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The
Justice Society of America was the very first superhero team ever to
appear in comics. They first appeared in "All-Star Comics" #3
(Winter, 1940). The stories were popular, but the Justice Society
of America was never granted their own series until 1991.
The first series of "Justice Society of America" was released as an eight-issue mini-series in 1991. It proved successful, and a second series, this time ongoing, was started in 1992. Although a hit, DC cancelled it after only ten issues. Why? Writer Len Strazewski, who brought the JSA back to comic life, made his feelings very public, "It was a capricious decision made by Mike Carlin because he didn't like Mike's (Parobeck) artwork or my writing and believed that senior citizen superheroes is not what DC should be publishing. He made his opinion very clear to me several times after the cancellation." The artwork was done in a beautiful, retro, 1940s style. And the comics of both series just read better than most other titles DC was producing at the time.
Parobeck's art was actually a bit ahead of its time, because the extremely popular TV cartoon, "Batman: The Animated Series", appeared later that year with the 1940s feel, and inspired many animated series afterwards to follow its example. Oops, I think Carlin made a mistake.
A different series, simply called "JSA", ran from 1999-2006. A third series titled "Justice Society of America" began in 2006 and is still around today (2009). Both of these series really have nothing to do with either the first or second series headed by the creative team of Strazewski and Parobeck. But it proves that SOMEONE must have liked the first two series of the Justice Society enough for it to be revived again and again. Personally, I always liked the Justice Society comics, and have always felt that they knocked Justice League stories right out of the park!
The first series of "Justice Society of America" was released as an eight-issue mini-series in 1991. It proved successful, and a second series, this time ongoing, was started in 1992. Although a hit, DC cancelled it after only ten issues. Why? Writer Len Strazewski, who brought the JSA back to comic life, made his feelings very public, "It was a capricious decision made by Mike Carlin because he didn't like Mike's (Parobeck) artwork or my writing and believed that senior citizen superheroes is not what DC should be publishing. He made his opinion very clear to me several times after the cancellation." The artwork was done in a beautiful, retro, 1940s style. And the comics of both series just read better than most other titles DC was producing at the time.
Parobeck's art was actually a bit ahead of its time, because the extremely popular TV cartoon, "Batman: The Animated Series", appeared later that year with the 1940s feel, and inspired many animated series afterwards to follow its example. Oops, I think Carlin made a mistake.
A different series, simply called "JSA", ran from 1999-2006. A third series titled "Justice Society of America" began in 2006 and is still around today (2009). Both of these series really have nothing to do with either the first or second series headed by the creative team of Strazewski and Parobeck. But it proves that SOMEONE must have liked the first two series of the Justice Society enough for it to be revived again and again. Personally, I always liked the Justice Society comics, and have always felt that they knocked Justice League stories right out of the park!
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