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==Justice League==
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There were a total of 52 episodes, along with a two-part '']'' crossover. Each episode fit into a half-hour block including commercials.
] by ]]]


'']'' is an American ] about a team of ]es, which ran from ] to ] on ]. The series is based on the ] and associated ] characters published by ]. It follows the adventures of ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]. The series was immediately followed by '']'' (2004-2006).
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===First season===
'''Secret Origins - #1, 2, 3:''' As alien invaders begin to take over the Earth, ] and ] rescue ] who telepathically recruits ], ], ], and ] to defeat the invasion. The group decides to form a permanent team, the ].


==Series overview==
'''In Blackest Night - #4, 5:''' Robotic ] arrive on Earth, intent on capturing the Green Lantern. The Justice League try to defend their colleague - none but Superman can match the power of the Manhunters. Then, John shocks the team by stopping the fight and agreeing to be captured by the Manhunters. He is taken to a planet where he is put on trial for the destruction of a neighboring world. John pleads guilty to the charges; the rest of the League are confused as to how he could have done such a thing. It is explained, by an alien witness, that the Green Lantern was pursuing him, to try to bring him to justice. The alien's ship's shields deflected one of Green Lantern's force beams into a faultline on a planet, causing a catastophic reaction that destroyed the entire world - leaving nothing more than an asteroid field. Investigating further, the Justice League uncover a plot by the Manhunters to steal the energy of the Lantern Core, the power source of all Green Lanterns. They also discover that the lead Manhunter had falsified the destruction of the planet in order to implicate John Stewart. The lead Manhunter succeeds in taking the Lantern Core's energy, but John is able to defeat him by channelling the same raw energy through his ring, destroying the Manhunters.
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'''The Enemy Below - #6, 7:''' A nuclear ] is attacked in the Atlantic, forcing the League to come face-to-face with ] and his Atlantean army. After agreeing to have the crew rescued, but leaving the sub with all of its weapons on the bottom of the ocean, Aquaman goes to ] to take his problems up with the various governments of the world. Unfortunately the meeting does not go well for the king of the seas, and as he leaves discouraged, he is attacked and must be rushed to the hospital. When the mercenary ] tries to attack Aquaman again, the League steps in, and Aquaman discovers that ], his own brother, was behind the attack. He tries to stop Orm from starting an all-out war with the surface world, but he is taken prisoner when his own officers stage a coup. Orm takes Aquaman and his infant son and place them on a cliff over a vein of molten lava and leaves them to die. In order to save his son, Aquaman must make a terrible sacrifice.
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'''Paradise Lost - #8, 9:''' Sorcerer ] invades Wonder Woman's homeland of ], turning all its inhabitants to stone, in a quest to unleash an ancient evil buried beneath the island.
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'''War World - #10, 11:''' Superman and Martian Manhunter are abducted by ] ]rs and sold to a planet of the despotic ruler ] where the population spends its time watching aliens kill each other in an enormous coliseum. Green Lantern and Hawkgirl set out to rescue them.


