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Batman and others. After the events of the Legends limited series, this incarnation of
the team ended, and a new one began.
Th is newest incarnation of the league underwent some changes in its early days,
culminating in working with the United Nations and becoming Justice League
International with embassies all over the world (with the main headquarters in New
York). Th is team was a mix of both returning members and new ones including Fire,
Ice, “renegade” Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Captain Atom, Mr. Miracle, Blue Beetle,
and Booster Gold. Th e tone of the adventures often became humorous at this time
under the writing of Keith Giff en and JM Dematies, with occasional stories dealing
with the “schemes” of Beetle and Booster.
Th is period also brought about changes in the team’s backstory, due to changes in the
histories of other characters. Superman, Wonder Woman, and Hawkman were no lon-
ger in the Justice League, and Batman was an early member but not a founder, though
Black Canary now was a founder. Flashbacks to the earlier stories have incorporated the
changes, some of which have since been reversed. Th e international team soon split into
two parts —Justice League America and a new team, Justice League Europe, whose new
members included Power Girl, the Wally West Flash, Metamorpho, Animal Man, and
Wonder Woman.
Time went on and the teams lost their UN affi liation. Memberships changed as well,
sometimes featuring heavy hitters such as Superman, and other times featuring sec-
ond and even third-string characters. Th e main team eventually moved to new orbiting
headquarters that once belonged to one of their foes. With the JLE disbanded, two
new teams were formed. One was the Justice League Task Force which was led by the
Martian Manhunter and at fi rst had a rotating membership for special missions but
later became a place for training newer heroes. Th e other group called themselves the
Justice League but was featured in the comic Extreme Justice. Led by Captain Atom and
consisting of various other league members, this team split with the main team over the
way that they handled things. All three teams eventually disbanded.
Th e team’s next incarnation went back to the Magnifi cent Seven of the original version
with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, the Wally West Flash, and the
Kyle Rainer version of Green Lantern (who, along with John Stewart, was now the fourth
Green Lantern to be on the team). With their adventures originally written by Grant
Morrison, this team went back to fi ghting major threats and were based on the “Watch-
tower,” which was located on the Moon. As in other incarnations, the membership often
changed, with both former members and newer heroes joining. Notable new members
included the new Steel, Plastic Man, Nightwing, and the Conner Hawke Green Arrow,
the son of the original. While there was a brief spin-off team ( Justice League Elite) there
was less fracturing than in the previous incarnation.
Following the events of Infi nite Crisis the team again disbanded and reformed.
Featured in a new Justice League of America title written by novelist Brad Meltzer, this
team had headquarters both on Earth and in orbit, and once again consisted of old and
new members. New members included Red Arrow (aka Green Arrow’s old sidekick
