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puppetwoman17 · 9 days

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Someone absolutely NEEDS to write a fanfic of the Squadron of Justice(basically a bunch of Fawcett superheroes) meeting the JL and Cap being like: oh yeah, these guys all live and fight in the same city. I’ve known them all since I was a toddler. We do karaoke sometimes.

Idk why, but I feel like they’re the type of team to go out like almost every day and call it a team bonding exercise. They just have fun without holding back ya know?

For the lineup I’m thinking:

The Marvel Family, obvi

Bulletman & Bulletgirl

Spy Smasher

Golden Arrow

Ibis the Invincible & Taia

Minute Man

For fun, I think they’d know who the Marvel Family is and have a ball confusing the JL!

#billy batson #captain marvel #justice league #dc universe #fawcett city #squadron of justice #bulletman #bulletgirl #spy smasher #golden arrow #ibis the invincible #minute man #mary marvel #captain marvel jr #mary bromfield #freddy freeman

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chernobog13 · 4 months

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The Squadron of Justice of Earth-S by Kurt Schaffenberger:

Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., Mary Marvel, Mr. Scarley, Pinky, Spy Smasher, Ibis the Invincible, Taia, Bulletgirl, Bulletman.

This is the second version of the Squadron. The original appeared in the 1940s and consisted of Captain Marvel and his 3 Lieutenant Marvels.

The Squadron as shown above (also referred to as Shazam's Squadron of Justice), was formed by the god Mercury and made its first and only appearance in Justice League of America (vol. 1) #135-137 (1976). That was the annual summer crossover between the JLA of Earth-One and the Justice Society of America of Earth-Two. Because of shenanigans on Earth-S, Mercury summons the JLA and JSA to help the Squadron defeat the plans of the evil King Kull.

Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family were introduced in the Shazam! comic in 1973. The JLA/JSA crossover tale was the introduction of the rest of the superheroes from Fawcett, which DC Comics had licensed a few years prior (and would purchase outright a few years later), to the mainstream DC Universe.

However, DC seemed to have forgotten one Fawcett hero: Minute-Man.

Minute-Man has been written off as Fawcett's version of Captain America, but that is inaccurate and unfair. Minute-Man first appeared in Master Comics (vol. 1) #11, with a cover date of February, 1941 (which meant it was probably released around November, 1940). Captain America made the scene in Captain America Comics (vol. 1) #1, which was published in December, 1940, with a cover date of March, 1941. So Minute-Man arrived first, or at the very least at the same time, so there was no possibility of him copying Cap.

Besides, at the time every comic book publisher was coming up with at least patriotic superhero for their books. That was a trend started by The Shield from MLJ (now known as Archie Comics), who first appeared in Pep Comics #1, cover dated January 1940.

Minute Man was only nominally a superhero because he wore a costume. He had no super powers, but he had trained himself to the peak of human perfection. He was Private Jack Weston in the US Army whose secret identity was only known by his commanding officer, General Milton (as MM didn't wear a mask, shouldn't everyone have known who he was?). The general would send MM on missions behind enemy lines, but America was not at war at the time, so who were these enemies? Didn't matter. Minute-Man still managed to battle his share of spies, saboteurs, robots, vampires and assorted monsters, and even headhunters.

Anyhoo, for whatever reason, the folks at DC forgot Minute-Man when they put together the Squadron of Justice. And I'm sure someone pointed that out to him, because about a year later he finally appeared.

Minute-Man finally reappeared in Shazam! (vol. 1) #31 (October, 1977). Someone finally realized that a superhero who doesn't wear a mask while in costume, or some sort of disguise (eyeglasses, anyone?) when not, is not going to have a secret identity for very long. Artist Kurt Schaffenberger (himself a longtime artist for Fawcett back in the day) added a simple blue mask so Minute-Man could operate incognito.

Unfortunately, this would be Minute-Man's only appearance in a DC comic book before the whole multiverse went kablooey in Crisis On Infinite Earths.

Afterwards, he had sporadic appearances in The Power of Shazam!, before being killed off by agents of Vandal Savage in Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #3 (April, 2007).

There is a new DC character currently using the Minute-Man moniker, but the less said of him the better.

