What sort of lineup would you have for the next of the Justice League

[adamishere1]

So similar to the thread posted about the Titans, at present we don't have a Justice League title, but odd are within the next 6 months or less we will. So question is, who would you want on the team?

For me, I'd have Superman, Wonder Woman, I'd have either Simon Baz or Jessica Cruz as the Green Lantern with any of the previous GL's in the League showing up to help out from time to time... I'd have Wally West as the Flash (I got into comics when he became the Flash, so I prefer him to Barry). I'd have Nightwing, I know he's done temporary stints both as Nightwing and as Batman, but time for him to step up. Martian Manhunter without saying.

Not sure who else I would have, maybe, a rotating guest cast in addition to the regulars

[Lonewolf36]

A Justice League Unlimited League like the animated series.

[Multiverse]

Superman, Nightwing, Flash (Wally West), Green Lantern (Jessica Cruz), Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Plastic Man, Adam Strange, Vixen, Congorilla (dude needs a second chance, comeon), and Zatanna

[MoneySpider]

Vixen
Superman
Wonder Woman
Mr. Terrific
John Stewart
Flash
Zatanna

[Timothy Hunter]

Has there ever been an alternate reality where the Teen Titans line up from the 80s graduated to become the Justice League?

The only example I can think of was that most of the Titans joined Superman's Justice League in Kingdom Come, bur that doesn't really count because how massive that team was.

[Lonewolf36]

Has there ever been an alternate reality where the Teen Titans line up from the 80s graduated to become the Justice League?

The only example I can think of was that most of the Titans joined Superman's Justice League in Kingdom Come, bur that doesn't really count because how massive that team was.

The League of Titans from the Last Days of Animal Man is the closet thing to this that i remember.

[Jackalope89]

Has there ever been an alternate reality where the Teen Titans line up from the 80s graduated to become the Justice League?

The only example I can think of was that most of the Titans joined Superman's Justice League in Kingdom Come, bur that doesn't really count because how massive that team was.

Before Flashpoint, weren't most of the Titans in the League, but with Dick as Batman? I remember something to that degree.

[Dioman-san]

A Justice League Unlimited League like the animated series.

With a central roster ?

Personally, i would like to see a lineup very different from the Big Seven, but i don't think it will happening.

I would see the team who "died" in Justice League #75, apart Black Adam and Green Arrow :
- Superman (Clark)
- Wonder Woman
- Batman
- Green Lantern (Hal or John)
- Flash (Barry)
- Aquaman (Arthur Curry)
- Hawkgirl
- Martian Manhunter
- Zatanna
- Black Canary

Maybe we will have some change (Like Black Canary who will gone to search Green Arrow, or Batman who gone if we following the event of chip zdarsky run on Batman). But i don't saw the team fundamentally change. Also i don't saw the role of the JL if the Titans become the central team of the DCU.

[M@Bowers2014]

A Justice League Unlimited League like the animated series.

Exactly what I want too. It's shocking that DC has still never tried this in a JLA comic.

[Riv86672]

So similar to the thread posted about the Titans, at present we don't have a Justice League title, but odd are within the next 6 months or less we will. So question is, who would you want on the team?

For me, I'd have Superman, Wonder Woman, I'd have either Simon Baz or Jessica Cruz as the Green Lantern with any of the previous GL's in the League showing up to help out from time to time... I'd have Wally West as the Flash (I got into comics when he became the Flash, so I prefer him to Barry). I'd have Nightwing, I know he's done temporary stints both as Nightwing and as Batman, but time for him to step up. Martian Manhunter without saying.

Not sure who else I would have, maybe, a rotating guest cast in addition to the regulars

^^^I'd go with...:

SUPERMAN
Because, Superman!

ARSENAL
Supes is going to take Roy under his wing.

GLORIOUS GODFREY
WHY is this guy on the League? Oh, there's a reason all right.

DR. Multiverse
She's the new hero on the block.

NAOMI
This is her second time on the team.

VIXEN
Look for her to take charge when Supes isn't around.

THE PHANTOM STRANGER
It's about time he took a turn as an official member.

I'd have this line up stay together for 12-15 issues and an annual then minus Superman go on to do their own thing before the Big Seven start coming back in.

[Superfly Frankenstein]

I would try to do things a little differently. I would pull from characters that are well known enough, or have ties to bigger franchises that don’t have their own solo books:

Martian Manhunter
Kyle Rayner
Donna Troy
Black Lightning
Vixen
Firestorm
Connor Hawke

[Mai Zen]

^^^I'd go with...:

SUPERMAN
Because, Superman!

