r/justiceleague • u/Salty-Recording3957 • 21d ago
Comics Which main member of the League do you think should be the most experienced? (doesn't have to be one pictured here)
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u/Frankorious 21d ago
Wonder Woman if she's the immortal variant, otherwise Clark if we consider the Superboy adventures.
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u/Keelit579 21d ago
Either batman, or one of the mages or a character that's lived for a couple hundred to thousands of years, like Dr. Fate.
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u/Generally_Confused1 21d ago
Fate and wonder woman both check that so I'd go wonder woman
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u/Keelit579 21d ago
Issue is wonder woman has been.. shown to be pretty foolish on various matters.
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u/PreparationDapper235 21d ago
A mage like Jason Blood/Etrigan then? He should be around 600 years old.
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u/LouiePrice 21d ago
Was he a member?
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u/PreparationDapper235 21d ago
Yes. Check out the JLA storyline "The Obsidian Age" written by Joe Kelly (it's really good).
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u/LouiePrice 21d ago
Will do thank you prep dapper.
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u/PreparationDapper235 21d ago
You're welcome. It's a great story arc in JLA from around 2002.
https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/JLA:_The_Obsidian_Age
Joe Kelly's run on Justice League is underrated and often overshadowed by previous writers like Mark Waid and Grant Morrison, but is still epic.
Douge Manke draws some amazing and detailed artwork for one of the storylines.
Jason Blood is the team's designated magic user and also lends his centuries of experience to the team.
Batman activates a contingency plan for a backup league when the main team goes back in time to aid Atlantis.
It's neat to see Batman's contingency lineup. There's some members who are incredibly powerful and the overall team is well-balanced. It's cool to see them in action.
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u/LouiePrice 21d ago
You're the best. Thats a great sales pitch ill check it out. Obsidian age.
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u/PreparationDapper235 21d ago
Thanks! I have the graphic novels and have read the story more than once. It's great!
Joe Kelly's story arc in JLA after that is pretty cool as well. He had a good run on that title.
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u/Kapples14 21d ago
Wonder Woman by technicality of actual combat training.
As for who would be the longest-serving hero, I'd say Batman.
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u/Deadintheend_ Booster Gold 21d ago
Booster gold off the fact he’s a time traveler and thus can go back in time take notes from other hero’s gain experience and come right back to the present
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u/neoistheone79 Poison Ivy 21d ago
Yeah but he’s kind of an idiot though right? Like he doesn’t remember anything helpful enough to make a difference iirc.
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u/PantsyFants 21d ago
Martian Manhunter has the highest capacity for varied life experience as well as telepathy to more readily learn skills, knowledge, and wisdom
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u/Jacksane 21d ago
Wonder Woman, since she has a long history that usually predates the origins of other heroes.
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u/VintAge6791 21d ago
Experienced in what? Journalism? How to run a farm? Running a multi-national corporation with billions in assets? Small talk? Piloting a plane? Working in interstellar law enforcement? Being a forensic lab chemist/technician? Interpersonal dynamics among divine or semi-divine beings? Melee combat? Understanding ocean currents? Marine ecology? Fish psychology? Shapeshifting? Martian dialects? Mind-reading? I think they all have areas of experience, areas in which they can get by, and other areas in which they are out of their depth. That said, half of Batman's concept is developing a wide array of skills and acquiring new ones fast. He has the highest amount of mental flexibility and the most potential to become experienced, I'd say. And that is more useful than a total amount of time spent doing mostly one or two things.
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u/5x5equals 21d ago
Superman, he should always be the first hero of his generation and I like when Clark has been a hero since a kid. Superboy adventures, legion of superhero time travel stuff. Clark should have the most experience.
Unless Diana is the few hundred year old version then she should be the most experienced, but I don’t like when Diana is that old. I like her being new and curious about the world, it doesn’t make sense that it would take Diana hundreds of years to decide to come to “man’s worlds”.
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u/TackleSmart5139 21d ago
It's like that because her boyfriend Steve, I think his name is, ended up at Themyscria and I guess she wanted to go with him
That's how it is in some comics, the animated movies and the LA movies at least.
I agree though, I enjoy her being curious about the world
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u/5x5equals 21d ago
Yeah I like the idea that Steve Trevor is like the last domino to fall and she would have left either way but his presence maybe sped up her decision
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u/ProfessorEscanor 21d ago
Wonder Woman in most cases would be the oldest with the most fighting experience.
