I had to look this one up – the reintroduction of the Justice League did not come out of Crisis on Infinite Earths like I had assumed, but rather of the crossover Legends, which was the first crossover since Crisis that had come a year before it.
Legends was a story in which Darkseid managed to get the people of Earth to turn against its heroes by way of Glorious Godfrey (and his hypnotic voice). With all hell breaking loose, the President of the United States declares martial law, rendering all super-heroics illegal. With the Suicide Squad working to break down some of Darkseid’s forces, Dr. Fate organizes Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel, Guy Gardner, Black Canary, Changeling (Beast Boy), the Flash, and Blue Beetle to combat Godfrey, with Martian Manhunter, Mister Miracle and Wonder Woman coming along for the ride.
Godfrey ends up losing his control over the masses by way of Robin and an army of children (seriously), and Godfrey himself is defeated when he tries to put on Dr. Fate’s helmet. As it would turn out, there are trials you actually have to undertake to do that, and his mind gets wiped real good. In the aftermath, Superman and Wonder Woman go their own ways, Changeling and Flash return to the Titans and the others decide to reform the Justice League which was decimated during the event.
So there. That’s the story.
Comicdom Wrecks! 