In 2001 the question was asked: What happens if you break up the Justice League? Answer: You end up with eight Justice Leagues. This week in Comic Accurate, we take a look at some of those Leagues and remember how they came to be.

The League won't die, they'll multiply!

The plot to this miniseries/string of one-shots was fairly easy to begin with. An alien race wants to conquer Earth, but they want the JLA out of the picture. So they have their emmisary, known as "The Advance Man" set things up, with Hector Hammond's assistance, to make everyone forget the JLA ever existed (including the JLA members themselves). But Hector got wise to the invasion plans and tried to stop them. Since it's Hector Hammond we're talking about here, he failed. Only managing to subliminally get out half a sentence before he was interrupted. This message, along with an instinctive desire to fill that gap in their lives that was mentally removed, prompted eight members of the Justice League to each create their own team: Batman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Zauriel and Plastic Man.

So in The Advance Man's attempt to destroy the JLA, he just made more. Way to go, stupid.

Anyways, so eight different teams are created. Can we make all of them? Unfortunately, no. Like most DC clix teams, there's a bunch of folks who haven't been made: Mikaal Tomas, Black Condor, Black Orchid, Arion, Lori Lemaris, Devilfish and of course, 'Mazing Man. But there are still plenty that we can make.

Like for starters, there's the Justice League of Aliens. Martian Manhunter put together a team consisting of himself, Superman, Orion, Starfire, Lobo, Guy Gardner and Mikaal Tomas. Yes, I know I just said that Mikaal hasn't been made, but fortunately for us, he bailed almost immediately after getting there. So the problem kind of solved itself. Let's look at our build...

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.

ffsm001r R Superman
Team: Superman Ally
Range: 8
Points: 150
Keywords: JLA, Justice League, Justice League of America, Kryptonian, Legion of Super Heroes, Metropolis, Reporter

9 11 18 4

9 10 17 3

8 10 16 3

8 10 17 3

7 9 18 3

6 11 19 3

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) Champion of the Oppressed: Superman can use Defend, but only characters 100 points or less can replace their defense values through this use of Defend.
(Attack) Arctic Breath: Superman can use Incapacitate. When he uses it and hits, he may also give an action token to each opposing character adjacent to the hit target.
(Damage) For Tomorrow: Superman can use Super Strength and Willpower.

cd090 U Orion
Team: Justice League
Range: 8
Points: 168
Archenemy: Kalibak (Red)
Keywords: JLA, New Gods, Soldier, Warrior

10 10 17 4

8 11 17 4

8 10 17 3

8 9 16 3

7 8 15 2

6 8 14 2

5 9 14 2

5 10 14 2

5 11 14 3

5 12 15 4

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

io024 V Starfire
Team: Titans
Range: 10
Points: 96
Archenemy: Blackfire (Yellow)
Keywords: Outsiders, Teen Titans

12 10 16 4

10 9 16 4

10 9 15 4

9 8 15 3

9 8 14 3

8 7 14 2

8 7 13 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

sm042 E Lobo
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 2
Points: 169
Keywords: Brute, Justice League International, L.E.G.I.O.N.

10 11 18 4

10 11 18 3

9 10 17 3

9 10 17 3

8 10 16 3

8 9 16 3

7 9 15 3

7 9 15 3

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Special) Blah Healing Factor Blah: At the beginning of your turn, as a free action you may heal Lobo of 1 damage.
(Attack) Lazy DAWG: Lobo can use Flurry. Before the second attack, roll a d6. His damage value becomes the result minus 1 and is locked.
(Damage) Hook, Line, and Massacre: Give Lobo a power action, and choose an opposing character within 5 squares and line of fire, and roll a d6. If the d6 result is higher than the number of squares to that character, you may place that character in a square adjacent to Lobo. On any result, you may then make a close combat attack.

an039 V Guy Gardner
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 8
Points: 110
Keywords: Green Lantern Corps, Justice League International, Red Lantern Corps

12 11 17 4

10 11 16 3

10 10 16 2

9 10 16 3

8 9 15 3

8 9 15 2

8 9 16 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Special) The Antagonist: If Guy Gardner has no action tokens, he can use Close Combat Expert.

The Justice League of Aliens comes out to 895 points. Just enough to stick the Kryptonian ATA on Supes.

