roosevelt suggested that they stay together as a team. Both Batman and Superman (who were among the first heroes to debut on Earth-Two) took part in this adventure but elected to remain honorary Justice Society members only. They continued their solo careers while occasionally participating in JSA adventures. The Justice Society had a long and storied career, defending the American homefront from spies, saboteurs, organized crime, and costumed criminals. They initially operated out of a hotel in New York City but later relocated to a brownstone in Batman's own hometown, Gotham City. In the 1950s, pressure from Senator Joe McCarthy's House Un-American Activities Committee urged the JSA to unmask and reveal their identities to the world. They declined and chose instead to retire. During this era, Earth-Two's Batman also retired, finding love with his former nemesis, Catwoman. The couple eventually had a daughter, Helena Wayne, who grew up to become the superheroine Huntress. The Justice Society returned to action decades later and teamed with their successors the Justice League of America (at the time native to the world of Earth-One). They also expanded their membership to include younger heroes, among them Batman's now-grown sidekick Robin and his daughter the Huntress. Tragically, Earth-Two's Batman met his end at the hands of the sorcerer Frederic Vaux, who granted pyrokinetic abilities to a Gotham crook and sent him to destroy the Caped Crusader. The JSA was forced to avenge one of their founding members. A cosmic event known as the Crisis on Infinite Earths later merged the worlds of the Multiverse into one, resulting in a single universe. In this world, the original 1940s versions of Batman and Robin and the Helena Wayne version of Huntress never existed. They are thus no longer considered Justice Society members in the current DC Universe. The modern Batman (whose career began many decades after his Earth-Two counterpart's) regards the JSA with respect but has never been entirely comfortable with their occasional operations in his city. A new 52-Earth Multiverse was later born from the similarly cosmic Infinite Crisis. A version of the Earth-2 Batman, Robin, and Huntress have been restored, albeit separate from the mainstream DC Universe."@en . . . "Not Known"@en . . "In the parallel-universe of Earth-2A, the Justice Society of America (JSA) were the protectors of the universe."@en . . "Justice Society of America"@en . . "DC's Legends of Tomorrow"@en . . "The Justice Society of America (also known as the Justice Society or the JSA) was a team of superheroes that secretly defended Earth from villains and criminal activity during the 1970s. Some members recently came out of retirement to help a modern-day team of heroes take down a vengeful Icicle II. They returned to team up with Clark Kent and his team of heroes to battle Zod's Kandorian army. Until his death, their chairman was Carter Hall. The new and old members then fused the Society into the League that The Blur was leading behind the legacy of the JSA with Carter Hall's leadership."@en . "The Justice Society of America (often abbreviated as JSA) was an organization of meta-human heroes operating in 1942. According to Nate Heywood, they are the greatest secret force the United States has ever known. As of 1942, the JSA had a training academy in D.C. Their emergence was an influence to the Dominators' arrival on Earth in 1951 for reconnaissance in order to determine if meta-humans would be considered a threat."@en . . "Hippolyta"@en . "Dodds Mansion, New York City"@en . . . . . . "In the parallel-universe of Earth-2A, the Justice Society of America (JSA) were the protectors of the universe."@en . . . "First Appearance"@en . "Rex Tyler"@en . . . . . . "Hawkgirl"@en . "Earth-2A Universe"@en . . "Power Girl"@en . . "Flash"@en . "Shazam"@en . "Red Tornado"@en . . "Wildcat"@en . "Unknown"@en . "Justice Society of America is published by DC Comics. Current price per issue is $2.99."@en . . "Amazing Man III, Atom I, Batman (Earth-Two), Black Adam, Black Canary I, Black Canary II, Captain Marvel, Doctor Fate I, Doctor Fate IV, Doctor Mid-Nite I, Hawkgirl I, Hawkgirl II, Hawkman I, Hourman I, Hourman III, Huntress , Mister Terrific I, Miss America, Red Tornado II, Robin , Sandman I, Spectre I, Starman I, Starman VII, Starman VIII, Star-Spangled Kid I, Superman , Superman , Wonder Woman I , Wonder Woman III"@en . . . . . . . "Justice Society of America"@en . . . "Hawkman"@en . "250"^^ . "JusticeSocietyofAmerica.jpg"@en . "Official Name"@en . "Justice Society"@en . "Not Known"@en . . . . . . "Paraphenalia"@en . "Sheldon Mayer, Gardner Fox"@en . . "Franklin Delano Roosevelt"@en . . "Atom Smasher, Citizen Steel, Cyclone, Damage, Doctor Fate V, Doctor Mid-Nite II, Flash I, Green Lantern I, Hourman II, Jakeem Thunder, Judomaster III, King Chimera, Liberty Belle II, Lightning, Magog, Mister America III, Mister Terrific II, Obsidian, Power Girl, Sandman IV, Stargirl, Johnny Thunder/Thunderbolt, Wildcat I, Wildcat III"@en .