List of Young Justice episodes

The following is an episode list for Young Justice, an American animated television series created by Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti for Cartoon Network. The series follows the lives of teenaged heroes (some of them sidekicks) who are members of a fictional covert operation team—called Young Justice—of its celebrity-level famous adult counterpart, the Justice League. The series debuted on January 7, 2011 with a two week reairing of the first two episodes, which originally aired as an hour long special on November 26, 2010.

Series overview

Season;		Episodes	Originally aired (U.S. dates)		DVD and Blu-ray release date
			Season premiere	Season finale	Region 1		Region 2		Region 4
	1	26	January 7, 2011	2012	Vol. 1	July 19, 2011	Vol. 1	—	Vol. 1	—
					Vol. 2	October 25, 2011	Vol. 2	—	Vol. 2	—
					Vol. 3	February 21, 2012	Vol. 3	—	Vol. 3	—
	2	20	2012	TBA	N/A		N/A		N/A

Episodes

Season 1 (2011–2012)

In the following table, "№" refers to the episode's number within the entire series, whereas "#" indicates the episode's number within that particular season. Episodes are listed by the order in which they aired, and may not necessarily correspond to their production codes. The show was on hiatus since March 2011, but resumed on September 16, 2011. The show again went on hiatus at the end of November 2011, and resumed on March 3, 2012.

