Yeah, wasn't she just the secretary and not an active participant in battle?
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She was an active participant(IE she had her own individual chapter) in All-Star #11 and #13. Her placement as secretary was due to the rule that once a character had their own solo book they were suppose to be removed from active membership. Diana had won a readers poll to decide which Sensation Comics character would be added to the the team, but was popular enough she also got her own title very quickly. Making her secretary was a compromise to keep her as a presence in the book. Also, once the book abandoned the individual chapter format she was no different than any other member.
There's an animated Justice Society movie out with the members in their heyday. It looks incredibly exciting and something to get the team out there. As a big JSA fan, my first reaction is
A) Be enthusiastic and interested
B) Nitpick about details.
Really, consider both options before you post.
The roster is a pretty big detail. Fans want to see the characters they're fans of. Black Canary is anachronistic, and doesn't have the same time travel excuse as Barry Allen (also, this Canary has a Canary Cry, something that should be exclusive to her daughter Dinah Lance). And Green Lantern's omission is just plain odd. Has the JSA ever not had Alan on the team?
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You're probably unaware of this, but animated movies aren't set in the same universe as the original comics. Like with live action movies and TV shows, sometimes the characters differ. If you need any more help with superhero comic book basics, please feel free to ask.
I would normally agree with you on the idea that TV shows / movies aren't part of the comic book stories, so they can be different, but unfortunately comic books / DC has evolved to the point that many of the changes made for the TV shows / movies seem to then take the place in the comic book stoies of how those comic book stories had previously been. (The Supergirl comic book under Rebirth felt that way to me, and the idea that DC now seems to be making Diana-as-Wonder Woman have an active past in "Man's World" dating back to (at least) WWII in the comic book stories also seems to be kowtowing to the movies instead of what had been the comic book stories.)
Black Canary is probably there so they can have another woman on the team (and not Ma Hunkel) and there might be a reason they didn't use Hawkgirl.
Diana debuting in WWII is how she originally debuted in the golden age - the movie has her origin in World War I, to avoiding copying Captain America: The First Avenger, which, of course also like it's source material, was set in World War II. So that wasn't synergy, the comics were just reverting to her original origins. Supergirl Rebirth matching the TV show by having her intern for Cat Grant was synergy though, despite the fact she was also seen in school instead of being aged up like she really ought to be (she's been around longer than any of the Titans except Dick and Roy, so she ought to be their age - which would've matched the show, where she starts out at 25).
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