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[QUOTE=MajorHoy;4411535] Uh, Danette / Firebrand was [B]never a member[/B] of the Justice Society of America, so there was no reason to include her on a poll of favorite JSA members.[SIZE=1]
(You do know who the [B][FONT=Century Gothic]Justice Society of America[/FONT][/B] was, don't you?)[/SIZE] :confused:[/QUOTE]
I tend to get the exact roster conflated with the All-Star Squadron, which seemed to incorporate all of the Justice Society, and a bunch of other people (like Firebrand and Amazing Man and Johnny Quick, etc.). Given how much they swapped people between teams, I'm horrible at keeping track of who was or was not on each team.
Still, I tend to think of Justice Society members who weren't also replicated in the Justice League first, like Wildcat and Thunderbolt and Dr. Midnight, over the various Kryptonians, Amazons, speedsters and power ring users. It's just a quirk of mine. Nothing wrong with liking Alan Scott or Jay Garrick or Kal-L, and hopefully my having preferences different than yours isn't coming off as an attack on yours, because that wasn't the intention!
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[QUOTE=NeathBlue;4412148]The slight variations in their costumes always made me like them more than their JLA counterparts during the 70’s...
Also the cover of Adventure Comics 462 is still one of my favourite.
As for voting for favourites, I can’t really as I like all the original Golden Age characters [B]and would also include the All-Star Squadron members as well[/B].[/QUOTE]I'm assuming you mean you would include them among your favorite characters and not as members of the JSA.
Some people on these boards have expressed confusion over what the difference is between the two teams and seemed to think [U]all[/U] the members of the All-Star Squadron were also members of the JSA.
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[QUOTE=MajorHoy;4412184]I'm assuming you mean you would include them among your favorite characters and not as members of the JSA.
Some people on these boards have expressed confusion over what the difference is between the two teams and seemed to think [U]all[/U] the members of the All-Star Squadron were also members of the JSA.[/QUOTE]
Yeah included as favourite Golden Age characters...
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Early results so far have:[indent]* The Flash (Jay Garrick) = 18 votes
* Green Lantern (Alan Scott) = 15 votes
* Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson) = 13 votes
* Power Girl (Karen Starr / Kara Zor-L) = 13 votes
* Huntress (Helena Wayne) = 11 votes
* Black Canary (Dinah Drake Lance) = 10 votes
* The Sandman (Wesley Dodds) = 10 votes[/indent]
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The Flash (Jay Garrick) is my favorite member.
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[QUOTE=Celgress;4412942]The Flash (Jay Garrick) is my favorite member.[/QUOTE]
I knew I liked you :p excellent choice!
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[QUOTE=Sutekh;4412170]I tend to get the exact roster conflated with the All-Star Squadron, which seemed to incorporate all of the Justice Society, and a bunch of other people (like Firebrand and Amazing Man and Johnny Quick, etc.). Given how much they swapped people between teams, I'm horrible at keeping track of who was or was not on each team.[/quote]It's really quite simple.
Think of a circle. A circle is a shape. However, not all shapes are circles.
The Justice Society of America was a specific team of superheroes in a comic book published by DC back in the 1940s. But not all superheroes published by DC back in the 1940s were members of the Justice Society of America.
As for the [B][FONT=Century Gothic]All-Star Squadron[/FONT][/B], Roy Thomas wanted to tell stories that used ALL the superheroes that DC published during the 1940s, as well as heroes that were not originally published by DC but were later acquired by DC. All those superheroes, including members of teams like the JSA and the Seven Soldiers of Victory, became part of a super-mega-group called the [B][FONT=Century Gothic]All-Star Squadron[/FONT][/B], and were specifically given a name including "[B][FONT=Century Gothic]All-Star[/FONT][/B]" because the Golden Age stories of the JSA were published in the comic book [B][I]All Star Comics[/I][/B].
[QUOTE=Sutekh;4412170]Still, I tend to think of Justice Society members who weren't also replicated in the Justice League first, like Wildcat and Thunderbolt and Dr. Midnight, over the various Kryptonians, Amazons, speedsters and power ring users. It's just a quirk of mine. Nothing wrong with liking Alan Scott or Jay Garrick or Kal-L, and hopefully my having preferences different than yours isn't coming off as an attack on yours, because that wasn't the intention![/QUOTE]Actually, since the JSA was developed / published [U]before[/U] the JLA, heroes like Wonder Woman and (a) Flash weren't "in the Justice League first", though you may have [U]read[/U] [U]about[/U] [U]them[/U] in the Justice League before discovering the JSA.
Who you like (or don't like) is your own preference / business.
I just get bothered when people don't have the facts right.
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Not to much change since last time the votes were counted, though there has been some shifting of results:[indent]* The Flash (Jay Garrick) = 19 votes (+1)
* Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson) = 17 votes (+4)
* Green Lantern (Alan Scott) = 16 votes (+1)
* Power Girl (Karen Starr / Kara Zor-L) = 15 votes (+2)
* Huntress (Helena Wayne) = 13 votes (+2)
* Black Canary (Dinah Drake Lance) = 12 votes (+2)
* The Sandman (Wesley Dodds) = 11 votes (+1)
and now tied with Sandman,
* Wildcat (Ted Grant) = 11 votes[/indent]
Next closest would be the Golden Age version of Robin (Dick Grayson), who officially became a full member as an adult (back in the Silver Age). Golden Age Robin only had 9 votes at last check, while the others on the poll had slightly less than that.
