"My multiple pasts" written by Carter Hall and Donna Troy. DC should release such a book

I wish there actually was a comic like this out now, just a bunch of b-list or c-list heroes hanging out sharing stories about their adventures, would be a good read as it would give some great characters more exposure and i wouldnt have to look for back issues and non canon stuff to read about my favourite heroes

2:53 When this guys say: "I'm Al Pratt, welcome to pain" it actually sounds cool XD

"Shut up and eat your rat Robin!" I lost it.

16:15 You know, they did a joke just like that in Justice League Unlimited(the show) where Hermes accidentally gives Wonder Woman the wrong message, which says "for a good time, call Aphrodite."

It's nice to see a bunch of superheroes hang out with each other and not have it turn into one big pissing contest.

Interesting that it opens with Johnny Thunder, a character with the ability to shape reality at his fingertips, looking at comics in the news stand. I'd like to think the implication is that all the stories were fictional, until the thunderbolt made them real just before that first panel.

That rule that no one could be in the Justice Society if they had their own title was also the reason why Wonder Woman was only allowed to be the secretary. The fact that she was there at all was actually a testament to how respected she really was. The 1940s: Slightly Less Sexist Than You Thought (in this one specific instance)!

Fun story about Oom, it was retconned Mr. Mind saved him, when he then became a founding member of the Monster Society of Evil, a prominent evil team of super villains who fight Captain Marvel.

The Spectre was awesome back then, since he ended up being a middle finger to the CCA. Turns out, you could kill anyone you wanted, as long as they weren't technically living when you did it. Like the guy he turned to wood and then sliced to kindling with a saw.

Ok, not only is that shark sentient and thinking, not only does it somehow know what a "man" is, it's crying for it's mama even though most sharks leave their young as soon as they are born/hatched? Clearly one of the many wizards or mad scientists of the DC Universe has turned a man into a shark, and The Flash fought the poor bastard instead of helping him.

Having a superhero meeting in a hotel sounds so much like something modern superhero movies would do.

"Dude, your sleep gun is so supernatural. Stun gas that always puts people to sleep with no danger of an overdose? That's some Harry Potter shit."

If after taking the pill you become four hour man, please consult your doctor

Well, I wanted Geoff Johns' JSA to be adapted as part of Young Justice universe. As a opposite to YJ, - Entire team is mix of adults and youths. - No secret missions, just adult trying to show ropes to new heroes. - More optimistic take.

Though "never was a child" thing could be just Nabu talking and not Kent.

The real problem with Hourman was that he should have been passing those vitamins out to the rest of the team. :)

25:03 Lewis' grasp of comedic takes on panels is unparalleled this had me dying

The original superhero team? Cool! Alright let's see here: 1. "If the meeting was secret, then how'd Johnny Thunder know about it?" Johnny might've been breaking the fourth wall like he did later in the book. Then again, Hoover knew about it, but that could just be the government spying on superheroes. Harsher or hilarious in hindsight given their McCartney trial later... 2. "Clearly Hawkman stands against the evils of Ancient Egypt!" Considering one of his arch-enemies was Hath-Set, the former priest who kicked off the whole reincarnation thing, you're not wrong. 3. Spectre vs Oom was one of the most bizarre things I have seen, and yet I love it! Wish he did more of this instead of the whole "kill all criminals" thing. 4. I'm pretty sure the light behind the first giant Sandman encountered was the moon. 5. "Which basically makes Hourman the human version of Underdog." That's kind of cool. Now I want to watch some Underdog. 6. "Time and place for flirting Doc!" Considering Kent and Inza get married later on, this might've been their first date. 😆 7. I agree with starting off with the smaller stories to build up to the bigger ones. Other than that, this was a great "team up!" I wouldn't mind seeing another like this in the future! EDIT: Dang it, sorry for the double post.

18:50 Did the Spectre grab a Warp Star? Is the Spectre actually Kirby?

