List of Justice Society of America members
The Justice Society of America is a team of comic book superheroes published by DC Comics.
JSA members are listed here only once—in order of their first joining the team. Retconned members are listed only where they historically took part in the stories. Only official members are listed. No unofficial, reserves or honorary members.
Note: In the wake of DC Comics' Flashpoint event, the history of the JSA has been rebooted. Many of the characters have been reintroduced with new histories while others have yet to reappear. Characters' last known status is listed below. An alternate version of the team appears in the series Earth-2.
All Star Comics/Golden Age members
Character | Real Name | Joined | Notes |
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Flash | Jay Garrick | All Star Comics #3 | Founding member. Last seen in the Speed Force in Flash #22. Alternate version active on Earth-2. |
Green Lantern | Alan Scott | Founding member. Alternate version active on Earth-2. | |
Hawkman | Carter Hall | Founding member. Active. | |
Sandman | Wesley Dodds | Founding member. Deceased in JSA Secret Files #1. Alternate version active on Earth-2. | |
Spectre | Jim Corrigan | Founding member. Earth-2 Corrigan's spirit released from service as Spectre as witnessed in All-Star Comics #71; Earth-1 doppelganger given Spectre persona. Released from service in Spectre (vol.3) #63. Spectre force later given to deceased Green Lantern Hal Jordan in Day of Judgment. Also later released from service in Green Lantern: Rebirth #1. Later given to Gotham City Det. Crispus Allen during Infinite Crisis New version of Corrigan introduced in Phantom Stranger Vol. 3 series. | |
Doctor Fate | Kent Nelson | Founding member. Deceased in Fate #1. New version introduced in DC Universe: Rebirth. | |
Hourman | Rex Tyler | Founding member. Deceased in Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3. Later returned to life by Hourman android when he switched places with Rex Tyler at moment of his death. Retired. | |
Atom | Al Pratt | Founding member. Deceased in Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3. Alternate version introduced on Earth-2. Seemingly gave his life in Earth-2: Worlds End #13. | |
Johnny Thunder and Thunderbolt | John L. Thunder and Yz | All Star Comics #6 | Transformed into combined entity "Johnny Thunderbolt" under the command of Jakeem Thunder. |
Doctor Mid-Nite | Charles McNider | All Star Comics #8 | Deceased in Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2. |
Starman | Ted Knight | Deceased in Starman (vol. 2) #72. | |
Wonder Woman (Earth-2 version) |
Diana | All Star Comics #12 | Deleted by retcon after Crisis on Infinite Earths. Pre-Crisis exploits re-acknowledged in JSA Classified #4. Faded away in Infinite Crisis #5. New version deceased in Earth-2 #1. |
Mister Terrific | Terry Sloane | All Star Comics #24 | Deceased in Justice League of America #171. Alternate version active on Earth-2. |
Wildcat | Ted Grant | Alternate version active on Earth-2 as world heavyweight boxing champ. | |
Black Canary | Dinah Drake | All Star Comics #41 | Deceased in Secret Origins (vol. 2) #50. Post-Flashpoint, the two Black Canaries' histories have been combined in one character. |
Guests in Justice League of America / Silver Age additions
Character | Real Name | Joined | Notes |
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Robin (Earth-2 version) |
Dick Grayson | Justice League of America #55 (also active in the "Super Squad" from All-Star Comics #58) | Deceased in Crisis on Infinite Earths #12. Deleted by retcon after Crisis on Infinite Earths. Pre-Crisis exploits re-acknowledged in JSA Classified #4. |
Red Tornado | John Smith/Ulthoon | Justice League of America #65 | Active. |
Return to All-Star Comics/Bronze Age additions
Character | Real Name | Joined | Notes |
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Star-Spangled Kid | Sylvester Pemberton, Jr. | All-Star Comics #64 (already active in the "Super Squad" from #58) | Deceased in Infinity, Inc. (vol. 1) #51. |
Power Girl | Karen Starr/Kara Zor-L | Active. Acknowledged as Earth-2 Supergirl. | |
Huntress (Earth-2 version) |
Helena Wayne | All-Star Comics #72 | Deceased in Crisis on Infinite Earths #12. Deleted by retcon after Crisis on Infinite Earths. Pre-Crisis exploits re-acknowledged in JSA Classified #4. New version active. Previously the Robin of Earth-2. |
Post-Crisis on Infinite Earths additions
Character | Real Name | Joined | Notes |
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Miss America | Joan Dale | Young All-Stars Annual #1 | Retconned into the Golden Age team; it is unclear if this retcon is still valid after the retcon of Hippolyta into the Golden Age team (see below). |
Hawkgirl | Shiera Sanders | Justice Society of America (vol. 2) #1 | Referred to as a member in Last Days of the Justice Society. Retconned into the JSA in a yet-untold story. Deceased in Hawkman (vol. 4) #13. Resurrected in Blackest Night #8. Reincarnated as Kendra Saunders. |
