Quote Originally Posted by SquirrelMan View Post
And didn't DC introduce a team based on the Avengers around the same time, with Blue Jay and Silver Sorceress?
There was supposed to be a small 4 issue crossover between the JLA and Avengers but at the last minute negotiations between DC and Marvel fell through. The writers decided to go ahead with the crossover anyway so they created analogs and told their story. Two issues of JLA and two of Avengers that read as one story.