This weekend’s light-hearted, escapist superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog concludes the final adventures in the Justice Society’s revived series in the 1970s.
ADVENTURE COMICS Vol 1 #461 (February 1979)
Title: Only Legends Live Forever
Justice Society Roster: Dr. Fate, Wildcat, Power Girl, the original Robin, the original Flash, the original Green Lantern and the 2nd Huntress (daughter of Earth-Two’s Bruce Wayne and the late Selena Kyle)
Villain: The vengeful Bill Jensen
NOTE: The final stories of the revived Justice Society series are set in Adventure Comics now that All Star Comics was canceled with issue #74.
Synopsis: Bill Jensen, a corrupt former D.A. just released from prison, has been gifted with superpowers like the ability to shoot mystic energy blasts, conjure up unearthly fire, walk up walls, produce a force field and more. He refuses to reveal how he has gained these powers.
Jensen rampages through Gotham City, demanding that Batman, who sent him to prison, show himself so he can kill him. The Justice Society battles Jensen, who eventually climbs up Gotham Tower to continue fighting them.
The team is stalemated with the supervillain when, for the cliffhanger ending, the original Batman, who had retired long ago here on Earth-Two, arrives on the scene and presents himself, since he is the one Jensen wants to kill. Continue reading
ALL STAR COMICS Vol 1 #70 (February 1978) 
Those villains are helmeted criminals known by numbers instead of names and led by the mysterious Number 1. Strike Force has over a score of members, and they wield high-tech weaponry and equipment. 
ALL STAR COMICS Vol 1 #64 (February 1977) 
ALL STAR COMICS Vol 1 #45 (February 1949) 
For this weekend’s light-hearted, escapist blog post about superheroes, Balladeer’s Blog goes back to the Justice Society of America, this country’s very first superteam. Years ago, I covered the early years of the JSA, from their first appearance in 
ALL-STAR COMICS Vol 1 #28 (April 1946) 
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA Vol 1 #183 (October 1980) 
The remaining evil forces on Apokolips – led by Granny Goodness (a Kirby creation, needless to say) – have raided New Genesis and abducted most of the inhabitants, then taken them as slaves back to their own planet. They did it with the help of three Earth-Two villains – Icicle, Shade and the Fiddler – so the New Gods use the annual get-together of the Justice Society and Justice League to recruit the two teams to help them recover their kidnapped population. 
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA Vol 1 #82 (August 1970) 
This examination of the Justice Society’s World War Two-era stories continues. FOR PART ONE CLICK 
ALL STAR COMICS #21 (Summer 1944) 
Synopsis: Lab assistant Joe Fitch has volunteered to be a guinea pig for experimental medicine but winds up dying. To reward the man for his selfless contribution to science the Justice Society of America is called in (talk about overkill) to act on Joe’s request to make amends for his secret criminal past. 
This superhero-hungry world can’t get enough of these looks at the very FIRST superhero team in history: DC Comics’ Justice Society of America. This examination of their World War Two-era stories continues. FOR PART ONE CLICK 
ALL STAR COMICS #20 (Spring 1944) 
The Justice Society of America is called in to stop the Monster’s crime spree. They battle the villain as he robs banks, dynamites factories, steals payrolls, muscles in on the steel industry and threatens to blow up a dam if he is not paid extortion money. 
Superhero fans want more JSA, so here we go with this latest look at the world’s OLDEST superhero team: DC’s Justice Society of America. FOR PART ONE CLICK 
ALL STAR COMICS #19 (November 1943) 
Synopsis: The Composer (Hector Bauer) kidnaps Hawkman and commits a series of music-related crimes. The Justice Society members try to thwart his crime spree and free their captured teammate. 
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