#Squadron of Justice #Shazam's Squadron of Justice #Captain Marvel #The Original Captain Marvel #Captain Marvel Jr.#Mary Marvel #Mr. Scarlet #Pinky #Spy Smasher #Ibis the Invincible #Taia #Bulletgirl #Bulletman #Minute-Man #DC Comics #Fawcett Comics #Kurt Schaffenberger

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doctorslippery · 7 days

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#king kull #justice society of america #justice league of america #squadron of justice #batman #flash #bulletgirl #bulletman #green lantern #johnny thunder #ibis the invinicble #robin #mr scarlet #pinky #wonder woman #spy smasher #superman #hawkman #green arrow

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strato-viper-raven-blog · 2 years

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Seeing as Ibis and Taia had to go into suspended animation for 4000 years. They may be able to help out their fellow Squadron of Justice team members get used to the fact they spent 20 years in a Suspendium bubble before they woke up. (Of course Sivana would just whine about the fact he got stuck in there too instead of conquering Earth-S like he planned to back in 1953.)

#fawcett comics #squadron of justice #ibis the invincible #earth-s headcanons

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zal-cryptid · 6 months

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DC characters - Blue Beetle 👍

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browsethestacks · 4 months

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Justice Society of America #08/#09/#010 (2023-2024)

Art by Tony Harris

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dailydccomics · 3 months

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HEROZ4U (NOT an escort service!) One-Star Squadron #1

#red tornado #kara zor l #power girl #dc comics #one star squadron #steve lieber #superman #batman #wonder woman #dc #hawk and dove #green lantern #hawkman #justice league #comics #superbat

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gundamfight · 3 months

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ufonaut · 10 months

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Upcoming Justice Society of America (2022) variants by Tony Harris.

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justicesocietyzine · 4 months

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#jsa #justice society of america #Infinity inc #all star squadron #green lantern #flash #wildcat #hawkman #zine #intrest check #dc comics

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comicarthistory · 7 months

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Black Canary pinup from All Star Squadron #42. 1984. Art by Mike Hernandez and Terry Austin.

#dc comics #dc universe #all star squadron #black canary #dinah lance #mike Hernandez #terry austin #roy thomas #justice society of america

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soloquel · 4 months

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you're asked at the dinner table what your favorite marine animal is and you say, "i don't know, dolphins maybe?" and levi just bolts out of his seat and leaves the room so quickly you need five seconds to process that, and by the time you do, he's back with an entire power point presentation which he projects onto the wall so that he can teach your uneducated, naive ass about WHY you should pick ANY animal in the ocean EXCEPT those damn fucking traitors. and you're gonna listen.

#levi is traumatized from that time back when he was still an admiral and he had a squadron or whatever of dolphins and it was Bad.#bc while they were terrifying forces in the water they also were terrifying towards their allies #levi: “dolphins are the SCUMBAGS of the ocean. they kill and rape FOR FUN. they can go without sleeping for FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS. they-”#and he keeps yapping and your dinner is ruined now bc you didn't need to know that dolphins can transmit STIs #but now you know. you ask him “do devildom dolphins look more terrifying then?”#and levi tells u: “there are no devildom dolphins. we just take them from the human world. they're the second scariest creature from there”#do we wanna know what the scariest is....... not at dinner thanks.#tw mention of rape #obey me #obey me leviathan #i am scared of dolphins. also JUSTICE FOR SHARKS 🗣🗣🗣

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chernobog13 · 4 months

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Jerry Ordway presents some All-Stars hanging out in the Justice Society's headquarters.

#Justice Society of America #JSA #All-Star Squadron #Doctor Fate #Johnny Quick #Liberty Belle #Atom #Robotman #Hourman #DC Comics #Jerry Ordway

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doctorslippery · 2 months

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#justice league of america #justice society of america #squadron of justice #superman #flash #green lantern #green arrow #hawkman #hawkgirl #batman #johnny thunder #robin #wonder woman #bulletgirl #bulletman #ibis the invincible #mr scarlet #pinky #spy smasher

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splooosh · 1 year

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“I'll admit to initial misgivings when I pored over the first few pages of Jerry's pencils for #19 (March 1983). Not that they weren't good--in some ways they were very good. I was especially impressed by his renderings of the Trylon and Perisphere and other artifacts left over from the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Still, I wasn't quite 100% sold-- --until I flipped over Page 8, and saw his powerful full-page panel of six All-Stars staring wide-eyed at eight comatose but upright, tube-encased members of the Justice Society of America! At that moment I fell in love with Jerry's work all over again.” -Roy Thomas

#All Star Squadron #Jerry Ordway #Firebrand #Tarantuala #Steel #Robotman #Liberty Belle #Johnny Quick #Justice Society of America #Doctor Fate #Wonder Woman #Doctor Mid Nite #captain atom #Sandman #Hawkman #Johnny Thunder #Starman

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disgruntledexplainer · 4 months

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The Squadron Supreme, or How Man of Action Studios showed how stupid power scaling contests really are

Man of Action Studios, for all their flaws, have a remarkable understanding of the superhero genre and what makes heroes compelling. I could go on and on about their original shows like Ben 10 and Generator Rex, on how they always make sure that their heroes prioritize the safety of civilians over their mission or their own safety, how they use the posture, movements, and behavior of the heroes as a way to show how the hero views himself and his job, and other such things. Indeed, I already have done both of those in brief. But I think one of the best examples of their grasp on the genre actually comes from the Avengers Assemble cartoon, which they worked on during seasons 1 and 2 (the absence in season 3 onwards is actually kind of noticeable in the sudden drop in quality).