Next up is Zauriel's team, The Justice League of Apostles. Basically a bunch of mystical folks. Unfortunately not enough to meet mystical generic keyword theme requirements, but hey, at least you get some use out of that Phantom Stranger piece!

jl029 V Zauriel
Team: Justice League
Range: 6
Points: 117
Keywords: Herald, JLA, Mystical, Warrior

12 10 18 3

10 9 17 3

10 9 16 2

9 8 16 2

9 9 17 2

8 10 18 2

8 11 16 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

jl061 U Phantom Stranger
Team: Quintessence
Range: 8
Points: 171
Keywords: Justice League of America, Mystical, Quintessence

12 10 18 1

8 10 18 1

8 11 18 1

7 10 17 1

11 10 17 1

10 10 16 1

9 9 16 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

wkD-003 R Dr. Fate
Team: Justice Society|Mystics
Range: 8
Points: 100
Keywords: Justice Society, Mystical

11 10 18 2

10 11 17 2

10 10 17 2

9 9 17 2

9 9 16 2

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) Agent of Order: Opposing characters within 6 squares can't be given actions to use special powers (including standard powers used only through those special powers).

jl035 U Deadman
Team: Mystics
Range: 0
Points: 119
Keywords: Mystical, Sentinels of Magic, Seven Soldiers

8 10 18 .

7 10 18 .

7 9 17 .

7 9 17 .

6 9 17 .

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

(Attack) Possession: Give Deadman a power action and make a close combat or a ranged combat attack (as if he has a range value of 4) against an opposing target character as a free action. A successful attack deals no damage. Instead, remove Deadman from the battlefield and put him on his character card; the target is possessed, becomes friendly to your force and opposing to its owner's force, and any of the target's canceled powers return.

After the resolution of any action given to the target, you can release the target. Remove all actions tokens from the target and place Deadman in any unoccupied square within 4 squares to which the target has a clear line of fire. The target becomes friendly to its owner's force and opposing to your force.

If the target is possessed at the end of your turn, roll a d6 and add 1 to the result for each 100 points (or fraction thereof) of the target's point value. If the result is 6 or more, the target is released. If the result is 5 or less, deal Deadman 1 unavoidable damage.

Each time the possessed target takes damage, deal Deadman 1 unavoidable damage after the action is resolved. Any effect that can counter the target's powers can counter Deadman's Possession. If Deadman is eliminated or Possession is countered or canceled, the target is immediately released. Deadman and possessed characters can't be targeted by Mind Control or Possession.

This power cannot be cancelled.

jl52014 R Zatanna
Team: Justice League|Mystics
Range: 6
Points: 90
Keywords: Justice League, Mystical

9 10 17 2

8 10 17 3

8 10 16 2

8 9 16 3

9 9 16 2

9 8 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

(Speed) Raelc Dnim: Give Zatanna a power action, or a free action if she has no action tokens, and choose another friendly character within 4 squares and line of fire. That character can't be affected by Outwit or Perplex until your next turn.

Together, the Apostles are 597 points. I really debated using the New 52 Deadman over the Justice League one, but if I'm going to include a character with a zero damage, I'd rather have the 18 defense and Mystics TA.

While the other Justice Leagues had connecting themes like that they were all Aliens, or all women, or all from Atlantis or all mystical or even comedic characters, our next team didn't have much of a conceptual theme. It's Flash's lineup of The Justice League of Adventure. Where they're all superheroes. Way to think outside the box, Wally.

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.

jl011 E Black Canary
Team: Justice League
Range: 4
Points: 50
Keywords: Birds of Prey, Justice League, Justice League International, Justice League of America, Justice Society, Martial Artist, Star City

8 10 16 2

8 9 16 1

7 9 16 1

7 9 15 1

7 8 16 2

7 8 17 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Attack) Canary Cry: Black Canary can use Energy Explosion and Incapacitate.

an014 V Beast Boy
Team: Titans|Outsiders
Range: 0
Points: 60
Keywords: Animal, Doom Patrol, Teen, Teen Titans, Titans

9 10 17 2

8 10 16 3

8 9 16 2

8 9 16 2

7 9 15 2

7 8 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

(Special) Morph: Beast Boy: Give Beast Boy a move action that deals no pushing damage. After the action resolves, replace him with any character with this trait on the same click number. Existing action tokens and action tokens for the action are applied to the replacement.

cj222 LE The Atom
Team: Justice League
Range: 0
Points: 50
Keywords: Justice League of America, Scientist

8 9 20 1

8 8 19 1

7 8 18 1

7 7 17 1

6 6 16 1

6 6 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

or071 E Mister Miracle
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 98
Keywords: Justice League International, New Gods

8 9 18 3

9 9 18 2

9 9 18 2

10 8 17 2

9 8 17 2

8 7 17 2

8 7 16 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

The Justice League of Adventure comes out to 372 points. Add on the Silver Age JLA to Atom, Flash and Canary; Armor Piercing for Flash and Running Start for Atom. That should get you closer to 400.