==Episode list==
'''The Brave and the Bold - #12, 13:''' Green Lantern and the Flash uncover a plot by ], a hyperintelligent talking ] to destroy '''Gorilla City''', a hidden city of hyperintelligent talking gorillas in Africa. Grodd has the power to control the minds of others with his device and the assistance of his lover, Dr. Sarah Corwin. His mind control abilities become evident when ] is ] into stealing ] ], which are needed to power Grodd's machine. While under Grodd's control, Flash imagines himself as very fat, very skinny, with a gigantic head that eventually explodes, then as a puppet whose strings have been cut, and finally ] into a gorilla, only to wake up remembering nothing that happened. The only protection our heroes have against Grodd's mind control is a special headband, given to Flash and ] by ''']''', ''Gorilla City's'' chief of security.
===Season 1 (2001–2002)===
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|ShortSummary=As alien invaders who were accidentally awakened on Mars begin to take over the Earth, ] and ] rescue ], who telepathically summons ], ], ], and ] to help stop the invasion. Superman gathers everyone at the newly built Watchtower, funded by Batman, and asks them to be part of a team, which he dubs the Justice League.
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|ShortSummary=Green Lantern surrenders himself to robotic ] to stand trial for the destruction of a planet. While Flash acts as Green Lantern's attorney, the rest of the League discovers that ] helped the Manhunters frame Green Lantern.
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|ShortSummary=A nuclear ] is attacked in the Atlantic, forcing the League to come face-to-face with ] and his Atlantean army. Aquaman follows Superman's advice to go to ] and take his problems up with the various governments of the world. When a mercenary, ], attacks Aquaman, the League steps in. Aquaman discovers that ], his own brother, was behind the attack. Orm takes Aquaman and his infant son and places them on a cliff over a vein of molten lava, leaving them to die. To save his son, Aquaman sacrifices his own hand.
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|ShortSummary=Exposed as a criminal, sentenced to prison, and terminally ill due to long-term ] exposure, ] escapes and assembles a ] team, the ], to take on the Justice League. The gang consists of ], ], ], ], ], and ]. ] also becomes part of the team, on his own initiative and due to his expertise on Batman, despite Luthor's dismay ]. Even with their combined power, the gang proves no match for Batman's guile.
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|WrittenBy=Joseph Kuhr
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|OriginalAirDate_2={{Start date|2002|01|28}}
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|ShortSummary=Having spent nearly eight months with the League and feeling she owes her mother ] an explanation for her leaving ] abruptly to fight in the Imperium invasion, Wonder Woman returns to her home only to encounter Sorcerer ] who threatens to keep her home population transformed into stone if she does not gather artifacts for him. He uses the artifacts to release ] from ]. The League succeeds in exiling Hades and his minions, but Wonder Woman is exiled from Themyscira for allowing the men of the Justice League to help.
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|ShortSummary=Superman and ] are abducted by ] ] and sold to the planet War World, whose despotic ruler ] pits aliens against each other in mortal combat in an enormous colosseum. Hawkgirl and Green Lantern set out to rescue them.
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|ShortSummary=The Flash and Green Lantern uncover a plot by ] to destroy ], a hidden city of hyperintelligent talking gorillas in Africa. Grodd has a device that allows him to control the minds of others and uses stolen gorilla technology to conquer all of Central City and put its inhabitants under his control. Locked inside the force field-shielded city, Flash and Green Lantern work together with ], Gorilla City's chief of security, to destroy the enemy from within before Grodd carries out his revenge.
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|DirectedBy=Butch Lukic
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=Stan Berkowitz|t=Dwayne McDuffie}}
|OriginalAirDate_1={{Start date|2002|04|07}}
|OriginalAirDate_2={{Start date|2002|04|14}}
|Viewers_1= 2.26<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice League and Powerpuff Girls Pack a Ratings Punch |url=https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/justice-league-and-powerpuff-girls-pack-a-ratings-punch.2973091/ |website=Anime Superhero Forum}}</ref>
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|ShortSummary=A ] named Aresia, who was born in the mortal world and raised on Themyscira, forms another incarnation of the Injustice Gang with Star Sapphire, Shade, Copperhead, Solomon Grundy, and a new villain named Tsukuri. She sets out to steal a ruby to use it as a virus to kill the world's male population, whom she holds responsible for the death of her family members in a war. When the male members of the League are infected by the virus, putting them out of commission. Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl must work with Hippolyta to stop Aresia.
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|Title=Legends
|DirectedBy=Dan Riba
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|OriginalAirDate_1={{Start date|2002|04|21}}
|OriginalAirDate_2={{Start date|2002|04|28}}
|Viewers_1= 2.82<ref>{{Cite web |title=JL and CCF Help Cartoon Network Set Ratings Records in April |url=https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/jl-and-ccf-help-cartoon-network-set-ratings-records-in-april.2994071/ |website=Anime Superhero Forum}}</ref>
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|ShortSummary= Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and Hawkgirl are accidentally transported to a parallel world and discover the ], who are comic book characters in the Justice League's world. As they traverse this world and help the Justice Guild of America fight the Injustice Guild, they soon discover that not everything is what it seems since the end of their comic series.
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'''Note''': The episode is dedicated to ], a Golden and Silver Age comic writer who co-created both the ] (JSA) and the ] (JLA), the comics on which the Guild --and this series, respectively -- are based.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sava |first=Oliver |date=January 2, 2012 |title=Justice League: "Legends" |url=http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/justice-league-legends-66951 |access-date=July 24, 2017 |website=] |quote=Andrew Kreisberg’s script is a tribute to the Golden Age JSA/JLA team-ups originated by Gardner Fox (the episode is dedicated to his memory)}}</ref> Originally, the showrunners wanted to use the JSA, but DC Comics publisher ] felt that the story was inappropriate, so they altered the names and designs of the team.
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|EpisodeNumber_2=21
|EpisodeNumber2_1=20
|EpisodeNumber2_2=21
|Title=A Knight of Shadows
|DirectedBy=Butch Lukic
|WrittenBy=Keith Damron
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|OriginalAirDate_2={{Start date|2002|09|27}}
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|ShortSummary=Jason Blood and his alter-ego ] seek the assistance of the Justice League in preventing the ] from falling into the hands of his ancient enemy, the sorceress ].
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|EpisodeNumber_2=23
|EpisodeNumber2_1=22
|EpisodeNumber2_2=23
|Title=Metamorphosis
|DirectedBy=Dan Riba
|WrittenBy_1=Len Uhley
|WrittenBy_2={{StoryTeleplay|s=Len Uhley|t=Dwayne McDuffie}}
|OriginalAirDate_1={{Start date|2002|10|04}}
|OriginalAirDate_2={{Start date|2002|10|11}}
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|ShortSummary=Green Lantern's old friend Rex Mason, now working for a shady industrialist, suffers an "accident" arranged by his jealous employer ] and is transformed into the superhero ].
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|EpisodeNumber_1=24
|EpisodeNumber_2=25
|EpisodeNumber_3=26
|EpisodeNumber2_1=24
|EpisodeNumber2_2=25
|EpisodeNumber2_3=26
|Title=The Savage Time
|DirectedBy_1=Butch Lukic
|DirectedBy_2=Dan Riba
|DirectedBy_3=Butch Lukic
|WrittenBy=Stan Berkowitz
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|11|09}}
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|ShortSummary=The Justice League returns from a mission in space to find the world transformed; a result of villain ] feeding information to his past self in the 1940s, allowing him to help the ] ] ]. The League travels back in time themselves to stop him, and fight Nazis alongside WWII-era heroes ], the ]s, and ].
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===Season 2 (2003–2004)===
'''Fury - #14, 15:''' A rogue Amazon (born in the mortal world, raised in Themyscera) sets out to kill all men in the world as punishment for the men who killed her family in a war.
Starting this season, the episodes were produced in 16:9 widescreen which were letterboxed in 4:3 when broadcast.