Wonder Woman II | Hippolyta | Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #133 | Retconned into the Golden Age team in Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #133 Deceased in Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #172 and Action Comics #781.[1] Resurrected in Wonder Woman (vol. 3) #8. Dan DiDio publicly stated that Hippolyta's tenure as the Golden Age Wonder Woman was retconned away by the events of Infinite Crisis.[2] New version introduced in Wonder Woman: Rebirth series. |
JSA additions
Character | Real Name | Joined | Notes |
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Starman | Jack Knight | JSA #2 | Retired from super-hero career. |
Sand / Sandman | Sanderson Hawkins | Referred to as a member in Last Days of the Justice Society. | |
Black Canary | Dinah Lance | Retcon recognition as an individual distinct from her mother Dinah Drake in Justice League of America #220. Post-Flashpoint, the two Black Canaries' histories have once again been combined in one character. Active. | |
Hourman | Matthew Tyler | Defunct in JSA #66. | |
Atom Smasher | Albert Rothstein | ||
Doctor Fate | Hector Hall | JSA #4 | Entered the Dreaming with his wife Lyta Trevor Hall and son Daniel (a.k.a. Dream) in JSA #80. Physical body deceased. |
Hawkgirl | Kendra Saunders | Later revealed to be original Hawkgirl's (Shiera Sanders) spirit housed in her body after successful suicide attempt as explained in Hawkman Vol.4 series during the events of Infinite Crisis. New version introduced in Dark Nights: Metal. | |
Star-Spangled Kid / Stargirl | Courtney Whitmore | Active. | |
Mister Terrific | Michael Holt | JSA #11 | Active. |
Doctor Mid-Nite | Pieter Cross | ||
Jakeem Thunder | Jakeem Williams | JSA Secret Files #2 | |
Black Adam | Teth-Adam/Theo Adam | JSA #21 | Probationary member; defected in JSA #45. Active. |
Captain Marvel | Billy Batson | JSA #37 | Active as Shazam. |
Hourman | Rick Tyler |
Justice Society of America (vol. 3) additions
Character | Real Name | Joined | Notes |
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Obsidian | Todd Rice | Between JSA #87 and Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #1 | |
Liberty Belle/Jesse Quick | Jesse Chambers | ||
Damage | Grant Emerson | Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #1 | Deceased in Blackest Night #4. |
Starman | Thom Kallor | Active as Star Boy in the Legion of Super-Heroes (in the 31st century). | |
Cyclone | Maxine Hunkel | ||
Wildcat / Tomcat | Tom Bronson | Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #4 | |
Citizen Steel | Nate Heywood | Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #7 | |
Superman (Earth-22 version) |
Clark Kent/Kal-El | Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #10 | Active on Earth-22. |
Judomaster | Sonia Sato | Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #11 | Alternate version active on Earth-2 as Major Sonia Sato. |
Amazing Man | Markus Clay | Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #12 | Left JSA to go to New Orleans and considered to form a team of his own. |
Lightning | Jennifer Pierce | ||
Lance / Magog | David Reid | Kicked out of the JSA All-Stars in Justice Society of America Annual #2 Deceased in Justice League: Generation Lost #13. New version introduced in Superman/Wonder Woman series. | |
Mister America | Jeffrey Graves | Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #13 | |
All-American Kid | Jeremy Karne/Billy Armstrong | Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #29 | Joined under false pretenses. Revealed to be Kid Karnevil (Jeremy Karne) in Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #33. |
King Chimera | |||
Doctor Fate | Kent V. Nelson | Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #30 | |
Manhunter | Kate Spencer | Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #49 | |
Red Beetle | Sara Butters | ||
Ri | |||
Darknight | |||
Liberty Belle | Libby Lawrence |
JSA All-Stars (vol. 2) additions
Character | Real Name | Joined | Notes |
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Roxy | JSA All-Stars (vol. 2) #2 | ||
Anna Fortune | JSA All-Stars (vol. 2) #6 |
The New 52 additions / Members of the World Army of Earth-2
Character | Real Name | Joined | Notes |
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Doctor Fate (Earth-2 version) | Khalid Ben-Hassin | Earth-2 #10 | |
Captain Steel (Earth-2 version) | Henry "Hank" Heywood Jr. | Earth-2 #13 | |
Red Arrow (Earth-2 version) | Connor Hawke | Earth-2 #16 | Killed by Parademons in Earth-2 #24. |
Batman (Earth-2 version) | Thomas Wayne | Earth 2 #17 | Seemingly killed by an explosion in Convergence #3. |
Red Tornado (Earth-2 version) | Lois Lane | Earth-2 #18 | |
Aquawoman (Earth-2 version) | Marella | ||
Accountable (Earth-2 version) | James "Jimmy" Olsen | ||
Superman (Earth-2 version) | Val-Zod | Earth-2 #19 |
Arrowverse Members
A TV adaptation of the JSA. Members first appeared in Legends of Tomorrow. This version of the team was present in the Pre-Crisis continuity of Arrowverse Earth-1. It is currently unknown if they continue to exist on Earth-1 in the Post-Crisis continuity, and if so in what form.