Dr. Fate, fought the Witches of Endor? So I guess you could say Naboo went to Endor? :)

Ah yes, Doctor Fate, the hero that got an episode dedicated on Superman TAS rather than someone like Wonder Woman, but also is responsible for some of the best scenes in Young Justice

2:08 Atom's grandson was on Flash last year (season premiere IIRC) Spectre's mortal identity was on Constantine. Flash, Hawkman, and Hourman are all in the DCW Doctor Fate was on Smallville, and in the DCW his helmet is in the collection of John Constantine Sandman and Green Lantern are the only ones not in a modern TV show.

Anyone else want a JSA Movie or Animated Series

So he has a mace that isn't a hammer from thor who is actually Hercules and mistakes Hephaestus the god of blacksmiths for Thor the god of thunder... What drugs where these writers on?

I literally waited an entire season of Legends of Tomorrow for them to show up... And now, I'm regretting the fact that they didn't include Hawkman, even though it actually would've worked in universe.

I was always amused when Niel Gaimon's first Sandman book basically explained the super hero Sandman by saying he was inspired to become that person because Dream got taken out of his home and the universe needed someone to fill the roll, so he ended up with a compulsion to do his superheroing as a sort of B-grade substitute.

2:10 Hey! Wesley Dodds is probably my favorite comic book character. Yes, we've heard of him!

It's amazing how the Silver Age Red Tornado was able to bounce back from that.

Ah the Justice Society of America. One of my favorite superhero teams though my introduction to them was through Geoff John's run on the team.

Wow the Flash was ahead of the game, knowing full well that his girlfriend was going to get in trouble if he brings her anywhere.

11:31 and 11:40 Ironic. Nowadays Superman and Batman are everywhere and appear in at least three books.

Sandman does have a superpower. He use to have dreams that would hint him to crimes. I know he's also has had some recons that either got rid of the power or explain the power wasn't really his but a spirit trying to help him or something. Comics are weird and will change continuity on a dime.

I love how Hawk man followed the usual conventions of old school heros of getting a female counterpart who ended up being VASTLY more interesting and popular than him to the point of him almost being a joke character in the bruce timm series and being the most insufferable ass of a character on legends of tomorrow both appearances treating him like hawk girls side character

This is easily one of the better first appearance stories. While the team does not actually fight along side each other, we still get to see their varied stories and worlds and it does a great job of showing off that Golden age charm. I love how varied superhero stories can be and this issue perfectly embodies that.

2:46 ONE PUUUUUUNCH!

5:00 actually Na bu is the name of the Mesopotamia patron god of literacy, rational arts, scribes, and wisdom

ah yes the " crazy Steve" Batman....good choice xD

Dear God... I recognized every Superhero on the cover except for the two at the bottom, and then I recognized Hourman when Linkara named him. I'M SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD, WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?!

Funny thing, this actually ties into one of the DC shows on the CW, "DC's Legends of Tomorrow." Mostly because a few episodes ago, they actually MET the Justice Society of America.

So, Ancient Egypt is actually evil Thanagarians bent on conquering the world? I KNEW IT! Ironically, "nabo" (almost pronouced as Nabu, but the the stressed sylable being the 2nd one) is Portuguese slang for "idiot" or "dumb", although literally means "turnip" in Portuguese. 13:12 - Maybe Jay Garrick had a Tony Stark moment. 14:28 - OMG, it's the shack from the Titanic animated movie! Thor: "Verily, has anyone seen my mace? I must have displaced it." 22:43 - Wasn't around this time that Hugo Strange created his original Monster Men? Connection or simply recycling stories? Golden Age Atom should do a crossover with Puck from Alpha Flight.

Recently reread James Robinson's Starman run and it gave me a lot of appreciation for the old school JSA. Just cool to get a more modern view of their adventures back then with a more in depth and nuanced look at the time period.

Funny thing: Linkara looks a ton like Wesley Dodds in Sandman Mystery Theatre (the '90s Vertigo comic retelling that character's adventures), so it's wild seeing him with the gasmask.