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'''Legends - #16, 17:''' The Justice League are accidentally transported to a ] that is the home of the Justice Guild of America, who are comic book characters in the Justice League's world. (This story is an ] to the cross-world team-ups between the ] and the ] that used to occur regularly in the comics.)
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|DirectedBy_2=Butch Lukic
|WrittenBy=Rich Fogel and ]
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|07|05}}
|ShortSummary=The League is tricked into defending ]'s homeworld of ] against the threat of ], despite Superman's skepticism and his anger at what had ]. The team solicits the aid of the ], including ], ], and ]. The resulting destruction of Brainiac's base is thought to be the end of Darkseid, although Superman believes otherwise.
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|EpisodeNumber_1=29
|EpisodeNumber_2=30
|EpisodeNumber2_1=3
|EpisodeNumber2_2=4
|Title=Tabula Rasa
|DirectedBy=Dan Riba
|WrittenBy=Stan Berkowitz
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|04}}
|ShortSummary=] manipulates a powerful ] named ] with the ability to copy any superpower, posing as a father figure to it. Meanwhile, Martian Manhunter questions the nature of humans and struggles with the burden of hearing thousands of their minds in his head at once, after performing a psychic sweep of the city of Metropolis in a failed attempt to locate Luthor.
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|EpisodeNumber_1=31
|EpisodeNumber_2=32
|EpisodeNumber2_1=5
|EpisodeNumber2_2=6
|Title=Only a Dream
|DirectedBy=Butch Lukic
|WrittenBy=Stan Berkowitz
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|11}}
|ShortSummary=Small time crook John Dee volunteers for an experimental treatment while in prison. While the authorities are distracted by a mass prison break led by ], ], ], ] and ], John Dee overdoses on the treatment and becomes the dream-controlling ]. Destiny takes telepathic control of most of the League in their sleep and puts them in nightmares where Flash can't stop running, nobody knows Green Lantern due to his status as a member of the Justice League, Superman being unable to control his powers which led to the deaths of the people he knows, and Hawkgirl is buried alive. The League members become trapped in their dreams and unable to wake up. This leaves only Batman and Martian Manhunter left. Martian Manhunter tries to force them awake, while Batman, resisting sleep goes to confront Doctor Destiny.
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|EpisodeNumber_1=33
|EpisodeNumber_2=34
|EpisodeNumber2_1=7
|EpisodeNumber2_2=8
|Title=Maid of Honor
|DirectedBy=Dan Riba
|WrittenBy=]
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|18}}
|ShortSummary=Wonder Woman befriends the princess of ], a jet-setting party girl who is reluctant to end her wild ways to get married. Unfortunately, her fiancé is the immortal Vandal Savage, and he already has plans for both the throne and the Justice League. Wonder Woman and Batman must stop Savage, while Flash, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter take out Savage's new Rail Gun satellite.
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|EpisodeNumber_1=35
|EpisodeNumber_2=36
|EpisodeNumber2_1=9
|EpisodeNumber2_2=10
|Title=Hearts and Minds
|DirectedBy=Butch Lukic
|WrittenBy=Keith Damron
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|25}}
|ShortSummary=] crashes to Earth, seeking Green Lantern's help to rescue other members of the ] from the psychic, would-be conqueror ]. He also explains that Green Lantern's former mentor and lover, ], is one of the captives. After facing Despero and losing, Green Lantern has to retrain himself to use his power ring to help the League end Despero's reign. Flash, Hawkgirl and Martian Manhunter accompany Kilowog to Despero's planet to help Green Lantern stop him.
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|EpisodeNumber_1=37
|EpisodeNumber_2=38
|EpisodeNumber2_1=11
|EpisodeNumber2_2=12
|Title=A Better World
|DirectedBy=Dan Riba
|WrittenBy=Stan Berkowitz
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|01}}
|ShortSummary= In an alternate reality, the Justice League launches an assault on the White House, where Superman kills President Luthor in retaliation for the Flash's execution by Luthor. Two years later, the League, now called the ], rule the planet with an iron fist. Justice Lord Batman discovers the dimension where the Justice League lives. The Lords cross over and trap the League in a force field. They then take the League's places, attempting to make this Earth like their own. After finding their way back to their world, the Justice League ends up having to turn to their world's version of Lex Luthor for help.
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'''Note''': The idea of evil counterparts from an alternate reality is loosely based on the ].{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}
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|NumParts= 2
|EpisodeNumber_1=39
|EpisodeNumber_2=40
|EpisodeNumber2_1=13
|EpisodeNumber2_2=14
|Title=Eclipsed
|DirectedBy=Dan Riba
|WrittenBy=Joseph Kuhr
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|08}}
|ShortSummary=An ancient lunar crystal called the Black Heart is discovered. Unbeknownst to the members of the Justice League, it harbors ] with the ability to possess its bearer, and hum or whistle an eerie evil tune. The crystal's power contaminates almost all of the League, except for the Flash, who must save the League from a weapon that will destroy both the Sun and the Earth.
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|NumParts= 2
|EpisodeNumber_1=41
|EpisodeNumber_2=42
|EpisodeNumber2_1=15
|EpisodeNumber2_2=16
|Title=The Terror Beyond
|DirectedBy=Butch Lukic
|WrittenBy=Dwayne McDuffie
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|15}}
|ShortSummary=] and Aquaman rescue Solomon Grundy, intent on using him to help battle an ancient evil. Superman, Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman are conflicted about this goal.
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Note: The pairing of these heroes is an homage to the ] superhero team ]. The plot is based upon ] ].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jones |first=Mark |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6hA0AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA227 |title=New Critical Essays on H. P. Lovecraft |date=2013 |isbn=978-1-137-32096-4 |editor-last=Simmons |editor-first=David |page=238 |chapter=Tentacles and Teeth: The Lovecraftian Being in Popular Culture |doi=10.1057/9781137320964_13 |oclc=5576363673 |s2cid=163813745}}</ref>
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|EpisodeNumber_1=43
|EpisodeNumber_2=44
|EpisodeNumber2_1=17
|EpisodeNumber2_2=18
|Title=Secret Society
|DirectedBy=Dan Riba
|WrittenBy=Stan Berkowitz
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|22}}
|ShortSummary=While the Justice League are quarreling about the value of mutual trust and teamwork, ] organizes a ] composed of ], ], ], ], Shade, and ]. The Society captures most of the League, but Martian Manhunter frees the others, and the Society is defeated in front of a crowded stadium.
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|NumParts= 2
|EpisodeNumber_1=45
|EpisodeNumber_2=46
|EpisodeNumber2_1=19
|EpisodeNumber2_2=20
|Title=Hereafter
|DirectedBy=Butch Lukic
|WrittenBy=Dwayne McDuffie
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|29}}
|ShortSummary=] (composed of ], Kalibak, ], ], and ]) team up to get revenge on ]. When they attack Metropolis, Toyman shoots an experimental weapon at Batman and an injured Wonder Woman, but Superman sacrifices himself to save them and is seemingly vaporized. The League attempts to cope with the loss of Superman by defending ] in his absence, save for Batman, who does not believe Superman is truly dead and begins investigating on what actually happened. Eventually, ] arrives at the Watchtower and nominates himself as Superman's replacement, but he does more harm than good. Superman wakes up 30,000 years in Earth's future, but the sun has turned red, removing his superpowers. He encounters a humbled Vandal Savage, the only human left alive after an attempt at world domination staged a few months after Superman's disappearance. Savage reveals he had been working on a time machine, but he is immortal, and he cannot exist at the same time as his previous self as it would cause a ]. Superman can go back to a time where he doesn't exist, i.e., after his 'death'. With knowledge of past Savage's crime, he goes back in time, reunites with the League and informs them of Savage's plot. Lobo is sent on his way. In the future, the desolate wasteland is replaced with people and a city as a thankful Savage disappears from existence.
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'''Note''': Writer ] wrote on his forum that the episode title "Hereafter" is a subtle pun: Part One shows the apparent death of Superman, which according to most religions would send his soul to some sort of "Hereafter." But as is later revealed, he had been sent to the future while remaining geographically in the same place (the future ruins of Metropolis), and was thus "here, after."{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}
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|EpisodeNumber_1=47
|EpisodeNumber_2=48
|EpisodeNumber2_1=21
|EpisodeNumber2_2=22
|Title=Wild Cards
|DirectedBy=Butch Lukic
|WrittenBy=Stan Berkowitz & Dwayne McDuffie
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|12|06}}
|ShortSummary=With his Gwynplaine Entertainment Company (a reference to '']'') the Joker takes over TV stations in ], announcing that he has placed a series of bombs that will destroy the ] in 22 minutes and 51 seconds if they are not stopped by the Justice League. With the whole world watching, the League must first get past the Joker's own super-team, the ]. However, the threat imposed by the Joker is not as simple as it seems, and Batman must track down his location to stop him.
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'''Note''': This episode is notable as a 'hidden crossover' with '']'', as the Royal Flush Gang is voiced by the five principal actors from that series. The gang's designs are also based on the ''Teen Titans'' voice actors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Justice League, "Wild Cards"'' |date=5 May 2019 |url=https://the-avocado.org/2019/05/05/justice-league-wild-cards/ |access-date=October 15, 2019 |publisher=the-avocado.org}}</ref>
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|EpisodeNumber=49
|EpisodeNumber2=23
|Title=Comfort and Joy
|DirectedBy=Butch Lukic
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|12|13}}
|ShortSummary=After saving two worlds, the members of the Justice League decide to take a break to celebrate the holidays. The Flash spends his Christmas Eve with the children of an orphanage, who ask that he find them a special animated toy duck. The popular toy is broken by the Ultra-Humanite, who eventually comes around and helps The Flash. Green Lantern and Hawkgirl show each other how they spend the holidays. Green Lantern engages in a snowball fight with Hawkgirl. Hawkgirl responds by starting an interplanetary barroom brawl. Batman spends Christmas on Watchtower duty. Meanwhile, Superman invites Martian Manhunter over to ] for Christmas Eve with ]. Although Martian Manhunter is initially uncomfortable, he eventually learns to enjoy Christmas and inadvertently gives the Kents a gift in the form of a heartfelt Martian song.
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===''Static Shock'' crossovers===
'''Injustice For All - #18, 19:''' Exposed as a criminal, sentenced to prison and terminally ill due to long term ] exposure, ] escapes and assembles a ] team consisting of ], ], ], ], ], ], and ] to take on the Justice League.
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'''Note''': Chronologically, these episodes take place prior to "Starcrossed", as they make use of the original Watchtower and Shayera Hol still uses her "Hawkgirl" cover.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}


