The Justice League is DC Comics' premier super-team. Since founding members Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman and Martian Manhunter first banded together, the League has been the ultimate conglomeration of DC's top-tier superheroes. However, does the League's roster always need to be so stacked?

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Granted, the purpose of the Justice League is to combat villains or prevent disasters that none of its individual members could tackle alone. However, it could be argued that such a high concentration of near-mythic characters in its membership makes the rest of the DCU look small by comparison. Its top members are legendary, but the Justice League shouldn't always be focused on the "A-Team."

10 It Undermines Major Event Comics

Comic art from Crisis on Infinite Earths, by Alex Ross

Part of the appeal of major events like Crisis On Infinite Earths or Dark Knights: Metal is seeing DC's best characters come together to fight a common cause. That appeal becomes less special when readers see the most famous and popular of these characters team up on a monthly basis.

By keeping the focus of Justice League comics firmly on the upper echelon of its membership, DC dilutes the impact of major event books. Readers only need to pick up the latest Justice League to see the Big Seven take on an inconceivable threat, and there's little incentive to see them do the same with universal stakes on the line.

9 The Focus On The Top Means Less Exploration Of Character Relationships

Relationships like that of Green Lantern and Green Arrow could be explored with a less stacked Justice League.

The DC Universe is full of iconic friendships between its iconic superheroes. Of course, readers are well aware of the love-hate relationship between Superman and Batman. However, Green Lantern has always shared a special bond with both the Flash and Green Lantern, which are friendships that helped define all of the above.

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A monthly Justice League title should be an opportunity to explore those relationships without having to rely on guest shots in the characters' solo books. Plus, fewer upper-echelon characters means more opportunities to see the birth of fresh character relationships.

8 A Stacked Justice League Makes Its Members' Solo Titles Less Significant

Justice League battles Darkseid as a team

Tracking the passage of time in-universe has always been a mind-bending experience for comic readers. It's made more difficult when readers have to reconcile what's happening in a character's solo title with the major events in Justice League. Batman helping the Justice League save the universe from Darkseid makes his simultaneous battle with the Riddler in a given month's issue of Detective Comics less significant.

Rotating DC's heavy hitters in and out of spotlight status in the Justice League helps keep the events of their own titles more prescient in readers' minds. Similarly, using members of the founding seven more sparingly keeps the Justice League and its members' solo titles far more relevant.

7 Using The B-Team Worked For More Than A Decade

The post-Crisis Justice League had a less high-profile membership and managed great.

Justice League International was the primary Justice League title for much of the late '80s and early '90s. The roster consisted of heroes like Booster Gold, Black Canary, Guy Gardner, and Blue Beetle. The team's membership wasn't quite the upper level of the DCU.

That roster's run was one of the more critically acclaimed of its time, and it cemented many of its characters as DCU mainstays. In the lead-up to Superman's iconic battle with Doomsday in 'The Death of Superman' in 1992, it was this "B-team" lineup that fought side-by-side with the Man of Steel. It was a testament to the notion that the Justice League could function and flourish without its top tier.

6 Martian Manhunter Should Have A Deeper Impact On The DCU

Martian Manhunter should have a bigger impact than his role as the most consistent Leaguer.

J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter, is a prominent member of the Justice League, and has been since its inception. In fact, he's such a crucial member that it's almost the main aspect of his characterization.

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Being consistently surrounded by members such as Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman leaves readers to perceive Martian Manhunter as "the guy from the Justice League." Having a more balanced membership or more frequent rotation would help make Martian Manhunter's consistent contributions to the Justice League more significant.

5 There Aren't Many Other Entrenched Leaguers

The Justice League doesn't have many other members known mainly for their JL association.

Since the Grant Morrison-penned JLA launched in 1997, the Justice League has had a consistent presence of many of DC's heavy hitters. What it hasn't had in that time are truly entrenched members of the team. With rare exceptions, only Martian Manhunter seems in it for the long haul.

Comparisons to Marvel's own top-tier heroes, the Avengers, are inevitable; the Avengers and the Justice League are the two most important super teams in comics. They share many similarities and just as many differences, one of which is that each of the Avengers' "Big Three" closely identifies as an Avenger. On the contrary, the lack of more embedded members makes the Justice League come across as more of a loose alliance than a true team.

4 Having All The DC Legends In The Same Place Is Dangerous For The DCU

The back-up JLA from 'Obsidian Age' highlights why having a heavy Justice League roster is dangerous

When the President of the United States delivers the State of the Union address, one member of the cabinet must be absent as it's dangerous to have the entire government in one location. Similarly, it's dangerous to have all the top superheroes of the DC Universe on the same team.

When the League went missing in JLA's "Obsidian Age" storyline in 2002, a contingent team led by Nightwing was assembled. In the current continuity, the Justice League has seemingly been killed as part of the Dark Crisis event. Again, Nightwing has been called to lead the Justice League. This wouldn't be necessary if the most powerful heroes of Earth weren't on the field at the same time.

3 The DC Trinity Is Grossly Overexposed

Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman are the classic DC Trinity

The trinity of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman is the cornerstone of the DC Universe. However, they're also all over the DCU. There was even a time fairly recently when Superman and Wonder Woman shared a comic together. Batman and Superman have had one team-up book or another in constant publication since 2003 (to say nothing of the classic World's Finest comics from the Golden Age), while Batman himself has four titles in monthly publications at present.

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Having all three perennial members of the Justice League waters down their importance to the DCU and overexposes them. Having one fewer title containing any one member of the DC Trinity at any given time would help this, and Justice League seems like the obvious choice.

2 The Justice League Comics Overexpose Their Top Villains

An A-list Justice League membership overexposes A-list villainy.

When a new creative team takes over a Justice League title, there's a tendency to immediately put the League up against one of DC's most formidable villains. After all, a team full of major heroes must face a major villain – or several of them.

Scaling back the prestige of some of the Justice League's members and allowing for some fresh heroes on the team would also allow for stories with fresh and less prominently-featured villains. Then, with a little more exposure, these villains could pop up and wreak havoc in the Justice League members' solo titles.

1 Lower-Profile Membership Would Allow For Smaller Stories

Superman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman and Cyborg fight in the Justice League

Storylines in comics – particularly team-centered books – can take several issues to resolve. With a team like the Justice League, which boasts such a robust membership, their adventures are filled with nonstop action, bombastic character moments, and earth-shattering developments.

Keeping a handful of those DC heroes with legendary status mixed in with some lesser-known heroes could make for simpler and more easily-resolved stories. Including battles with slightly lower stakes would give the Justice League (and readers) a little time to breathe.

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