Wonder Woman & The Justice Society of America - SPOILERS

[Dr. Poison]

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The Justice Society of America(World War II version) will be returning September's Justice League of America #31. With Dr. Manhattan's Rebirth cleansing continuity, how would you like to see this affect Wonder Woman's relationship with the Justice Society? Should Diana join the team in 1942 like she originally did Pre-Crisis? Should Hippolyta go back in time and fight alongside the JSA like she did in John Byrne's run on Wonder Woman? Should the JSA be completely absent of a Wonder Woman-related member? Share your opinions below.

[OBrianTallent]

I wouldn't mind an Amazon being with the JSA, not necessarily Diana or Hippolyta. There's been a precedence set in the new 52 of other Amazons being out in the world. Perhaps this would be a good way to bring the golden age Fury into the mix with a decent story connecting her to the Amazons? Whatever happened to the one that was in Demon Knights? What about Hessia (who was in the Superman/Wonder Woman series and the Odyssey of the Amazons mini). There's plenty of options.

[Sacred Knight]

Wouldn't bother me if Diana had roots with the JSA in the 40s. I absolutely do not want the Hippolyta time travel stuff in though.

[MajorHoy]

Wouldn't bother me if Diana had roots with the JSA in the 40s.

Just another way to make Diana's origin / history even more screwed up, though, unless they rewrite Justice League to indicate that Diana was active as a "superhero" more than fifty years prior to Kal or Bruce first doning their capes.

I absolutely do not want the Hippolyta time travel stuff in though.

While it served the purpose of giving us back a "Golden Age" Wonder Woman in post-CoIE continuity, it would probably be way too convoluted to bring it back now.

[OBrianTallent]

Just another way to make Diana's origin / history even more screwed up, though, unless they rewrite Justice League to indicate that Diana was active as a "superhero" more than fifty years prior to Kal or Bruce first doning their capes.

While it served the purpose of giving us back a "Golden Age" Wonder Woman in post-CoIE continuity, it would probably be way too convoluted to bring it back now.

I think the New 52 origin of the JL is on the way out as it is anyway.

[Agent 86]

If they're willing to rewrite the entirety of their continuity again, then I would be happy to see Diana as a member of the Justice Society.

But, a logical consequence of that should be that Diana is *the* leader of the Justice League, given that she'd have almost 60 years (IF not more, depending upon when she first left Themyscira) experience in superheroics, not to mention her Amazonian training as a princess / diplomat, military leader and scientist.

I'm not sure what that would mean for her origin story and characters like Steve Trevor and possibly Etta Candy. I don't know whether the benefit of Wonder Woman existing in man's world since WW2 (or earlier, for example, WW1) outweighs the loss of Steve Trevor as a main supporting character in her "present day" stories - IF her origin story includes Steve Trevor and not someone else crashing onto the island.

[Midnighter]

I think the New 52 origin of the JL is on the way out as it is anyway.

It already is. The full Justice League history has been restored. The satelite era, Detroit, classic JLI and Morrison's JLA have all been referenced several times. Martain Manhunter is again seen as the heart of the League, and as of this fall NTT history is restored.

If Origins is still in continuity it would have to be seen as more of a "getting the band back together" type story.

[Dr. Poison]

I wouldn't mind an Amazon being with the JSA, not necessarily Diana or Hippolyta. There's been a precedence set in the new 52 of other Amazons being out in the world. Perhaps this would be a good way to bring the golden age Fury into the mix with a decent story connecting her to the Amazons? Whatever happened to the one that was in Demon Knights? What about Hessia (who was in the Superman/Wonder Woman series and the Odyssey of the Amazons mini). There's plenty of options.

Hessia would be an interesting substitution for Diana in the JSA. She could be the JSA's first female member and their first non-Caucasian member plus her mystical armor would add some nice visuals to the JSA's early roster.

[Angleman70]

Hey WW fans,

The Justice Society is coming back, I believe it’s time for the Golden age Wonder Woman to return with them. There should be no excuse given that the JSA version shouldn’t exist. She’s a vital part of the team and historically speaking, the team seems listless without her. I have no problem with another version of Diana existing along with our modern version. Maybe we should have the JSA exist on another earth which would give Diana a place to shine in the WW2 era. Your thoughts?

[MajorHoy]

Hey WW fans,

The Justice Society is coming back, I believe it’s time for the Golden age Wonder Woman to return with them. There should be no excuse given that the JSA version shouldn’t exist. She’s a vital part of the team and historically speaking, the team seems listless without her. I have no problem with another version of Diana existing along with our modern version. Maybe we should have the JSA exist on another earth which would give Diana a place to shine in the WW2 era. Your thoughts?

If they exist on another Earth, yes.

If not, then definitely no.

And, honestly, is a "recording secretary" (which is what she initially was in the Golden Age stories, not taking an active part in the initial issues she was in) really a "vital part of the team"?

[Artemisfanboy]

If they exist on another Earth, yes.

If not, then definitely no.

And, honestly, is a "recording secretary" (which is what she initially was in the Golden Age stories, not taking an active part in the initial issues she was in) really a "vital part of the team"?

Your details on the assessment of her membership are slightly off. She had regular solo chapter with the other members when she first joined in issues #11, and #13 and the framing sequences for #15 are practically a Wonder Woman chapter with her coming to rescue the rest of the JSA in their first encounter with Brainwave. Her status as a "secretary" had less to do with sexism and more to do with them adhering to real-life publishing rules they'd set for themselves where if a character received their own solo title they were suppose to leave the active membership. a few issues prior to adding Wonder Woman to the book they had run a poll with the readers asking which character from Sensation Comics they wanted added. The reason they didn't replace her with another character from sensation such as Wildcat or Mr Terrific as soon as she got her own title as they previously had when Green Lantern and Flash had was because they realized a large part of her appeal was that she was a woman and they didn't have any other heroine they could use to replace her. The invention of the secretary role was a compromise to allow her to remain a supporting character in the book's framing sequences. Over time these rules were relaxed with Flash and Green Lantern returning to the active roster in issue #35. When the individual chapter formula was dropped from Issue #38 onwards she was treated as a regular member from then on, and played an important role in that very story coming to the rescue of the rest of the JSA with resuscitating them with Purple Healing Ray. And then you've got some retroactive stories such as in All-Star Squadron or the Justice Society Returns where she takes a more normal role as a member of the team. Without her the team is missing a major female member. Something just feels off with her removed completely and not replaced.

As for other potential women members particularly for a modern day formation, I'm assuming Stargirl will have her connections to the Starman legacy restored, and the presumed pre-flashpoint version of Power Girl we've seen trapped in that extradimensional space over in deathstroke would also be a member. I would also like to see that Black Canary gets her new 52 origin thrown out and modified version of her post crisis legacy restored, with Dinah Drake being the original Black Canary and a member of the JSA in the late forties/early fifties, and the current Dinah Lance Black Canary being her granddaughter or great granddaughter, to make her age reasonable.