Create your own "Big 12" Justice League line-up

[Güicho]

Childhood "Big 12" pantheon:
Batman & Robin they always counted as one, The Twins count as one, as do the Hawks as they always showed up and worked as a pair.


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Also fit the Pantheon:

Zeus = Superman
Hera = Wonder Woman
Poseidon = Aquaman
Hermes = Flash
Apollo = Green Lantern
Ares = Hawkman
Artemis = Hawkwoman
Hephaestus = Vulcan
Eros = El Dorado
Asclepius = Apache
Dionysus = Samurai
Castor and Pollux = Twins
Hades = Batman

[Flash Gordon]

Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Aquaman
Mera
The Flash
Green Lantern
Cyborg
Posion Ivy
Black Canary
Starfire
The Atom

[WonderScott]

Superman
Wonder Woman
Batman
Vixen
Star Sapphire
Hawkwoman
Flash
Mera
Black Lightning
Black Canary
Zatanna
Element Woman

And...The Wonder Twins

[GrifterWC]

01. Batman
02. Superman
03. Wonder Woman
04. Aquaman
05. Martian Manhunter
06. Green Lantern (Hal)
07. Flash (Barry)
08. Red Tornado
09. Firestorm (Martin/Ronnie)
10. Hawkman/Hawkwoman
11. Black Lightning
12. Vixen

[Lorendiac]

In my mind, the three Absolutely Essential members for any "Justice League" roster are Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.

After that, I'm fond of the participation of several of the people who were part of the Bronze Age Satellite Era roster -- including Zatanna, Flash, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Elongated Man, and possibly even Red Tornado (although I was never one of his biggest fans).

On the other hand, in the "Obviously Nonessential for a Justice League Roster, But Sometimes It's Handy to Have Them Around" column, I naturally place Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, and Oracle. Along with The Phantom Stranger, who is just too darn flaky to ever be considered "part of the team's regular roster."

And in the "they have no business being part of a Justice League lineup" column, I am inclined to put such names as Blue Beetle (Ted), Booster Gold, Animal Man, Power Girl, Rocket Red (any of 'em), The Creeper (Jack Ryder), Captain Marvel/Shazam, and Maxima. Also Nightwing and Huntress and all of Batman's other proteges/sidekicks/imitators, etc. (Because who needs a second-rate imitation when you are lucky enough to have the original on the team roster?)

So if I were given the chance to pick a twelve-person starting line-up for a new Justice League title, it might go this way:

1. Superman (Clark)
2. Batman (Bruce)
3. Wonder Woman (Diana)
4. Green Lantern (anybody would do -- but let's go with John Stewart for the sake of having an African-American family)
5. Flash (anybody would do)
6. Zatanna
7. Red Tornado (John Smith)
8. Green Arrow (Ollie)
9. Black Canary (Dinah)
10. Elongated Man
11. Atom (I don't care which one -- but Ryan Choi would be fine if we need an Asian-American to keep it from looking too much like a "white boy's club")
12. "The Obligatory Young Recruit" -- someone who hasn't been a high-profile superhero for long in whatever version of DC continuity this is happening in. And thus can be constantly getting helpful little tips from the Seasoned Veterans. I scarcely care if you call him (or her) "Firestorm" or "Vixen" or "Metamorpho" or "Aztek" or whatever.

[Kaijudo]

Better to create something new and different than just to coast on nostalgia at this point:

1. Superman
2. Wonder Woman
3. Batman (Bruce)
4. Doctor Light (Kimiyo)
5. Vixen
6. Metamorpho
7. Flash (Wally)
8. Hawkwoman (Shayera)
9. Mr. Terrific
10. Nightshade
11. Captain Comet
12. Frankenstein

[Lorendiac]

Better to create something new and different than just to coast on nostalgia at this point:

1. Superman
2. Wonder Woman
3. Batman (Bruce)
4. Doctor Light (Kimiyo)
5. Vixen
6. Metamorpho
7. Flash (Wally)
8. Hawkwoman (Shayera)
9. Mr. Terrific
10. Nightshade
11. Captain Comet
12. Frankenstein

I think two-thirds of the names on your list had already become members of the Justice League by the end of the 1980s. And that was almost 30 years ago. Does that really qualify as "new and different"?

