Justice League Unlimited

Justice League Unlimited is an animated television series produced by and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, it is a direct sequel to the earlier Justice League series. It debuted on July 31, 2004 at 8:30 PM on Toonami.

Episodes

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.

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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.

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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.

Related Topics:
Mordred - Morgan le Fay

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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.

Related Topics:
Fortress of Solitude - Mongul - Alan Moore - Dave Gibbons

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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".

Related Topics:
Mordru - Booster Gold

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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.

Related Topics:
Android - Lex Luthor

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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.

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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".)

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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.

Related Topics:
Ultimen - Super Friends

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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.

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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.

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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.

Related Topics:
Old West - Batman Beyond

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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 ), and Batman traps Chronos in a time loop.

Related Topics:
Gotham City - Batman Beyond - Chronos

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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.

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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.

Related Topics:
Mister Miracle - Big Barda

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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.

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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.

Related Topics:
Suicide Squad - Deadshot - Plastique - Captain Boomerang - Clock King

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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.

Related Topics:
Felix Faust - Tala - Hades - Tartarus

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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.

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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.

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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".

Related Topics:
Vigilante - Thanagarian

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Related Topics:
Spear of Longinus - Fire

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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.

Related Topics:
Ancient Egypt - Hawkman

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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.

Related Topics:
Stargirl - S.T.R.I.P.E. - Metallo - Silver Banshee

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Originally titled "Heart of Stone."

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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.

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Originally titled "Elegy."

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5. Flash and Substance

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Original Airdate - (October 22th, 2005)

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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.

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6. Dead Reckoning

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Original Airdate -

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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.

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7. Patriot Act

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Original Airdate -

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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.

Related Topics:
Crimson Avenger - Shining Knight

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8. The Great Brain Robbery

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Original Airdate -

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

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