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'''A Knight of Shadows - #20, 21:''' ], also known as Etrigan, seeks the assistance of the Justice League in preventing the ] from falling into the hands of his ancient enemy, the sorceress ].
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|ShortSummary=When the ] has a sudden power drain, the Justice League recruits ] to jump start their station before it reenters the atmosphere. Unbeknownst to either Static or ], the power drain also releases ] from his confinement. Static and Gear manage to bring Brainiac down, but the villain has a loophole left to slip through.
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|ShortSummary=Static faces off against his idol Green Lantern (actually ] in disguise) when he causes chaos all over town.
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==Other==
'''Metamorphosis - #22, 23:''' Green Lantern's old friend Rex Mason, now working for a shady industrialist, suffers an "accident" arranged by his jealous employer, and becomes the superhero ].
Two spin-off comic book series ('']'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'') were loosely set in the same continuity as the animated series. They feature characters who never appeared on the animated series such as ], ], ], ] and ].


] (who wrote "Chaos at the Earth's Core", "Flash and Substance", and "Patriot Act") wrote issues 37 and 38 of the comic, based on unused episode ideas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The World's Finest - Justice League Unlimited |url=https://dcanimated.com/WF/jlu/backstage/interviews/wayne02.php |access-date=2019-06-07 |website=dcanimated.com}}</ref>
'''The Savage Time - #24, 25, 26:''' The Justice League return from a mission in space to find the world altered - a result of supervillain ] feeding information to his younger self in the 1940s, allowing him to have taken over the world during ]. The Justice League travel back in time themselves to stop him, with the assistance of DC Comics' WWII-era heroes (including ], the ]s, and ]).


===Second season=== ==References==
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'''Twilight - #27, 28:''' The League is tricked into defending ], ] homeworld against the threat of ]. The team meets the ], who are at war with Darkseid, and learn about the treaty between Darkseid and Brainiac.


==External links==
'''Tabula Rasa - #29, 30:''' ] manipulates a powerful ], ], who can copy any superpower, against the Justice League. Meanwhile, J'onn questions the nature of humans.
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'''Only a Dream - #31, 32:''' Small time crook John Dee dreams of becoming a big-time ]. He gets his wish when, in prison, he volunteers for a experimental treatment. Overdosing, he becomes the dream-controlling ]. Destiny takes control of the team in their sleep, with the exception of Batman and J'onn. As Batman tries to track down Dee in the waking world J'onn ] enters the nightmares of his team-mates to revive them.


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'''Maid of Honor - #33, 34: '''Wonder Woman befriends the princess of Kasnia, a jet-setting party girl who is reluctant to end her wild ways in order to get married. Unfortunately her fiancé is the immortal Vandal Savage, and he already has plans for both the throne and the Justice League. It is up to Wonder Woman and Batman to stop them.
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'''Hearts and Minds - #35, 36''' ] must rescue his fellow Lanterns from the alien minions of ]. ], who has just barely managed to escape to the League's headquarters, tells of the plight facing his fellow Lanterns. Sadly for Green Lantern, his former mentor and lover, ], has joined the forces of Despero.
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'''A Better World - #37, 38:''' In an alternate world, the Justice League go from being heroes to tyrants. After the death of the Flash, the League launch an assault on the White House, where Superman kills President Lex Luthor. Now known as the Justice Lords, they rule over the planet with a firm iron fist. Bored with their position, the Justice Lords discover that there is an alternate dimension where their counterparts are still good, and the Flash is still alive. They cross over, trapping the League in a force field, and then take their places in a quest to make this Earth like theirs. The idea of evil counterparts from an alternate realm is loosely based on the ] of Earth-3(Pre-Crisis)/Qward(Post-Crisis).

'''The Terror Beyond - #39, 40:''' ] and Aquaman release ], intent on using him to help battle an ancient evil. The pairing of these heroes is a homage to the ] superhero team ] and the plot is based upon ] ].

'''Eclipsed - #41, 42:''' An ancient lunar crystal called '''The Black Heart''' is discovered. Little do the members of '''the Justice League''' know, it harbors an evil alien spirit with the ability to possess its bearer. When ] touches it, the alien takes control of her and she becomes a villainess. The Alien's power contaminates almost all of the League, except for ], who manages to prove his mettle and save his friends from the ] which will destroy both the Sun and the Earth.

'''Hereafter - #43, 44:''' A band of supervillains (all previously seen on '']'') team up to get revenge on ]. When they attack Metropolis, ] succeeds in hitting Superman with an experimental weapon that seemingly vaporises him. The League attempts to cope with Superman's loss by defending ] as best they can. Eventually, ] shows up to replace Superman against the wishes of the rest of the League. In their final battle with the "Superman Revenge Squad", Lobo drives home what a loss Superman was. In part 2, Superman wakes up on a strange ]. He spends years traveling across the surface, the red sun having drained him of his powers. He finally encounters the ] ] ] who reveals that this planet is ], but in the far ]. Savage explains that one of his attempts at world domination accidentally caused ] to become ]. He now lives alone with an immense feeling of guilt. He and Superman plan to repair a time machine Savage had built in an attempt to undo his earlier actions, but first they must steal back a power source (an artificial yellow sun) from a new species of insect that has appeared on Earth. They succeed and the show ends with Superman returning to the League and leading them to thwart Savage's plan that will destroy humanity.

'''Secret Society - #45, 46''' While the Justice League are quarreling, ] organizes a Secret Society comprised of ], ], ], ], ], and ]. ] is the only League member willing to put his differences aside and fight the bad guys. Unfortunately, his friends aren't.

