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How To Fix The Justice League

It’s been almost 17 years and no JLA roster has managed to reach the critical and financial success of the 1997 JLA run kicked off by Grant Morrison and followed up by Waid and Kelly (unless you’re a fan of Meltzer’s run). No JLA title has managed to run as long as ‘Justice League of America’ Vol 1 (1960-1987 with 261 issues) and no JL adaptation, be it animation or live action has managed to match the long lasting success of the 2001 Justice League cartoon that later morphed into Justice League Unlimited.

In fact, the League has been in a flux long enough for someone to have been born and gotten their drivers license. You could argue the last 10 years hasn’t been good for any of DC’s team books but JL has had it especially bad.

The problems are self evident, the JL is a team compromised of the world’s greatest heroes, most of whom have their own titles so nothing major can happen to them in the JL book and whoever is writing JL is usually beholden to the whims of whoever is writing the character’s solo title. Attempts to fill the roster with lesser known characters has rarely proven successful. There is also the matter of the scale of the threat the League faces. Once you go from planetary threats to galactic threats to universal to multiversal to omniversal threats, where do you go afterwards? After all, too many back to back existential crisis can diminish the potency of such stories.

So how do you fix the League and make it sustainable for long term? Well, here are a few suggestions as I try to build my own JL roster.

Step One: Ditch the Trinity

I’m serious, the Trinity may have been a cool concept once upon a time but the concept is now past the point of diminishing returns.

The Big 3, or really just Superman and Batman get the most books, the most media attention *and* is often the main focus of JL as well?

It doesn’t do these characters much favor either as the Trinity themselves had to be changed in order to accommodate them on the League. Batman is at his best when he is a noir/gothic inspired hero doing street level stuff but to fit on the Justice League, he had to be turned into an ubermesnch who can beat anyone and every other character has to be scaled down so he can look good. Superman who is a paragon and a boyscout in his own title often ends up either taking a back seat to everyone else so they can be useful or his story arcs revolve around the possibility of him going evil and misusing his powers. Poor Wonder Woman who is a more proactive character in her own title ends up being a more passive one on the League. She is often ‘just there’ or worse saddled with a romantic arc with either Superman or Batman. Of the three, she’s the only one I would still keep around on the League since she rarely gets her due. Despite the promise of being part of the ‘Big Three’ she rarely gets the same level of attention and love as Superman and Batman does.

For the Trinity, I suggest that they’re better off leading their own teams. .Superman can run the Authority, LoSH, Superman Squad or maybe a present day version of the Science Squad. Batman has either the Outsiders or Batman Inc that he can be in charge of. Wonder Woman can be in charge of a modern day version of the Holiday Girls or Justice League Dark.

However, while building a team, having three core characters and building the rest of the team around them is a good writing trick and imo, it’s fundamental to the League. But in this case, I will choose characters who have some commonalities with each other, so for my League, I would go with: Martian Manhunter, Aquaman and Wonder Woman as the new trinity.

Arthur and Diana are both royalty with two different approaches to situations. Arthur is usually more stern and hard headed while Diana is more diplomatic and J’onn would be the mediator. With just Diana and J’onn at the top, neither of them would have to take a backseat to either Superman or Batman and Arthur can have a more active role on the team without feeling like a glorified guest star. IMO, the relationship between these three characters is often overlooked even in the comics.

You also have the theme of earth (Diana), air (Martian Manhunter) and water (Aquaman) plus they have enemies that they can share with each other. Old school Wonder Woman comics was a kitchen sink fantasy title where it was possible for any character based on any genre could show up. It was never just limited to Greek Mythology, you had other mythologies in play as well along with aliens and Atlanteans. A character like Queen Clea could just as easily be a villain for both Diana and Arthur while the Saturnians, Queen Desira of Venus and Badra could be enemies for both Diana and Arthur as well as flesh out the different alien civilizations within the solar system.