So the Justice Society was a bunch of nerds in costumes telling stories at a hotel convention? ...huh.

Wait a Spanish ship carrying AZTEC GOLD and sinking on the coast of Panama? Is this comic a prequel to Pirates of the Caribbean????!!!!!!!!

That thing about characters with their own titles not being in a group book is actually a good idea. They really should do that today as it would really make continuity so much more simple. :)

11:45 IMAGINE THIS: An alternate Universe where Batman and Superman were founding members of the Jusitce Society and how you can make that still make sense after establishing the sciety as a team from WW2 while superman and batman are from modern times

"You are in deadly danger" As opposed to the perfectly safe danger you experience on a regular basis.

...Has anyone else noticed that this comic was just a "hero" version of "Almost Got 'Im"? XD

Jesus, Spectre told a story that absolutely no one could follow up.

Well, clearly it wasn't a JSA D&D session. Can't even get 3 nerds to agree on a single day that works.

If you do a "Secret Origins" episode on Hawkman, it might need to be an hour just to cover everything.

So the first comic is them telling stories and the second is them FIGHTING NAZIS!!!

Regarding Dodds and Spectre, they would be featured in Kingdom Come, with Dodds telling his visions of the end of days to his pastor friend before passing, and the Spectre guiding McCay (the pastor) to judge who was guilty in the ensuing war at the end.

25:00 -- Huh... maybe Johnny and She-Hulk should have met during one of the DC/Marvel crossovers.

It's what they did to Jay Garrick and Alan Scott (and Superman too) that made me hate the New 52 most. If they made a new GL with the New 52's Alan Scott's backstory, I'd totally read it, but they threw out the best part of the character; his experience. I fully reject the notion that one either dies a hero or lives long enough to become the villain (sorry, Harvey). I believe we choose to do good, even when either being benignly selfish or actively malicious is easier or might seem more logical on the surface. The thing that made Alan and Jay so great in my opinion was that even after 65+ years, they were still choosing to do good. They definitely had different views on how, arguably Alan struggled more, but in the face of decades of difficulty, in seeing their friends die, in seeing a world that probably moved away from their ideals, they struggled on. And the infinite genius behind the New 52 said "hey, let's make them 20 again!"

Golden Age Sandman is stupid cool. Like, holy shit that Gas Mask and Suit Combo is awesome.

"The most unrealistic part of this book is getting everyone's schedule aligned." So we're just gonna ignore all that shit about Oom?

This video just makes me more Hyped of Upcoming JOKERS WILD Heroclix set that has a Punch of these Old timers.

Oh Johnny Thunder. People DO remember you…as that guy who was shouting in that one part of DC Universe Rebirth and I have no idea if he's reappeared since.

"Team, roll call! Catman, Black Siren, Tom Turbine, Green Guardsman, The Streak!" -The Justice *Guild* of America

Horses with magical powers?... Need another lesson in friendship already, Linkara? LOL

10:17 are you my mummy

I want Avengers 4 to be a clip show with the Avengers sitting around telling each other their backstories.

The Westley dodds Sandman is one of my favourite DC heroes. I don't know why just a cool idea for a character, a cool mask, even his retconed connection to Dream of the endless just makes me like the character more

This made me go back and re-read JSA:The Golden Age such a goddamn good book.

Anyone else see the notice similarities between star lords mask and sandmans

Something about Linkara speaking in this video made me think of the Cinema Snob.

8:38 Johnny Thunder? The Australian Indiana Jones ripoff from the Orient Expedition Lego theme, arguably one of their best?

I love Justice society of America they are so awesome

Also, the Hawkman story has amazing art for that time period; seriously, check out the drop in quality with the Spectre story after.

Thanks for doing this one. The JSA (2000's version anyway) is my favorite team next to Shadowpact and it's nice to see how this mad road trip started. The classic JSA needs way more respect than it gets (looking at you "Legends"). You just made mt day keep up the good work.

Horses with magic powers, MY LITTLE PONY!!!! Maybe he reviewing an actually good story, like neigh anything.