'''Comfort and Joy - #47:''' After saving two worlds, the members of the Justice League decide to take a break to celebrate the holidays. Flash spends his Christmas Eve with the children of an orphanage, who ask that he find them a special animated toy duck. Unfortunately, the toy is so popular it cannot be found in any store. He manages to find the last one, only to come face-to-face with the Ultra-Humanite. Green Lantern and Hawkgirl show each other how they spend the holidays. Lantern engages in a snowball fight with Hawkgirl. Hawkgirl reciprocates by showing Lantern how she spends the holidays... in an interplanetary barroom brawl. Meanwhile, Superman invites J'onn over to Smallville for Christmas Eve with his adopted parents, and although he is welcomed by the Kents, J'onn still feels like a stranger.

'''Wild Cards - #48, 49:''' Taking over a TV station in Las Vegas, the Joker announces that he has placed a series of bombs that will destroy the Vegas Strip in thirty minutes if they are not stopped by the Justice League. But with the whole world watching Joker's version of reality television, the League must first get past the Joker's own super-team, the Royal Flush Gang. However, the threat imposed by the Joker is not as simple as it seems, and Batman must track down his HQ to stop his nemessis.

'''Starcrossed - #50, 51, 52:''' After Earth is attacked by a Gordanian battleship, the Justice League are aided by an army of hawkmen from Hawkgirl's home planet of Thanagar. They discover that Hawkgirl has been providing her people with details about Earth... and about the League. Not only that, but Green Lantern discovers that Hawkgirl, whom he has gotten romantically involved with, is engaged to Hro Talak, the leader of the Thanagarian army. The Thanagarians offer to help Earth defend against the Gordanians, but Batman discovers that this is just a ruse. The Thanagarians have a much more sinister plan for Earth. Meanwhile, Shayera Hol finds herself torn between her allegiance to Thanagar and love for Hro Talak and her love for Earth and for John Stewart. Whom will she betray?

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'''A League of Their Own - #34, 36:''' When the Watchtower has a sudden power drain, the Justice League are forced to recruit Static to "jump start" their station before it reenters the atmosphere. Unbeknownst to either Static or Gear, the power drain also releases Brainiac from his confinement.

'''Fallen Hero - #44:''' Static faces off against his idol, Green Lantern, when he causes chaos all over town.

==Justice League Unlimited==
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===First season===
1. '''Initiation''' (aired July 31, 2004) - A reluctant Green Arrow joins the new Justice League. He teams up with Green Lantern, Supergirl, and Captain Atom to stop a rampaging nuclear monster in ].

2. '''For the Man Who Has Everything''' (aired August 7, 2004) - Batman and Wonder Woman visit the ] on Superman's birthday, only to find him trapped by ]. Based on the popular story by ] and ] from ''Superman Annual'' #11.

3. '''Kid Stuff''' (aired August 14, 2004) - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern are transformed into eight-year-olds in a desperate attempt to save the world from the magic of ]. Also features ].

4. '''Hawk and Dove''' (aired August 21, 2004) - Wonder Woman teams up with two super powered brothers, one warlike, the other a pacifist, to stop Ares' plans to escalate a European civil war into World War III by loosing a war machine called the Annihilator into the fray.

5. '''This Little Piggy''' (aired August 28, 2004) - Circe transforms Wonder Woman into a pig as revenge against Diana's mother. Batman and Zatanna work together to return her to normal.

6. '''Fearful Symmetry''' (aired September 4, 2004) - Supergirl, Green Arrow, and the Question invesitigate Supergirl's disturbing dreams. They uncover Supergirl's clone Galatea.(This episode is also known as "]".)

7. '''The Greatest Story Never Told''' (aired September 11, 2004) - The Justice League battle ] in the background, while ] handles another crisis while he's supposed to be on "crowd control".

8. '''The Return''' (aired September 18, 2004) - The power of the Unlimited League is seen for the first time while trying to keep an all-powerful ] from reaching his goal: vengeance against the recently-reformed ]. Luthor and the Atom attempt to create a weapon to neutralize Amazo's nanotechnology.

9. '''Ultimatum''' (aired December 4, 2004) - The Justice League meets the ], a popular group of young heroes. The Ultimen discover they are actually genetically created, and attack the Justice League. As a nod to fans who grew up watching the ''],'' the Ultimen are a pastiche of heroes unique to that show.

10. '''Dark Heart''' (aired December 11, 2004) - Most of the League does battle with powerful alien technology, but they are forced to call upon the diminutive Atom to save the day.

11. '''Wake the Dead''' (aired December 18, 2004) - Chaos Magic resurrects ], more powerful than ever. Dr. Fate, Amazo, Aquaman, and Shayera team up with League regulars to stop his rampage.

12. '''The Once and Future Thing, Part 1: Weird Western Tales''' (aired January 22, 2005) - Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern chase Chronos to the past, where they team up with the some of the greatest DC heroes of the ]. After defeating stolen future tech in that era, they again follow Chronos to the future. It is also revealed in this episode that Warhawk from the ] era is Green Lantern and Hawkgirl's son.

13. '''The Once and Future Thing, Part 2: Time Warped''' (aired January 29, 2005) - The Justice League's adventures in time take them to a futuristic ], where they join forces with that era's Batman ('']''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Terry McGinnis) and the future Justice League Unlimited. The combined heroes defeat the retooled Jokerz (from ]), and Batman traps ] in a time loop.

===Second season===
1. '''The Cat and the Canary''' (aired February 5, 2005) - Black Canary convinces Green Arrow to help save her mentor, ], from his involvement in an underground, super-powered fight club.

2. '''The Ties That Bind''' (aired February 12, 2005) - ] and ] solicit Justice League assistance to free Oberon from Apokolips. J'onn refuses, but Flash decides to help out on his own.

3. '''The Doomsday Sanction''' (aired February 19, 2005) - Superman battles ] in the heart of a volcano. Doomsday is revealed to be a imperfect clone of Superman. Batman probes the Cadmus conspiracy to destroy the Justice League.

4. '''Task Force X''' (aired May 21, 2005) - In an homage to the ], a team of supervillains comprised of ], ], ], and the ] are recruited by Cadmus to steal the Annihilator machine from the Watchtower.

5. '''The Balance''' (aired June 4, 2005) - ], imprisoned in a mirror, fools ] into letting him out, where he possesses the Annihilator and casts ] out of ]. After unleashing the full power of her armor and lasso, Wonder Woman teams up with Hawkgirl to help Hades reclaim his kingdom at Zeus' command.

6. '''Double Date''' (aired June 4, 2005) - Huntress is kicked out of the Justice League for attempting to murder mob boss Steven Mandragora, the man responsible for her parent's death. She recruits the Question to assist her in finishing him off while Green Arrow and Black Canary attempt to thwart their efforts.

7. '''Clash''' (aired June 11, 2005) - Lex Luthor's candidacy for President moves forward as ] appears to endorse his candidacy. Luthor manipulates Superman's mistrust causing Superman to get into an all-out brawl with Marvel.

8. '''Hunter's Moon''' (also known as '''Mystery in Space''', aired June 18, 2005) - When the Justice League receives a distress call, Hawkgirl, ] and Vixen investigate only to find that it was a trap set out by the remaining ] warriors who blame Hawkgirl for their loss in the war alluded to in "Starcrossed".