Step 2: League Members: New, Old & Unexpected

Now that we’ve figure out the Trinity, lets fill in the rest of the ranks.

If you look at the older JL comic books, even though the Trinity were the figures heads Green Lantern and Flash often like the real heart of the book. Even though the popular characters are what draws us in, what really drove the book was the drama between Hal, Oliver, Barry, Katar and Dinah. The team needs to be a mix of old and new characters that builds on existing relationships while also having them meet new characters.

For the modern day, I would go with Wally West as the Flash. For Green Lantern I choose Sojourner ‘Jo’ Mullein. Wally’s been in several incarnations of the League already and has earned his spot. Jo has been in Far Sector and in the main GL title so now it’s time to make the leap into the main JL title. Jo would be the field leader while Wally would be second in command. Wally would be the impulsive, hot headed one who is best at improvising on the fly while Jo would be the thoughtful strategic long term planner.

To round out the cast, I would have Cyborg/Victor Stone as the teams resident engineer and tech specialist. I always thought it was a missed opportunity not to build on Vic’s Titans history and have Vic and Wally on the JL together. Especially since they have both teamed up in Wally’s own title.

Then I would add in Atom/Ryan Choi as the team’s biologist plus medic, Dr Fate/Khalid Nassour as their magical specialist and Big Barda as the team’s heavy weight. Initially I thought of including either Zatanna or Raven as the magical specialist but I think it’s time that Khalid branched out and interacted with new characters. To round out the team, I would add in Armando Ramone who was the brother of the original Vibe and Beast Boy since he has never been on the JL before.

I would set the League’s HQ in Guy Gardner’s Warriors Bar in New York. Guy and Bobo/Detective Chimp would be serving drinks at this bar. Linda Park would be there as well with Jai and Iris. Guy wouldn’t be an active member, he would be on reserve alongside Mr Miracle/Scott Free whose a stay-at-home-dad with his and Barda’s kid, who would hang out with Wally’s kids. Guy’s presence also means we can fold in Ice/Tora as his partner and co-owner of the business plus reserve member.

But I wouldn’t limit the League’s new HQ to Guy’s Warriors Bar, I would also have this be the place where Justice League Dark The Keepers of Magic would congregate as well.

For this team I would go with Zatanna as the leader (and have do some actual leading), Ray Palmer/Atom back in his Sword of Atom look as the team scientist/explorer, Detective Chimp/Bobo would still follow her on missions, then I would add in Vixen/Marie Jiwe McCabe (her powers are magic derived so it’s weirder that she has never been in JLD), then I would add in Raven, Zachary Zatara, Billy Batson/Shazam (as the understudy/proteges), Donna Troy (for the Wonder representation) and Blue Devil/David Cassidy as the team’s muscle, Aztek/Nayeli Constant who would serve as the team Brick and also opens up Aztek mythology just as Vixen’s opens up West African mythology. This would serve as the core team. Each member representing either a different aspect of the magical world or Ray’s case, a different perspective. The team will cross over and meet various characters throughout their journey like Eve Eden/Nightshade and her quest to rescue her brother or Enchantress or Ralph and Sue Dibney as ghost detectives or Dr Mist.

Then I would have Deadman/Boston Brand act as back up/support while Madame Xanadu serves as mission control like she did in Volume 1. I don’t want the book to just be about horror or rehash Books of Magic again. I want something akin to Greg Pak’s ‘Incredible Hercules’ where you had this hodgepodge of different mythologies mixing and interacting with each other.

I actually like the idea of JL and JLD having the same book with JLD as back up but I didn’t like the latter having too few pages. Still I would keep the two teams more intertwined with the Wonder Woman and Aquaman often going back and forth between JL and KoM with Zatanna often asking WW for guidance when it comes to leadership.

