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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2019 17:18:20 GMT -5
ORIGINAL JLA - Who you would REPLACE one MEMBER and WHY?  Poll will close on October 31st (Halloween)  If you WANT to replace WONDER WOMAN ... You have to replace her with another female Superhero from DC COMICS. Your answer has to be self-explanatory please share those reasons to all of us. We would love to know Why? I'm doing this for fun and curious who would be replaced and all that. There is no right and wrong answers here and I'm really doing this for "KICKS" ! So, get your thinking caps on and I'm eager to hear what you have one member replace in this Legendary Group from DC COMICS. |
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Post by Graphic Autist on Sept 17, 2019 17:27:37 GMT -5
Batman* is just a guy in a costume. I'd replace him with Hawkman.
*I do love Batman, though.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2019 17:30:20 GMT -5
It is a very difficult choice to make here and I know in my heart that Martian Manhunter is not everybody favorite Superhero and all that and I would had replace him with Captain Marvel, the Big Red Cheese because he would work well with Superman and Wonder Woman and give this group a more balance powers with Strength and Speed.  I always felt that Captain Marvel is somewhat been unjustly not been given a fair shake in DC Comics and not even in a group dynamics for a very long time and that's bothers me a lot and some of you would be shaking your heads a team with a triple threat of Wonder Woman, Superman, and now CAPTAIN MARVEL would be totally unstoppable and that alone would not be fair to all evildoers to try to shutdown and destroy the Justice League of America. It is not an easy decision for me to do this and I have a tremendous respect for Martian (Jonn Jonzz) Manhunter and all that. |
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Post by berkley on Sept 17, 2019 17:37:26 GMT -5
This is like the opposite of the FF question for me because I dislike almost all of them, but of all these annoying characters Superman is the most annoying, so that's how I voted.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2019 18:05:36 GMT -5
dump Martian Manhunter (why? he's boring, and some of his powers are duplicated by Superman & Wonder Woman).
replace with: Plastic Man (why? he's NOT boring, and his abilities are quite useful).
if not restricted to a male to replace a male? I'd swap him out for Zatanna.
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 17, 2019 18:18:59 GMT -5
I think I would choose Martian Manhunter; his Silver Age version really did not bring much to the team other than editors giving him somewhere to occupy his time. If he had to be replaced, perhaps Hawkman, as he's such a throwback concept (the winged man part), and a contrast to the usual bodysuit and/or cape set.
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Post by MDG on Sept 17, 2019 19:50:22 GMT -5
Aquaman--reasons are pretty obvious. Replace with the Atom--powers are pretty flexible, and he's easy to get around.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2019 20:36:13 GMT -5
Aquaman--reasons are pretty obvious. Replace with the Atom--powers are pretty flexible, and he's easy to get around. Good points here and the Atom works well with Flash and among others too; especially both Batman and Green Lantern to the extent. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Sept 17, 2019 22:05:55 GMT -5
Yeah, Martian Manhunter. He's an outer space detective? What stories can you do with him that you can't with Superman or Batman? Also I don't think that his current persona "Mildly depressed introvert" meshes very well in a team book.
I freakin' love the Silver Age Martian Manhunter though! He's great on his own.
So replace him with Rex the Wonder Dog.
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Post by Crimebuster on Sept 17, 2019 23:45:58 GMT -5
Let's get rid of superman. Way overpowered. if he's there, you don't need the rest of the team.
I'd replace him with Dart from Atari Force. Because the team needs more women.
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Post by Confessor on Sept 17, 2019 23:56:47 GMT -5
I'd replace him with Dart from Atari Force. Because the team needs more women. And everybody needs more Dart. |
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Post by MWGallaher on Sept 18, 2019 5:54:38 GMT -5
In the real world timeline, DC didn't have a lot of replacement options when the JLA debuted in 1960: Rip Hunter, for example, wouldn't fit in unless every JLA adventure involved time travel.
They might have done another Golden Age hero revival, but they were clearly focused on currently running features. If they were to think of reviving some of the most (somewhat) recently-discontinued characters, Captain Comet, Robotman and Johnny Quick might have seemed possibilities, but Johnny Quick wouldn't have been chosen given the Flash's notable success on the stands. No one at DC, supposedly, realized that they had the rights to Plastic Man, and Blackhawk would have seemed too wedded to his own team to be a option.
That pretty much leaves Supergirl, Green Arrow, Robotman, Robin, and Captain Comet as the only feasible substitutes, and I think most of them have obvious slots: Supergirl replacing Superman, Green Arrow replacing Batman, and Robin replacing Snapper Carr. Captain Comet could replace Martian Manhunter, making up for some of the Manhunter's physical strength and matching him for telepathy. Robotman doesn't have as clear a spot in the lineup, but he'd be a lot easier to utilize in a typical story than Aquaman was, so I think that would be the most likely swap-out.
From those choices, Captain Comet for J'onn J'onzz seems the most appealing switch. It would at least spare readers the overuse of "Martian breath", which was apparently the only way Gardner Fox could think of to distinguish J'onn's power set from Superman's.
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 18, 2019 6:55:47 GMT -5
Let's get rid of superman. Way overpowered. if he's there, you don't need the rest of the team. I'd replace him with Dart from Atari Force. Because the team needs more women. ...but that's point of writing better villains who are either stronger than Superman, or so clever/intelligent that Kryptonian powers cannot adequately solve the problem...in comes the abilities of other team members. That said, Superman is an essential to the JLA, so I would look elsewhere before even dreaming of cutting him from the team. |
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Post by brutalis on Sept 18, 2019 7:31:27 GMT -5
Let Aquaman have his rule in Atlantis and the oceans needs keep him too busy for JLA membership and his replacement be the one, the only man of elements: METAMORPHO. His shape shifting elemental powers mixed with his Indiana Jones/treasure hunter/man of thrills and adventures background would add some much needed fun and humor to the team.
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Post by MDG on Sept 18, 2019 9:32:23 GMT -5
So replace him with Rex the Wonder Dog. Sure, but who's going to clean up after him?
A couple unmentioned options appear here:
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