Who's really the 7th Member of the JLA's "Big Seven"

[Johnny]

^^^Well we were talking about popularity League status and starring in books and stuff, though.

Hal’s def. the favorite child. He even came back from the dead just to screw Kyle over!

More like he came back from the dead because he got screwed over. And he's such a favorite child that he's either never there or always being replaced.

[Riv86672]

^^^Agree to disagree.

[Johnny]

^^^Agree to disagree.

Fair enough. The facts speak for themselves.

[j9ac9k]

More like he came back from the dead because he got screwed over. And he's such a favorite child that he's either never there or always being replaced.

^^^Agree to disagree.

I would say Hal gets swapped out for another Green Lantern much more often than Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman or Flash do by a member of their family, but he is there sometimes - more often outside the main JL series in non-canonical or stand-alone stories like "Last Ride" and the Godzilla mini.

[Riv86672]

Fair enough. The facts speak for themselves.

^^^Ah, the last getter. Got it.

[Rac7d*]

Well alrighr

[Gaastra]

It's Martian Manhunter. Unless it's superfriends of course.

[WonderLight789]

I think that scan proves my point.

[Ascended]

It's J'onn.

Of course it is.

There's a lot of bigger names with long League history, like Arrow and Canary and Atom. It could be them.

There's a lot of characters who're more popular but don't have a ton of League history who could step into that spot, like Lightning, Cyborg, or gods help us, Harley. Could be any of them.

But it's J'onn. He was there from the start, he's been in damn near every iteration of the team and even when he's not a member he doesn't seem to be too far away. He's a living history of the League; to know who J'onn is and what he's been through is to know the League's history and what they've done.

I got nothing against DC changing the roster around (as they do) and leaving J'onn out of it sometimes. That's fine, dude doesn't have to *always* be on the team and it'd get stale if he was. But end of the day, we all know J'onn's home is the League, that's where he belongs. And no matter how far he wanders or for how long, or who fills in for him while he's gone, he'll find his way back eventually.

[Stanlos]

Is making up second, third, and fourth accounts and responding to oneself on boards like these....healthy?

[MajorHoy]

Is making up second, third, and fourth accounts and responding to oneself on boards like these....healthy?

What do accounts #2 and #3 think about that?

[TheRay]

Then where is my Martian man hunter sneaker?

https://x.com/dcofficial/status/1720...jJ3z6TXVzl8ksw

To be honest, any customized sneaker you make would likely be better than anything they’d come up with.

[MajorHoy]

I think we can all agree that six of the JLA's "Big Seven" are...

Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
One of the Flashes
Some Green Lantern
Aquaman

but who really deserves the spot of the 7th member?

With 82 people having voted so far,

* Martian Manhunter = 63 votes
* "Somebody Else" = 6 votes

All other options have less than five votes each.
No votes yet for "Robin"; Plastic Man, Hawkwoman, and Shazam each have only one vote at present.

[Ascended]

Regarding Robin, I don't mind if a Robin tags along on a few missions with the League. But not as a member, or even a reservist. You couldn't find a bigger, more iconic name to add to the team but I don't generally support minors joining the group and I don't think any of the Leaguers would be comfortable letting a kid run into the dangers they face. One thing to kick a mobster in the face, quite another to try fighting Darkseid.

Robin's a pillar of the DCU, not a Leaguer.

[Rac7d*]

Regarding Robin, I don't mind if a Robin tags along on a few missions with the League. But not as a member, or even a reservist. You couldn't find a bigger, more iconic name to add to the team but I don't generally support minors joining the group and I don't think any of the Leaguers would be comfortable letting a kid run into the dangers they face. One thing to kick a mobster in the face, quite another to try fighting Darkseid.

Robin's a pillar of the DCU, not a Leaguer.

i wouldnt downplay robin, hes tends to be more or equal experienced as the avergae leaguer and handles crisis similar to them, hes a fine reservist. Although, I like to think if batman is at the watchtower robin keeps gotham on watch.