Retro Review  Video of the First Justice League Comic Book: Brave and the Bold #28

 

 

• Justice League First Appearance: Brave and the Bold #28
• March, 1960
• First superhero team with multiple heroes in DC’s Silver Age of Comics
• Writer: Gardner Fox

  Penciler: Mike Sekowsky (cover and interiors

  Inkers: Bernard Sachs, Joe Giella, Murphy Anderson

  Letterers: Gaspar Saladino

  Editor: Julius Schwartz

Justice League Roll Call for Brave and the Bold #28

 

• Aquaman
• Wonder Woman
• Green Lantern
• Flash
• John Jones (The Martian Manhunter)
• Superman
• Batman

Superman and Batman really only have cameo appearances here. Clearly, they were added for marketing purposes. This did allow the other heroes to have more visibility.

 

Who ARE The Heroes in the Justice League?

 

Aquaman- hero from DC’s Golden Age

• 1st Appearance in More Fun Comics #73 (Nov. 1941) 

• One of the few Golden Age heroes to make it to the Silver Age mostly unchanged

Wonder Woman- hero from DC’s Golden Age

• 1st Appearance in All-Star Comics #8  (Dec 1941) 

• One of the few Golden Age heroes to make it to the Silver Age mostly unchanged

Superman-the original hero from DC’s Golden Age

• 1st Appearance in Action Comics #1  (June, 1938) 

• One of the few Golden Age heroes to make it to the Silver Age 

• From the Golden to the Silver Ages, his powers did change quite a bit as writers kept adding to his abilities

 

Green Lantern

New hero created for the Silver Age, but based on a Golden Age character

• 1st Appearance in Showcase #22 (October, 1959)

• A new hero adapted from an older, Golden Age Hero also called Green Lantern

Batman-A major hero from DC’s Golden Age

• 1st Appearance in Detective Comics #27  (May, 1939) 

• One of the few Golden Age heroes to make it to the Silver Age mostly unchanged

The Flash

New hero created for the Silver Age, but based on a Golden Age character

• 1st Appearance in Showcase #4 (October, 1956)
• A new hero adapted from an older, Golden Age Hero also called The Flash
• The 1st Appearance of this rebooted Flash marks the start of DC Comics’ Silver Age

The J’onn J’onzz: The Martian Manhunter

New hero created for the Silver Age, but based on a Golden Age character

• 1st Appearance in Detective Comics #225 (November 1955)

• A new hero created in the grey space between the Golden and Silver Ages

The Villain

 

Starro the Conqueror

• 1st Appearance in Brave and the Bold #28 (March, 1960)

• A new villain created to face the new JLA

• Alien creature from the planet Hatorei

Starro is a recurring DC comics villain, and made his live-action movie debut in 2021’s Suicide Squad film