The Justice League is DC's premiere superhero team. Starring some of the most powerful heroes in comics, the team has the distinction of being the first superhero team of the Silver Age and the catalyst for creating the heroes of the Marvel Universe. Marvel saw the success DC was having with superheroes and decided to let Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created the publisher's first new heroes since the '40s.

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The Justice League has fought some of the greatest threats the DC Universe has to offer and has some amazing stories under their beltーones that every fan of the team should check out.

10 JLA/JSA: Virtue And Vice

The Justice League and the Justice Society have had lots of great team-ups over the years, and this one gets left out of that number unfairly. Written by writers Geoff Johns and David S. Goyer with art by Carlos Pacheco, this book sees the two modern iterations of the teams get together for the first timeーjust as they are attacked by JLA villain Despero and JSA villain Johnny Sorrow.

A rollicking good time of a story, JLA/JSA: Virtue And Vice sees the two most powerful teams in the DC Universe take on two threats that test them to their limits. Wonderfully written with great art, this one is a must-read.

9 Justice League: The Totality

A comic panel from Justice League: The Totality

The beginning of Scott Snyder's blockbuster run on the Justice League, Justice League: The Totality, with art by Jim Cheung, Jorge Jimenez, and Doug Mahnke, sees the Justice League taking on a new iteration of the Legion of Doom, a team of the greatest villains in the DC Universe. Led by Lex Luthor, they're after the Totality, an object of immense powerーand much more.

Snyder's entire Justice League hinges on this story, and it doesn't disappoint. Filled with action and great art, it brings back the League's greatest foes and gives them a new mission, as well as highlighting one of the best Justice League rosters in recent years.

8 JLA: Year One

JLA: Year One Justice League with Flash, Black Canary, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter and Hal Jordan

JLA: Year One, by writers Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn and artist Barry Kitson, has some things working against itーmeant to be the definitive origin of the Justice League in the postーCrisis On Infinite Earths DC Universe, a lot of the events of the book, and the characters therein, aren't actually in continuity anymore.

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However, that shouldn't sour anyone on the book. One of the Justice League's best origins is wonderfully written, taking Silver Age concepts and modernizing them. Seeing the team struggle through their early days gives readers a different look at the team, and the art by Barry Kitson is pitch-perfect.

7 Infinite Crisis

DC's heroes and villains fight in Infinite Crisis.

By writer Geoff Johns and artists Phil Jimenez, Ivan Reis, and George Perez, Infinite Crisis can be a daunting proposition. It builds off a lot of previous continuity, but that doesn't make it any less of a great story. With the Justice League at their most desperate, a new threat rears its ugly head, ready to change the universeーin more ways than one.

While some would argue that it's not a Justice League story but a DC Universe story, it deals a lot with the team and the roles of heroes, it's a story all about hope, and it's one of the best event books ever published, full of massive action and great character moments.

6 JLA: Earth 2

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JLA: Earth 2, by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, sees the League come up against the Crime Syndicate for the first time since the end of the multiverse in Crisis On Infinite Earths. The Crime Syndicate has been through many changes over the years, and for a lot of modern readers, this story was their first experience with the team.

Morrison and Quitely delivered, showcasing an Earth where evil always won, and the Justice League's vain attempts to change things as the Crime Syndicate ran roughshod over the primary DC Earth. Featuring big action, great art, and twists and turns, this story is a lot of fun.

5 JLA: The Nail

JLA The Nail

This Elseworlds story, by writer/artist Alan Davis, takes place in an alternate universe where the Kents got a flat tire before they could find baby Kal-El. With no Superman, the DC Universe became a very different place. There's still a Justice League, but it's very different. When a mysterious villain starts arming the team's greatest foes and turning the public against them, is there any hope for the Justice League without Superman?

One of the best Elseworlds of the '90s, The Nail presents a DC Universe that is both familiar and very different. Davis goes all out in this one. The plot and characters are great, and it contains some of his best art in his long career. The big villain behind it all is a huge surprise, and there's a nice twist at the end that builds to a sequel, one that is good but not as great as the original.

4 Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come, by writer Mark Waid and artist Alex Ross, takes place in the future of the DC Universe. All of the older heroes have retired, leaving the younger generation in charge of the world. Supervillains are mostly gone, so they fight amongst themselves. After a disaster in Kansas, Superman comes out of retirement to the right the wrongs and bring the League back together, but sinister forces are conspiring against the heroes.

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Kingdom Come is one of the most acclaimed DC stories of them all. Seeing the heroes of the Justice League together in a meaner world is a treat. Waid and Ross perfectly capture the grandeur and majesty of superheroesーand the horrors as well.

3 Justice League Of America: The Tornado's Path

JL A Tornado Path

Justice League of America: The Tornado's Path, written by Brad Meltzer with art by Ed Benes, sees the Justice League brought back together after Infinite Crisis and 52. Featuring the best Justice League roster of the 21st century, the team sees Red Tornado get help from a surprising villain to become human and the consequences of those actions.

For years, the Justice League didn't really feel like the Justice League, but Meltzer knocked it out of the park with this story. While his run wasn't very long, he gave readers some great moments, and his inaugural story is one of his best, with great art by Ed Benes.

2 Formerly Known As The Justice League

Formerly-Known-As-The-Justice-League cast standing together

The Justice League International is one of the most beloved iterations of the Justice League, and this book saw their wild return to the DC Universe. By the original creative team of writers J.M. DeMatteis and Keith Giffen and artist Kevin Maguire, this story was full of laugh out loud moments and perfectly captured the flavor of the '80s League.

The creative team hadn't lost a step in all of those yearsーthe book was as funny as ever and served as a greatest hits album for the Justice League International fans. It brought the team and its members back into readers' consciousness, good for some and bad for others, and is just a wonderful Justice League story.

1 JLA: New World Order

Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman in JLA: New World Order.

JLA: New World Order was Grant Morrison's inaugural arc on JLA, and it's still one of the best Justice League stories ever. Joined on art by Howard Porter, this four-issue story saw the Big SevenーSuperman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and Martian Manhunterーreunite for the first time in ages and saw them going up against a new team of heroes called the Hyper clan, who has a secret of their own.

Morrison went back to basics, bringing the classic line-up back, with some changes like Kyle Raynor as GL and Wally West as the Flash. It was so simple that no one else thought of it and paid dividends as Morrison's run has gone down as the best League run of them all. This first story showed readers exactly what Morrison had in store for them, and they loved it.

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