in this world
they're heroes
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
exploring the origins of the justice
society of america the justice society
of america was cleaning up the streets
before you were in diapers before this
team unites for the black adam film
we'll look back at how this super team
came to be who's your favorite member of
the justice society of america let us
know in the comments below
the brittle remains of the justice
society of america
how fitting to find you holed up in a
museum with the other antiques decades
before fans saw a group of dc legends
team up for 2021's snyder cut batman the
flash and a green lantern named alan
scott were called in for a secret
meeting a government agent asked them to
covertly take out a nazi stronghold when
the three of them got captured during
the mission dr fate and the hero our man
came in to display their talents
unfortunately the mission gets
ridiculously complicated and just plain
ridiculous when adolf hitler uses a
mystical spear to summon an army of
valkyries but the heroes aren't out of
backup yet hawkman sandman and the atom
are all literally pulled into the battle
too the spectre and superman round out
the team by making big appearances at
the last second
not
impressed
after successfully working together
against a common enemy the heroes agree
that a new alliance should be formed
superman lays the groundwork for this
team to be called the justice society of
america so what do you call your team
anyway
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a work in progress
in our world this small group of heroes
was first seen attending a meeting in
1940. batman robin and superman sat the
proceedings out so they could keep
criminals in check while their allies
met all the heroes from the first
unofficial jsa mission reunited and were
joined by a young hero slash audience
surrogate named johnny thunder their
meeting marked the first time in comic
history where a group of heroes agreed
to form a team it's obvious you still
care about this team
if you didn't
he wouldn't have kept watch over all of
this as an icebreaker the justice
society of america swapped tales of
their most exciting exploits some
stories were definitely more interesting
than others boom are you looking why do
i even talk to you guys everywhere else
that story kills that's the whole story
after every member got a chance to step
into the spotlight they were all thrust
into their first on the books mission
why'd you bring me here
dr fate says you're a big deal
i don't see it the fbi asked the heroes
if they could help root out spies that
were embedded throughout the united
states instead of all going to one place
all the members of the justice society
of america scattered to the winds and
went on their own epic solo adventures
this had the added bonus of giving
readers an opportunity to learn about
the abilities and personalities of
characters they may not be familiar with
your fate is utterly binding
once the team had finished their
missions they reunited to let their fbi
contact know of their success this
victory allowed the team to keep
operating and for them to make history
in other ways all we want is justice
justice
well everything we've heard about you
guys is a little blurry when it comes to
justice shortly after the team was
founded in the pages of all-star comics
wonder woman made her grand debut her
immense powers and battle prowess made
her a strong candidate for the team so
the justice society of america naturally
asked wonder woman to come aboard to be
their secretary what is the secretary no
well i do everything i go where he tells
me to go and i do what he tells me to do
well where i'm from that's called
slavery i really like her fortunately
they eventually realized they were
wasting her talents by making her take
notes and she started going on missions
they were also lucky they had wonder
woman around when a team of super
villains known as the injustice society
of america showed up for the first time
power man
welcome to the show
consisting of criminals with magical
abilities like wizard and rogues with
powerful mental abilities like brainwave
the alliance nearly managed to take the
heroes all out fortunately green lantern
helped them get out of their jam but the
team would soon run into a challenge
they couldn't overcome with powers alone
the sandman and the star-spangled kid
are both dead
you are their leader
what's your excuse
a super slump in comic sales in the
1940s caused the creators to suddenly
stop making stories about the justice
society of america why didn't you fight
back
we did
for as long as we could within the dc
universe there was a different
explanation for why the heroes no longer
worked together on this historic team on
one fateful day the justice society of
america was suddenly asked to go to
space they were shocked to find that
someone had built the team a floating
base unfortunately this was just a giant
trap set up by a shady villain to
capture them all after the justice
society freed themselves and brought the
villain to the authorities the team was
asked to testify before congress it
turned out the villain was a notorious
spy while the justice society quickly
pointed out that they were against the
antagonist congress didn't believe the
good guys they wanted us to work for
them
they wanted us to unmask
and you said no
we refused to play ball when the heroes
were asked to reveal their secret
identities as a show of good faith they
refused the justice society of america
decided to disband rather than risk
exposing their true selves they forced
us out of the skies and off the streets
we were ripped
away from our families
while trying to protect them once the
team was out of the picture alliances
like the justice league rose up to fill
the void but the jsa wasn't completely
out of the game it was later revealed
that members of this good alliance lived
on a completely different world than the
one where the justice league operated
after a wicked alliance of villains
finds a way to travel between two earths
the two good groups teamed up to combat
foes this
is a temporary alliance
do you have any idea we can find icicle
this successful collaboration opened the
door for the justice society of america
to return in many crossover comics and
solo stories while they didn't take the
top spot back from the justice league
the team was still welcomed by fans
again instead of ignoring the fact that
the heroes were around for world war ii
stories often recognized that the heroes
were getting up there in age how
convenience that in my absence age has
worn you down to your decrepit knees
and the team still continued to bring on
breakout characters like power girl this
alliance wasn't ready to go quietly into
that good night quite yet the best
friends that i have carter but i don't
know if we'll ever be what the gsa was
the justice society of america would
later step out of comics and make
appearances in a number of animated
shows and films decathan but how looks
like we have to finish the job we
started years ago while several
iterations of the team also appeared in
live-action programs one of the most
notable versions of this alliance
appeared on stargirl years after the
majority of the team was decimated by
the injustice society a group of young
people used the items the alliance left
behind to become heroes anyone else have
deja vu
i do
wasn't that a fun night time to kill the
jsa again this series was a great way to
prepare wider audiences for the debut of
the dc eu's justice society in black
adam they call themselves the justice
society
an organization that believes in
fighting for truth
and justice the film's lineup will
definitely include hawkman dr fate
cyclone and adam smasher we're willing
to bet that plenty of sparks will fly
when they cross paths with the
intimidating black atom hopefully we'll
get to learn more about them before they
rush into any dangerous battles
heroes don't kill people
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it's exciting to see the justice society
of america finally get their due on a
big screen we said we would end this war
too many people have died
we can stop this
this super team broke new ground in the
1940s by just existing while they may
never be as popular as they were when
they debuted there's no denying they
brought important elements to the table
the justice society of america is a
nostalgic team of the past that helped
lead the superhero genre into an
exciting future a kid you ain't seen
nothing yet
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