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The subject of superheroes has undoubtedly become a hot topic in the new era. Numerous film and television works and game animations are derived from this theme and have achieved achievements in various fields.
But going back to its roots, the theme of superheroes originated from comics. When heroes with magical abilities emerge on paper and accomplish the same great feats in different styles, it is difficult for any reader to resist these vivid stories. charm. These heroes with superpowers, with their perspective and the limits of their abilities, do their best to save the world in one adventure after another. Of course, they occasionally embrace the beautiful (beautiful man) at the same time.
After decades of development, the superhero series has grown from a few well-known heroes and independent stories from the very beginning to today's diverse veteran/new heroes and a complete world with rigorous logic and close connections. Representatives of them are naturally the two giant companies DC and Marvel, which have reached the peak of the comics industry, and their derivative film and television works also feed back the original work, bringing countless fans and support for these heroes all over the world.
However, in the development of these decades, among the many improvements and innovations in this comic world, there is an innovation that is epoch-making. It has changed the worldview of the entire superhero works and indirectly contributed to the later generations. The development of comics and even the development of film and television has brought a solid foundation. Specific to the work, it is exactly what we are talking about-"Justice League".
The Justice League, the English name "Justice League", used to be called the Justice League of America, "Justice League of America". It is the world's first real superhero team and one of the most famous and influential superhero organizations in the world.
The concept of "gathering superheroes together, letting them learn from each other, cooperate with each other, and fight the evil forces together" is certainly not unfamiliar to us who have been deeply affected by various superhero team movies. But I have to say that this concept was not first realized by the Avengers or the X-Men that many people have seen. Even what we call the Justice League today is nothing more than a complete perfection of this idea.
The first superhero group organization that appeared in the history of comics was actually the Justice Society of America. Its members included the first generation of Flash (Jay Garrick) and the first generation of Green Lantern (Green Lantern). -Alan Scott and Wildcat-Ted Grant, Doctor Fate, Hourman, Doctor Mid-Nite and the Sandman (Sandman) Wait.
It should be noted that all the heroes mentioned above have basically inherited or shared their hero titles. For example, Barry Allen, the second-generation Flash, is also the Flash in the Justice League mentioned in this article.
However, with the looser organization and relatively weak initial team collaboration with JSA (that is, the Justice Society of America, hereafter replaced by JSA), the purpose and organizational structure established by JL are more clear. At the beginning of its establishment, it was to "respond to a bigger crisis", and the relationship and division of labor between members were also clearer. The most definite ones are Batman's command position and Superman's (Demolition Office/Hulk Shield status) spiritual leader status.
After a long historical evolution, with the changes of the times, the tastes of readers are different, and the membership of the Justice League has also undergone many changes, but the general rule of personal summary is as follows. The “high probability” of the alliance in any age includes a Kryptonian, a Batman, a Green Lantern, a speed man (linked to super speed, heroes with super speed, such as the Flash), an Amazonian or Those who are not superpowers of the Kryptonian system can match or increase or decrease the remaining positions. Of course, regarding the number of Kryptonians, Green Lanterns, and Speeders, it may not necessarily be one. In the history of the alliance, there have been many instances where multiple Lanterns or Kryptonians belonged to the alliance at the same time. It is also not detailed here.
Speaking of the recent formation of the alliance members, it is bound to mention the big killer of DC Comics and even the Superhero Comics Company-the timeline restart.
The so-called restart is a popular point. Generally, whenever the market feedback is not good, the comics are not set up to keep up with the changes in the times and readers' tastes (the story does not go round), the company and the editor-in-chief have a brilliant idea to attract attention, etc. When one of the situations occurs, it will happen. At present, the more well-known and influential restarts in the history of DC comics are mainly as follows:
Infinite Earth Crisis
The screenwriter and the company played the multiverse freely, and produced too many anticlimactic stories and settings in the different world, so they came up with an idea, from the corner of the corner, a multiverse-level villain came out to help the screenwriter and the company Sweep the Liuhe sweeping the wasteland, kill all the unneeded universes, by the way let all heroes brush their faces, make some tragedies leave their mark, and merge all the remaining universes into one to complete the integration of resources and story lines, just delete all Unused character relationships and too complicated plot.
Zero hour
The hero Green Lantern, who has become a cosmic legend, suffered a catastrophe: his hometown was destroyed by the villain, and at the same time he was possessed and controlled by the cosmic villain. , Decided to modify the timeline, which caused turmoil. The impact of this restart was small, and it was a mild restart without changing too many character settings.
