Justice League
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"Come on, boys. Let's go save the world!" - Oliver Queen, Justice
The Justice League is a team of superheroes that Clark will join when he becomes Superman.
Many incarnations of this team include the Justice League of America (JLA), Justice League International, Justice League Europe, Justice League Task Force, Justice League Elite and in its animated forms, the Super Friends and the Justice League Unlimited. The Justice League was inspired by its predecessor, the Justice Society of America and in turn developed two spin-off teams, the Teen Titans and the Outsiders.
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[edit] Members
Smallville's version of a proto-Justice League (although they never adopt that name) first appeared in Season Six.
The members are:
- Green Arrow (Oliver Queen), the team's leader and founder.
- Aquaman (Arthur Curry)
- Impulse (Bart Allen)
- Cyborg (Victor Stone)
- Black Canary (Dinah Lance)
- Watchtower (Chloe Sullivan), who functioned as an Oracle role.
- Boy Scout (Clark Kent), only a part time member.
- Martian Manhunter (John Jones), who is a "member" in Justice and Doom.
[edit] Season Six
The team's first mission was to save Impulse from Lex Luthor who had imprisoned him within LuthorCorp's mysterious 'Project 33.1', which is studying and using people with super-powers as weapons. They wound up having to rescue Boy Scout as well. When the mission was completed, the members left Clark behind to go across the world to find more divisions of Lex's Level 33.1 project and stop his evil plans. It is remains unknown if they are aware Clark has destroyed a 33.1 facility nearby Smallville.
[edit] Justice and Doom
Smallville Legends: Justice and Doom is an animated comic book that further explores the adventures of Green Arrow's Team. In these, the Green Arrow, Cyborg, Aquaman, Impulse, and Watchtower all work together to take out the rest of Lex Luthor's Level 33.1 facilities.
The team also defeated another Ares prototype set loose in Utah. Oliver offered Chloe valuable clues from his experiences when she and Clark were trying to defeat Wes Keenan.
The story also insinuates that the Martian Manhunter had been in contact with Dr. Virgil Swann, since he is seen using the large orbital satellite built by Swann Communications, as a base. The satellite might be considered the Smallville version of the Justice League Watchtower. The Martian Manhunter is also seen wearing the costume he currently wears in the comic as well when he turns into his Martian form at the end of the web story arc.
[edit] Season 7
Lex had hired the vigilante Black Canary to steal information from Chloe and capture Green Arrow. Lex made her believe that The Justice League were terrorists and she held Oliver (deducing his identity) and Lois hostage. After a confrontation with Clark she began to have doubts about Lex. Oliver and Dinah teamed up and confronted Lex, with unseen help from Clark. After the ordeal Dinah apologizes to Oliver and Clark and says she will quit the costume life but Oliver convinces her to join the team and the two leave together.
[edit] Why the "DC Trinity" will not appear on Smallville
Due to character rights issues, Batman and Wonder Woman will not appear in Smallville's Justice League. [citation needed] Also, Bart Allen will not be referred to as The Flash, instead being referred to by his incarnation's original DC Comics code name of Impulse. [citation needed] The Green Lantern has not appeared on the series, but could possibly make an appearance according to series creator Alfred Gough. [citation needed] Teen Titans character Cyborg is included (in Smallville, Victor is Clark's age.) The Martian Manhunter appeared three times in Season Six (Static, Labyrinth, Phantom) and twice in Season Seven (Bizarro, Cure); however, he is not part of the team yet, despite having been a part of most incarnations of the League in the comics.
[edit] Quotes
- Clark: Impulse, Aquaman, Cyborg, Green Arrow, what do you guys call your team?
- Bart: I dunno, I've been thinkin', you know? We need something cool, we need something like, uh... like--
- Oliver: I was thinking about something with the word "justice" in it. After all, that's what Lex is going a get a big dose of.
- Justice
- Oliver: This isn't the end of the story, Clark. It's just the beginning. Come on, boys. Let's go save the world.
- Justice
[edit] In the Comics
A super hero team on caliber with the JLA saw far different origins than the ones portrayed on Smallville.
The original idea for such a team originated from Superman himself. He, along with Batman and Wonder Woman were the formal founding members of the team. Other founding members included the second Flash, the Green Lantern, Aquaman, and the Martian Manhunter. Originally skeptical about the idea of the team, Batman saw it as a new and interesting challenge and although slightly afraid of the prospect, joined the team almost immediately.
Superman believed that if heroes with abilities united their powers under the flag of one organization, the world would benefit greatly. The Green Arrow originally had to be convinced to join such a team, as he believed that fighting with a group of that sort would be "soulless," sacrificing the "little guy" in the process. Little did the members of the JLA know, however, that Oliver was secretly funding the organization before Batman decided to use his resources to fund the team.
The current League only contains four of the original seven members. The line up consists of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (Hal and John in rotation), The Flash, Black Canary, Black Lightning, Hawkgirl, Red Arrow (Green Arrow's former partner, Speedy), Red Tornado, Firestorm, and Vixen. This version of the League began being active one year after the events of DC's universe-spanning event, Infinite Crisis.
[edit] Contrasts
In the comics two different Flashes, the late Barry Allen and his nephew Wally West served as members of the Justice League, and the original Flash Jay Garrick as a member briefly and is a member of the Justice Society. However, Bart Allen as Impulse was a member of the superhero team Young Justice and later the Teen Titans under the mantle of Kid Flash (as the Flash, Bart was not a member of any teams). Victor Stone has been a long time member of the Teen Titans. Clark and Arthur are both founding members of the team as well as John Jones. Green Arrow was a major Justice League member in the Silver Age, and will join a Justice League splinter team. Chloe's role in the team is similar to that of Oracle for the Justice League and Batman "Family" members, who is also the leader of her own team, the Birds of Prey.
[edit] Appearances
[edit] External Links
- Justice League of America - Wikipedia
