Justice League of America (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1962.
Contents
Appearing in "The Origin of the Justice League"
Featured Characters:
- Justice League of America (Origin)
- Aquaman (Flashback and main story)
- Batman (Flashback and main story)
- Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story)
- Green Arrow (Oliver Quen)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (Flashback and main story)
- Martian Manhunter (Flashback and main story)
- Superman (Flashback and main story)
- Wonder Woman (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Snapper Carr
- Aquaman's fishes (Flashback only)
Villain
- Appellaxian invaders (First appearance) (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Queen Hippolyta (Flashback only)
- Amazons (Flashback only)
Locations:
- United States of America
- Rhode Island
- Middleton (Flashback only)
- North Carolina (Flashback only)
- Atlantic Ocean (Flashback only)
- Paradise Island (Flashback only)
- Africa (Flashback only)
- Sahara Desert (Flashback only)
- Greenland (Flashback only)
- Italy (Flashback only)
Items:
Vehicles:
- Appellaxian Meteor Ships
Synopsis for "The Origin of the Justice League"
Gathered together to celebrate the third anniversary of the formation of the Justice League, the founding members tell Snapper Carr and Green Arrow the story of how the team first got together.
Aliens from the planet Appellax came to Earth following the death of their ruler in order for a representatives of each race to vie for leadership over the planet by waging war on Earth. The last remaining after their war would become Appellax's leader. Each Appellaxian was encased in a meteor and rocketed to Earth. After each of the creatures emerged from their meteor pods, they bagen usingtheir special abilities to tranform Earth's inhabitants - humans and animals alike - into beings that resembled their individual makeups. Following their arrival the members of theJustice League, though not yet in league with one another, begin to respond and combat the creatures.
Martian Manhunter fought a stone being, and after his success travels to another meteor that has not yet birthed a creature. But, upon his arrival begins to transform to wood. The same happened to the others, they'd fight the nearest opponent and then travel to the one that transformed Martian Manhunter into wood, and become wood themselves. Eventually Aquaman, Green Lantern, Flash and Wonder Woman all became trapped and slowly be transformed into trees. However, they worked together combining their powers and abilities to free themselves, stop the tree-like alien, and restore themselves to normal. Traveling to the north, they teamed up with Batman and Superman who were already facing the final invader, whose meteor's Kryptonite composition was weakening the Man of Steel.
Defeating this final foe and saving Superman, the assembled group of heroes then decide to work again in the future. And thus, the Justice League of America was born.
Notes
- This story is fully reprinted in 80-Page Giant #8, DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5, Justice League of America Archives Vol. 2 and Showcase Presents: Justice League of America Vol. 1.
- Parts of this story are reprinted in Justice League of America #97.
- A chronologically earlier "origin" is presented in Justice League of America #144.
- This story is retconned in Secret Origins (Volume 2) #32, excluding Batman and Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman's role was replaced by Black Canary. Superman appears, but he doesn't join the team.
- The Apellaxian invaders appear again in Justice League of America #200.
Trivia
- The ceratodus is believed to have become extinct sometime around the beginning of the Eocene Epoch. How could Aquaman summon it...?
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Justice League of America series
- Images from Justice League of America Vol 1 9
Recommended Reading
- Justice League Recommended Reading
- Justice League of America (Volume 1)
- Justice League of America (Volume 2)
- Justice League of America (Volume 3)
- Justice League of America (Volume 4)
- Justice League of America (Volume 5)
- JLA (Volume 1)
- Justice League (Volume 1)
- Justice League (Volume 2)
- Justice League (Volume 3)
- Justice League (Volume 4)
- Justice League International (Volume 1)
- Justice League International (Volume 2)
- Justice League International (Volume 3)
- Justice League Europe (Volume 1)
- Justice League America (Volume 1)
- Justice League Task Force (Volume 1)
- Justice League Quarterly (Volume 1)
- Justice League Dark (Volume 1)
- Justice League Dark (Volume 2)
- Extreme Justice (Volume 1)
- Justice League Elite (Volume 1)
Links and References
Justice League Origins Origin stories for how the Justice League of America came together have had multiple retellings over the years. Although numerous attempts have been made at writing a definitive origin story, the true history of the team has spanned many decades and many changes. Key Issues
Justice League of America #9 · Justice League of America #144 · Secret Origins (Volume 2) #32 · Justice League Task Force #16 · Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #4 · JLA: Year One (Volume 1) · JLA Incarnations #1 · Justice League of America (Volume 2) #0 · 52 #51 · Justice League of America (Volume 2) #12 · DC Universe Legacies #3 |
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- Murphy Anderson/Cover Artist
- Gardner Fox/Writer
- Mike Sekowsky/Penciler
- Bernard Sachs/Inker
- Julius Schwartz/Editor
- Justice League of America (New Earth)/Appearances
- Justice League Origins
- Origin Issues
- Orin (New Earth)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Barry Allen (New Earth)/Appearances
- Oliver Queen (New Earth)/Appearances
- Hal Jordan (New Earth)/Appearances
- J'onn J'onzz (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Kal-El (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Lucas Carr (New Earth)/Appearances
- Appellaxians/Appearances
- Crystal Creature (New Earth)/Appearances
- Mercury Monster (New Earth)/Appearances
- Glass-Man (New Earth)/Appearances
- Stone-God (New Earth)/Appearances
- Golden Roc (New Earth)/Appearances
- Wood-King (New Earth)/Appearances
- Fire-Lord (New Earth)/Appearances
- Hippolyta (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Amazons of Paradise Island/Appearances
- United States of America/Appearances
- Rhode Island/Appearances
- Happy Harbor/Appearances
- Secret Sanctuary/Appearances
- Middleton/Appearances
- North Carolina/Appearances
- Atlantic Ocean/Appearances
- Paradise Island/Appearances
- Africa/Appearances
- Sahara Desert/Appearances
- Greenland/Appearances
- Italy/Appearances
- Lombardy/Appearances
- Lake Como/Appearances
- Green Lantern Ring/Appearances
- Lasso of Truth/Appearances
- Comics
- 1962
- 1962, February
- 1961, December (Publication)
- Justice League of America Vol 1
- Silver-Age
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