№	#	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. Original air date	Production code
1	1	"Independence Day"	Jay Oliva	Greg Weisman	January 7, 2011 (2011-01-07)	101
July 4: After helping Batman, Aquaman, Flash, and Green Arrow take down Mr. Freeze, Killer Frost, Captain Cold, and Icicle, Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, and Speedy are brought to the Hall of Justice. Speedy is disappointed that they can't become members of the Justice League and walks out after admitting to the other three sidekicks that the Justice League's real base is orbiting the planet. While the Justice League are called away by Zatara to help in preventing Wotan from blotting out the sun, Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash break into Cadmus (which was on fire at the time) and find that it is being run by Mark Desmond and the Genomorphs in the building's sub-levels. The Genomorphs have taken control of Guardian's mind. The sidekicks find a clone of Superman known as Superboy. Note: On November 26, 2010, Cartoon Network aired the episode as a special "world premiere".
2	2	"Fireworks"	Sam Liu	Greg Weisman	January 14, 2011 (2011-01-14)	102
July 5: Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash free Superboy from Cadmus's control. When getting close to the surface, Dubbilex and the Genomorphs arrive stating that they wanted their freedom from Mark Desmond. Mark Desmond arrives and drinks the Blockbuster Formula which transforms him into Blockbuster who knocks away Guardian. When Blockbuster is defeated by Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, and Superboy, the Justice League arrive. When Superboy shows the S emblem on his suit, Superman is surprised as Batman demands an explanation. After the explaination is done, Blockbuster is arrested and taken away by some of the Justice League members. After a talk with the other members of the Justice League, Superman tells Superboy that "they'll work something out" before leaving to make sure that Blockbuster is locked away. Batman tells the young heroes that Cadmus will be investigated yet they still have to answer to him, Aquaman, and Flash for disobeying orders. With some helpful convincing from Superboy, Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash end up getting their own covert team that works for the Justice League. July 8: Mount Justice in Happy Harbor is reopened. Batman states that he will be giving the missions while Red Tornado lives with them and Black Canary becomes their trainer. Martian Manhunter's niece Miss Martian also joins the group. Meanwhile, Guardian takes over the Cadmus Building in Mark Desmond's place, but running it much different than the way that Mark Desmond has. As Guardian is discussing his plans with Dubbilex and Dr. Amanda Spence, Cadmus' Board of Directors called The Light contemplates the sidekicks' interference in their affairs. Note: On November 26, 2010, Cartoon Network aired the episode as a special "world premiere".
3	3	"Welcome to Happy Harbor"	Jay Oliva	Kevin Hopps	January 21, 2011 (2011-01-21)	103
July 17: Speedy refuses to join the group after a battle with Brick. July 18: The group faces off against Mister Twister who is attacking Happy Harbor under the false belief that Red Tornado is testing them. The team manages to defeat Mister Twister as Miss Martian uses a large rock to crush the pilot who was actually a robot. It turns out that the robot piloting the Mister Twister armor was controlled by Bromwell Stikk from an undisclosed location to test it out for T.O. Morrow who commented to Bromwell that he was lucky it wasn't him testing the armor.
4	4	"Drop-Zone"	Christopher Berkeley	Andrew R. Robinson	January 28, 2011 (2011-01-28)	104
June 19: Kobra has taken over the operations in Santa Prisca where Kobra's minion Mammoth ends up defeating Bane. July 22: Despite lacking a clear leader, the gang is assigned its first mission by Batman. They later get caught in the middle of a war between Bane's gang and the Cult of the Kobra (who are assisted by Cadmus' operative Sportsmaster) over the production of the drug Venom. Aqualad agrees to be the leader until Robin is ready to take over. July 23: Batman congratulates the team on a successful mission despite a rocky start. Meanwhile, Sportsmaster gives The Light the remaining vial of the Venom/Blockbuster Formula combination. With L-6 mentioning that the formula can be reverse-engineered, L-1 states that they will plan to have their payback on the team someday. Note: The July 22 and July 23 dates incorrectly appeared in the episode as June 22 and August 4, respectively.
5	5	"Schooled"	Michael Chang	Nicole Dubuc	February 4, 2011 (2011-02-04)	105
August 3: Superboy's nonexistent relationship with Superman takes its toll on him, as he ignores Black Canary's training and becomes more angry and irrational. Things get worse when the team faces Professor Ivo's Amazo, a threat which even taxed the Justice League. Meanwhile, Batman advises and tries to convince Superman to accept Superboy as his protege. August 4: Batman congratulates the team on their mission. They discover that an archer saved their lives from Amazo. Superboy decides to train with Black Canary.
