Originally Posted by
achilles
"Their presence will be felt" sounds an awful lot like they're dead, Jim. Pining for the fjords. Ex-superheroes. But still an inspiration or whatever Could they be back, considering that one vague comment by Johns? Sure, but I wouldn't bet on them remaining. As I understand it, the premise of the show is that Courtney refounds the JSA with a new generation of heroes, (and presumably beats the Injustice Society with the new JSA at some point before heading onto the next arc). She's....a relatively low powered hero. Certainly more powerful than Batman, but very far from the JSA heavyweights. Putting it another way, those characters, (and Dr. Fate, Power Girl, and above all the Spectre for SO many reasons), just won't work in THIS show starring THIS character. They'd take away from Stargirl, both for their power and their experience. This show is about a newbie legacy hero showing other newbie legacy heroes how to do it the JSA way. Hopefully without all that losing and dying stuff. While Jay and Alan can serve as inspiration for the newbies, and maybe, just maybe show up once to give some inspirational words, having them hang around would not be good for Courtney or the show. Well, maybe in the third or fourth season.
PG...would be even worse, because functionally, she WAS Stargirl in context of the JSA long before Stargirl was even created; the big new recruit, outspoken and not respecting authority figures. You really don't want her there, either to take the focus away from Stargirl, or to serve as the shock death. Don't think that will happen, though, she's not Johns' favorite character.
I'm more wondering about the Hawks; I don't recall if they were at the battle or not. I'm guessing I saw some pink flashes, so I'm thinking the Thunderbolt and Johnny were there. And Johnny probably was killed, thus stopping the Thunderbolt. Dr. Fate? He's a big question mark for me, and probably the hardest JSAer to stop, along with Alan, PG, and Jay. Excluding the Spectre of course. Was he at the fight?