ARSENAL
Supes is going to take Roy under his wing.

GLORIOUS GODFREY
WHY is this guy on the League? Oh, there's a reason all right.

DR. Multiverse
She's the new hero on the block.

NAOMI
This is her second time on the team.

VIXEN
Look for her to take charge when Supes isn't around.

THE PHANTOM STRANGER
It's about time he took a turn as an official member.

I'd have this line up stay together for 12-15 issues and an annual then minus Superman go on to do their own thing before the Big Seven start coming back in.

I'm intrigued with idea of Phantom Stranger as regular member of Justice League. But in other end I also like air of mystery around him so I guess he only on crucial time or time to time to give some cryptic suggestions

[Riv86672]

Elongated Man

^^^YES!
I’d love to see Ralph (and Sue) become mainstays on the team. They bring such a unique dynamic/skill/powerset to the equation.

I'm intrigued with idea of Phantom Stranger as regular member of Justice League. But in other end I also like air of mystery around him so I guess he only on crucial time or time to time to give some cryptic suggestions

^^^Ty, and that’s how I see him too, really; popping up from out of the shadows at the HQ (reminiscent of some Batman JL depictions) spooking ppl, dropping knowledge, giving warnings. In the field he’d be a somewhat frustrating wildcard, as it’s hard to plan around a guy whose whereabouts you never 100% sure of.

I’d love a scene where some of the characters are watching a movie at HQ and as the scene pulls back the Stranger’s standing right behind them unnoticed, until he actually comments on what’s playing. Cue wide eyes and flying popcorn.

[Alan2099]

Superman
Wonder Woman
Nightwing
Green Arrow
Hawkman
Plastic Man
Kyle Rayner
Blue Beetle
Booster Gold
Black Lightning
Swampthing

[Nomads1]

I love both of these line-ups. Too bad they didn't last long. But I've always prefered a mixed line-up rather than an All-Star one. They are always better to develop charactarization. If I were given the writing chores of the Justice League (yeah, dream on), I'd go with something like this:


The Justice League disbands. Personal problems and responsibilities force the mainstays of the League to take some time off from the team. However, nature abhors a vacuum, and whatever may come to fill the vacuum left by something as powerful as the Justice League could be very dangerous, such as Black Adam’s Extreme Justice (Black Adam, Giganta, Peacemaker, Circe, Clayface, the Creeper, Killer Frost, Templar, etc…). Noticing this, the Martian Manhunter manages to convince Batman that it is necessary for there to be a Justice League, and the two go on to reunite a team worthy of the name.