6	6	"Infiltrator"	Jay Oliva	Jon Weisman	February 11, 2011 (2011-02-11)	106
August 7: Red Arrow rescues Dr. Serling Roquette from the League of Shadows who had kidnapped her and forced her to make the FOG program for them. August 8: Newcomer heroine Artemis must prove herself to the team while protecting Dr. Serling Roquette from the League of Shadows (a mission brought to them by Red Arrow) as she prepares to make a program to counter the FOG. While Professor Ojo disperses the FOG, Sensei sends Cheshire, Black Spider, and Hook to assassinate Dr. Serling Roquette. While Superboy defeats Professor Ojo, Hook and Black Spider are also defeated while Cheshire gets away upon Artemis recognizing her. Artemis is accepted by the team. August 9: Upon Artemis' return to Gotham City, she runs into Red Arrow. Red Arrow knows that Artemis is not who she seems and threatens her not to hurt his friends. The Sensei is revealed to be in league with The Light where dialogue between Sensei and L-2 reveals that they have someone on the inside.
7	7	"Denial"	Michael Chang	Thomas Pugsley	February 18, 2011 (2011-02-18)	107
July 27: Kent Nelson visits Madame Xanadu and is kidnapped by Abra Kadabra. August 19: The team is sent to the Tower of Fate by Red Tornado to find Kent Nelson and prevent the helmet of Doctor Fate from falling into the hands of Abra Kadabra and Klarion the Witch Boy, forcing Kid Flash to put his skepticism of magic aside. August 20: Kid Flash keeps the helmet until he finds a new host for Doctor Fate.
8	8	"Downtime"	Jay Oliva	Kevin Hopps	March 4, 2011 (2011-03-04)	108
August 27: The team's mission against Clayface ends in disaster with Batman stepping in to save them and scolding Aqualad for letting the rest of Young Justice get taken down in battle. Aqualad travels home to Atlantis to consider returning to the team or living with Tula below the ocean's surface. Aqualad is unaware that Tula is in a relationship with his friend Garth as Tula tells Garth that Aqualad must know of their relationship. While Aquaman is away, Black Manta and his Manta-Men invade Atlantis in order to steal a large starfish creature frozen in ice. September 3: Upon understanding the relationship between Tula and Garth, Aqualad retakes his responsibilities as team leader and the team is briefed on a new mission in Bialya. Black Manta reports his mission to The Light as L-5 states that they will obtain the starfish creature another way.
9	9	"Bereft"	Michael Chang	Nicole Dubuc	March 11, 2011 (2011-03-11)	109
September 4: The team discovers that they have forgotten the last six months of their lives, including each other and a final fateful mission in Bialya. The team turns to Miss Martian to recover their memories, before it is too late for Superboy. With help from Superboy after restoring his memories, Miss Martian manages to defeat Psimon and recover the piece of alien-tech. September 5: Superboy and Miss Martian meet with the rest of the team who are tending to Aqualad. Miss Martian was able to get a 'souvenir' from the trip. Psimon reports his mission to The Light. In dialogue between Psimon and L-4, it is mentioned that their new ally had sent the sphere through something that resembles a boom tube.
10	10	"Targets"	Christopher Berkeley	Andrew R. Robinson	September 16, 2011 (2011-09-16)	110
September 7: While in Taipei, Red Arrow prevents Cheshire from assassinating Lex Luthor (who is assisting in a peace effort between General Singh Manh Li of Northern Rhelasia and Prime Minister Tseng of Southern Rhelasia). When Red Arrow questions Cheshire on why the League of Shadows wants to assassinate Lex Luthor, Sportsmaster appears and springs Cheshire from prison. Aqualad ends up coming to Red Arrow's aid. Meanwhile, Superboy and Miss Martian adopt the names Conner Kent and Megan Morse when they begin their first day of school where they meet Wendy and Marvin, Mal Duncan, Karen Beecher, and their teacher Lucas Carr. When the League of Shadows gets away upon defeat, Red Arrow tells Aqualad that he heard Sportsmaster mentioning something about a mole on the Young Justice team. Unbeknownst to the public, it turns out that Lex Luthor was in cahoots with Ra's al Ghul in order to further the goals of The Light.
11	11	"Terrors"	Jay Oliva	Greg Weisman	September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23)	111
September 14: Superman and Martian Manhunter defeat the Terror Twins in New Orleans. With the Terror Twins defeated, Batman has Superboy and Miss Martian disguise themselves as the Terror Twins in order to infiltrate Belle Reve since the ice-based villains (consisting of Captain Cold, Icicle Jr., Killer Frost, and Mr. Freeze) that were defeated were sent there. September 16: A disguised Superboy and Miss Martian arrive at Belle Reve which is run by Warden Amanda Waller and prison psychiatrist Hugo Strange. When in the male section of Belle Reve, Superboy hears of a plot by Icicle Jr.'s dad Icicle Sr. to break out of jail. Superboy and Miss Martian kiss when Megan gets thawed after she was frozen by Killer Frost for stopping another inmate from killing a female guard. In the aftermath of the breakout attempt, all the prisoners were rounded up except for Riddler and Hugo Strange becomes the new warden of Belle Reve. It is revealed that Hugo Strange is in cahoots with Icicle Sr. in order to further the goals of The Light.
