WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Infinite Frontier #3, on sale now from DC Comics.
Before Infinite Frontier, the Justice Society of America’s place in the DC Universe was almost nonexistent. The New 52 sidelined them on Earth-2, where every character was reimagined. Despite a brief return in Doomsday Clock, the JSA wouldn’t fully return until after Death Metal restored all of DC history.
Now Infinite Frontier has revealed this return hasn’t come without its own problems, and some of the JSA members are missing. However, Infinite Frontier #3 by Joshua Williamson, Paul Pelletier, Jesus Merino, Tom Derenick, Xermanico, Norm Rapmund, Raul Fernandez, Romulo Fajardo, Jr. and Tom Napolitano has just revealed what happened to some of them. Here’s who’s part of the D.E.O.’s new team and where they’ve been until now.
Jade
While Jade has been around since Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway introduced her in 1983’s All-Star Squadron #25, Infinite Frontier #0 and Infinite Frontier: Secret Files have given Jade more attention recently. Before that, however, she didn’t exist post-Flashpoint. The daughter of Golden Age Green Lantern Alan Scott, she and her brother Obsidian were members of Infinity Inc.
Pre-Flashpoint, she was one of several individuals resurrected by the White Lantern rings, after she died in Infinite Crisis. Her resurrection caused some trouble with the source of her power, the Starheart. After Brightest Day, she went on to join the Justice League, acting as a replacement for Green Lantern.
Atom Smasher
Created by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway in 1983’s All-Star Squadron #25Al Rothstein has the ability to grow to gargantuan sizes that grant him incredible strength. Inheriting his powers from his supervillain grandfather Cyclotron, Al can control his size and density and uses them to continue the legacy of his godfather, the Golden Age Atom, Al Pratt. He first took the name Nuklon as part of Infinity Inc. before joining the JSA as Atom Smasher.
He abandoned the JSA to join his friend Black Adam in overthrowing Khandaq’s ruler. This decision would haunt him, landing him in jail and getting him placed on the Suicide Squad. Al eventually rejoined the JSA, where he helped them defeat Black Adam and put the past to rest.
Damage
The biological son of the Golden Age Atom, Grant Emerson’s explosive powerset originally served the Titans after he debuted in Tom Joyner and Bill Marimon’s Damage #1 in 1994. He soon learned that thanks to experiments conducted by Vandal Savage, his powers were derived from the DNA of many JSA heroes, including a few modern day members. This diverse DNA helped him save the timestream from Parallax in Zero Hour.
During Blackest Night, Damage was killed during an assault on the JSA headquarters and turned into a Black Lantern. However, he was not under Nekron’s influence like the other undead Lanterns. Grant sacrificed himself to save the JSA and end the Lantern assault. It now appears that Infinite Frontier has given him a second chance at life.
Wildcat
Introduced in Roy Thomas, Dannette Thomas and Don Newton’s Infinity Inc. #12 in 1985, Yolanda Montez is the second hero to take the name Wildcat. Unlike original Wildcat Ted Grant, Yolanda was born with powers, due to illegal experiments performed on her mother while she was pregnant. After Ted was injured during Crisis on Infinite Earths, Yolanda took up his mantel.
Like some of the other heroes mentioned previously, Yolanda was a member of Infinity Inc. until it eventually disbanded. She was recruited by the Shadow Fighters, alongside Suicide Squad’s Peacemaker and future Leviathan Mark Shaw, to take on the villain Eclipso. Unfortunately, Yolanda died during this mission. Like Damage, it appears that Infinite Frontier’s multiversal reboot has led to her resurrection.
Power Girl
Power Girl is one of the better-known members of the JSA. As an alternate universe version of Supergirl created by Gerry Conway and Ric Estrada in All-Star Comics #58, she’s been a mainstay of the Superman family for many years. Her status changed in the New 52 where she was rebooted, with origins on the new Earth-2.
Although the New 52 Power Girl operated on Earth-0 initially, she eventually found her way home to Earth-2. Her appearances since then have been somewhat complicated. Minor appearances show Earth-2 Power Girl living happily there, but other instances showed her trapped in an alternate dimension. Whatever her previous situation though, it’s safe to assume Infinite Frontier has resolved this, resetting her pre-Flashpoint history.
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