The last team we're going to look at is The Justice League of Arkham. Basically Batman opts to thwart The Advance Man's plans by recruiting a bunch of his enemies to back him up since the JLA don't exist. Apparently Hector Hammond must have wiped out Batsy's memories of The Outsiders too, since breaking his worst enemy out of an insane asylum is apparently easier than just calling up Black Lightning.

jl001 V Batman
Team: Batman Ally
Range: 6
Points: 75
Keywords: Detective, Gotham City, JLA, Justice League, Justice League of America, Justice League International, Outsiders

8 11 17 3

7 10 16 2

7 9 16 1

7 8 15 1

6 10 15 2

6 10 15 2

6 11 14 2

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

(Speed) Out of the Shadows: Once per turn, when Batman occupies hindering terrain and is given any action that is not a free action, before the action you may place Batman in any square of hindering terrain 6 or fewer squares away to which he has a clear line of fire.

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.

d10a015 E Catwoman
Team: Calculator
Range: 2
Points: 68
Keywords: Birds of Prey, Gotham City, Martial Artist

8 10 17 2

7 9 17 2

7 10 16 2

7 9 16 2

7 9 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

KO KO KO KO

(Special) Bad Luck When I Cross Your Path: Other characters within 6 squares of Catwoman assigned a relic or a resource can't use the effects of the relic or resource.
(Speed) Burglar: Catwoman can use Leap/Climb and Stealth.

aa059 U The Joker
Team: Batman Enemy
Range: 8
Points: 97
Keywords: Gotham City, Injustice Gang, Injustice League, Monster

7 11 16 2

7 10 16 2

7 10 16 2

6 10 16 2

6 9 16 2

6 9 16 1

5 9 16 1

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

KO KO KO KO

aa105 V Edward Nigma
Team: Batman Enemy
Range: 6
Points: 60
Keywords: Celebrity, Detective, Gotham City

7 10 17 2

7 10 17 2

7 10 17 1

8 9 16 1

8 8 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

(Defense) A Man Reborn?: Edward Nigma can use Enhancement and Mastermind. When an action token would be given to a character adjacent to Edward Nigma, you can instead give it to Edward Nigma and roll a d6; on a result of 1, deal 1 unavoidable damage to the adjacent character.

aa042 E Ventriloquist
Team: Batman Enemy
Range: 6
Points: 70
Keywords: Gotham City

8 9 16 1

8 9 16 1

8 8 16 1

7 8 15 1

7 8 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

(Attack) Scarface: Ventriloquist can use Incapacitate, but his damage value becomes 1 instead of 0 until the action is resolved.

cj033 V Poison Ivy
Team: Batman Enemy
Range: 4
Points: 49
Keywords: Gotham City

7 8 15 1

6 8 14 1

6 7 13 1

5 6 13 1

5 6 12 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

All together, the Justice League of Arkham come out to 498 points. Edward can take tokens of Batman or Joker as he helps them with some Enhancement, and if anyone attacks him, he can pass the damage to that awful Poison Ivy, who can still end up with a decent attack when it's chained over from Joker, Catwoman or Edward.

That's it for our look at some teams from the Justice Leagues storyline. Thanks for joining us. Next time, we head back to Marvel to take you to task.

That Arkham team looks sick, I'll have to try it when I can actually put it together. Great writeup as always.

Even though I've never read it, I've always loved this series for the team possibilities. Anything that gives me an Ambush Bug theme-y team is good in my book. (Where's my 'Mazing Man?)

I thought that was a very fun comic. Though I'm gonna' be That Guy and point out that technically I don't think we've ever gotten a version of Mister Miracle that isn't Scott Free.

I loved the Justice League of Anarchy.

I will now be picking up this run. Looks like a fun read. Looking forward to running some of these teams. Thanks!

Excellent article! I appreciate your effort in putting this together.

fun highlight
gotta love the convoluted stunts of '90s jla oneshots. they were all over the place.
yay lack of editorial oversight!

Man, I'd love to read that mini-series...

No Justice League of Amazons? Air? Adventure?

Nice article. Hopefully they will make some of the unclixed characters.

I did not read this story... what the hell was Batman thinking?

I would put together the Justice League of Indomitable! LoL

I would have used the New 52 Deadman and just tossed feats onto the mystics team, like armor piercing on Phantom Stranger.

And why not toss on the new 10th Anniversary Flash instead of the Justice League one? A much better version of Wally West for 9 less points.

Other than that, great article.

Really? Really? I'm pretty sure I addressed the absence of two of those in the article and had a team for the third.

Yeah, my bad. I had the article written before the preview came out and it totally didn't dawn on me to swap him in.