For years , DC has been tease that theJustice Society of Americawould make a grownup return to comics after having been thoroughly wipe away by the New 52 . They ’ve popped up insome comicsin the recent past tense , but have primarily lived on through enlarge media for the last few age : the CW featured two versions of the team inLegends of Tomorrowand more recently , a teen avatar onStargirl . October ’s Black Adam movie will offer the team its biggest push by far , bring the team to life so Dwayne Johnson can imprint a tenuous alliance with the grouping before wipe the floor with them . That makes it the perfect time for DC ’s original superteam to return to their original medium .
Announced during DC ’s solicitations for this November , Justice Society of America # 1 by Geoff Johns and Mikel Janín will bring in a new incarnation of the team . That team , which shew up in the recent third event of Dark Crisis on Infinite solid ground , will face a new opposition that ’s aver to have “ invaded the full account of the JSA , ” and the Time Masters , led byRip Hunter , have a part to play in the story as well .
In a statement toDC , Johns said that the JSA roster would sport “ familiar face ” like like Alan Scott ’s Green Lantern and Jay Garrick ’s Flash , along with long - fall behind fighter like Yolanda Montez as Wildcat and Beth Chapel ’s Doctor Midnight . ( Both Montez and Chapel are currently on the Stargirl adaptation of the JSA ) . He further teased that a new poor boy would conjoin the team ’s roll , and that hero would be inheriting a bequest mantel from the Golden Age of comics . presumptively , the Italian sandwich in question is Huntress : she ’s featured on the cover , and her Earth - Two version , Helena Wayne , has been a frequent fellow member of the JSA .
Image: Mikel Janín/DC Comics
Johns is put all his testis into the nostalgia basket — when is he not — as he ’s also writing a Stargirl miniseries drawn by Todd Nuack . In The Lost Children , Stargirl and Red Arrow ( Emiko Queen ) will search for stripling submarine from DC ’s Golden Age and gone wanting , maybe taken by a villain holler the Childminder .
“ There ’s nothing I get more gratitude from than bear on the bequest of my sis with Stargirl , ” write Johns , who created the character of his tardy sister , Courtney . “ And to do it with Todd is a blessing as we introduce DC ’s secluded Golden Age of teenage heroes in a fun miniskirt - result . ”
Both titles will headline what ’s been deemed a “ New Golden Age , ” in reference to the era of American strip from 1938 - 1956 that put in several comic book heroes we know today , including Batman , Superman , Captain America , and Wonder Woman . According to Johns , the plan is for these and future titles to “ observe and expand the history ( and far future ) of heroism in the DC Universe ” and focalize on more apart hoagy from the company ’s past times , which will eventually include the Legion of Super - Heroes . “ It ’s the story of where superheroes come from , where they ’re going and why they ’re always demand . ”
Image: Mikel Janín/DC Comics
DC ’s “ New Golden Age ” will begin with the titular one - shooting on November 8 , featuring art from Steve Lieber , Jerry Ordway , and Diego Olortegui . On November 15 , Stargirl : The preoccupied shaver # 1 will expel , followed by Justice Society of America # 1 on November 22 .
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