![]() Because the League members had not revealed their identities to each other at the time, they did not realize that Jordan and Green Lantern were one and the same when he turned up in costume during the event described in #9. When the group formalized their agreement, they suppressed news of it because of anti-Martian hysteria (mirroring the real-world backdrop of Martian scares and anti-communist hysteria of the 1950s). Green Lantern participated in this first adventure solely as Hal Jordan, due to the fact that he had yet to become the costumed hero at that time (the biggest inconsistency Arrow found, as they celebrated the earlier incident's date, while recounting only the later one's events). The story was completely changed during the Bronze Age, years later, however (as revealed in Justice League of America #144), Green Arrow uncovered inconsistencies in League records and extracted admissions from his colleagues that the seven founders had actually formed the League after the Martain Manhunter was rescued from Martian forces by the other six founders, along with several other heroes ( Blackhawk Squadron, Robin I, Challengers of the Unknown, Plastic Man, Robotman, Roy Raymond, Vigilante, Congo Bill/Congorilla, Rex the Wonder Dog, Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane). ![]() For many years, the heroes heralded this adventure as the event that prompted them to agree to pool resources when confronted with similar menaces. While the superheroes individually defeated most of the invaders, the heroes fell prey to a single competitor's attack only by working together were they able to defeat the competitor. The event that created the Justice League. The aliens' attacks drew the attentions of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash (Barry Allen), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Aquaman, and Martian Manhunter. Competing alien warriors were sent to see who could conquer Earth first to determine who will become the new ruler of their home planet. ![]() In the first version during the Silver Age, in a story told in flashback in 1962's Justice League of America #9, Earth was infiltrated by the Appellaxians. ![]()
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