9. '''Question Authority''' (aired June 25, 2005) - Captain Atom's ] commission is reactivated. The Question discovers the records about the Justice Lords, and Luthor's attempts to discredit the Justice League. The Question is captured, and Superman and Huntress attempt to rescue him. Almost successful, they are confronted by Captain Atom, who has orders to stop them.

10. '''Flashpoint''' (aired July 2, 2005) - Lex Luthor seizes control of the Watchtower's main gun to fire on Cadmus, causing massive collateral damage on the city and falsely implicating the League as responsible. Convinced it is an act of revenge, ] commands Galatea to attack the Watchtower with an army of Ultimen clones.

11. '''Panic in the Sky''' (aired July 9, 2005) - The founding members of the Justice League surrender to the government, with the exception of Batman, who tries to convince Amanda Waller that Lex Luthor hacked into the Watchtower with stolen Cadmus technology. In the middle of a huge battle between the secondary League characters and the Ultimen army, Supergirl and ] battle Galatea to keep her from destroying the Watchtower.

12. '''Divided We Fall''' (aired July 16, 2005) - With most of the League unavailable, the League's original seven battle against the fused Luthor and ]. Flash stands alone against the Luthor-Braniac team.

13. ''']''' (aired July 23, 2005) - In the future, Amanda Waller reveals to an older Terry McGinnis that through her scientific manipulations, he is actually Bruce Wayne's genetic son.

===Third season===
1. '''I Am Legion''' (aired September 17th, 2005) - After Lex Luthor escapes from prison, ] baits him into joining the new ] with a piece of Brainiac technology. Luthor, ], and ] steal the ] from Blackhawk Island despite Flash, ], and Shayera's attempts to stop them.

2. '''Shadow of the Hawk''' (aired September 17th, 2005) - Shayera agrees to meet with Carter Hall, an archaeologist who has discovered Thanagarian artifacts from ]. With a suspicious Batman eavesdropping, Carter reveals himself to be her reincarnated lover from the past and ] to a confused Shayera.

3. '''Chaos at the Earth's Core''' (aired September 24th 2005) - Supergirl, ], ] and Green Lantern help ] liberate Skartaris (a hidden world inside the Earth's core) from Deimos, a brutal dictator while protecting a very large piece of Kryptonite from ] and ].

Originally titled "Heart of Stone."

4. '''To Another Shore''' (aired September 24th 2005) - Wonder Woman protects the body of the Viking Prince from Legion agents who want it for reverse engineering of invunerability powers. J'onn leaves the Justice League to better understand humanity.

Originally titled "Elegy."

5. '''Flash and Substance'''
Original Airdate -

Batman and ] see a different side of the Flash when a ] attacks the ] that is opening in his honor.

6. '''Dead Reckoning'''
Original Airdate - (2006)

The ] of a circus performer convinces Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman to help him retrieve the stolen souls of a mystic order of Monks.

7. '''Patriot Act'''
Original Airdate - (2006)

When an out of control super soldier threatens Metropolis, Green Arrow leads seven non-powered Justice Leaguers, including ] and ], in a battle they can’t hope to win.

8. '''The Great Brain Robbery'''
Original Airdate - (2006)

A mystical accident leads to Lex Luthor and the Flash’s minds being swapped into each other’s bodies.

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Promotional image of the Justice League by Bruce Timm

Justice League is an American animated series about a team of superheroes, which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. The series is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics. It follows the adventures of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Hawkgirl, and Martian Manhunter. The series was immediately followed by Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006).

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
126November 17, 2001 (2001-11-17)November 9, 2002 (2002-11-09)
226July 5, 2003 (2003-07-05)May 29, 2004 (2004-05-29)

Episode list

Season 1 (2001–2002)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Secret Origins"Dan RibaRich FogelNovember 17, 2001 (2001-11-17)4.32
22Butch Lukic
33Dan Riba
As alien invaders who were accidentally awakened on Mars begin to take over the Earth, Superman and Batman rescue Martian Manhunter, who telepathically summons Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, The Flash, and Green Lantern to help stop the invasion. Superman gathers everyone at the newly built Watchtower, funded by Batman, and asks them to be part of a team, which he dubs the Justice League.
44"In Blackest Night"Butch LukicStan BerkowitzNovember 19, 2001 (2001-11-19)N/A
55November 26, 2001 (2001-11-26)
Green Lantern surrenders himself to robotic Manhunters to stand trial for the destruction of a planet. While Flash acts as Green Lantern's attorney, the rest of the League discovers that Kanjar Ro helped the Manhunters frame Green Lantern.
66"The Enemy Below"Dan RibaKevin HoppsDecember 3, 2001 (2001-12-03)N/A
77December 10, 2001 (2001-12-10)
A nuclear submarine is attacked in the Atlantic, forcing the League to come face-to-face with Aquaman and his Atlantean army. Aquaman follows Superman's advice to go to Metropolis and take his problems up with the various governments of the world. When a mercenary, Deadshot, attacks Aquaman, the League steps in. Aquaman discovers that Lord Orm, his own brother, was behind the attack. Orm takes Aquaman and his infant son and places them on a cliff over a vein of molten lava, leaving them to die. To save his son, Aquaman sacrifices his own hand.
88"Injustice for All"Butch LukicStan BerkowitzSeptember 6, 2002 (2002-09-06)N/A
99September 13, 2002 (2002-09-13)
Exposed as a criminal, sentenced to prison, and terminally ill due to long-term Kryptonite exposure, Lex Luthor escapes and assembles a supervillain team, the Injustice Gang, to take on the Justice League. The gang consists of Cheetah, Star Sapphire, Shade, Copperhead, Ultra-Humanite, and Solomon Grundy. Joker also becomes part of the team, on his own initiative and due to his expertise on Batman, despite Luthor's dismay due to the failure of their past alliance. Even with their combined power, the gang proves no match for Batman's guile.
1010"Paradise Lost"Dan RibaJoseph KuhrJanuary 21, 2002 (2002-01-21)N/A
1111January 28, 2002 (2002-01-28)
Having spent nearly eight months with the League and feeling she owes her mother Hippolyta an explanation for her leaving Themyscira abruptly to fight in the Imperium invasion, Wonder Woman returns to her home only to encounter Sorcerer Felix Faust who threatens to keep her home population transformed into stone if she does not gather artifacts for him. He uses the artifacts to release Hades from Tartarus. The League succeeds in exiling Hades and his minions, but Wonder Woman is exiled from Themyscira for allowing the men of the Justice League to help.
1212"War World"Butch LukicStan BerkowitzFebruary 24, 2002 (2002-02-24)N/A
1313March 3, 2002 (2002-03-03)
Superman and Martian Manhunter are abducted by extraterrestrial slave traders and sold to the planet War World, whose despotic ruler Mongul pits aliens against each other in mortal combat in an enormous colosseum. Hawkgirl and Green Lantern set out to rescue them.
1414"The Brave and the Bold"Dan RibaStory by : Rich Fogel and Paul Dini
Teleplay by : Dwayne McDuffie		March 10, 2002 (2002-03-10)1.02
1515March 17, 2002 (2002-03-17)N/A
The Flash and Green Lantern uncover a plot by Gorilla Grodd to destroy Gorilla City, a hidden city of hyperintelligent talking gorillas in Africa. Grodd has a device that allows him to control the minds of others and uses stolen gorilla technology to conquer all of Central City and put its inhabitants under his control. Locked inside the force field-shielded city, Flash and Green Lantern work together with Solovar, Gorilla City's chief of security, to destroy the enemy from within before Grodd carries out his revenge.
1616"Fury"Butch LukicStory by : Stan Berkowitz
Teleplay by : Dwayne McDuffie		April 7, 2002 (2002-04-07)2.26
1717April 14, 2002 (2002-04-14)N/A
A rogue Amazonian named Aresia, who was born in the mortal world and raised on Themyscira, forms another incarnation of the Injustice Gang with Star Sapphire, Shade, Copperhead, Solomon Grundy, and a new villain named Tsukuri. She sets out to steal a ruby to use it as a virus to kill the world's male population, whom she holds responsible for the death of her family members in a war. When the male members of the League are infected by the virus, putting them out of commission. Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl must work with Hippolyta to stop Aresia.
1818"Legends"Dan RibaAndrew KreisbergApril 21, 2002 (2002-04-21)2.82
1919April 28, 2002 (2002-04-28)N/A

Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, and Hawkgirl are accidentally transported to a parallel world and discover the Justice Guild of America, who are comic book characters in the Justice League's world. As they traverse this world and help the Justice Guild of America fight the Injustice Guild, they soon discover that not everything is what it seems since the end of their comic series.

Note: The episode is dedicated to Gardner Fox, a Golden and Silver Age comic writer who co-created both the Justice Society of America (JSA) and the Justice League of America (JLA), the comics on which the Guild --and this series, respectively -- are based. Originally, the showrunners wanted to use the JSA, but DC Comics publisher Paul Levitz felt that the story was inappropriate, so they altered the names and designs of the team.
2020"A Knight of Shadows"Butch LukicKeith DamronSeptember 20, 2002 (2002-09-20)N/A
2121September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27)
Jason Blood and his alter-ego Etrigan the Demon seek the assistance of the Justice League in preventing the Philosopher's stone from falling into the hands of his ancient enemy, the sorceress Morgaine le Fey.
2222"Metamorphosis"Dan RibaLen UhleyOctober 4, 2002 (2002-10-04)N/A
2323Story by : Len Uhley
Teleplay by : Dwayne McDuffie		October 11, 2002 (2002-10-11)
Green Lantern's old friend Rex Mason, now working for a shady industrialist, suffers an "accident" arranged by his jealous employer Simon Stagg and is transformed into the superhero Metamorpho.
2424"The Savage Time"Butch LukicStan BerkowitzNovember 9, 2002 (2002-11-09)N/A
2525Dan Riba
2626Butch Lukic
The Justice League returns from a mission in space to find the world transformed; a result of villain Vandal Savage feeding information to his past self in the 1940s, allowing him to help the Nazis win World War II. The League travels back in time themselves to stop him, and fight Nazis alongside WWII-era heroes Easy Company, the Blackhawks, and Steve Trevor.

Season 2 (2003–2004)

Starting this season, the episodes were produced in 16:9 widescreen which were letterboxed in 4:3 when broadcast.

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
271"Twilight"Dan RibaRich Fogel and Bruce TimmJuly 5, 2003 (2003-07-05)
282Butch Lukic
The League is tricked into defending Darkseid's homeworld of Apokolips against the threat of Brainiac, despite Superman's skepticism and his anger at what had last occurred between him and the ruler of Apokolips. The team solicits the aid of the New Gods, including Orion, Lightray, and Highfather. The resulting destruction of Brainiac's base is thought to be the end of Darkseid, although Superman believes otherwise.
293"Tabula Rasa"Dan RibaStan BerkowitzOctober 4, 2003 (2003-10-04)
304
Lex Luthor manipulates a powerful android named Amazo with the ability to copy any superpower, posing as a father figure to it. Meanwhile, Martian Manhunter questions the nature of humans and struggles with the burden of hearing thousands of their minds in his head at once, after performing a psychic sweep of the city of Metropolis in a failed attempt to locate Luthor.
315"Only a Dream"Butch LukicStan BerkowitzOctober 11, 2003 (2003-10-11)
326

Small time crook John Dee volunteers for an experimental treatment while in prison. While the authorities are distracted by a mass prison break led by Volcana, Luminus, Copperhead, Solomon Grundy and Firefly, John Dee overdoses on the treatment and becomes the dream-controlling Doctor Destiny. Destiny takes telepathic control of most of the League in their sleep and puts them in nightmares where Flash can't stop running, nobody knows Green Lantern due to his status as a member of the Justice League, Superman being unable to control his powers which led to the deaths of the people he knows, and Hawkgirl is buried alive. The League members become trapped in their dreams and unable to wake up. This leaves only Batman and Martian Manhunter left. Martian Manhunter tries to force them awake, while Batman, resisting sleep goes to confront Doctor Destiny.

337"Maid of Honor"Dan RibaDwayne McDuffieOctober 18, 2003 (2003-10-18)
348
Wonder Woman befriends the princess of Kasnia, a jet-setting party girl who is reluctant to end her wild ways to get married. Unfortunately, her fiancé is the immortal Vandal Savage, and he already has plans for both the throne and the Justice League. Wonder Woman and Batman must stop Savage, while Flash, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter take out Savage's new Rail Gun satellite.
359"Hearts and Minds"Butch LukicKeith DamronOctober 25, 2003 (2003-10-25)
3610
Kilowog crashes to Earth, seeking Green Lantern's help to rescue other members of the Green Lantern Corps from the psychic, would-be conqueror Despero. He also explains that Green Lantern's former mentor and lover, Katma Tui, is one of the captives. After facing Despero and losing, Green Lantern has to retrain himself to use his power ring to help the League end Despero's reign. Flash, Hawkgirl and Martian Manhunter accompany Kilowog to Despero's planet to help Green Lantern stop him.
3711"A Better World"Dan RibaStan BerkowitzNovember 1, 2003 (2003-11-01)
3812

In an alternate reality, the Justice League launches an assault on the White House, where Superman kills President Luthor in retaliation for the Flash's execution by Luthor. Two years later, the League, now called the Justice Lords, rule the planet with an iron fist. Justice Lord Batman discovers the dimension where the Justice League lives. The Lords cross over and trap the League in a force field. They then take the League's places, attempting to make this Earth like their own. After finding their way back to their world, the Justice League ends up having to turn to their world's version of Lex Luthor for help.

