On Earth-One, this took the form of the Ani-Men. These included the Maximus Rex, Reena, Rowl, and Gargantus... among others. They were originally the board of directors for Repli-Tech Industries, a company about to go bankrupt and be investigated by the Security and Exchanges Commission. Rather than face imprisonment, the board members and their president Rex Rogan transformed into beast-men spawned by Doctor Lovecraft’s technology. Hosting a gladiatorial game on their island off the New Brunswick coast, they were exposed and opposed by the Justice League. In the end, all the Ani-Men inevitably transformed into full animal forms, losing their higher brain functions.
On Earth-Two, it was Justa-Lotta Animals who rivaled the Justice Society. Visiting from Earth-C-Minus, this team were analogues to the Justice League. These included Super-Squirrel, Wonder Wabbit, Batmouse, Aquaduck, the Crash, and Green Lambkin. This team traveled to various Earths in the Multiverse until they eventually found Earth-C, where they enlisted the aid of Captain Carrot and his Zoo Crew. Before this, the Justalotta Animals had a brief yet tense stand-off with the Justice Society, who were amazed to find sentient anthropomorphized animals.
* Like Rex Rogan and his cronies, another evil entrepreneur named Ivan Caroff and his henchmen also transformed into animals which battled Starman on Earth-Two decades earlier. And Starman’s sometimes partner a Black Canary on Earth-One battled weapons-supplier Marcel Moreau and his human/animal hybrids.
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