Justice League

The Justice League of America, also often referred to as the Justice League or JLA for short, is a DC Comics superhero team. In most incarnations, its roster includes DC’s most popular characters and thus many of the most recognizable superheroes in pop culture.

Other media

The JLA comic has been adapted for television numerous times.

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• The first television appearance of the League was as a segment in the 1960s animated series The Superman/Aquaman Adventure Hour.
• The longest-running television version of the Justice League was a loosely adapted animated series called Super Friends, which ran in various incarnations from 1972 to 1985.
• Legends of the Superheroes were two live action adaptations of the Justice League that appeared in the 1970s, and saw Adam West, Burt Ward and Frank Gorshin return to their fabled roles of Batman, Robin, and the Riddler (respectively) from the 1960s live-action Batman television series.
• A live action television series pilot in the mid-1990s that was produced failed to sell, possibly a result of the series using less well-known characters to avoid dealing with licensing issues surrounding Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.
• Cartoon Network's Justice League animated series debuted in 2001 and lasted for two seasons. In July 2004, the original series was replaced by a successor series, Justice League Unlimited.