America vs. the Justice Society #3

Published by DC Comics in 1985, America vs. the Justice Society was a four-issue limited series scripted by Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas, and Cary Bates. The narrative serves as a retroactive legal inquiry into the history of the Justice Society of America, framed by a trial involving the team's past actions during World War II. It was conceived as a way to clarify and organize the complex, often contradictory continuity of DC's Golden Age characters as the publisher prepared for the massive continuity shifts of Crisis on Infinite Earths.

The artwork for the series features contributions from pencillers including Howard Bender and Jerry Ordway. The design approach focuses on a documentary or courtroom drama aesthetic that contrasts with the traditional superhero combat usually associated with these characters. Upon release, it was well-regarded by readers for its commitment to historical continuity and its ability to weave disparate decades of DC lore into a cohesive, albeit contentious, narrative framework that examined the moral ambiguity of the heroes' wartime legacies.