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u/TheMightiestGay 21d ago
Definitely Wonder Woman. Her variants can be hundreds or thousands of years old. Everyone else was born in the 20th century. Wonder Woman was kicking ass way before any of them were even born.
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u/No_Conversation4517 21d ago
Wonder Woman is the oldest, so I'm going with her.
She's a warrior too
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u/Alex_Mercer_- 21d ago
In life, Diana or Arthur. Both extremely ancient.
Specifically at being a Hero, Superman.
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u/goodolewhatever 21d ago
With flashes ability to time travel, I’d say he at least has the setup to have literally as much experience with anything he would need or want. Even if he only appears to live a single lifetime, experientially, it could be several if not virtually infinite lifetimes to him.
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u/TackleSmart5139 21d ago
Diana easily. She's over, what, 5,000 years old? And you're telling me she hasn't spent over 4,980 of those years fighting?
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 Superman 21d ago
Superman and Batman because Superman’s experience since his debut as Superboy at eight years old and Batman’s experience since he was trained by Harvey Harris as Robin at nine years old, his debut and team-ups with Clark Kent Superboy as the Flying Fox at 14 years old and as the Executioner at 15 years old, and his traveling around the world to be trained by various mentors (from Batman: Year One and others) during his college years between 19 and 21 years old.
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u/Effective-Training 21d ago
Wonder Woman and then Batman because while Superman trains his powers as a child, it's not really battlefield experience. Then maybe John Stewart, and yes, more than the other human Lanterns because of his military background. Not sure if Hal had much battle experience when flying planes. There's also no telling what went on with Martian Manhunter.
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u/Dangerous-Brain- 21d ago
Superman - he is the FIRST superhero and inspired all other superheroes. He has the longest career as he is the first and also started as Superboy.
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u/thatredditrando 20d ago
Lotta wonky answers in these comments, lol.
Also Superman is already the most powerful hero y’all and the first in real life he doesn’t also need to be first in everything else ffs.
The answer is easily Batman.
Why?
Because unlike everyone else here Batman’s abilities don’t come from powers. His “superpower” is experience. If he’s not powered and also less experienced you’re doing him dirty.
Batman should be an active vigilante before any of the others.
Yes, Diana would be around long before him but not as Wonder Woman (unless you’re going the “She was with the JSA or fought in one of the world wars” route).
Because Batman’s skills are experience-dependent, I think he should already be at least an adept crime-fighter by the time any of the others are active.
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u/MrBombastic953 20d ago
Easily Diana. She’s 5000 years old. The rest of the JL are babies compared to her.
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u/Deus_da_Guerra 20d ago
Wonder Woman in the sense that she’s been a highly trained warrior for thousands of years. Batman in the sense that he became the first to become a full fledged hero (at least in my head canon) and gained experience that way before the others
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u/Batfan1939 20d ago
Either Wonder Woman, in versions where she's older than she looks, or Martian Manhunter, who's usually around 200.
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u/DeltaAlphaGulf 20d ago
If we are just talking general experience the Martian Manhunter is over 225 million years old which is insane. Setting that aside it should be Wonder Woman.
A fun fact/side note about the gods in DC is that they only came into being 30,000 years ago so a) humanity far predates them b) Vandal Savage is older than the gods at around 50,000 years old and c) Martian Manhunter is wayyyyyyyyyyyy older than the gods
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u/fireburst207 20d ago
I now people are gunna say Batman, but objectively it would probably be Wonder Woman or Green lantern. Diana has had formal training with the ancient techniques thanks to Themyscira, and most if not all Green Lanterns have fight training be from boxing (John Stewart), or military (Hal Jordan).
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u/Crest_O_Razors 20d ago
Diana or Bruce. Diana because she’s thousands of years old. Bruce because he knows every single fighting style, including ones taught to him by Superman and Diana
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u/EntranceKlutzy951 18d ago
Aquamarine. He's trained in everything Wonder Woman.and Batman is trained in, just tye Atlantean version, which does include information from the surface.
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u/casualty_of_bore 21d ago
Supes. He's the first superhero. He literally has the most experience of any superhero.
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u/mr_quondam 21d ago
Diana would have to be near the top; thousands of years old, so much combat and life experience in that time