Is it just me or the Sandman looks rad as fuck?

SPECTRE: Or would you rather swing on a star?!

If my understanding of the Hawkman continuity is correct you could have a couple of secret origins months on him alone.

Festive horses with magical powers? Dammit Rudolph, what have you wrought upon us all?

Actually clew is an archaic way of spelling clue. A clew is a ball of thread or yarn, a reference to how Theseus used yarn to help him navigate the Labyrinth of the Minotaur. No one would ever spell clew like that now so it's an honest mistake and it's honestly a weird choice because I'm pretty sure that even in the 40s "clue" was more common but still great video!

I remember the big JSA revival of the mid-'90s. Johnny Thunder became guardian of another little girl, this time the last of Bahdnisians whose society had fallen to pieces after he'd left their island and taken the Thunderbolt with him. She had all the fixings to make for an interesting successor to the now elderly Johnny.... until Geoff Johns and Grant Morrison came along :(

thank you Linkara. The JSA is my favorite team and has most of my favorite Heroes. Thank you for getting this Legacy Team some public recognition.

There was a little Cinema Snob in your review today. I like it. :P

My favorite superhero team is the JSA. I love this team more than any other by far. I've been waiting so long for this episode!

21:39 there really is a Dr Cox clip for everything

Oh hourman as seen in the CW show Legends of Tomorrow as leader of the 1940's era JSA. Recently killed by the reverse Flash via an hand through the chest. He was dating Vixen on the down low. He got played by the guy from suits.

With the JSA being in Legends of Tomorrow right now, this is pretty timely. Kinda.

Fun fact, this is technically also the first intercompany crossover - Johnny, Hawkman, the Atom, Flash, Green Lantern, and Red Tornado were owned by All-American Comics (the publishers of this book) but Spectre, Sandman and Doctor Fate were owned by National Publications. However, at the time, you wouldn't have known that two different companies were involved unless you read the fine print because both of them used the same "DC" logo in their comics. All-American wouldn't start using a separate logo until All-Star Comics #24, shortly before their merger into DC Comics made that irrelevant (Speaking of which, Batman was also owned by another company that was later merged, Detective Comics Inc., but that was more of a "sister company" situation, since it had the same owner as National). Golden Age comic book branding was _wild._

12:30 : No shout-outs to that one Aquaman Twinkies comic? 14:04 : Guess that power's not exclusive to Dan Garret. 16:33 : And i guess Hawk is on the list of people worthy of lifting it. 19:34 : I feel like there should be a Get Me Hennimore ''On an unrelated note...'' clip here. 19:45 : More companies need a policy like that. 21:00 : Red Tornado for next Secret Origins Month please.

What is a man? A huge bag of flesh with bones inside of it. But enough talk... Have at you!

Golden Age Hawkman is Yu-Gi-Oh! Dual Monsters in a nutshell

23:40 I never would've expected that the madness caused by seeing Nyarlathotep, Yog-Sothoth or their ilk would be due to their maddening gorgeousness.

How many years have you waited for such an appropriate use of the "World's most giant doctor" clip?

4:50 - I had to hit the breaks on this video just to go see that commercial. Holy hell was that majestic XD

Yup, fair play. I had no idea who 70% of the JSA were. Granted I'm not a comics fan and just watch the show for entertainment, so I don't expect every single character and detail to be explained to me. But I can appreciate Linkara not wanting to cover heroes that a large chunk of the audience haven't heard of

You want obscure heroes? Who else remembers Madam Fate?

Never thought I'd see a comic involving Hawkman battling a Japanese car company.

I appear to have appeared quickly. This speedy appearance doth lighten my appearance on appearing speedily.

"Here's a bunch of crap that happens and maybe it's in order" I just found my new inspiration.

A great episode showcasing my favorite DC team!

So by his own reasoning Linkara will be doing the first appearance of the Justice League this November to coincide with the movie.

Watching this again after just coming out of Black Adam.