| Extreme Justice | |
|---|---|
 Extreme Justice #0, art by Marc Campos. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | January 1995 – July 1996 |
| No. of issues | 19 (18 plus issue #0) |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Dan Vado Marc Campos |
| Written by | Various |
| Artist | Various |
Extreme Justice is a monthlyJustice Leaguespin-off title in theDC Comics universe. It replaced the cancelledJustice League International (formerlyJustice League Europe) and ran for nineteen issues from 1994 to 1996.[1]
Several heroes split from the main Justice League over dissatisfaction with the League's association with theUnited Nations. These characters form their own Justice League, based in Mount Thunder, Colorado.[2] The team is led byCaptain Atom and consists ofMaxima,Blue Beetle (Ted Kord),Booster Gold, andAmazing-Man (Will Everett III). They are later joined byFirestorm (Ronnie Raymond),Plastique, and theWonder Twins (Zan and Jayna).[3]Carol Ferris becomes the administrator of the Mount Thunder facility. The characters never refer to the team as "Extreme Justice" in the series; they are called that in an issue ofJustice League America.[1]
Although at one point there are three Justice League groups in action (Extreme Justice,Justice League America, andJustice League Task Force), there is little unity between the teams and a strong sense of rivalry among the respective leaders, Captain Atom,Wonder Woman, andMartian Manhunter.
Captain Atom leads the team in an invasion ofBialya.[4] This is when the current ruler,Queen Beatriz, is rebuilding theExtremists. Most of Extreme Justice, having lost friends to the group before, do not want to tolerate the existence of these entities. They invade the country and destroy what they think are robots, but are in fact cyborgs created from of the Queen's subjects. They allegedly volunteered, a whole army's worth, but Captain Atom destroys all the facilities and threatens worse if Beatriz continues. This particular incident is the last straw and all versions of the Justice League are disbanded.
In summer 1996, all three Justice League series were cancelled and replaced by an ongoing monthly titledJLA.