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Since the last count in late June,[indent]* [B]The Flash[/B] (Jay Garrick) = 20 votes (+1)
* [B]Doctor Fate[/B] (Kent Nelson) = 18 votes (+1)
* [B]Green Lantern[/B] (Alan Scott) = 17 votes (+1)
* [B]Power Girl[/B] (Karen Starr / Kara Zor-L) = 16 votes (+1)
* [B]Huntress[/B] (Helena Wayne) = 14 votes (+1)
* [B]The Sandman[/B] (Wesley Dodds) = 13 votes (+2)
* Black Canary (Dinah Drake Lance) = 12 votes[SIZE=1] (no change)[/SIZE]
* Wildcat (Ted Grant) = 11 votes[SIZE=1] (no change)[/SIZE]
* Golden Age Robin (Dick Grayson) = 9 votes[SIZE=1] (no change)[/SIZE]
* [B]Hawkman[/B] (Carter Hall) = 9 votes[/indent]
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I'm surprised at the amount of love for Kent!
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[QUOTE=married guy;4460563]I'm surprised at the amount of love for Kent![/QUOTE]Dr. Fate has been popular for a while now.
I'm surprised that Hawkman's support has been a bit weak in the early voting.
[img]https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/scale_large/6/66303/4585144-convergence%20js%2001.jpg[/img]
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Over the past couple of weeks we're now at[indent]* [B]The Flash[/B] (Jay Garrick) = 23 votes (+3)
* [B]Doctor Fate[/B] (Kent Nelson) = 20 votes (+2)
* [B]Green Lantern[/B] (Alan Scott) = 19 votes (+2)
* [B]Power Girl[/B] (Karen Starr / Kara Zor-L) = 18 votes (+2)
* Huntress (Helena Wayne) = 14 votes ([SIZE=1]no change[/SIZE])
* The Sandman (Wesley Dodds) = 13 votes ([SIZE=1]no change[/SIZE])
* Black Canary (Dinah Drake Lance) = 12 votes[SIZE=1] (no change)[/SIZE]
* [B]Wildcat[/B] (Ted Grant) = 12 votes (+1)
* [B]Hawkman[/B] (Carter Hall) = 11 votes (+2)
* [B]Hawkgirl[/B] (Shiera Sanders Hall) = 10 votes
* Golden Age Robin (Dick Grayson) = 9 votes ([SIZE=1]no change[/SIZE])[/indent]
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And there have been a few more votes:[indent]* The Flash (Jay Garrick) = 23 votes
* Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson) = 20 votes
* Green Lantern (Alan Scott) = 19 votes
* Power Girl (Karen Starr / Kara Zor-L) = 18 votes
* [B]Huntress[/B] (Helena Wayne) = 15 votes (+1)
* [B]The Sandman[/B] (Wesley Dodds) = 14 votes (+1)
* [B]Wildcat[/B] (Ted Grant) = 14 votes (+2)
* [B]Black Canary[/B] (Dinah Drake Lance) = 13 votes (+1)
* [B]Hawkman[/B] (Carter Hall) = 12 votes (+1)
* [B]Hawkgirl[/B] (Shiera Sanders Hall) = 11 votes (+1)
* Golden Age Robin (Dick Grayson) = 9 votes ([SIZE=1]no change[/SIZE])[/indent]
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Been a while since I last updated the count here ;) :[indent]* The Flash (Jay Garrick) = 26 votes
* Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson) = 23 votes
* Green Lantern (Alan Scott) = 21 votes
* Power Girl (Karen Starr / Kara Zor-L) = 19 votes
* Huntress (Helena Wayne) = 16 votes
* The Sandman[/B] (Wesley Dodds) = 16 votes
* Wildcat (Ted Grant) = 16 votes
* Black Canary (Dinah Drake Lance) = 15 votes
* Hawkman (Carter Hall) = 14 votes
* Hawkgirl (Shiera Sanders Hall) = 14 votes
* Golden Age Robin (Dick Grayson) = 10 votes
* Dr. Mid-Nite (Charles McNider) = 10 votes
* Superman (Clark Kent / Kal-L) = 10 votes
* Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton) = 7 votes[/indent][SIZE=1]
NOTE: Before anybody goes and complains about who is and isn't listed for this poll, go back and read the Original Post.[/SIZE]
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I guess this poll is closed now. If I had voted, I'd probably have voted for Hawkman and Robin given the publishing window of 1940 - 1998. There are other characters that got better development as Justice Society members after 1998, but I would not have counted those comics in this publishing window.
Also I wouldn't take into account what these characters did outside the Justice Society. It's about what they brought to the group as members. Flash and Wildcat had lots of good stories on their own or teamed up with other characters but, before 1999, there weren't that many Justice Society stories where they stood out for me.