12	12	"Homefront"	Michael Chang	Jon Weisman	September 30, 2011 (2011-09-30)	112
September 22: Artemis attends the Gotham Academy. There, she meets the new student liaison Bette Kane. Dick Grayson quickly takes a picture of both of them while Barbara Gordon watches. Upon returning to the cave, Robin and Artemis find that Mount Justice itself has been attacked by two "relatives" of Red Tornado named Red Inferno and Red Torpedo. Artemis and Robin (the two teens without super-powers) must save the team from the invaders. When Robin is captured, Artemis pretends to surrender, then quickly fires Kid Flash's "souvenir" arrow at the E.M.P. Mitter to create a shock-wave that shuts down Red Torpedo and Red Inferno. Red Tornado arrives after hearing that something is wrong at Mount Justice. After making contact with other robots, Red Tornado creates a whirlwind that sucks the air out of the room, leaving the team unconscious. When they wake up, the "Reds" are gone.
13	13	"Alpha Male"	Jay Oliva	Thomas Pugsley	October 7, 2011 (2011-10-07)	113
September 10: In India, a group of hunters led by Mayor Hamilton Hill are set upon by Monsieur Mallah. September 23: Already exhausted and rattled after a home turf invasion of The Cave and what had happened to Red Tornado, the team learns that Aqualad withheld vital information that put them all at risk after Superboy overhears Aqualad's conversation with Batman. Batman sends the team and their replacement “den-mother” Captain Marvel to India to investigate bizarre reports of armed animals attacking human beings. They discover that Brain is behind the Venom-enhanced animals. After Brain and Monsieur Mallah escape, the animals are freed from the Venom Collars as Superboy adopts a large genetically enhanced White Wolf that he calls Wolf while Captain Marvel befriends a tiger that he names Tawky Tawny. September 24: Captain Marvel returns home to tell his Uncle Dudley about the mission. Then he reverts to Billy Batson before going to bed.
14	14	"Revelation"	Michael Chang	Kevin Hopps	October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)	114
October 1: When Plant Creatures attack major cities around the world, the team is eager to join the fight alongside the Justice League. Instead, Batman assigns them a still more dangerous task: taking out the Plant Creatures' masters, a secret society of super-villains called the Injustice League (consisting of the Joker, Count Vertigo, Poison Ivy, Atomic Skull, Wotan, Black Adam, and Ultra-Humanite). In the end, it is revealed that the Injustice League is a "fall guy" meant to distract the heroes from discovering who is really behind recent events which turns out to be The Light as its members (consisting of Vandal Savage, Ra's al Ghul, Lex Luthor, the Bialyan Queen Bee, Ocean Master, Brain, and Klarion the Witch Boy) are finally revealed.
15	15	"Humanity"	Matt Youngberg	Greg Weisman	October 21, 2011 (2011-10-21)	115
October 10: The team and Zatanna are on the hunt for Red Tornado, determined to find out once and for all whether the robot was the mole. After interrogating Professor Ivo at Belle Reve, the team tracks down Red Tornado and meets Tornado's little brother Red Volcano who attempts to destroy the Earth after destroying T.O. Morrow (who was revealed to be an android). The three reds attack him and manage to melt him in lava. Red Tornado is saved by Superboy and reveals the truth: he had left in order to protect the team from further attacks. He also admits that he does care about them, and soon after goes to take care of his "father" as the real T.O. Morrow is shown old and bedridden. Zatara talks with Black Canary stating how he was displeased that his daughter went with the team on their secret mission as Captain Marvel asks them when the team is going to come out and play with him and Wolf.
16	16	"Failsafe"	Jay Oliva	Nicole Dubuc	November 4, 2011 (2011-11-04)	116
October 16: During an alien invasion, the Team faces the ultimate challenge when they are forced to replace the fallen Justice League. However, the team later learns that the invasion was a mental training simulation containing an unwinnable scenario held by Martian Manhunter, and Miss Martian's unexpectedly powerful psychic talents caused them all to forget that the experience was a simulation.
17	17	"Disordered"	Michael Chang	Andrew R. Robinson	November 11, 2011 (2011-11-11)	117
October 23: Still traumatized by the training exercise that went wrong in the last episode, the team attempts to work through their feelings with Black Canary. Meanwhile, Superboy's pet Sphere comes to the attention of the people who previously possessed it called the Forever People. They identify that Conner actually saved the New Genisphere from the Bialyans and welcome him as a friend. Superboy and the Forever People end up stumbling upon Intergang who are using technology from Apokolips to rob an underground gold vault. Superboy and the Forever People learn that Intergang received the Apokolips technology from Desaad. They defeat the villains and gather up the rest of the missing technology. The episode ends with the Forever People allowing Conner to keep Sphere. Batman receives a report from Superboy about the truth of Sphere and Apokolips supplying their technology to Intergang.
