James Gunn has stated that his new DCU will begin with a world already populated by super-heroes. I'm hoping that provides an opening for a proper JSA that is set during WWII, with some members being sent forward in time eventually. Even if they don't want to commit to a movie, the JSA would be a great candidate for an animated show.
we can but Dream… though a J.S.A. story set during w.w.2 would be exciting… and we know that Hollywood does have lots of wartime costumes…
ReplyDeleteI think I vaguely remember the original cover. The Injustice Society of the World doing the map-carving, right?
ReplyDeleteThat was the original with the villains. This set up with the heroes comes from an early cover for Infinity Inc. Where the Ultrahumanite tricked the JSA into a subterranean chamber where he released a hidden stream of ruthlessness.
Delete@Carycomic: by George, I think you've got it!
ReplyDelete@anon1256 @Carycomic it's actually from one of the early issues of Infinity Inc.
ReplyDeleteThe most recent was the Flash in WWll encountering the JSA members, especially Wonder Woman. Worked very nicely. Too bad Flash wasn't in place of Hawkman, then you woud have had 5 acting as a bridge to their modern counterparts who helped form the original JLA.
ReplyDeleteFunny how easily history is always getting rewritten. In the movies, the Avengers didn't find and rescue Cap. Different Earths different histories.
Strangely enough, in the original story, the Stream of Ruthlessness was not even supernatural: the seeming drowning and resurrection as wicked persons without conscience was the result of the underground river being super-saturated with oxygen (allowing people to survive apparent drowning) and the altered behavior was the result of the water being contaminated with the deadly, toxic, unspeakable drug...cannabis.
DeleteNo kidding.
Just as well that Roy Thomas went with the Stream of Ruthlessness being a magical force, since the "scientific" explanation was...not exactly airtight.
Sadly, no. James Gunny boy is to busy making The Authority and the WB big wigs took from Black Adam the wrong lesson that no one wants the JSA because that movie was considered a flop even though it was only a little way removed from at least breaking even and even though Shazam 2, The Flash, and Aquaman 2 were all considered historic flops... just not as bad as Captain Marvel 2. XD
ReplyDeleteWhat contributed to the box office failure of THE MARVELS was probably the over-abundance of "OMG's" from Kamala Khan.
ReplyDeleteThen there's my question. Where does Dormammu get his clothes from? Does someone measure him and make adjustments? Who tells him Come back tomorrow. That's someone i respect.
ReplyDelete@Bigby65: thanks for the clarification. :-)
ReplyDeleteBased on JSA appearance in Black Adam I am not confident in any appearance by JSA in movies. I would rather they stick to animation.
ReplyDeleteOh, I don't know. I thought that Pierce Brosnan, as Dr. Fate, out-Cumberbatched Marvel's Dr. Strange.
ReplyDeletei liked the JSA as they were done in Smallville. Dr Fate was much better than the way Hawkman was depicted.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anon211! :-)
ReplyDeleteI knew I was, at least, half-right.