Stargirl, normally a member of the Justice Society of America, was placed on the premier Justice League of America team when she joined the new 52.

In both comics and her live action CW show, Stargirl, a.k.a. Courtney Whitmore, is usually associated with the Justice Society of America. However, during the New 52 reboot, Stargirl was introduced with ties to the Justice League instead, as well as a slightly different originstory.

Courtney's New 52 origin mostly resembled her previous one, with her finding a strange staff and costume in the possession of her mom's boyfriend, Pat Dugan. Pat warns her against using them, stating that their former owner had died doing so. Courtney refuses to listen and becomes Stargirl, with Pat training her in the New 52 version. She becomes a local hero in California, but the attention leads to her mother being gravely injured and her brother's death. Using this tragedy to shape her, Courtney becomes more determined than ever to be a hero.

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Stargirl went on to join the Justice League of America, a government-funded version of the Justice League organized by Amanda Waller. She was chosen by Waller because of her popularity and also as a foil to Justice League member Cyborg in the event that he went rogue. This became a reality during Trinity War, in which the members of three different Justice League teams clashed with one another. Stargirl teamed up with Wonder Woman and to face off against Cyborg for Pandora's Box, which ends up being used by The Outsider to bring the other-dimensional Crime Syndicate to their Earth.

After she and several other heroes were imprisoned, Courtney escaped and teamed up with fellow JLA member Martian Manhunter. After facing the Injustice League together, Martian Manhunter took on a mentor role with Courtney, replacing the heroes from the JSA that she had learned from in the previous continuity.

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After Waller's Justice League of America disbanded,Courtney joined a Canada-based Justice League after working with Adam Strange to find an artifact that reacted with her cosmic powered staff.Taking on a more galactic scope, this new team featured several alien members such as Supergirl and Hawkman, and would eventually be joined by her JLA mentor, the Martian Manhunter. After the team returned to Earth after a galaxy-spanning mission, Courtney dubbed the new team Justice League United and appeared regularly in the team's self-titled book.

Once Justice League Unitedwas cancelled Courtney made an appearance in Geoff Johns and Gary Frank'sDoomsday Clock, wherein Dr. Manhattan undid the changes made to the DC Universe. This included a restoration of the Justice Society of America into continuity,likely restoring Stargirl's history with the team and possibly altering her official history with the two Justice League teams as well.

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