List of Justice League episodes

Justice League

There were a total of 52 episodes, along with a two-part Static Shock crossover. Each episode fit into a half-hour block including commercials.

First season

Secret Origins - #1, 2, 3: As alien invaders begin to take over the Earth, Batman and Superman rescue J'onn J'onnz who telepathically recruits Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, the Flash, and Green Lantern to defeat the invasion. The group decides to form a permanent team, the Justice League.

In Blackest Night - #4, 5: Robotic Manhunters 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.

The Enemy Below - #6, 7: A nuclear submarine is attacked in the Atlantic, forcing the League to come face-to-face with Aquaman 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 Metropolis 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 Deadshot tries to attack Aquaman again, the League steps in, and Aquaman discovers that Lord Orm, 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.

Paradise Lost - #8, 9: Sorcerer Felix Faust invades Wonder Woman's homeland of Themiscyra, turning all its inhabitants to stone, in a quest to unleash an ancient evil buried beneath the island.

War World - #10, 11: Superman and Martian Manhunter are abducted by extraterrestrial slavers and sold to a planet of the despotic ruler Mongul where the population spends its time watching aliens kill each other in an enormous coliseum. Green Lantern and Hawkgirl set out to rescue them.

The Brave and the Bold - #12, 13: Green Lantern and the Flash uncover a plot by Grodd, a hyperintelligent talking gorilla 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 The Flash is brainwashed into stealing radioactive isotope, 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 transforming 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 Green Lantern by Solavar, Gorilla City's chief of security.

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.

Legends - #16, 17: The Justice League are accidentally transported to a parallel world 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 homage to the cross-world team-ups between the Justice League and the Justice Society of America that used to occur regularly in the comics.)

Injustice For All - #18, 19: Exposed as a criminal, sentenced to prison and terminally ill due to long term kryptonite exposure, Lex Luthor escapes and assembles a supervillain team consisting of The Joker, Cheetah, The Shade, Solomon Grundy, Star Sapphire, Copperhead, and Ultra-Humanite to take on the Justice League.

A Knight of Shadows - #20, 21: The Demon, also known as Etrigan, seeks the assistance of the Justice League in preventing the Philosopher's stone from falling into the hands of his ancient enemy, the sorceress Morgan le Fay.

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 Metamorpho.

The Savage Time - #24, 25, 26: The Justice League return from a mission in space to find the world altered - a result of supervillain Vandal Savage feeding information to his younger self in the 1940s, allowing him to have taken over the world during World War II. The Justice League travel back in time themselves to stop him, with the assistance of DC Comics' WWII-era heroes (including Easy Company, the Blackhawks, and Steve Trevor).

Second season

Twilight - #27, 28: The League is tricked into defending Apokolips, Darkseid's homeworld against the threat of Brainiac. The team meets the New Gods, who are at war with Darkseid, and learn about the treaty between Darkseid and Brainiac.

Tabula Rasa - #29, 30: Lex Luthor manipulates a powerful android, A.M.A.Z.O., who can copy any superpower, against the Justice League. Meanwhile, J'onn questions the nature of humans.

Only a Dream - #31, 32: Small time crook John Dee dreams of becoming a big-time supervillain. He gets his wish when, in prison, he volunteers for a experimental treatment. Overdosing, he becomes the dream-controlling Doctor Destiny. 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 telepathically enters the nightmares of his team-mates to revive them.

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.

Hearts and Minds - #35, 36 Green Lantern must rescue his fellow Lanterns from the alien minions of Despero. Kilowog, 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, Katma Tui, has joined the forces of Despero.

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 Crime Syndicate of Earth-3(Pre-Crisis)/Qward(Post-Crisis).

The Terror Beyond - #39, 40: Dr. Fate and Aquaman release Solomon Grundy, intent on using him to help battle an ancient evil. The pairing of these heroes is a homage to the Marvel Comics superhero team The Defenders and the plot is based upon H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos.