18	18	"Secrets"	Jay Oliva	Peter David	November 18, 2011 (2011-11-18)	118
October 31: Artemis and Zatanna go to Manhattan for a girls' night after learning that Superboy and Miss Martian are a couple. While out, they encounter a dangerous psychopath named Harm who is hiding a deadly secret. Meanwhile, Wally West, Megan Morse, and Conner Kent attend a Halloween party at Megan's and Conner's school. Also, Megan introduces Wally to Wendy, Marvin, Karen Beecher and Mal Duncan. There, they thwart the efforts of Marvin (who was playing a Halloween prank on the students) by playing a prank on him.
19	19	"Misplaced"	Michael Chang	Greg Weisman	March 3, 2012	119
November 5: When every adult on the planet disappears because of a spell cast by Klarion the Witch Boy, Wizard, Wotan, Felix Faust, and Blackbriar Thorn, only the team, Zatanna, and Billy Batson are left to figure out what's going on. November 6: It is revealed that the adults and children are in different dimensions. With the help of Captain Marvel, a battle plan is formulated. During the showdown, Zatanna dons the Helmet of Fate to help fight Klarion. Zatara later becomes the new Doctor Fate in order to free his daughter from Nabu's thrall since Nabu had moved Kent Nelson to the afterlife. November 7: Zatanna moves in permanently at Mount Justice with Miss Martian and Superboy, still missing her father. Klarion reports back to Brain where it turns out that Klarion's scheme was just a distraction to enable Sportsmaster and Riddler to steal an item from S.T.A.R. Labs for "the Light".
20	20	"Coldhearted"	Victor Cook	Jon Weisman	March 10, 2012	120
November 11: Kid Flash is disappointed on his birthday when he is tasked by Batman to deliver a heart to Queen Perdita of Vlativa, while the rest of the team is sent to join the Justice League and destroy flying fortresses causing nationwide snowstorms. On the way he is attacked by Vandal Savage, who delays him for some time. Kid Flash reaches the hospital only to be informed by a doctor that Perdita already passed away and takes the heart from him. Kid Flash realizes he's been tricked, and stops the doctor, a henchmen of Count Vertigo (Perdita's uncle who plots to let her die and take the throne). Kid Flash manages to retrieve the heart and get it to the doctors. However, it is reported on the news that Perdita died during the operation. November 12: Count Vertigo approaches Kid Flash in his hospital room and gloats over his success. It is revealed that Perdita is alive with Kid Flash having faked the news and tricked him into confessing. Perdita revokes Vertigo's diplomatic immunity and he is arrested. Perdita offers Count Vertigo's sword to Kid Flash as a souvenir. November 13: At Mount Justice, it is shown that Wally kept the heart carrier instead having realized that saving Perdita's life was more meaningful. At Belle Reve, Hugo Strange meets Batman and Flash and explains that the five ice-powered villains (Batman's prime suspects of the fortresses) were apparently in their cells the whole time.
21	21	"Image"	Jay Oliva	Nicole Dubuc	March 17, 2012	121
November 22: A covert operation against Queen Bee's forces in Qurac results in the Team encountering Garfield Logan and his mother. The Team make the connection between Miss Martian and the 'Hello, Megan' programme. November 23: In Qurac, the Team battle Psimon, who forces M'gann to revert to her White Martian form. She defeats him, but Queen Bee later seeks to blackmail M'gann into becoming a spy with the knowledge of her true form.
22	22	"Agendas"	TBA	Kevin Hopps	March 24, 2012	122
November 25:Superboy returns to Project Cadmus to investigate a rumor by Lex Luthor that the top-secret genetics lab has created another Superman clone., when he discovers this to be true, he learns that the clone, code-named "Match" was the first attempt to clone Superman from purely Kryptonian DNA. The resulting clone is far more unstable, and Superboy reluctantly decides that the clone needs to remain in cryogenic stasis. He also learns that his DNA is mixed with that of a human - Lex Luthor himself, and that Luthor can shut Superboy down with a simple phrase. Meanwhile at the Watchtower, members of the Justice League meet to vote on the new or continued membership of multiple heroes.
23	23	"Insecurity"	TBA	Peter David	March 31, 2012	123
Red Arrow's arrival bothers Artemis; meanwhile the team's mission to capture Sportsmaster threatens to expose her darkest secrets.
24	24	"Performance"	TBA	Jon Weisman	April 7, 2012	124
25	25	"Usual Suspects"	TBA	Kevin Hopps	TBA	125
26	26	"Auld Acquaintance"	TBA	Greg Weisman	TBA	126

Season 2: Invasion (2012)

The show's creator, Greg Weisman, commented that the show has been renewed for a second season, titled Young Justice: Invasion.