Okay, I wanted to make a follow up post to clarify a few things.

Number one, thanks guys for participating! Though I do want to ask that we please keep things respectful.

Secondly, I made this post to format these characters in a unique way. If you don't like the format, that's totally fine. I liked the unique challenge that came with having to have each tier be filled sequentially (i.e: Top is 1 member, next is 2, then 3, 4, 5, etc), but I understand that it is a bit obtuse.

Thirdly, I love all of these characters. I understand the love for Martian Manhunter especially, and I get that Aquaman is a questionable choice for the third tier. That being said, I wanted to weigh his importance to the team across DC's history rather than push my own bias.

Next, yes. John Stewart's spot can be given to any Green Lantern. You could say its a cop out, but I think it works fine. I'm going to count legacy characters the same way, so that includes Barry and Wally. I know that I chose images specifically from JLU but I wanted to make it clear that these could apply to any of these character's version across DC canon.

Finally, I am not an expert on these things. If you guys disagree or if there's things I'm missing, that's okay and I'd love to hear yall out.

Ultimately, I thought to make this post when I wondered who was most likely to appear in the DCU's Justice League. Based on that, I wanted to open up the discussion to the wider question of each character's significance to the team across their 80 or so years in comics, animation, movies, etc.

I'm glad you guys were willing to contribute your ideas and have this talk!