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 Wonder Woman 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 The Flash, who manages to prove his mettle and save his friends from the Solar Eclipse which will destroy both the Sun and the Earth.

Hereafter - #43, 44: A band of supervillains (all previously seen on Superman: The Animated Series) team up to get revenge on Superman. When they attack Metropolis, Toyman succeeds in hitting Superman with an experimental weapon that seemingly vaporises him. The League attempts to cope with Superman's loss by defending Metropolis as best they can. Eventually, Lobo 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 planet. He spends years traveling across the surface, the red sun having drained him of his powers. He finally encounters the immortal villain Vandal Savage who reveals that this planet is Earth, but in the far future. Savage explains that one of his attempts at world domination accidentally caused Humanity to become extinct. 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.

The Secret Society - #45, 46 While the Justice League are quarreling, Grodd organizes a Secret Society comprised of Parasite, Giganta, Sinestro, The Shade, Clayface, and Killer Frost. Green Lantern 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 Card - #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?

Static Shock

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

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 Asia.

2. 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.

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 Mordred. Also features Morgan le Fay.

4. For the Man Who Has Everything (aired August 7, 2004) - Batman and Wonder Woman visit the Fortress of Solitude on Superman's birthday, only to find him trapped by Mongul. Based on the popular story by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons from Superman Annual #11.

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

6. 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 android from reaching his goal: vengeance against the recently-reformed Lex Luthor. Luthor and the Atom attempt to create a weapon to neutralize Amazo's nanotechnology.

7. 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.

8. 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 "Galatea".)

9. Ultimatum (aired December 4, 2004) - The Justice League meets the Ultimen, 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 Super Friends, 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 Solomon Grundy, 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 Old West. 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 Batman Beyond 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 Gotham City, where they join forces with that era's Batman (Batman Beyond's Terry McGinnis) and the future Justice League Unlimited. The combined heroes defeat the retooled Jokerz (from Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker), and Batman traps Chronos 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, Wildcat, from his involvement in an underground, super-powered fight club.

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

3. Doomsday Sanction (aired February 19, 2005) - Superman battles Doomsday 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 Suicide Squad, a team of supervillains comprised of Deadshot, Plastique, Captain Boomerang, and the Clock King are recruited by Cadmus to steal the Annihilator machine from the Watchtower.

5. The Balance (aired June 4, 2005) - Felix Faust, imprisoned in a mirror, fools Tala into letting him out, where he possesses the Annihilator and casts Hades out of Tartarus. 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 Captain Marvel appears to endorse his candidacy. Luthor manipulates Superman's mistrust causing Superman to get into an all-out brawl with Marvel.

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

9. Question Authority (aired June 25, 2005) - Captain Atom's Air Force Reserve 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, Amanda Waller 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 Steel 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 Brainiac. Flash stands alone against the Luthor-Braniac team.

13. Epilogue (aired July 23, 2005) - 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, Gorilla Grodd baits him into joining the new Legion of Doom with a piece of Brainiac technology. Luthor, the Key, and Dr. Polaris steal the Spear of Longinus from Blackhawk Island despite Flash, Fire, 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 ancient Egypt. With a suspicious Batman eavesdropping, Carter reveals himself to be her reincarnated lover from the past and Hawkman to a confused Shayera.

3. Chaos at the Earth's Core (aired September 24th 2005) - Supergirl, Stargirl, S.T.R.I.P.E. and Green Lantern liberate Skartaris (a hidden world inside the Earth's core) from Demos, a brutal dictator while protecting a very large piece of Kryptonite from Metallo and Silver Banshee.

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 - (Sunday January 1st 2006)

Batman and Orion see a different side of the Flash when a rogues’ gallery of villains attacks the museum that is opening in his honor.

6. Dead Reckoning Original Airdate - (2006)

The ghost 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 Crimson Avenger and Shining Knight, 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.