DC’s “New Golden Age” is Bringing Back the Justice Society & Stargirl

For years, DC has been teasing that the Justice Society of America would make a giant return to comics after having been totally wiped away by the New 52. They’ve popped up in some comics within the current previous, however have primarily lived on by means of expanded media for the previous couple of years: the CW featured two variations of the staff in Legends of Tomorrow and extra just lately, a teen incarnation on Stargirl. October’s Black Adam film will supply the staff its greatest push by far, bringing the staff to life so Dwayne Johnson can type a tenuous alliance with the group earlier than wiping the ground with them. That makes it the right time for DC’s unique superteam to return to their unique medium.

Announced throughout DC’s solicitations for this November, Justice Society of America #1 by Geoff Johns and Mikel Janín will usher in a brand new incarnation of the staff. That staff, which confirmed up within the current third problem of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, will face a brand new enemy that’s mentioned to have “invaded the entire history of the JSA,” and the Time Masters, led by Rip Hunter, have an element to play within the story as nicely.

In a press release to DC, Johns mentioned that the JSA roster would function “familiar faces” like like Alan Scott’s Green Lantern and Jay Garrick’s Flash, together with long-lost heroes like Yolanda Montez as Wildcat and Beth Chapel’s Doctor Midnight. (Both Montez and Chapel are at present on the Stargirl model of the JSA). He additional teased {that a} new hero would be a part of the staff’s roster, and that hero can be inheriting a legacy mantle from the Golden Age of comics. Presumably, the hero in query is Huntress: she’s featured on the quilt, and her Earth-Two model, Helena Wayne, has been a frequent member of the JSA.

Johns is placing all his eggs into the nostalgia basket—when is he not—as he’s additionally writing a Stargirl miniseries drawn by Todd Nuack. In The Lost Children, Stargirl and Red Arrow (Emiko Queen) will seek for teen heroes from DC’s Golden Age and gone lacking, probably taken by a villain referred to as the Childminder.

“There’s nothing I get more gratitude from than continuing the legacy of my sister with Stargirl,” wrote Johns, who created the character of his late sister, Courtney. “And to do it with Todd is a blessing as we introduce DC’s secret Golden Age of teenage heroes in a fun mini-event.”

Both titles will headline what’s been deemed a “New Golden Age,” in reference to the period of American comics from 1938-1956 that launched a number of comedian guide heroes we all know at this time, together with Batman, Superman, Captain America, and Wonder Woman. According to Johns, the plan is for these and future titles to “celebrate and expand the history (and far future) of heroism in the DC Universe” and deal with extra obscure heroes from the corporate’s previous, which is able to finally embody the Legion of Super-Heroes. “It’s the story of where superheroes came from, where they’re going and why they’re always needed.”

DC’s “New Golden Age” will begin with the titular one-shot on November 8, that includes artwork from Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui. On November 15, Stargirl: The Lost Children #1 will launch, adopted by Justice Society of America #1 on November 22.

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