Character | Real Name | First Appearance | Notes | Portrayed by |
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Hourman | Rex Tyler | Legends of Tomorrow; S01E16 | Rex Tyler, crash lands in May 2016 warning the team to not go back in the Waverider as they would die in their next mission. Rex is later murdered in 1945 by Eobard Thawne. | Patrick J. Adams |
Commander Steel | Henry Heywood | Legends of Tomorrow; S02E01 | Grandfather of Legends member Nate Heywood, now resides in 1973 as a NASA employee working on Apollo 13. revealed to have hidden his fragment of the Spear of Destiny in the mast of the Flag planted on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission. | Matthew MacCaull [1] |
Obsidian | Todd James Rice | Legends of Tomorrow; S02E01 | Retired as of 1987, during the same episode it is confirmed that, much like the comics version, Obsidian is Homosexual. | Lance Henriksen (older) Dan Payne (younger) |
Stargirl | Courtney Whitmore | Legends of Tomorrow; S02E01 | She now resides in the Year 507 as Merlin, King Arthur's advisor and was protecting her fragment of the Spear of Destiny before the Legends took it. | Sarah Grey [2] |
Doctor Mid-Nite | Charles McNider | Legends of Tomorrow; S02E01 | He was residing in the Year 3000 before being killed by a mind altered Rip Hunter to get his fragment of the Spear of Destiny in Legends of Tomorrow; S02E12 | Kwesi Ameyaw |
Vixen | Amaya Jiwe | Legends of Tomorrow; S02E01 | Grandmother of modern-day Vixen Mari McCabe. Journeys with the Legends during Season 2 after Rex Tyler is murdered and later begins a relationship with Nate Heywood. | Maisie Richardson-Sellers |
Stargirl (2020)
A second version of the team appears in the Post-Crisis continuity of Arrowverse Earth-2. In this continuity, the JSA were defeated and killed by the Injustice Society 10 years prior to the start of Stargirl. Starman, shortly before his death, passes the Cosmic Staff to Pat Dugan for safekeeping in hopes that one day he can find someone who can use the Cosmic Staff and restart the JSA.[3]
Character | Real Name | First Appearance | Notes | Portrayed by |
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Starman[3] | Sylvester Pemberton | Stargirl; S01E01 | A former member of the Justice Society. He died from injuries sustained by Icicle during an attack by the Injustice Society. | Joel McHale |
Hourman[3] | Rex Tyler | Stargirl; S01E01 | A former member of the Justice Society. Hourman survived the battle with the Injustice Society, and was eventually able to track them to Blue Valley, Nebraska. However he and his wife died shortly afterwards in a car accident, leaving all of his research on the Injustice Society to Pat. | Lou Ferrigno Jr. |
Wildcat[3] | Ted Grant | Stargirl; S01E01 | A former member of the Justice Society. He was killed during an attack by the Injustice Society. | Brian Stapf |
Doctor Mid-Nite[3] | Charles McNider | Stargirl; S01E01 | A former member of the Justice Society. He was seemingly killed during an attack by the Injustice Society by a shadowy hand. | Henry Thomas |
Flash[3] | Jay Garrick | Stargirl; S01E01 (photograph only) | During the battle against the Injustice Society, he was killed by an unknown opponent, with only his helmet remaining. He is later shown in a photograph of the Justice Society. | |
Green Lantern[3] | Alan Scott | Stargirl; S01E01 (photograph only) | Alan Scott was killed during the battle against the Injustice Society by an unknown opponent, with the flame from his lantern setting the battlefield ablaze. He is later shown in a photograph of the Justice Society. | |
Hawkman[3] | Stargirl; S01E01 (photograph only) | While nothing appears to remain of him, Hawkman was killed by an unknown opponent during the battle against the Injustice Society. He is later shown in a photograph of the Justice Society. | ||
Hawkgirl[3] | Stargirl; S01E01 (photograph only) | While nothing appears to remain of her, Hawkgirl was killed during the Injustice Society's attack by an unknown opponent. She is later shown in a photograph of the Justice Society. | ||
Doctor Fate[3] | Stargirl; S01E01 (photograph only) | Doctor Fate was killed during the battle with the Injustice Society by an unknown opponent, leaving only his helmet behind. He is later shown in a photograph of the Justice Society. | ||
Johnny Thunder[3] | Stargirl; S01E01 (photograph only) | While nothing appears to remain of him, Johnny was killed during the battle with the Injustice Society. He is later shown in a photograph of the Justice Society. | ||
Sandman[3] | Wesley Dodds | Stargirl; S01E01 (photograph only) | Wesley was killed by an unknown opponent during the battle with the Injustice Society, leaving behind only his gas mask. He is later shown in a photograph of the Justice Society. |