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"Great stories will always return to their original forms"
"Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable." James Baldwin
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It is surprising how many hats he wears!
I wanted a Satellite-era League without the 'big seven,' and found that Green Arrow (financier), Black Canary (hand to hand, street smarts) and Elongated Man + Sue Dibney (team detectives) were just covering roles that Batman, by himself, already covered! To a lesser degree, Hawkwoman (alien tech supplier) and the Atom and Firestorm (team science) also stepped into roles that Batman dabbled in! Zatanna and Red Tornado were pretty much the only ones not stepping on Bat-toes!
Other than those eight;
Green Arrow, Black Canary, Atom, Firestorm, Hawkwoman, Zatanna, Red Tornado, Elongated Man
I'd consider;
Vixen, Booster Gold, Element Woman, Black Lightning.
Maybe others, as the mood takes me, like swapping out Element Woman for Nightshade or Ice.
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90s style JustUsXtreme! Cause all the JL classics are MIA, crippled, depowered, insane or dead! ...eXtremely!!!
1. Eradicator last Son for Superman
2. Artemis Amazon for Wonder Woman
3. JPV Az-Bats for Batman
4. Speed-Force Wally West for Flash
5. Rayner the ONLY Green Lantern, cause Hal gets to be insane and dead, Guy mutant freak, John Stewart cripled in a wheelchair, just to make Kyle "special"
6. Connor Hawke for Green Arrow
7. Cassandra Cain for Batgirl
8. John Henry Steel Tech guy for Iron-Man
9. Kendra Saunders for Hawkwoman
10. Zauriel for Hawkman
11. EXtreme face tatoo Jared Stevens Dr. Fate for Fate or Zatanna
12. Bloodwynd for J'onn J'onzz
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I'd go with Hypertime Wallace West, a.k.a. Dark Flash, for the Flash. And the pre-Zero Hour Guy Gardner always struck me as a better fit alongside Eradicator, AzBats, and Artemis than Kyle.
Rogue wears rouge.
Angel knows all the angles.
1.Superman
2.Batman
3.Wonder Woman
4.Flash(Barry)
5.Green Lantern(Hal)
6.Aquaman
7.Martian Manhunter
8.Green Arrow
9.Atom(Ray)
10.Hawkman(Kator)
11.Zatanna
12.Cyborg
Yeah I have Canary and Atom for much the same reason, Renee as team detective, Mera finances, Shilo's there for Alien tech and general Deus Ex madness, Frankenstein takes the "He speaks Mayan?" aspect of Bruce having learned skills no-one knew he could possibly have.
That's a very nice team!
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Jet, Extrano, Tempest, Pozhar, Olympian, Doctor Mist, Kid Impala, Rama, August General in Iron, Cascade, Lantern Stewart, Martian Manhunter
A few Global Guardians on that^ team.
The originals make a nice 12 Pantheon
L-> R
1. Impala (M'Bulaze of South Africa)
2. Little Mermaid (Ulla Paske of Denmark)
3. Huntsman (Albrecht von Mannheim of Germany)
4. Thunderlord (Liang Xih-k'ai of Taiwan)
5. Olympian (Aristides Demetrios of Greece)
6. Jack O'Lantern (Daniel Cormac of Ireland)
7. Owlwoman (Wenonah Littlebird of Oklahoma, United States)
8. Doctor Mist (Nommo of Kor, South African empire)
9. Rising Sun (Izumi Yasunari of Japan)
10 Tuatara (Jerome Wakefield of New Zealand)
11. Godiva (Dorcas Leigh of England)
12. Bushmaster -the Silent Rattler/Cascabel Muda (Bernal Rojas of Venezuela)
Although I might swap out Godiva or another for original Green Fury/Fire (Beatriz da Costa of Brazil) & Icemaiden/Ice (Sigrid Nansen of Norway)
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1. Superman
2. Batman
3. Wonder Woman
4. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
5. Aquaman
6. The Flash (Barry Allen)
7. Martian Manhunter
8. Cyborg
9. Green Arrow
10. Black Canary
11. Zatanna
12. Superwoman
What I Read: Nightwing, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Justice League, Batman, Detective Comics, Batgirl, , The Flash, Action Comics, Superman, and Suicide Squad
What I Miss: Justice League and Justice League Unlimited TV Series, Wolverine and the X-Men TV Series and the Marvel Comics that got me into reading comics to begin with.
"I can't wait until the 'Ric' plot line ends!"
I LOVE that lineup. I wouldn't swap out Emily Sung Element Woman though. Such a rich, fun character, with the potential to be the heart and soul of this team. Nothing against the other two but I don't think Nightshade or Ice can hold a candle to her. And she's just been flat out missing since Rebirth so it would be wonderful to see her on a JL book with this lineup.
I don't get why they haven't used her since she cameoed in JL with Doom Patrol during New 52. Isn't that her most recent appearance. Geoff Johns was so obviously enamored of this character and she showed so much promise and then he just seemed to forget about her and when he did everyone else did too.
Great new characters don't come along every day or every year. And she has the added benefit of adding to diversity as there are WAY too many white characters in comics. How is she missing? Why would they give her up as they seem to have done?
Never mind. Just keep her in your lineup, please. I will buy that book and love it.
I prefer the classic line up of the big guns.
1) Superman
2) Batman
3) Wonder Woman
4) Aquaman
5) Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
6) Flash (Either Barry or Wally)
7) Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
8) Black Canary
9) Atom
10) Hawkman
11) Zantanna
12) Martian Manhunter
Hmm...This is new. I've always thought of my dream X-Men Line-up. Titans. Original Teams. Even Avengers. But I've never had an ideal Justice League Line-up. 12 almost seems too easy. But, what the hell? I'll give it a go. For a little added difficulty, I won't put any of the original 7 on this team.
1. Black Canary (Leader)
2. Zatanna
3. Miss Martian
4. Tempest
5. John Stewart
6. Vixen
7. Arsenal
8. Shazam
9. Batwoman (Kate Kane)
10. Supergirl
11. Flash (Wally)
12. Black Lightning
1. Superman
2. Batman
3. Wonder Woman
4. Aquaman
5. Green Arrow
6. Green Lantern
7. The Flash
8. Martian Manhunter
9. Cyborg
10. Shazam
11. Atom
12. Hawkman
Black Canary
Mera
Shazam
Mr Miracle
Big Barda
Orion
Nightwing
Midnighter
Apollo
Red Tornado
The Demon
Starfire