When you need the Justice League's help and you can't get the one in America or Europe or even get Extreme? You call in the Justice League Task Force: A rotating group of superheroes, some of which we can build for a variety of Heroclix teams!

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In 1993, the Justice League books were entering a dark age. The much beloved Giffen/DeMatteis JLI run had come to an end, Lineups were less "cohesive", storylines weren't as well-recieved and the Justice League franchise was stretching beyond its means. In this time, Justice League Task Force came along. Originally the book featured a revolving creative team in addition to the several heroes coming and going, but after Zero Hour and the atrocious Judgment Day crossover, the title settled into a permanent roster.


Now because a lot of the characters that appeared in JLTF haven't been clixed yet, There's not a massive amount of teams that can be made withour resorting to subbing in characters. Fact is, there's only three. But that's all right. The first team comes from the initial storyarc that launched the series, written by David Michelinie and art by Sal Velluto (who stuck with the series for most of its run). Martian Manhunter was given the job by the UN of trying to prevent an international incident.

bb036 E Martian Manhunter
Team: Justice League
Range: 8
Points: 202
Keywords: Justice League International

10 10 17 4

9 10 17 3

9 10 17 4

9 9 17 3

9 9 16 4

9 9 16 5

8 9 16 3

8 10 15 3

10 10 14 4

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Special) Trait: Martian Manhunter can use Shape Change and Phasing/Teleport.
(Damage) Telepathic Invisibility : Once at the beginning of your turn, you may choose close combat attack or ranged combat attack. Martian Manhunter modifies his defense by +3 against the chosen type of attack until the beginning of your next turn.

jl015 E Gypsy
Team: Justice League
Range: 0
Points: 44
Keywords: Birds of Prey, Conglomerate, Justice League of America, Justice League Task Force

7 9 17 2

7 9 17 2

6 8 16 2

6 8 17 1

5 8 18 1

5 7 19 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

an029 V Aquaman
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 106
Keywords: Atlantis, JLA, Justice League of America, Justice League International, Ruler

9 10 17 4

9 9 17 3

9 10 17 3

8 10 16 2

7 9 16 3

7 9 16 3

7 8 15 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Speed) Sea Life Telepathy: Aquaman can use Mind Control. If Aquaman uses Mind Control targeting a character with the Atlantis keyword, he modifies his attack by +3 and takes no damage from Mind Control.
(Attack) Rise from the Deep: Give Aquaman a power action. If he occupies water terrain, you may place him in any square of water terrain within his speed value and then make a close combat attack as a free action.

jl027 U The Flash
Team: Justice League
Range: 0
Points: 114
Keywords: Central City, Justice League Europe, JLA, Teen Titans

14 10 19 2

13 10 18 2

13 9 17 2

12 9 16 2

11 8 16 2

10 8 16 2

9 7 17 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Speed) Vibration: Flash can use Hypersonic Speed and Phasing/Teleport.

cr029 V Nightwing
Team: Batman Ally
Range: 6
Points: 79
Keywords: Detective, Gotham City, Martial Artist, Outsiders, Police, Teen Titans

9 10 17 2

8 10 16 2

8 9 16 2

7 9 17 2

7 9 16 2

6 8 15 1

6 8 15 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Speed) Dual Membership: Nightwing can use the Outsiders and Titans team abilities and possesses the Outsiders and Titans team symbols.
(Attack) Fisticuffs: Nightwing can use Flurry.
(Defense) Acrobat: Nightwing can use Combat Reflexes, Energy Shield/Deflection, and Leap/Climb.

The first lineup comes out to 545 points. Spending 55 points in feats might seem like a lot, but between Armor Piercing/Swingline on Flash, Camouflage on J'onn, Contingency Plan on Nightwing and Submerged on Aquaman, you can definitely put some extra oomph into the team. And you've still got ten points left over that you could put it on Gypsy or someone else.


We should get used to seeing Gypsy on these teams, since she was around for the whole run on the book. Like in issues #5 and #6, Gypsy was recruited by Bruce Wayne for a mission that was a part of the KnightQuest arc in the Bat-books.

jl015 E Gypsy
Team: Justice League
Range: 0
Points: 44
Keywords: Birds of Prey, Conglomerate, Justice League of America, Justice League Task Force

7 9 17 2

7 9 17 2

6 8 16 2

6 8 17 1

5 8 18 1

5 7 19 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

jl032 E Bronze Tiger
Team: Suicide Squad
Range: 0
Points: 60
Keywords: League of Assassins, Martial Artist, Spy, Suicide Squad

8 11 18 2

7 10 17 2

7 10 16 2

7 9 16 3

6 9 15 3

6 8 15 2

6 8 14 3

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

cr026 V Green Arrow
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 10
Points: 104
Keywords: Justice League of America, Justice League Elite, Martial Artist, Politician, Star City

7 10 17 2

8 10 17 2

8 10 16 2

8 9 16 2

6 9 16 2

6 8 17 2

6 8 18 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Speed) Rooftop Archer: Green Arrow can use Leap/Climb and Running Shot.
(Attack) Emerald Archer: When Green Arrow makes a ranged combat attack, modify his attack value by +2.
(Defense) Arrow Down the Gun Barrel: Green Arrow can use Incapacitate. When a character marked with one or more action tokens chooses Green Arrow as the target of a ranged attack, Green Arrow can use Shape Change.
(Damage) Hail of Arrows: Give Green Arrow a ranged combat action to make a ranged combat attack targeting more then one opposing character. Increase the total damage dealt by 1 for each target successfully hit by the attack (total damage is still divided normally among successfully hit targets).

