Simple, I don’t want WW in the JSA. There are plenty of other female characters who have stronger ties to the JSA. Before Major or anyone else jumps on me, I KNOW that WW had early golden age ties. I think that Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman should be Justice League only.
Last edited by Jekyll; 05-15-2018 at 07:38 AM.
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If the JSA is on a different Earth than the current-day heroes, returning Wonder Woman to her membership would not be a problem.
If the JSA and JLA are back as if they've always been on the same Earth, and the JSA's 1940s history is (somewhat) restored, then having Diana-as-Wonder-Woman being a member would make no sense or be convoluted since they just recently tried to straighten out her history/origin AGAIN at the start of Rebirth.
Actually, Flash went from full-time to "honorary" member back with All Star Comics #6 which was released back in late June of 1941, almost half a year before Pearl Harbor and the U.S. formally entering WWII.
Alan Scott became an honorary member with issue #8, which would have been out in late October 1941, also just prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
By issue #24 (on sale in early 1945), Jay and Alan were back to regular membership in the group.
Disagree with the "stronger ties" part, at least in terms of the Golden Age (or even the Silver & Bronze Ages).
And as far female heroes active back during the Golden Age, most of those characters that would have had any connection to the JSA would have been through the All-Star Squadron, and that was a grouping that involved EVERY superhero/mystery wo/man connected with DC and set during the early 1940s.
People make a big stink about Wonder Woman being the secretary, but I look on the positive side. Diana was supposed to be completely out of active membership, like Jay, Alan, Bruce and Clark; however, Mayer and Fox found a way to keep Diana around, even though not active, by giving Diana Prince an administrative reason to be there.
That must mean they saw the value in the character and were willing to bend the rules so WW could draw in more readers.
But I think even if the JSA didn’t have the rule forcing those stars out of active duty, Sheldon Mayer might still have had to put Diana on desk duty on account of Marston jealously guarding the use of his heroine.
The secretarial function was the best compromise they could settle on for those times.
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Have her be a member if it is on Earth-2, which sadly seems very unlikely.
This is the main reason I do not want to add her if it is on the main Earth. We just had Year One and Godwatch, set firmly in the present day. It wouldn't do well to screw things up again. Had they planned things differently, I'd be fine with her Golden Age adventures being intact during the WWII era and all the stuff with Godwatch, Barbara Minerva, Ares's kids, etc. being during the present day after she comes back. But they missed the boat.
Didn't Byrne say that he wanted the time traveling Wonder Woman to be Diana, but DC didn't want her pre-dating Clark and Bruce? I never got why they didn't want Wonder Woman coming first, but were totally fine with the rest of the JSA coming before him. Like if anyone has the right, it's her.
I want DC to put the JSA on their own earth again. And with that set-up, it would be easy to put Wonder Woman on the JSA.
“Somewhere, in our darkest night, we made up the story of a man who will never let us down.”
- Grant Morrison on Superman
I am with you on this. I don't want exact copies of Earth 1 heroes on Earth 2 anymore. There are so many different character that to use the trinity just seems lazy to me. I would much rather see Fury as the rebellious daughter who leaves the island and have Diana in the Hippolyta role. I don't want Kal-L or Bruce Wayne running around in costume either.
If it were the original Earth-Two, or anything close to that, then surely there would be a stark contrast. Part of the fun of Earth-Two was seeing these characters that were similar yet so different. It wouldn’t be nearly as much fun if the JSA was just a bunch of random no-names completely divorced from recognizable figures.
In the 1970s, distinct versions of Earth-Two Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman emerged. And I’d say that was due to Clark, Bruce and Diana having evolved so much (as Earth-One characters) that it was easy to make the contrast. There was almost as much difference as Hawkman and Hawkman.
If the JSA is going to be remade in the current JLA’s image, then what would be the point? No matter what happens you can’t change history, ‘though many have tried.
Currently(or soon to be) Reading: Alan Scott: Green Lantern, Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Jay Garrick: The Flash, Justice Society of America, Power Girl, Superman, Shazam, Titans, Wesley Dodds: Sandman, Wonder Woman, & World's Finest: Teen Titans.
Or, on a different track, back in the origin story for the JSA, Hitler was able to summon a large group of Valkyries to fight the heroes that would become the JSA.
What if one of them somehow realized that Hitler/the Nazis were in the wrong, so stayed behind when the others left and decided to switch sides? She could become the new "Wonder Woman" equivalent.
There is a storytelling upside to this choice. The Phantom is one of the most popular comics characters in the Nordic countries. For those not familiar with the character, the Phantom was created in 1936 by Lee Falk as a costumed crime-fighter, who carried on the legacy since the 15th century of other costumed crime-fighter. The first Phantom survived a pirate attack that killed all the other people on his ship, and he swore an oath to fight pirates and brigands that has been continued on with his descendants ever since. The current Phantom is the 21st or 22nd.
And the most popular adventures tends to be the historicals. One reason is that many of the historicals can be tragedies where the Phantom or their loved one dies, but another is that they give lots of scope for stories and settings not present in our day. For Wonder Woman, the possibilities would be even greater.