The Worst Justice League of All-Time

The mid-90s were a bad time for comics...a really bad time, but it's worth noting that it wasn't simply because of the grim n' grittiness or the bad art, no, it was pretty bad on every level.

For example, in 1995 there was Extreme Justice, which was essentially the answer to question of what would happen if Image published a Justice League title, and then there was Justice League Task Force where, and I'm just guessing, the alchemy of Christopher Priest plus no=name characters plus the crash of the mid-90s led to a final issue that sold 13 copies.

But what was more amazing was how bad the main Justice League was at that time.

Oh, I could go into details about the terrible stories of that period, like the time Power Girl was impregnated by a demon, gave birth and then watched her rapidly-aging child and the demon father fight it out. Or the story were Maxwell Lord died and came back as some sort of evil robot, but I think that cover says all you need to know about what wrong: The suckiest cast in Justice League history. Let's look at the members:


Sort-of Wonder Woman!

Yep, thanks to a Bill Loebs storyline, Diana had to give up her costume and title...and I'm guessing that costume was some sort of divine punishment...or something. And she was the leader.


Fire and (a different) Ice!

So, Fire and Ice were a key part of the Giffen/Dematteis Run, so I guess Gerard Jones wanted to recapture the magic, so he brought in a new Ice...who had a crush on Fire.

Also, in an ironic twist, I'm pretty sure the second Ice is in the running for the worst Justice Leaguer of all-time.


The Crimson Fox!

Okay, well, you've got a terrible costume, terrible powers (something with pheremones) and a tenuous rationale for existing (Justice League Europe needed someone from Europe), and you've got a pretty lame character. Oh, and her identity was shared by twins, one of who faked her death in order to maintain the secret.

But hey, at least she got to be used as C-List fodder twice!



Hawkman! (The one that was exiled to limbo)

Remember when DC kept trying to fix Hawkman and ended doing more and more damage to the character until it had to be limbo-ed for the better part of a decade? Well, this is the version of the character that made Hawkman completely unusable.

You see, the Hawkgod had decided to cram all of the different hawkmen (and at least one woman) into one Hawkman. Shockingly it did not make things less confusing.

Still, it was clear who the breakout character was...



Yaz!