In season 2, Avengers Assemble does something that by all accounts shouldn't work, something that under normal circumstances I would ABSOLUTELY HATE. they had an Avengers versus Justice League plot arc for a third of the season. Personally, I hate power-scaling. "Oh this guy can beat that guy! Let's smash our action figures together and see which one breaks!" But despite this, they managed to make it work. How?

Obviously the show couldn't bring in the real justice league for legal reasons, so instead they made obvious parallels. Hyperion, a twisted version of Superman, had already been introduced in season 1. Nighthawk was their version of Batman, Zarda was their version of Wonder Woman, Speed Demon was their version of The Flash (clearly taking inspiration from the Barry Alan iteration), and Nuke was their version of Captain Atom. Interestingly, Professor Prism seems to be a hybrid of Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter in origin and powers respectively.

HOWEVER

these characters are VERY MUCH NOT their actual justice league counterparts. Nor are they "mirror images" of them with opposite traits. But they are those characters with all of their heroic traits carefully, surgically removed.

The Squadron Supreme, as they call themselves, are the justice league without justice, heroes without heroics. They disdain the rule of law, instead favoring the rule of terror, taking justice into their own hands, beating the living daylights out of people who cross them. Hyperion, unlike superman, has no restraint. Speed Demon revels in tormenting his opponents. Nuke uses his powers at will despite knowing the danger they pose to everyone around him. Zarda kulls the weak to demonstrate her power. Professor Prism cowers behind the others, and bends to their will with little resistance despite ultimately being a good person. And nighthawk.

Nighthawk is the most telling of the bunch. He is the "batman could beat anyone given enough prep time" version of batman. He is the "actually batman should be totally fine killing people" version of batman. He is the "batman works alone and beats up goons" version of batman. He is the juvenile version of batman as thought of by power-scalers and, apparently, Hollywood executives. In other words, he is an ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE PERSON, and one of the most dangerous foes ever introduced in the series. He uses his friends as living weapons, deliberately endangers civilians to try to take out the heroes, and beats criminals within an inch of their life to send a message. Trying to fight his plans is like trying to hold back a tsunami with your hands; time consuming and futile.

They say that if you can't imagine your version of batman comforting a scared child, he's not batman, but punnisher in a funny mask. well nighthawk would fire a rocket at a child if it was part of his many unstoppable schemes. He's a monster.

You would expect, since the show is about the Avengers, that the Avengers would wipe the floor with the Squadron. But nope. All other things being equal, the Squadron ABSOLUTELY WIPES THE FLOOD WITH THE AVENGERS. Iron Man gets into a fight with Nighthawk, only for nighthawk to completely dismantle his armor in seconds, and the rest of the Avengers can barely take down Hyperion if they all gang up on him, let alone the other members of the squadron. They are just too powerful; it is essentially an admission that in a straight fight between the two, the Justice League would win.

But it is also a statement that in order for the fight to occur at all, the Justice League would have to cease to actually be the justice league. they would have to be reduced to their powers and strategies, with all that is good about them thrown in the trash.

Ultimately, what allows the avengers to win in the end is this exact fact: that the Squadron AREN'T actually the Justice League. The members of the Justice League care about each other, and have each-others back. They would never willingly sacrifice each-other for the sake of a plan, even if that plan assured victory. But the Squadron ABSOLUTELY would. Ultimately they are able to isolate them, or convince Nighthawk to sacrifice them one-by-one for his schemes until they finally have an opening to finish things, and Iron Man manages to defeat Nighthawk not through fighting or even guile, but through making an act of self-sacrifice that Nighthawk couldn't rap his head around.

The Squadron Supreme shows what traits actually make up the Justice League and make them who they are by contrast; showing us what the characters would be like without those traits. Without compassion, restraint, empathy, friendship, the Justice League simply isn't itself.

To think this insight came from an Avengers cartoon instead of a DC property.

Anyways, that is why I think Man of Action Studios deserves a bit more credit for their writing.

#ben 10 #generator rex #avengers #avengers assemble #justice league #squadron supreme #man of action #superheroes

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