Justice League Unlimited/Episodes

Series Overview[]

Season	Episodes	Season Premiere	Season Finale
1	13	July 31, 2004	January 29, 2005
2	13	February 5, 2005	July 23, 2005
3	13	September 17, 2005	May 13, 2006

Season 1 (2004-2005)[]

#	Episode Title	Villains	Director	Writers	Airdate
1	"Initiation"	Brimstone	Joaquim dos Santos	Stan Berkowitz	July 31, 2004
The League expands their operations, enlisting new recruits across the globe. The newest of these is Green Arrow, who has repeatedly refused to respond to invitations to join the League. He is therefore pulled to the rebuilt, and much larger, Watchtower by teleport. Opting against joining, he hitches a ride back to Earth with the team of Green Lantern, Captain Atom and Supergirl, who have been sent on a mission to stop a giant, uncontrolled, nuclear-powered defense robot in an unnamed Asian country existing in self-imposed international isolation.
2	"For the Man Who has Everything"	Mongul	Dan Riba	J.M. DeMatteis	August 7, 2004
Batman and Wonder Woman find Superman held captive by Mongul in the Fortress of Solitude and dreaming of an idyllic life on Krypton, courtesy of a wish-fulfilling parasitic plant known as the Black Mercy.
3	"Kid Stuff"	Morgaine le Fey Mordred	Joaquim dos Santos	Henry Gilroy	August 14, 2004
Morgaine le Fey transforms Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern into 8-year-olds after Mordred uses his magic to remove all adults from Earth and keep children on the earth.
4	"Hawk and Dove"	Ares	Joaquim dos Santos	Robert Goodman	August 21, 2004
Wonder Woman teams up with two super powered brothers, Hawk and Dove, to stop Ares' plans to escalate a European civil war by loosing a war machine called the Annihilator into the fray.
5	"This Little Piggy"	Circe	Dan Riba	Paul Dini	August 28, 2004
The centuries-old enchantress Circe transforms Wonder Woman into a pig as revenge against Diana's mother. Batman and Zatanna work together to return her to normal, while B'wana Beast attempts to find the "Wonder Pig" before she's butchered at a slaughterhouse.
6	"Fearful Symmetry"	Galatea	Dan Riba	Robert Goodman	September 4, 2004
Supergirl, Green Arrow, and The Question investigate Supergirl's disturbing dreams. They discover that Cadmus created a clone of Supergirl named Galatea while she was recovering from her fight against Superman on Earth.
7	"The Greatest Story Never Told"	Mordru	Dan Riba	Andrew Kreisberg	September 11, 2004
The Justice League battle Mordru in the background, while the narrative follows Booster Gold as he attempts to close a walking black hole while he's supposed to be on "crowd control".
8	"The Return"	AMAZO	Joaquim dos Santos	J.M. DeMatteis	September 18, 2004
The full power of the newly-expanded League is unleashed for the first time while trying to keep Ivo's android Amazo 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.
9	"Ultimatum"	The Ultimen	Joaquim dos Santos	J.M. DeMatteis	December 4, 2004
The Justice League meets the Ultimen, a popular group of young heroes. The Ultimen discover they are the results of a government experiment in creating super humans and only have a short time to live. In frustration and anger all but one, Long Shadow, strike out against the Justice League. The Ultimen are pastiches of several superheroes that were created for (and are unique to) the Super Friends animated series. The members were Long Shadow (Apache Chief), Wind Dragon (Samurai), Juice (Black Vulcan), Downpour, and Shifter (Zan and Jayna, the Wonder Twins). Their base of operations is also a nod to the Super Friends' Hall of Justice.
10	"Dark Heart"	Dark Heart	Dan Riba	Warren Ellis	December 11, 2004
Most of the League battles with powerful alien nanotechnology, but realize that the waves of self-replicating robots cannot be simply destroyed. The diminutive Atom shrinks himself to stop the robots from the inside.
11	"Wake the Dead"	Solomon Grundy	Joaquim dos Santos	Dwayne McDuffie	December 18, 2004
A trio of college kids accidentally resurrect Solomon Grundy, reviving him more powerful than ever but with no memories of his past. Dr. Fate, Amazo, Aquaman, and Shayera assist League regulars stopping his rampage. This episode marks the return of Shayera Hol (Hawkgirl) to the Justice League.
12	"The Once and Future Thing, Part 1: Weird Western Tales"	Tobias Manning	Dan Riba	Dwayne McDuffie	January 22, 2005
Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern chase Chronos to the past, where they team up with 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.
13	"The Once and Future Thing, Part 2: Time, Warped"	Chronos	Joaquim dos Santos	Dwayne McDuffie	January 29, 2005
Batman, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman chase Chronos into the future Gotham City of Batman Beyond, just in time to face a battle with a group of Jokerz beside that era's Justice League. The time travelers are taken to the Justice League refuge, where an older Bruce Wayne reveals that the street gang they fought together was enhanced by Chronos who led them to kill the rest of the League of that era.

