Justice Society Poll I: Who are your favorite Golden Age regular members?

[MajorHoy]

I would go with six:

Flash
Green Lantern
Hawkman
Hourman
Dr. Mid-Nite
Black Canary

Six, because I would also want:

Wildcat
Mr. Terrific

Those two made the next poll.
(There are only so many options for polls on this site.)
And, again, this isn't for "Favorite members from all years PERIOD."
I'm doing polls based on who was a regular / active member based on when they were first regularly active with the team.

I went with;
Dr. Fate
Starman
Dr. Midnite
Black Canary

And would add various people not on the list, like Wildcat, Firebrand/Danette Reilly or the Earth 2 Huntress (Helena Wayne) or Robin, from that generation.

Again, see reply above.
This is for people who WERE members of the JSA during certain periods of time.
Helena Wayne Huntress and Earth-2 Robin (as well as Wildcat) are on Poll II:

http://community.comicbookresources....rs-(1961-1999)

As for Danette, as far as I know, she was a member of the All-Star Squadron and not a member of the JSA.

. . . I have read both of Johns runs on the JSA. What other JSA stories or writers should I check out?

DC is supposedly going to collect the JSA runs from the 1990s (last I heard they'd be available next year?). Those are quite enjoyable if you like the Golden Age originals.

There is also:


The Justice Society Returns
which collects a run from 1999 (just before the 1999 JSA series was published)

As well as two volumes that came out about ten years ago that collected 1970s stories from All-Star Comics and Adventure Comics.

[Assam]

I have those trades of the 1970's stories. Pretty good stuff.

[ultradav]

Thanks for being so precise! So many people assume Wildcat was an original and frequent member of the Golden Age JSA when he wasn't. Even the JSA series would sometimes refer to him an original member. Love him regardless though.

[Kirijax]

Must have the Golden Age Trinity.
1. Hawkman
2. Green Lantern
3. Flash

[Starchild]

Where's Wildcat?

[MajorHoy]

Where's Wildcat?

I take it you didn't happen to read any of the posts in this thread?

From the original post:

Based on the characters that were considered members (not just "honorary members") who appeared three or more times in issues #3-57 of All Star Comics (from 1940-1951), . . .

He was featured in only two adventures during that time (#24 and #27), not a regular member.

Also,

I would go with six:

Flash
Green Lantern
Hawkman
Hourman
Dr. Mid-Nite
Black Canary

Six, because I would also want:

Wildcat
Mr. Terrific

Those two made the next poll.
(There are only so many options for polls on this site.)
And, again, this isn't for "Favorite members from all years PERIOD."
I'm doing polls based on who was a regular / active member based on when they were first regularly active with the team.

I went with;
Dr. Fate
Starman
Dr. Midnite
Black Canary

And would add various people not on the list, like Wildcat, Firebrand/Danette Reilly or the Earth 2 Huntress (Helena Wayne) or Robin, from that generation.

Again, see reply above.
This is for people who WERE members of the JSA during certain periods of time.
Helena Wayne Huntress and Earth-2 Robin (as well as Wildcat) are on Poll II:

http://community.comicbookresources....rs-(1961-1999)

[Clairaudient Freedom Soldier]

The exceptional Johnny Thunder and his sensational Thunderbolt FTW (honorable mentions: Alan Scott, Hawkman, and Jay Garrick).

[MajorHoy]

The exceptional Johnny Thunder and his sensational Thunderbolt FTW (honorable mentions: Alan Scott, Hawkman, and Jay Garrick).

Johnny and his Thunderbolt have the fewest votes on the poll at the moment, though Atom (Al Pratt) only has one more vote than Johnny and the Thunderbolt do.

[Assam]

Johnny and his Thunderbolt have the fewest votes on the poll at the moment, though Atom (Al Pratt) only has one more vote than Johnny and the Thunderbolt do.

Unfortunate. Johnny's no Jakeem, but he's still one of my favorites of the old guard.

[Valens]

Scott and Fate.

Scott in particular. I still get excited when I see him.

[MajorHoy]

Scott in particular. I still get excited when I see him.

Y'know, some people could take that the wrong way . . .

[MajorHoy]

At the moment,

* The Flash (Jay Garrick) leads with 34 votes
* Green Lantern (Alan Scott) = 27 votes
* Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson) = 25 votes
* Black Canary (Dinah Drake / later Dinah Drake Lance) = 22 votes
* The Sandman (Wesley Dodds) = 19 votes

All other characters on the poll had 18 votes or less.

[Lee Stone]

I voted for:

Hawkman
The Atom
The Sandman
Doctor Fate
Hourman
Dr. Mid-Nite
Black Canary

[Marvell2100]

Dr. Fate
Dr. Mid-Nite
Black Canary

My all-time greats are:
Dr. Fate
Mr. Terrific(Michael Holt)

[Jim Kelly]

I know that we're allowed to pick multiple characters, but I wanted to select the top character. And for me that was easy. Even though I like all of the original JSAers, there were only two that appeared in every story--Hawkman and the Atom. And Hawkman was the clear leader of the team. I use to have a low opinion of the Atom, but I've come around to liking his stupid ways; however, he's no Hawkman. None of the other characters fully represents the entire run of the JSA from the '40s--many members fell out early on, others came later and a few returned after a long absence. So Hawkman wins.