Note: The idea of evil counterparts from an alternate reality is loosely based on the Crime Syndicate of America.
3913"Eclipsed"Dan RibaJoseph KuhrNovember 8, 2003 (2003-11-08)
4014
An ancient lunar crystal called the Black Heart is discovered. Unbeknownst to the members of the Justice League, it harbors an evil snake spirit with the ability to possess its bearer, and hum or whistle an eerie evil tune. The crystal's power contaminates almost all of the League, except for the Flash, who must save the League from a weapon that will destroy both the Sun and the Earth.
4115"The Terror Beyond"Butch LukicDwayne McDuffieNovember 15, 2003 (2003-11-15)
4216

Doctor Fate and Aquaman rescue Solomon Grundy, intent on using him to help battle an ancient evil. Superman, Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman are conflicted about this goal.

Note: The pairing of these heroes is an homage to the Marvel Comics superhero team The Defenders. The plot is based upon H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
4317"Secret Society"Dan RibaStan BerkowitzNovember 22, 2003 (2003-11-22)
4418
While the Justice League are quarreling about the value of mutual trust and teamwork, Grodd organizes a Secret Society composed of Giganta, Killer Frost, Sinestro, Parasite, Shade, and Clayface. The Society captures most of the League, but Martian Manhunter frees the others, and the Society is defeated in front of a crowded stadium.
4519"Hereafter"Butch LukicDwayne McDuffieNovember 29, 2003 (2003-11-29)
4620

A band of supervillains (composed of Metallo, Kalibak, Livewire, Weather Wizard, and Toyman) team up to get revenge on Superman. When they attack Metropolis, Toyman shoots an experimental weapon at Batman and an injured Wonder Woman, but Superman sacrifices himself to save them and is seemingly vaporized. The League attempts to cope with the loss of Superman by defending Metropolis in his absence, save for Batman, who does not believe Superman is truly dead and begins investigating on what actually happened. Eventually, Lobo arrives at the Watchtower and nominates himself as Superman's replacement, but he does more harm than good. Superman wakes up 30,000 years in Earth's future, but the sun has turned red, removing his superpowers. He encounters a humbled Vandal Savage, the only human left alive after an attempt at world domination staged a few months after Superman's disappearance. Savage reveals he had been working on a time machine, but he is immortal, and he cannot exist at the same time as his previous self as it would cause a paradox. Superman can go back to a time where he doesn't exist, i.e., after his 'death'. With knowledge of past Savage's crime, he goes back in time, reunites with the League and informs them of Savage's plot. Lobo is sent on his way. In the future, the desolate wasteland is replaced with people and a city as a thankful Savage disappears from existence.

Note: Writer Dwayne McDuffie wrote on his forum that the episode title "Hereafter" is a subtle pun: Part One shows the apparent death of Superman, which according to most religions would send his soul to some sort of "Hereafter." But as is later revealed, he had been sent to the future while remaining geographically in the same place (the future ruins of Metropolis), and was thus "here, after."
4721"Wild Cards"Butch LukicStan Berkowitz & Dwayne McDuffieDecember 6, 2003 (2003-12-06)
4822

With his Gwynplaine Entertainment Company (a reference to The Man Who Laughs) the Joker takes over TV stations in Las Vegas, announcing that he has placed a series of bombs that will destroy the Strip in 22 minutes and 51 seconds if they are not stopped by the Justice League. With the whole world watching, the League must first get past the Joker's own super-team, the Royal Flush Gang. However, the threat imposed by the Joker is not as simple as it seems, and Batman must track down his location to stop him.

Note: This episode is notable as a 'hidden crossover' with Teen Titans, as the Royal Flush Gang is voiced by the five principal actors from that series. The gang's designs are also based on the Teen Titans voice actors.
4923"Comfort and Joy"Butch LukicPaul DiniDecember 13, 2003 (2003-12-13)
After saving two worlds, the members of the Justice League decide to take a break to celebrate the holidays. The Flash spends his Christmas Eve with the children of an orphanage, who ask that he find them a special animated toy duck. The popular toy is broken by the Ultra-Humanite, who eventually comes around and helps The Flash. Green Lantern and Hawkgirl show each other how they spend the holidays. Green Lantern engages in a snowball fight with Hawkgirl. Hawkgirl responds by starting an interplanetary barroom brawl. Batman spends Christmas on Watchtower duty. Meanwhile, Superman invites Martian Manhunter over to Smallville for Christmas Eve with his adoptive parents. Although Martian Manhunter is initially uncomfortable, he eventually learns to enjoy Christmas and inadvertently gives the Kents a gift in the form of a heartfelt Martian song.
5024"Starcrossed"Butch LukicRich FogelMay 29, 2004 (2004-05-29)
5125Dan RibaStory by : Rich Fogel
Teleplay by : John Ridley
5226Butch LukicRich Fogel & Dwayne McDuffie

After Earth is attacked by a Gordanian battleship, the League is aided by an army of Hawkmen from Hawkgirl's home planet of Thanagar. The Thanagarians offer to help Earth build a shield to defend against the Gordanians, but Batman discovers that this is just a ruse. Hawkgirl finds herself torn between her allegiance to Thanagar and her commitment to the Justice League, as well as between her betrothal to the Thanagarian commander Hro Talak and her budding romantic love for Green Lantern.

Note: Hro Talak is an anagram for Katar Hol, Hawkman's given Thanagarian name in the comic series.

Static Shock crossovers

Main article: List of Static Shock episodes

Note: Chronologically, these episodes take place prior to "Starcrossed", as they make use of the original Watchtower and Shayera Hol still uses her "Hawkgirl" cover.

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
30S03E06"A League of Their Own"UncreditedErnie Altbacker
Dwayne McDuffie (Part 2)		March 1, 2003 (2003-03-01)
31S03E07March 8, 2003 (2003-03-08)
When the Watchtower has a sudden power drain, the Justice League recruits Static to jump start their station before it reenters the atmosphere. Unbeknownst to either Static or Gear, the power drain also releases Brainiac from his confinement. Static and Gear manage to bring Brainiac down, but the villain has a loophole left to slip through.
43S04E04"Fallen Hero"Chuck DrostStan BerkowitzFebruary 7, 2004 (2004-02-07)

Static faces off against his idol Green Lantern (actually Sinestro in disguise) when he causes chaos all over town.

Note: Although this is a crossover with Justice League, only Green Lantern appears.

Other

Two spin-off comic book series (Justice League Adventures and Justice League Unlimited) were loosely set in the same continuity as the animated series. They feature characters who never appeared on the animated series such as Blue Beetle, Mary Marvel, Power Girl, Black Lightning and Firestorm.

Matt Wayne (who wrote "Chaos at the Earth's Core", "Flash and Substance", and "Patriot Act") wrote issues 37 and 38 of the comic, based on unused episode ideas.

References

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