[Michael Watkins]

ALPHA LEAGUE of EARTH-198183

1. BIONICA https://static.comicvine.com/uploads...418517-bw1.jpg
Bio: an intelligence agent given bionic enhancement after narrowly suriving a terrorist attack – field leader

2. THE AMERICAN (Ralph David Hanley) http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Bv0sOxjkN...rican+Hero.jpg
Bio: a rehab bound former Hollywood leading man whose career was revitalized after being bonded to a power-granting costume of alien origin.

3. ASET https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...38ac3027a7.jpg
Bio: a mysterious foreign national seemingly imbued with the power of an egyptian goddess

4. FLASH (Quinn Mallory) http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/u...y-oconnell.jpg
Bio: child prodigy – physics grad – can operate at human speed do to time-space manipulation

5. C.I.C.A.D.A (Dr. Myles Hawkins) http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/im...251549-000.jpg
Bio: billionaire philanthropist – former weapons maker – wears an exoskeletal suit dubbed the CICADA (Cybernetically Integrated Combat and Defense Armor)

6. WILD MAN https://img1.etsystatic.com/076/1/11...10623_repx.jpg
Bio: feral child raised by a community of sasquatch – given weapons training by the military – primarily uses a bow and short blade – trained by sasquatch to become temporarily “invisible”

7. BIGFOOT https://static.comicvine.com/uploads...vvirgincen.jpg
Bio: Wildman’s adoptive brother and trained super strong “attack dog”

8. THE ANIMAL MAN (John Chase) https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...35bb5d53ef.jpg
Bio: former british military sometime mercenary endowed with enhanced physical abilities (strength, speed, reaction time, senses, etc) and the ability to shapeshift into various animal forms by a magical artifact

9. BLACK ATOM (Dr. Eldritch Lincoln) http://i45.tinypic.com/2eat8nr.jpg
Bio: brilliant biophysicist who gained the ability to dwindle in size or grow to towering heights through self experimentation. unfortunately named by The American.

10. AUTOMAN (N/A) https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...fc0--vii-s.jpg
Bio: an advanced and formerly rogue artificial intelligence that has since chosen to defend humankind

11. CRAFTRESS (Millie Hubble) http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/...20140821021403
Bio: dabbles in the dark arts

12. NIGHTSTING(Darcy Walker) https://static.comicvine.com/uploads...3607939-01.jpg
Bio: Runaway trained by a vigilante occult to be an efficient and deadly dealer of justice. Regularly injects a compound known as venom to enhance her physical abilities – also trained to slow her breathing to the point of simulating death and fight in the absence of light

[Kaijudo]

I think two-thirds of the names on your list had already become members of the Justice League by the end of the 1980s. And that was almost 30 years ago. Does that really qualify as "new and different"?

With this particular mix of established characters, yes. At no point were all of these characters serving on a single team at the same time. And combine that with the newcomers, it's something distinct.

[BlackClaw]

1. Superman
2. Batman
3. Wonder Woman
4. Flash (Barry)
5. Green Lantern (John)
6. Aquaman
7. Martian Manhunter
8. Cyborg
9. Vixen
10. Green Arrow
11. Black Canary
12. Shazam

[Güicho]

ALPHA LEAGUE of EARTH-198183...

LOL! that was awesome!
Although for 80s TV I'm drawing a complete blank couldn't place your Craftress?
Also couldn't help but feel you need a dark horse 13. some kind of talking car and driver to join.

[CRaymond]

Zeus = Batman
Hera = Mera
Poseidon = Martian Manhunter
Demeter = Black Canary
Athena = Zatanna
Ares = Green Arrow
Aphrodite = Wonder Woman
Hephaestus = Green Lantern
Apollo = Superman
Artemis = Hawkwoman
Hermes = Flash
Dionysus = Plastic Man

[Timothy Hunter]

Wow. Didn't expect Zee to be on so many lists.

Personally, while I like the character of Zatana I wouldn't particularly want her modern iteration on the Justice League, just because her silly magician costume with the fishnets doesn't really fit with the very superhero-y costume the JLA tends to have.

[Punisher007]

1. Batman.
2. Superman.
3. Wonder Woman.
4. Black Canary.
5. Green Lantern.
6. The Flash.
7. Zatanna.
8. Mera.
9. Green Arrow.
10. Vixen.
11. Martian Manhunter.
12. Hawkwoman.

[Güicho]

Personally, while I like the character of Zatana I wouldn't particularly want her modern iteration on the Justice League, just because her silly magician costume with the fishnets doesn't really fit with the very superhero-y costume the JLA tends to have.

She did have the Perez designed more superhero costume, somewhat updated for JL Dark -