Various comic book series featuring the Justice League have remained generally

popular with fans since inception and, in most incarnations, its roster includes
DC's most popular characters. The Justice League concept has also been adapted into
various other entertainment media, including various forms of television from the
classic Saturday morning Super Friends animated series (1973�1986), a live action
series of specials Legends of the Superheroes (1979), an unproduced Justice League
of America live-action series (for which the pilot film exists), the acclaimed
Justice League animated series (2001�2004), its sequel Justice League Unlimited
(2004�2006) and Justice League Action (2016�present).

A live-action film was also in the works around 2008 before being shelved. On June
6, 2012, Warner Bros. announced a new live action Justice League film was in
development with Will Beall hired as screenwriter. However, the project was
scrapped again. After the success of the Superman reboot Man of Steel, a film
titled Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was released in March 2016, directed by
Zack Snyder. Batman v Superman script writer Chris Terrio has also penned the
script for Justice League.[2]

Various origins of the Justice League

In a story told in flashback in Justice League of America #9 (February 1962), the
Appelaxians infiltrated Earth.[3] Competing alien warriors were 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 Aquaman, Batman, Flash (Barry
Allen), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Martian Manhunter, Superman and Wonder Woman.
While the superheroes individually defeated most of the invaders, the heroes fell
prey to a single competitor's attack; only by working together were they able to
defeat the competitor. For many years, the heroes heralded this adventure as the
event that prompted them to agree to pool resources when confronted with similar
menaces.

In Justice League of America #144 (July 1977), Green Arrow uncovered

inconsistencies in the team's records[4] and extracted admissions from his
colleagues that the seven founders had actually formed the League after Martian
Manhunter was rescued from Martian forces by the other six founders, along with
several other heroes including Robin, Robotman, Congorilla, Rex the Wonder Dog, and
even Lois Lane.

Green Lantern participated in this first adventure solely as Hal Jordan, as he had
yet to become the costumed hero, the biggest inconsistency Arrow found, as they
celebrated the earlier incident's date, while recounting only the later one's
events. When the group formalized their agreement, they suppressed news of it
because of anti-Martian hysteria. Because the heroes had not revealed their
identities to each other at the time, they did not realize that Jordan and Green
Lantern were one and the same when he turned up in costume during the event
described in #9. While most subsequent accounts of the League have made little
mention of this first adventure, the animated Justice League series adapted this
tale as the origin of the Justice League as well.

Secret Origins vol. 2, #32 (Nov. 1988) updated Justice League of America #9's
origin for post-Crisis continuity. Differences included the inclusion of the Silver
Age Black Canary as a founding member and the absence of Batman, Wonder Woman and
Superman. The JLA: Year One limited series, by Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn and Barry
Kitson, further expanded the Secret Origins depiction.[5]

In Justice League Task Force #16 (Sept. 1994), during Zero Hour, a then unknown
superhuman named Triumph appeared. Triumph was revealed to have been a founding
member of the Justice League and was their leader. On his first mission with the
Justice League, Triumph seemingly "saved the world" but was teleported into a
dimensional limbo that also affected the timestream, erasing all memory of him.
In Infinite Crisis #7 (June 2006), the formation of "New Earth" (the new name for
the post-Crisis Earth) restored Wonder Woman as a founding member of the Justice
League. In Brad Meltzer's Justice League of America (vol. 2) #0 (September 2006),
it was revealed that Superman and Batman were again founding members as well. 52
#51 (June 2007) confirmed that the 1989 Secret Origins and JLA: Year One origins
were still in continuity at that time, with Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman
joining the team with founding members' status shortly after the group's formation
with Aquaman, Black Canary, Flash, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter.[6] In
Justice League of America #12 (October 2007), the founding members of the Justice
League were shown to be Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan),
Flash (Barry Allen), Aquaman, and the Martian Manhunter.

With DC's history rewritten due to the Flashpoint limited series, an entirely new
origin for the Justice League appeared in the subsequent Justice League series
which debuted with an October 2011 cover date as part of the company-wide event,
The New 52. Issue #1 portrayed the first meeting between Batman and Hal Jordan,
with the two encountering each other during a battle against a Parademon in Gotham
City. After realizing the creature is extraterrestrial in origin, the two heroes
head to Metropolis to seek out Superman only to be attacked by him.[7] Later, after
a brief fight in which the Flash arrives and Batman convinces Superman they are on
the same side, they move to an abandoned building to work on analyzing a mysterious
alien box, when it suddenly activates and more Parademons arrive.[8] While fighting
the Parademons, Aquaman and Wonder Woman appear and join forces with the other
heroes.[9] The mysterious box leads to Darkseid's arrival on Earth, and the heroes
come together, along with the newcomer Cyborg, to defeat him. The public becomes
enamored with the heroes, and a writer dubs the group the "Justice League",
following the Flash's suggestion of "Super Seven".[10]