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TheJustice Society of Americais one of the oldest team in DC Comics history , but in a new variant screening by Joe Quinones they are really showing their age and channeling Marvel’sX - Menin the process . The young artwork forJustice Society of America # 1isstraight out of the ' 90s , and shows off the team ’s more utmost side — with a giving emphasis on the " X. "
The Justice Society of America is both canonically and chronologically DC Comics ' first and old group of superheroes . Their first appearance dates back to the forties , in All - Star Comics # 3by Gardner Fox and Everett E. Hibbard . The original roster consisted of the Atom , Doctor Fate , Green Lantern , Hawkman , Hourman , Sandman , the Spectre , and the Jay Garrick version as the Flash . This squad would go through several retcons over the decennary , becoming first an substitute Earth - Two version of the Justice League of America , and then the established Earth - Prime precursor to the JLA . Most lately , the Justice Society return to the center stageafter the end of the Justice League inDark Crisis of Infinite Earths .
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They are now headline their own new serial , and to lionize the loss ofJustice Society of America # 1by Geoff Johns and Mikel Janin , creative person Joe Quinones created this 1990s inspired variant cover . It shows the team remade in glorious costumes redolent of an era in comics when everything had to be extreme and apparel in leather jackets . In fact , no team better optimized this time in comics history than the cristal - Men , and there is no doubt the Quinones is drawing hard inspiration from the Marvel team of mutant .
Each JSA member appears to embody a extremity of theX - Men from the metre of their iconic cartoon show . First and firstly , Doctor Fate looks a lot like Cable or even Shatterstar , with his tattooed glowing center , oversized shoulder launch pad , and unnecessarily prominent tongue . Behind him stands a bear - chested Wildcat taking on a very Wolverine - same mannerism . Flying above them , Black Canary is wearing an kit that is a combination of her own costume and Psylocke . Green Lantern strikes a Gambit - alike pose , while Hawk - Girl flies in wearing her best Rogue cosplay complimented by Arc - Angel wings . flash bulb zooms by in a jacket that hints at an influence from Longshot , while Starman crouches in Hot Topic ’s most extreme disastrous leather deep coat .
Whilethe JSA has pass to comic , they will never be able to scarper their Hellenic Golden Age aesthetics . However , in novel variant graphics forJustice Society of America # 1 , Quinones pick out that theme and plays with it . And in the process theJustice Society of Americaevokes Marvel ’s iconic ' 90s version of theX - human being , another super - team from a bypast era .
