Previous Post That's a traditional JLA line-up! Old guard with one or two newcomers - i.e. Firestorm and Red Tornado. As a topic It does raise the awkward observation that in the New 52 set-up there is no valid reason for a Justice League Europe or United team to form at all. The main Justice League team headed by Batman has been presented as a closed shop to outsiders, an exclusive group who let almost no one in. Why then do these other League's start up - who gave then the permit to take the Justice League name and start their own unlicensed branch? It is one of the great shortcomings of the reboot, that the Justice League's history only consists of that one unchanging team of Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, etc. No Black Canary, Martian Manhunter or Green Arrow membership. No sense of history.

What was the real Superman, one now showing up with beard, doing while the league was being formed, would he not want to be a lead in it?