THE MEMBERSHIP
At first, membership in the League was pretty basic. Julie Schwartz’s rule for writer Gardner Fox was to include all heroes who had their own series. In 1960, that meant Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman (then running in Adventure Comics), Green Arrow (World’s Finest), Martian Manhunter (Detective), the Flash, and Green Lantern.
And yet, Green Arrow was missing from the League’s debut appearance in The Brave and the Bold #28 (1960). No one is certain why: whether it was an oversight or creative determination that the Emerald Archer was too low-powered a hero to keep up with the others. Once the team was awarded their own title, he became the first member to be inducted, in issue #4.