Season 2 (2005)[]

#	Episode Title	Villains	Director	Writers	Airdate
14	"The Cat and the Canary"	Roulette	Joaquim dos Santos	Robert Goodman	February 5, 2005
Black Canary convinces Green Arrow to help save her mentor, Wildcat, from his involvement in an underground, super-powered fight club known as MetaBrawl.
15	"The Ties That Bind"	Virman Vundabar Granny Goodness	Dan Riba	Jim Steranko	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.
16	"The Doomsday Sanction"	Doomsday	Dan Riba	Robert Goodman	February 19, 2005
Superman battles Doomsday in the heart of a volcano. Doomsday is revealed to be a modified clone of Superman. Batman probes the Cadmus conspiracy to destroy the Justice League.
17	"Task Force X"	Task Force X	Joaquim dos Santos	Darwyn Cooke	May 21, 2005
A team of supervillains dubbed "Task Force X" (better known in comics as the Suicide Squad) composed of Deadshot, Plastique, Captain Boomerang, and the Clock King is recruited by Cadmus to steal the Annihilator armour from the Watchtower.
18	"The Balance"	Felix Faust	Dan Riba	Dwayne McDuffie	May 28, 2005
Felix Faust, imprisoned in a mirror, fools Tala into letting him out, whereupon he possesses the Annihilator and casts Hades out of Tartarus. After her armor and lasso's full powers are activated by Hippolyta, Wonder Woman teams up with Hawkgirl to help Hades reclaim his kingdom at Zeus's command. Meanwhile Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl must deal with their anger towards each other following the events of "Starcrossed".
19	"Double Date"	Steven Mandragora	Joaquim dos Santos	Gail Simone	June 4, 2005
Huntress is kicked out of the Justice League for attempting to murder mob boss Steven Mandragora, the man responsible for her parents' death. She recruits the Question to assist her in finishing him off while Green Arrow and Black Canary attempt to thwart their efforts.
20	"Clash"	Lex Luthor	Dan Riba	J. M. DeMatteis	June 11, 2005
Lex Luthor's candidacy for president moves forward as Captain Marvel appears to endorse his candidacy. Luthor expertly manipulates Superman's mistrust, tricking Superman into fighting Marvel.
21	"Hunter's Moon"	Paran Dul	Joaquim dos Santos	Dwayne McDuffie	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 (as recounted in "Starcrossed"). Likewise, Hawkgirl has to deal with her teammates' resentments for her betrayal of the Justice League and her own, still-lingering self-doubts.
22	"Question Authority"	Cadmus Lex Luthor Captain Atom	Dan Riba	Dwayne McDuffie	June 25, 2005
After helping Superman defeat Mantis, Captain Atom's Air Force Reserve commission is reactivated. Meanwhile, 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.
23	"Flashpoint"	Cadmus Lex Luthor Captain Atom	Joaquim dos Santos	Dwayne McDuffie	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. Convinced it is an act of revenge, Amanda Waller commands Galatea to attack the Watchtower with an army of Ultimen clones.
24	"Panic in the Sky"	Cadmus Ultimen Galatea Lex Luthor	Dan Riba	Dwayne McDuffie	July 9, 2005
The founding members of the Justice League, with the exception of Batman, surrender to the government. In the middle of a huge battle between the newer members of the League and the army of Ultimen, Supergirl and Steel battle Galatea to keep her from destroying the Watchtower.
25	"Divided We Fall"	Lex Luthor/Brainiac	Joaquim dos Santos	Dwayne McDuffie	July 16, 2005
With most of the League unavailable, the League's original seven battle against the fused Luthor and Brainiac.
26	"Epilogue"	Royal Flush Gang Iniquity Collective	Dan Riba	Bruce Timm Dwayne McDuffie	July 23, 2005
In the future of Batman Beyond, Amanda Waller reveals to an older Terry McGinnis she created the project Batman Beyond to continue Bruce Wayne's work. The episode is not only the season 2 finale, as a cross over, it serves as an epilogue for Batman Beyond, revealing additional details about the show's characters, and about events occurring after the end of the series. The episode contains many references to prior episodes of Justice League in that some of the episode showed the current team and Waller who had been a big part of previous episodes.

