I Can't Believe its Not the Justice League!

...or maybe I can.

DC just announced that, come late August (and the return of Bruce Wayne to present time), they will not be changing the Justice League lineup.

For those of you unfamiliar with the current Justice Leaguers, its Batman (Dick Grayson), Donna Troy, Mon-el, Starfire, Cyborg, Green Arrow, the Atom, Hal Jordan, Dr. Light (who may or may not have quit the team), the Gaurdian, and Congorilla.

If you don't have a clue who some of these people are, you aren't alone. I did pick up the first couple of issues of "Cry for Justice" (what this lineup seems to be based on). They were decent, but not good enough to escape being dropped in favor of another Bat-title.

I understand the Dick Grayson, Mon-el, and Donna Troy characters as stand-ins for the Trinity, and also to some extent Green Arrow (although he's gone now), Hal Jordan, and the Atom. But seriously, who the hell is Congorilla? And how did the Justice League become a second title for the Titans? With a random gorilla and some C-listers thrown in, of course.

My biggest problem with this is the fact that even after the Big Three come back in August, they're still going to keep the B-listers on the A-team (no pun intended). The Justice League is for the mainstays. That's just how it is--sorry to all who argue for the "natural progression" of sidekick-to-mentor. It's a comic book, and things just don't work out that well.

We've had the Titans, Teen Titans, and Outsiders. Those teams have become just as large as the Justice League. For the creators to say that they're "validating" the characters by putting them in the JLA undoes all of the work they've done to make the other teams integral parts of the DCU.

Also, why in the world would the Trinity not be given back their spots? It doesn't make sense. This is a bad decision, mark my words.

P.S. Can anyone with a larger Wonder Woman background than me tell me where the heck she went? I know about Bruce Wayne, obviously, and Superman's on New Krypton, but the details of why Wonder Woman vanished have eluded me.