Originally Posted by
Myskin
Sorry, maybe I misunderstood your point, but I don't understand why "Wonder Woman never founded the Justice League" should be a stupid edict.
It's not that I am really following superhero much these days, but if what the readers ask for is a universe with a certain level of coherence (not 100% nitpicky stuff, of course) you must exclude some stuff and include other details. To me, Superman being the first superhero in the DCU is a non-issue (My favorite stories back in the day were the ones of the post-Crisis version, when he didn't debut in the 1930s), but for some people it's quite an important point, and I can see why. In terms of coherence, a world with Superman introducing superheroism (so no JSA) is completely different from one in which the JSA debuted first of Wonder Woman debuted first. Or at least it SHOULD be different. Making these quite important points more or less interchangeable IMHO is making the DCU even less significant than it already is.
I said it in the past and I repeat it - merging all of the previous versions of one character/place into one (which is what happened with Superman in the past, maybe more than once) is always a risky move because you just water its strength down for nerdism's sake. The versions of the characters which produced the best mythology were the ones with a strong authorial imprint, or at least some personality. You may dislike Byrne Superman, but he is very recognizable, very coherent in his ethics, powers, mythology etc. I have my some problems with Superbro, I don't think that Morrison put his best efforts in it, but I can see what he was going for. Authority Superman is clearly an evolution of that character. I really can't see Authority Superman as an evolution of Byrne Superman.
Writers/editors can make Wonder Woman the founder of the league, or even the first superhero ever, or even make her enter the league after its foundation, but whatever they choose what's really important is that they are coherent with their choices narratively speaking. It's not that they should explain/show every single moment of the characters' life, but they should choose one direction, some basic elements of the characters and build from there. If this means that they have to exclude some elements and some readers disagree with it, well, they shouldn't really care.
Yes, final reply, for real this time...