Is the new Justice Society series the third Volume?

[The Shadow]

I was looking at an Overstreet and there were two previous series' called Justice Society of America.

The first ran 8 issues in 1991
The second ran 10 issues in 1992-93

Were these just mini/maxi series' or really short lived ongoing's?

I actually own them but (broken record time) my 22,000 comics are 3,000 miles away and I likely haven't read these since they were new.

Thanks!

[Apathy Boy]

The 1991 volume was an 8-issue mini-series.

The 1992-1993 volume was an ongoing series that apparently sold very well but was cancelled anyway because DC's then-editor-in-chief, Mike Carlin, thought the characters were too old-fashioned for the extreme '90s. The characters were subsequently massacred during ZERO HOUR.

Does the 1999 series not count as volume 3 because it was only titled "JSA?"

[Paul Newell]

The 1992-1993 volume was an ongoing series that apparently sold very well but was cancelled anyway because DC's then-editor-in-chief, Mike Carlin, thought the characters were too old-fashioned for the extreme '90s. The characters were subsequently massacred during ZERO HOUR.
Also the 92-93 series was hampered by the fact that the series origanally came about because the Impact! line got delayed and it was commisioned to keep the creators busy.
Does the 1999 series not count as volume 3 because it was only titled "JSA?"
Nope. They did the same thing with The Legion of Super-Heroes. "The Legion" by DnA is counted as a separate volume to those labelled "Legion of Super-Heroes". I think the same thing happens to "JLA" and Justice League of America, though that ine is more confusing due to the Justice League/International/America rigmorale.

[CYOTI]

The 1992-1993 volume was an ongoing series that apparently sold very well but was cancelled anyway because DC's then-editor-in-chief, Mike Carlin, thought the characters were too old-fashioned for the extreme '90s. The characters were subsequently massacred during ZERO HOUR. Are you serious? If so that makes anything that DiDio supposedly has done a cakewalk.

[The Shadow]

Thanks guys!

As I said I have those old series' and I remember liking them.

[titanfan]

Are you serious? If so that makes anything that DiDio supposedly has done a cakewalk.

Yup. At that time, the JSA was more of a "reunion" of the surviving original team and while it did introduce younger characters like Jesse Quick, Carlin felt that it was too "old" and pulled the book. However, I think the outrage of fans from this title and then the subsequent Zero Hour treatment did lead to the new JSA series.

[the4thpip]

Yup. At that time, the JSA was more of a "reunion" of the surviving original team and while it did introduce younger characters like Jesse Quick, Carlin felt that it was too "old" and pulled the book. However, I think the outrage of fans from this title and then the subsequent Zero Hour treatment did lead to the new JSA series.

I think the success of Starman also had a lot to do with it. It showed just how much fans cared about Golden Age concepts and legacies.

[The Shadow]

I think the outrage of fans from this title/snip/
I don't know how much outrage there was with this series as it only ran 10 issues 7 full years before JSA was launched.

Now the problems that happened with Zero Hour are another story!

[The Shadow]

I think the success of Starman also had a lot to do with it. It showed just how much fans cared about Golden Age concepts and legacies.

Yeah and didn't Robinson start off JSA with Johns? (It's been too long since I was with all my comics! LOL)