When superheroes vote
In 1983, the Flash killed the Reverse-Flash. Then the Justice League of America voted on whether or not to kick Flash out. (The cover gave away everything but the deciding vote.)
Here are the results of that show of thumbs and five others involving DC Comics characters. (As it happens, in multiple instances, the number of members voting was seven.)
The Flash #327 (11/83)
in:
Green Arrow
Elongated Man
Firestorm
out:
Wonder Woman
Aquaman
Hawkman
tiebreaker (in):
Superman
JLA: The Secret Society of Super-Heroes #2 (2000)
The issue: Should the group go public?
(vote not formally revealed but implied by composition)
go public:
Flash
Green Lantern
Atom
Plastic Man
stay hidden:
Superman
Wonder Woman
Hawkgirl
Metamorpho
tiebreaker (go public):
Impulse/Kid Flash
JLA #46 (10/00)
The issue: Should Batman be kicked out of the JLA for preparing methods of stopping JLA members should they go rogue?
in:
Flash
Green Lantern
Martian Manhunter
out:
Wonder Woman
Aquaman
Plastic Man
tiebreaker (out):
Superman
Justice League season 2/series finale “Starcrossed” (5/04)
The issue: Should Hawkgirl be kicked out of the Justice League for originally joining the League as a Thanagarian advance scout/spy?
(vote not shown but this is how it was later revealed to go)
in:
Flash
Martian Manhunter
out:
Batman
Wonder Woman
recused:
Green Lantern
tiebreaker (in):
Superman (stated in the subsequent episode “Wake the Dead”)
Identity Crisis #2 (9/04)
The issue: Should the JLA mindwipe (“clean up”) Dr. Light for threatening to attack Sue Dibny again?
for:
Hawkman
Atom
Zatanna
against:
Green Lantern
Green Arrow
Black Canary
tiebreaker (for):
Flash
JLA #118 (11/05)
The issue: Should the JLA mindwipe (“clean up”) members of the Secret Society of Super-Villains who learned the JLA’s secret identities?
for:
Flash
Hawkman
Green Arrow
against:
Superman
Green Lantern
Black Canary
tiebreaker (she wouldn’t do the mindwipe so a no):
Zatanna
Superman was a tiebreaker three times, twice siding with teammates (Flash and Hawkgirl) and once siding against (Batman).
The harshest voters?
Wonder Woman voted against a teammate three times, Aquaman twice. Hawkman voted against a teammate once and twice voted to mindwipe villains. Twice Flash voted to keep a teammate but twice he voted to mindwipe.
The most sympathetic voters?
Like Flash, Martian Manhunter twice voted to keep a teammate. (He was not present for mindwipe votes.)Green Lantern voted to keep a teammate and twice voted not to mindwipe.Black Canary twice voted not to mindwipe.Green Arrow voted to keep a teammate; he voted once to mindwipe and once not to.
Am I missing any DC Comics voting scenarios?
Here are the results of that show of thumbs and five others involving DC Comics characters. (As it happens, in multiple instances, the number of members voting was seven.)
The Flash #327 (11/83)

in:
Green Arrow
Elongated Man
Firestorm
out:
Wonder Woman
Aquaman
Hawkman
tiebreaker (in):
Superman


JLA: The Secret Society of Super-Heroes #2 (2000)

The issue: Should the group go public?
(vote not formally revealed but implied by composition)
go public:
Flash
Green Lantern
Atom
Plastic Man
stay hidden:
Superman
Wonder Woman
Hawkgirl
Metamorpho
tiebreaker (go public):
Impulse/Kid Flash
JLA #46 (10/00)

The issue: Should Batman be kicked out of the JLA for preparing methods of stopping JLA members should they go rogue?
in:
Flash
Green Lantern
Martian Manhunter
out:
Wonder Woman
Aquaman
Plastic Man
tiebreaker (out):
Superman
Justice League season 2/series finale “Starcrossed” (5/04)

The issue: Should Hawkgirl be kicked out of the Justice League for originally joining the League as a Thanagarian advance scout/spy?
(vote not shown but this is how it was later revealed to go)
in:
Flash
Martian Manhunter
out:
Batman
Wonder Woman
recused:
Green Lantern
tiebreaker (in):
Superman (stated in the subsequent episode “Wake the Dead”)
Identity Crisis #2 (9/04)

The issue: Should the JLA mindwipe (“clean up”) Dr. Light for threatening to attack Sue Dibny again?
for:
Hawkman
Atom
Zatanna
against:
Green Lantern
Green Arrow
Black Canary
tiebreaker (for):
Flash
JLA #118 (11/05)

The issue: Should the JLA mindwipe (“clean up”) members of the Secret Society of Super-Villains who learned the JLA’s secret identities?
for:
Flash
Hawkman
Green Arrow
against:
Superman
Green Lantern
Black Canary
tiebreaker (she wouldn’t do the mindwipe so a no):
Zatanna
Superman was a tiebreaker three times, twice siding with teammates (Flash and Hawkgirl) and once siding against (Batman).
The harshest voters?
Wonder Woman voted against a teammate three times, Aquaman twice. Hawkman voted against a teammate once and twice voted to mindwipe villains. Twice Flash voted to keep a teammate but twice he voted to mindwipe.
The most sympathetic voters?
Like Flash, Martian Manhunter twice voted to keep a teammate. (He was not present for mindwipe votes.)Green Lantern voted to keep a teammate and twice voted not to mindwipe.Black Canary twice voted not to mindwipe.Green Arrow voted to keep a teammate; he voted once to mindwipe and once not to.
Am I missing any DC Comics voting scenarios?
Published on January 12, 2015 04:00
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