The JSA: An Insurance Company’s Nightmare

July 10th, 2004

Filed under: Comics, Medicine

After realizing that both Mr. Terrific and Dr. Mid-Nite had suffered heart attacks, I began to wonder exactly how many injuries JSA members had suffered. Digging through my comic boxes, I dug out my issues and added up the totals.

My research showed what I suspected; it is very dangerous to be a member of the JSA (especially Wildcat, who seems to be a magnet for injury). Maybe not as dangerous as being a red shirt aboard the Enterprise, but close. It’s also dangerous just being an associate of the JSA.

This list covers JSA issues #1-62, JSA Annual #1, JSA: Our World at War, and Hawkman #23-25 (the Black Reign crossover). Main characters are in bold, associated characters are in italics.

Issue
 Injury
JSA #1
 Fate – Killed (kinifed in back)
JSA #3
 Wildcat - Broken Arm
JSA #4
 Wildcat - Broken Leg
JSA #6
 Black Adam – Brain Tumor
JSA #7
 Jade – Arm Laceration
JSA #8
 Black Canary - Rib Fracture, Iliac Artery Puncture
JSA #16
 Sentinel - Shot in Heart
JSA #17
 Dr. Mid-Nite - Killed (Shock)
JSA #19
 Dr. Mid-Nite - Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)
JSA #24
 Flash - 2nd-Degree Burns
JSA #37
 Johnny Thunder – Dies (Old Age)
JSA #46

Mr. Terrific - Broken Leg
Jakeem Thunder - Vocal Cords/Throat Cut
Sentinel - Heart Removed
JSA #52
 Powergirl - Shot
JSA #53
 Powergirl - Shot
Wildcat – Shot
HM 24
 Wildcat - Broken Ankle
Hourman - Adbdomen Sliced Open
JSA #58
 Nemesis – Killed (Shot by Eclipso)
Eclipso – Killed (Suicide)
Dr. Mid-Nite - Dislocated Shoulder
HM 25
 Brainwave – Brain Tumor
JSA #63
 Mr. Terrific - Heart Attack/Cardiac Arrest
JSA: OWaW
 Ray – Shot

4 Responses to “ The JSA: An Insurance Company’s Nightmare ”

  1. Mark
    July 12th, 2004 at 2:03 am

    Dr. Mid-Nite died and then had a heart attack…? Oh, to be young and a superhero…

    “And also a robot.”

  2. Scott
    July 12th, 2004 at 10:13 am

    Well, he “died” in issue #17, but lo and behold, he wasn’t really dead – just a heart attack (and he told Black Canary that she “gave good CPR” — I just report them, I don’t write them). Despite his heart attack, he jumped back in the fray and saved the day…

  3. David
    July 13th, 2004 at 9:42 am

    Another thing to consider is who gets the lion’s share of the hurting. Physical pain seems to be generally reserved for the emotionally stable. Wildcat’s pretty easy-going, and he’s a total damage sponge. Dr. Mid-Nite has his act together reasonably well, and he gets treatment as often as he treats. Guess the choice is either man-angst or injury.

  4. Bob
    May 19th, 2010 at 2:46 am

    I never really followed the modern incarnation of the JSA, so I’m not fully up on the exact powers of its members. However, I do know that Power Girl is essentially the Earth-2 version of Supergirl (i.e. Superman’s first cousin). Given that, is being shot something that would actually inconvenience her?

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