dkr003 Bruce Wayne
Team: Batman Ally
Range: 0
Points: 60
Keywords: Celebrity, Gotham City

7 9 18 1

7 9 17 1

7 9 16 1

7 9 16 1

6 9 15 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Special) Your Plan is to Blackmail this Person?: When any effect of an opposing character would counter a power or ability possessed by Bruce Wayne or an adjacent friendly character, after that action resolves roll a d6; on a result of 3-4, place an action token on the opposing character; on a result of 5-6, deal the opposing character 1 penetrating damage.
(Speed) The Dark Knight: Give Bruce Wayne a power action that deals no pushing damage and replace this character with DKR #001 The Dark Knight or DKR #029 The Batman on its orange starting line. Existing action tokens on this character and action tokens for this action are applied to the replacement. This power can't be countered.

This build comes out to 268 points, with room for Trick Shot on Green Arrow, Lunge on Bronze Tiger and Running Start for Gypsy. Now I wanted to use the AE Bruce Wayne from Brave and the Bold, but that would have left us way under, so I just opted for a Bruce Wayne from the movie set. Of course using the LE from Legacy might not be too shabby either.


Our last team for this article was from issues #7-8, a two-parter written by Peter David. A race of warrior women takes a government agent hostage, so the Task Force needs a woman's touch to solve it. Which requires Martian Manhunter to swap genders.

bb036 E Martian Manhunter
Team: Justice League
Range: 8
Points: 202
Keywords: Justice League International

10 10 17 4

9 10 17 3

9 10 17 4

9 9 17 3

9 9 16 4

9 9 16 5

8 9 16 3

8 10 15 3

10 10 14 4

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Special) Trait: Martian Manhunter can use Shape Change and Phasing/Teleport.
(Damage) Telepathic Invisibility : Once at the beginning of your turn, you may choose close combat attack or ranged combat attack. Martian Manhunter modifies his defense by +3 against the chosen type of attack until the beginning of your next turn.

jl015 E Gypsy
Team: Justice League
Range: 0
Points: 44
Keywords: Birds of Prey, Conglomerate, Justice League of America, Justice League Task Force

7 9 17 2

7 9 17 2

6 8 16 2

6 8 17 1

5 8 18 1

5 7 19 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

an030 E Wonder Woman
Team: Justice League
Range: 0
Points: 127
Keywords: Amazon, JLA, Justice League, Justice League of America, Justice League International, Trinity, Warrior

10 11 18 4

10 12 17 4

9 11 17 3

9 10 17 3

9 10 17 3

9 9 17 3

8 9 16 3

8 9 16 3

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Damage) Lasso of Truth: Whenever Wonder Woman hits a character already possessing two action tokens, all damage to that character this turn is penetrating damage, including damage from this attack.

un075 V Maxima
Team: Superman Ally
Range: 6
Points: 160
Keywords: Extreme Justice, Metropolis, Warrior

10 10 15 4

9 10 15 3

9 9 15 3

8 9 16 3

8 8 16 3

8 8 16 2

7 8 15 2

7 7 15 2

7 7 14 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

cd008 E Vixen
Team: Suicide Squad
Range: 0
Points: 38
Keywords: Animal, Birds of Prey, Suicide Squad

9 9 16 2

8 9 16 2

8 8 15 3

7 8 15 2

7 7 14 1

6 6 13 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

crB003 Dolphin
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 6

9 9 15 1

KO KO KO KO

577 points. Camouflage and Running Start for "Joan" and Gypsy respectively. You've got ten points left, I'd probably try and find some way to make Maxima playable. Wish me luck.

Anyways, after that story, the series went through a few more revolving lineups involving unclixed characters like Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt and some New Blood members before the title got shanghaied by several crossovers. After those, the team settled on the permanent roster written by Christopher Priest. Martian Manhunter and Gypsy were joined by The Ray, L-Ron (inhabiting Despero's body) and Triumph. Now while Triumph hasn't been clixed as of yet, you could probably build a decent team using J'onn, Gypsy, Ray and the old Cosmic Justice version of Despero.

That's it for this look at some Justice League Task Force teams. Next time, we teach you to respect your Elders.

Gypsy was always a pain to deal with. Nice article.

There are just some weird anatomy things going on in the covers you chose.

Totally awesome Article. I recently just gave up on Marvel Clix and I am enjoying the DC Comic Accuracy lately.

Didn't the bad guy Martian do that in Justice League: Doom?

Anyway, great article. I didn't know about this particular era in Justice League continuity, and it seems a shame that it probably doesn't exist anymore. I forgot how brutal that Green Arrow was, and at least the first two teams look downright mean; the only thing that keeps me from jumping all over that third team is that Maxima might drag it down a bit. Still, good job.

Nice teams but come on why bother with feats. Just slap the gauntlet on Johnny.

"Skeet, it's DC."

Bah, Who cares?