• Batman – Despite insisting that J’onn should lead the team, especially seeing as he may not always be around, Batman's inability of letting someone else call the shots is evident. Alongside the Manhunter he recruits a team of newbies and experienced heroes that can serve as backbone of a new, more full-time League. Master detective, strategist, tactician and martial artist.
• The Martian Manhunter – J’onn is the backbone of the team, and not only physically, as one of its powerhouses. He is a mentor for the newbies and a trusted friend for the veterans. J’onn possesses a vast array of powers, from shape-changing and super-human strength to telepathy and a multitude of Martian senses. He can also fly, become invisible and alter his body’s own density.
• Mera, Queen of Atlantis – Answering the call, when her husband couldn’t, Mera’s hydrokinetics and vast underwater strength are of great value to the team. Mera is also an accomplished fighter, especially when she wields the hard water trident she is capable of manifesting, and constantly carries around with her.
• Hawkman – As a man who has total recall of thousands of years of reincarnations, Carter Hall is an enemy to be feared. Now imbued with the power of the Thangarian Hawk-God, and the Nth Metal mixed with his own blood, Carter is even more powerful, adding enhanced-strength, impressive healing capabilities and the ability to manifest large wings and fly to his millenniums of combat experience and other skills such as advanced alien scientific knowledge, a vast know-how of human anatomy, for medical purposes or for torture, first-hand expertise on all-kinds of habits and traditions of an enormous number of different cultures, etc… Though in battle, Carter Hall is capable of barbaric savagery, he is also a masterful tactical and strategic thinker. Hawkman employs with great skill a multitude of medieval weapons and is a good stand in for Diana as the League’s most formidable warrior.
• The Atom – Ray Palmer is the last member of the new League’s “old guard”. Although not a speedster, like Barry, Ray is the master of his own field of action, which makes him equally invaluable for advance recon and infiltration. The fact that he is one of the world’s top physicists is a welcome plus. On top of that, though he is reluctant in using this power, for it causes him great discomfort, Ray can not only shrink to subatomic sizes, but grow to towering proportions, which adds to the muscle power the team can bring to bear.
• Supergirl – If you’re looking for a replacement for the Man of Steel, look no further than the Maid of Might. However, her youth and rebel streak may make Kara Zor-El a less dependable teammate to work with. Opposite to J’onn J’onzz, Kara with her natural Kryptonian abilities, such as super-strength, super-speed, invulnerability, super-senses, flight and heat vision, is one half of the duo of biggest physical powerhouses of the team.
• Firestorm – Jason Rusch now controls the Firestorm matrix, and the Atom takes him under his wing to coach him to best use his abilities. It is not clear if Ronnie Raymond remains part of the Firestorm matrix. In his own way, with his transmutational powers, Firestorm is as versatile and as useful for the team as Cyborg was. (It is later found out that Ronnie is in a coma, and he only comes out of it whenever the Firestorm persona manifests. Though, as his body remains in a hospital bed, Ronnie is the less active part of the matrix.)
• Dr. Light – Kymio Hoshi, the widow of the late Dr. Light that was killed by Superman during the events of the Trinity War, joins the new team. The powers of her late husband, manipulation of the light spectrum to various effects and degrees, which she accidently managed to give herself make her a good stand-in for Green Lantern. However, with a serious chip on her shoulder, the arrogant and short-tempered Kymio is a disruptive presence in the team. Alongside the Atom, J’onn J’onzz, and even Hawkman, Kymio is part of the League’s impressive thinktank.
• Faith - The wild card. Faith was brought into the team by the Batman, and no one knows much about her. Her range of psionic abilities are impressive. High-end telecknetics, telepathy and empathy. While Faith seems incapable of fine-tuning her powers, such as moving an egg from one end of a table to the other, if you need someone to tear apart a mountain with the power of her mind, she is your girl. At the same time, Faith is not as accomplished a telepath as the Martian Manhunter, probably the most powerful telepath on Earth. She can’t, say, read thoughts, but her empathy allows her to feel impressions coming from people, which help her identify, among other things, when someone is lying (although, unlike J’onn, she won’t know what the person is lying about). However, combined with her empathy, her telepathic abilities allow her to calm a whole multitude of panicked people, or instill the fear of death in them, or even render them unconscious. She also projects a feel-good aura that makes people feel comfortable with her, trust her, like her. Her powers also allow her to instinctively resist psionic attack. It is later found out that Faith was in reality a prisoner traded by a drug cartel in Colombia to an American Black Ops site where she was experimented on with cells obtained from Captain Comet, a man one hundred thousand years ahead in the evolutionary scale. Among the dozens of guinea pigs, Faith was the only known survivor, and though she didn’t evolve as much physically nor intellectually as Adam Blake, the treatment awakened in her psychic abilities that rivaled, and ofttimes even dwarfed, his own. Her former employers invested too much in her creation, and didn’t take well the termination of her services to them, so Faith finds a safe-heaven in the League, as well as powerful protectors, if needed be.

The other mainstays of the team, such as Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern John Stewart, Cyborg and the Flash, will occasionally come and go, joining the team when their own personal lives allow it, but there will always be a powerful group of Leaguers active to deal with whatever threat comes forward. The team will have to deal with the New Deities, a team of creatures of supposed divine origin brought together by Dr. Impossible, a delusional foot soldier of Darkseid’s army claiming to be Mister-Miracle’s brother, who steals Chair, a symbiotic AI which was a discarded attempt by Darksied and Dessad to recreate the Moebius Chair, deemed, even by them, too dangerous a project. Chair helps Dr. Impossible assemble and empower Hunter, Neon Black, the rogue Amazon Mistress Mercy, a mentally impaired host for Chair and High Mother, a minor Apokoliptean deity with strong emotional ties with Dr. Impossible, who is risen to a new status with her entropic energy wielding staff. Neron will set his sights on the new JLA, freeing agents with connections with the team from the bowls of Hell, such as Wrath, General Proteus, The Sea King, Dr. Light, Kimyo’s deceased husband, that apparently was not such a good guy as she believed, will take the name of Master Light, Temperance, one of the causalities of the project that gave Faith her powers, a fanatic in the use of her mental powers to “curb vices”, and others. Dr. Destiny traps the new team in a nightmare world, which forces some of the previous team to come to their rescue. And that's just a taste of what's to come.
I haven't been following much current DC, so I basically picked the characters in a state that I could work with them.

Peace