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The '''Justice Society of America''' ('''JSA''', or '''Justice Society (JS)''') areis a <!--Do not add "fictional" as it is tautological; superheroes (and characters in general) are by definition implied to be fictionalized to some extent.-->[[superhero]] team appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[DC Comics]]. The team was conceived by editor [[Sheldon Mayer]] and writer [[Gardner Fox]] during the [[Golden Age of Comic Books]]. The JSA first appeared in ''[[All Star Comics]]'' #3 (Winter 1940–1941), making it the first team of superheroes in comic books. The original members of the Justice Society of America were [[Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)|Doctor Fate]], [[Hourman (Rex Tyler)|Hourman]], the [[Jim Corrigan|Spectre]], [[Sandman (Wesley Dodds)|Sandman]], [[Atom (Al Pratt)|Atom]], the [[Flash (Jay Garrick)|Flash]], [[Alan Scott|Green Lantern]], and [[Hawkman (Carter Hall)|Hawkman]].

The team was initially popular, but after the popularity of superhero comics waned in the late 1940s, the JSA's adventures ceased with issue #57 of the title (March 1951). During the [[Silver Age of Comic Books]], DC Comics reinvented several Justice Society members and banded many of them together in a new team, the [[Justice League|Justice League of America]]. Other JSA members remained absent from comics for ten years until Jay Garrick appeared alongside [[Flash (Barry Allen)|Barry Allen]], his Silver Age counterpart, in ''[[The Flash (comic book)|The Flash]]'' #123 (September 1961). The Justice Society was established as existing on "[[Earth-Two]]" and the Justice League on "[[Earth-One]]", different versions of Earth located in [[Parallel universes in fiction|different universes]]. This allowed for annual [[Multiverse (DC Comics)|cross-dimensional]] team-ups of the teams between 1963 and 1985. New series, such as ''[[All-Star Squadron]]'', ''[[Infinity, Inc.]]'' and a new ''All-Star Comics'' featured the JSA, their children and their heirs. These series explored the issues of aging, generational differences, and contrasts between the Golden Age and subsequent eras.