Season 3 (2005-2006)[]

#	Episode Title	Villains	Director	Writers	Airdate
27	"I Am Legion"	The Secret Society	Joaquim dos Santos	Dwayne McDuffie	September 17, 2005
After Lex Luthor escapes from prison, Gorilla Grodd baits him into joining the new Secret Society with a piece of Brainiac technology. Luthor, the Key, and Doctor Polaris steal the Spear of Longinus from Blackhawk Island despite the efforts of Flash, Fire, Shayera, and the last surviving Blackhawk, to stop them.
28	"Shadow of the Hawk"	Shadow Thief	Dan Riba	Dwayne McDuffie	September 17, 2005
Shayera agrees to meet with Carter Hall, an archaeologist who has discovered Thanagarian artifacts in ancient Egypt. He also reveals that he is the reincarnation of her lover from a previous life.
29	"Chaos at the Earth's Core"	Deimos	Joaquim dos Santos	Matt Wayne	September 24, 2005
Supergirl, Stargirl, S.T.R.I.P.E., and Green Lantern help Warlord liberate Skartaris (a hidden world inside the Earth's core) from Deimos, a brutal dictator while protecting a very large piece of Kryptonite from Metallo and Silver Banshee.
30	"To Another Shore"	The Secret Society	Dan Riba	Dwayne McDuffie	September 24, 2005
Wonder Woman protects the body of the Viking Prince from Legion agents who want it for reverse engineering of invulnerability powers. Troubled by his isolation, J'onn leaves the Justice League to better understand humanity.
31	"Flash and Substance"	Mirror Master Captain Cold Captain Boomerang the Trickster	Joaquim dos Santos	Matt Wayne	February 11, 2006
Orion attempts to understand Flash's antics as Wally and Batman battle four of Flash's rogues that attack the museum that is opening in his honor.
32	"Dead Reckoning"	The Secret Society	Dan Riba	Dwayne McDuffie	February 18, 2006
Deadman convinces Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman to help him retrieve the stolen souls of a mystic order of monks that the Secret Society has stolen.
33	"Patriot Act"	General Wade Eiling	Joaquim dos Santos	Matt Wayne	February 25, 2006
General Wade Eiling from Cadmus steals the "Captain Nazi" super-soldier serum and injects it into himself to "protect" the world from metahumans. With the more powerful League members busy, Green Arrow leads Stargirl, S.T.R.I.P.E., Shining Knight, Crimson Avenger, Vigilante, and Speedy against him.
34	"The Great Brain Robbery"	Lex Luthor The Secret Society	Dan Riba	Dwayne McDuffie	March 4, 2006
Magic and science collide, placing Lex Luthor and Flash's minds in each other's body. The Justice League must now contain a super-speed powered Luthor on the Watchtower while Flash tries to hide the reversal from the Secret Society.
35	"Grudge Match"	Roulette	Joaquim dos Santos	Matt Wayne	March 11, 2006
Roulette restarts Metabrawl, this time with an all-female fight card ("Glamour Slam") made up of mind-controlled Justice Leaguers.
36	"Far From Home"	The Fatal Five	Dan Riba	Paul Dini	April 15, 2006
Supergirl, Green Lantern and Green Arrow are kidnapped and taken to the 31st Century by Brainiac 5 and Bouncing Boy of the Legion of Super-Heroes, where Supergirl is destined to embark on her very last mission – a battle against the Fatal Five and the Legion itself.
37	"Ancient History"	Shadow Thief	Joaquim dos Santos	Matt Wayne	April 29, 2006
The Hawkman story concludes here when Shadow Thief captures Green Lantern, Shayera and Hawkman, then forces them to watch a vision of their past selves developing an ancient society of Egypt with Thanagarian technology.
38	"Alive!"	The Secret Society	Dan Riba	Matt Wayne	May 6, 2006
Luthor and the Secret Society refit their headquarters and fly into deep space in a last-ditch attempt to reanimate Brainiac. En route, Tala frees Grodd, who leads a mutiny of other disaffected villains against Luthor and his supporters.
39	"Destroyer"	Darkseid	Joaquim dos Santos	Dwayne McDuffie	May 13, 2006
The Justice League reluctantly teams up with the Secret Society to repel Darkseid's full-scale invasion of Earth. As the League and Secret Society members battle the Apokolips fleet across the planet, Superman, Batman, and Lex Luthor take on Darkseid atop the Daily Planet building.

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