Infinite crisis
The heroes who sacrificed themselves to save the world in the last Crisis of Infinite Earth could not stand the sad scene of the new world they created-Superman died, Batman's assistant Robin also died, Green Lantern degenerates into a villain- -Then he died, Batman was paralyzed by his broken back for nearly a year. No wonder they can't stand it. They believed that they had saved a wrong world, so they tried to split a universe into a multiverse again, and the plan was partially successful. The universe was split into 52 again. Screenwriters can also have a place to display their creativity that they cannot write in the main world. After all, the space of the main world is too much restricted by other related serialization and sales, which has restricted the creative ideas of the screenwriters for a long time.
Flash point
The characters and timeline have been completely restarted, and time has been set back for nearly ten years. The heroes have all returned to their initial rookie stage to start training, and a large number of settings have been modified to fit the new era. Since there are still a large number of plots in the comics so far, no explanation has been given, so the plot is not given, only the impact is stated.
The closest thing to the current progress of the plot, and also close to the setting in the movie, should be the Justice League after the flashpoint, also known as "N52/New 52 Justice League." Its founding members include Superman-Clark Kent, Batman-Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman-Diana Prince, Flash-Barry Allen, Green Lantern-Hal Jordan and Steel Bones-Victor Stone.
In the setting of this period, Superman had just become a reporter when he was founded. Batman has not yet gained trust and established cooperation with the police in Gotham City (Batman’s hometown and jurisdiction). Diana has just arrived in the human world from Paradise Island. , The Green Lantern and the Flash have just acquired their own abilities and weapons, Aquaman has just learned his identity and mastered his power, has never made a name, the steel has not even been transformed, and is just a college rugby player.
Correspondingly, during this period, the first enemy faced by the alliance when it was established- Darkside , the monarch of the apocalypse, one of the only existences in the multiverse, the god, masters the power of Omega's destruction, countless worlds Conqueror and Destroyer of His subordinates have Steppenwolves (that is, the villain faced by the Justice League in the movie, the commander of Darkside’s army), Dessad (Apocalypse scientist, has a perverted desire to torture), Kabalik (Darkside The eldest son, a member of the Protoss), the kind grandmother (warrior, the captain of the Darkside guard), etc. It is driven by an army of immeasurable demons.
For Daxide, the earth of the main world is just another place waiting for him to conquer and destroy. However, after a series of coincidences, the 7 members of the Alliance successfully formed a team and defeated Daxie. Germany.
The Alliance has also entered the public’s field of vision and has become a government-recognized superhero team organization. They have a headquarters base for daily meetings, discussions and prevention of alien invasions-namely, the Justice League Watchtower (tens of thousands of feet above the earth). Watchtower).
Although this team successfully repelled the invasion of Dark Lord Darkside when the doomsday came, no matter as a team or as a friend, the members of this team were still young and unfamiliar, the Green Lantern and Wonder Woman. Xia even fought against the public because of the villain's instigation. In the end, the Green Lantern withdrew from the alliance to quell public opinion controversy.
At the same time, the alliance was more cautious in recruiting new members than before the restart. The alliance members in the old era were quite diverse, especially after the reorganization and expansion of the alliance after many crises, the alliance's personnel changes were also quite frequent at that time. The N52 alliance not only has not changed the founding veteran except for the Green Lantern, but has also been extremely slow in its expansion.
Facts have proved that this kind of caution is not cautious enough, whether it is the Martian Hunter who joins the alliance and runs away after the fight, or the villain Atomic pretends to infiltrate the alliance to frame Superman and help open the universe to allow the alien alliance to enter the main world. All have caused a lot of impact. The latter even plunged the earth into a chaotic carnival controlled by the villain.
As for the story of the Alliance since then, as well as more past legends in the grand history of the Alliance, I will not list them here. Please refer to the "Justice League: 12 Stories of the World's Greatest Heroes" published by Hou Lang. The book , the book contains many fascinating classic stories in the history of the alliance, the time span is long but not messy.
There are a total of 12 classic stories, 400-page full-color comics, but only 198 yuan can only be purchased, compared to the original comics hardcover hundreds of pages sold for hundreds of yuan, the Chinese version is undoubtedly worth the price. If you are interested in further understanding after reading some of the Justice League stories I have told and the history of DC comics' major events so far, I strongly recommend this book as the cornerstone of entering the DC comics world.
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