"The Justice Society Returns" is a nine issue story arc that ran through a number of comic books published by DC Comics in 1999, reviving the Golden Age superhero team, which had previously been revived in the 1980s.

The spell goes wrong, however, and the Nazis release a villain known as Stalker, whose sole purpose is to end life everywhere.

The magical heroes are either killed or captured by Stalker, and only Hourman and Dr. Occult escape.

Hourman informs the rest of the Justice Society of America about Stalker, and the group battles with him in Washington, DC.

The story arc was collected in the trade paperback The Justice Society Returns (ISBN 1-4012-0090-7), published by DC Comics in 2003.