But for this scenario lets imagine that they are separate books with their own separate plot lines but characters can move freely from one book to the other. I would give them the JL one a back up title called JLA Reserves. The back up will spotlight characters who don’t appear in the main feature which will address the problem of readers not seeing their fave get any focus in the main feature. I’ll give a similar back up to JLD which will spotlight individual characters (setting them up before they join the team without interrupting the main story line) or stories set in the past that will flesh out members of the team or spotlight a cool magical character who is not a member of the team.

As for plots, well, for the JL I want mix of work place comedy and superhero action. The A-plot could Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter investigating something on Mars while the B-plot could be something like the League at homebase having to contain an runaway alien microbe from Choi’s lab that’s wrecking havoc.

Or Wally and Linda go on a date to explore NY while leaving Jai and Iris in the care of Khalid and Vic but babysitting two kids with superspeed (or super punch in Jai’s case turns out to be more difficult than expected).

Or Zatanna agrees to do Guy and Ice a favor by holding one of her shows at Warriors Bar but because neither Guy nor Zatanna can stand each other or agree on how the show should go leading to disaster.

Or on JLD side where Donna attempts to put together a portfolio or enough photos to get a book deal in between regular superhero stuff. Maybe even has Zatanna and Vixen model for her. Even Blue Devil could be her muse.

Or Zachary, Raven and Billy go on their own side trip but ends up landing in more trouble than they initially realized.

But a superhero team can’t just be about sitcom hijinks, you also need:

Step 3: Villains

The problem with modern iterations of JL is the lack of an iconic rogues gallery for them. Historically the League has fought White Martians, Starro the Conqueror, the Royal Flush Gang, Felix Faust, Vandal Savage, Lex Luthor and the Injustice League.

But the Leagues needs villains that are unique to them. Villains like Luthor & The Injusitce League often makes the League feel more like an extension of the Superman mythos whilst aliens like the White Martians and Starro end up being the faceless horde most of the time.

For this iteration of the League, I think it’s important to utilize villains who are connected to the heroes. Especially villains whom the heroes have in common and could lead to more world building and mythology.

Like Queen Clea for instance is a WW villain, she was the ruler of Atlantis in the original Martson run. However she could be a shared enemy of both WW and Aquaman and her kingdom could just be one of the many Atlantean colonies.

There is also Queen Desira who is the queen of Venus and the slave culture of Saturn lead by Eviless (who would need a name change) from old WW comics. Exploring these cultures and how they might connect to the Martians from J’onn’s comics. Ryan Choi also dated Giganta (another WW villains) so there is opportunity for hilarity here.

For the ‘Keepers of Magic’ Madame Xanadu has Morgan Le Fay, Donna has the Dark Angel, Raven has Trigon, Vixen has Mustapha Maksai and the Orisha’s, Raven has Trigon and Zatanna has a few enemies that should be dusted off especially Allura. I think that’s enough villainous fire power to challenge the League.

I left out Dick Grayson/Nightwing because Dick has joined an lead the League before and I didn’t want to include too many Titans characters or create the false impression the Titans are JL Jr who are meant to ‘graduate’ to the League. If you look at their enemies, the Titans ones are just as dangerous as any JL enemy. Dick should be with the Titans (I like the Titans Academy as a concept if not the execution) along with Roy Harper or he has to lead a team he’s never lead before like the Suicide Squad or Gen 13.

Anyway, let me know what you think.

TL;Dr: Make Wonder Woman, Martian Manhutner and Aquaman the new Trinity. Wally West, Jo Mullein, Cyborg, Ryan Choi, Beast Boy, Dr Fate, Vibe and Big Barda fill out the roster. They’re all set up in Guy Gardner’s Warriors bar where Guy, Detective Chimp, Ice, Scott Free and Linda Park also hang. The JLD operate from there as well, but now they are rebranded as ‘Keepers of Magic’, with Zatanna, Vixen, Donna Troy, Blue Devil, Aztek being in charge along with Zachary Zatara, Raven and Billy Batson.

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