Starting in 1984, the second Steel appeared as one of the lead characters in "Justice League of America", until its cancellation during the "Legends" crossover in 1987. He made a single appearance several years later in issue #38 of "Justice League America", a continuation of "Justice League International", where he was killed. In 2006, he played a leading posthumous role in a single story arc of "JLA Classified", which chronicled a previously unrevealed adventure of the Detroit-era JLA. In 2010, he played a major role in the two-issue "Justice League of America" vol. 2 tie-in to "Blackest Night", where he was temporarily resurrected.