The group, calling itself Old Justice, consists of super-heroes who operated from the onset of World War II until 1951, when super-heroic activity was squelched by the congressional Un-American Affairs Committee. These young (with one exception) sidekicks have testified before Congress that super-heroic activity at a young age can cause psychological damage over and above the obvious physical danger of battling super-villains.

Sponsoring the group's appearance in Congress was Senator Neptune Perkins, himself a former super-hero, and a member of the All-Star Squadron subgroup known as Young All-Stars. Perkins, who was not the sidekick of any older super-hero, declined to endorse Old Justice's agenda, instead issuing a statement that he has not made up his mind on the issue, but gave the group a voice as a favor to his former teammate, Daniel Dunbar, once known as Dan the Dyna-Mite.

Dunbar was the sidekick of TNT, a mystery man who died in 1943 and was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Roosevelt. He spoke to Congress of the pain that an adolescent experiences when witnessing the death or injury of a beloved mentor. Also speaking to that particular concern were two men who identified themselves as the Cyclones, formerly "the Cyclone Kids", sidekicks to the little-known wartime Red Tornado. The Tornado, since revealed to the world as Mathilda Hunkel, was viciously attacked by an admirer after her retirement from super-heroism.

Other members of the group include "Sweep" Seconds, one of a group of Hourman sidekicks, Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks, who was previously believed dead, and Doiby Dickles, who was already an adult when he acted as sidekick to Green Lantern.

Comments from the super-hero world were not supportive of the group. Sanderson Hawkins of the newly-re-formed Justice Society of America,

Sand added, "If I truly believed that teenaged super-heroism is harmful, I and the rest of the JSA would not have allowed the new Star-Spangled Kid to join our team."

Roy Harper (formerly Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy, now Arsenal), speaking for the Titans, was a little more mixed, but confirmed the super-heroic community's support for allowing youngsters to operate amongst them. "Adult super-heroes feel responsibility for every living being, and especially for their own sidekicks," he said. "We of the Titans consider ourselves lucky to have had such role models, who dedicated themselves to serving humanity with such complete selflessness."

When asked about his experiences with Green Arrow's abandonment of him which had led him to seek comfort from illegal drugs, he said, "Super-heroes make mistakes like ordinary people do. You find me any group of one hundred non-super-heroic parents without one that's messed up his child's life, and then I'll consider that my situation is indicative of the problems facing young super-heroes."

The Justice League, who sanctioned the Young Justice group, could not be reached for comment. All attempts to contact the Watchtower in the last two days have failed, presumably due to conflicts of their own.