In 1962, Earth was infiltrated by the Appelaxians, competing alien warriors sent to see who could conquer Earth first to determine who will become the new ruler of their home planet. The aliens' attacks drew the attentions of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash (Barry Allen), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Aquaman, and the Martian Manhunter. While we individually defeated most of the invaders, the we fell prey to a single competitor's attack; only by working together were we able to defeat the competitor. For many years, the we heralded this adventure as the event that prompted us to agree to pool resources when confronted with similar menaces.Years later, however, Green Arrow uncovered inconsistencies in League records and extracted admissions from his colleagues that the seven founders had actually formed the league after the Martian Manhunter was rescued from Martian forces by the other six founders, along with Robin, who did not join the League because of his age. Green Lantern participated in this first adventure primarily as Hal Jordan, though he finally appeared as Green Lantern when we formalized our agreement, news of which we mutually suppressed because of anti-Martian hysteria (mirroring the backdrop of Martian scares and anti-communist hysteria of the 1950s on our Earth). Because the League members had not revealed their identities to each other at the time, we did not realize that Jordan and Green Lantern were one of the same.1989:the Justice League of America's origin was updated for post-Crisis continuity. Differences included the inclusion of Black Canary as a founding member and the absence of Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman. Additionally, this iteration of the League's origin cast the Flash as the team's unofficial leader, since it was the methodical Allen who usually came up with the plans that best utilized everyone's powers.1999 the story was re-tooled and expanded the Secret Origins depiction. In 2006, the formation of "New Earth" resulted in several changes in DC continuity, one of which is Wonder Woman's return to status as a founding member of the Justice League. Although Batman has narrowed down who will join us in the "New Earth's JLA," we are yet to announce who we will choose, and who is willing to take our offer. We have decided! The team will consist of Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Vixen, Hawkgirl, Red Tornado, Arsenal, Black Canary, Green Lanterns (Hal Jordan), and Black Lightning.
