Series Overview[]
| Color | Season | Episodes | Season Premiere | Season Finale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | November 17, 2001 | November 9, 2002 | |
| 2 | 26 | July 5, 2003 | May 29, 2004 |
Season 1 (2001-2002)[]
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# |
Episode Title |
Villains |
Director |
Writers |
Airdate |
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| 1 | "Secret Origins, Part 1" | The Imperium | Dan Riba & Butch Lukic | Rich Fogel | November 17, 2001 |
| Batman and Superman team up to deal with an alien invasion, and a telepathic message leads the duo to a military base housing future ally J'onn J'onzz. | |||||
| 2 | "Secret Origins, Part 2" | The Imperium | Dan Riba & Butch Lukic | Rich Fogel | November 17, 2001 |
| With the nation's warheads disarmed by Superman after a peace initiative, seven heroes (Superman, Batman, Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, and Flash) rally to stop nocturnal alien invaders from blocking out the sun. | |||||
| 3 | "Secret Origins, Part 3" | The Imperium | Dan Riba & Butch Lukic | Rich Fogel | November 17, 2001 |
| The Heroes are captured by the aliens just as their leader, the Imperium, arrives. After freeing themselves and vanquishing the invasion, the heroes decide to officially join forces as the Justice League. | |||||
| 4 | "In Blackest Night, Part 1" | The Manhunters | Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz | November 19, 2001 |
| Green Lantern is brought up on charges of genocide and is forced to attend an intergalactic trial courtesy of the Manhunters. | |||||
| 5 | "In Blackest Night, Part 2" | The Manhunters & Kanjar-Ro | Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz | November 26, 2001 |
| Suspecting that John was framed, the League digs deeper into the charges against the Lantern. When the Guardians of the Universe arrive, the Manhunters' true motivation is revealed. | |||||
| 6 | "The Enemy Below, Part 1" | Deadshot | Dan Riba | Kevin Hopps | December 3, 2001 |
| The team encounters an agitated Aquaman while trying to rescue a submarine crew. His opinion of surface dwellers doesn't improve after an attempted assassination by Deadshot. | |||||
| 7 | "The Enemy Below, Part 2" | Orm | Dan Riba | Kevin Hopps | December 10, 2001 |
| The team is captured after helping Aquaman stop an underwater coup by his half-brother, Orm. Struggling to free himself and his son from death, Aquaman sacrifices his own hand. | |||||
| 8 | "Injustice for All, Part 1" | Lex Luthor & the Injustice Gang | Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz | September 6, 2002 |
| Arrested and terminally ill, Lex Luthor breaks out of prison to assemble a team of supervillains to help him destroy the Justice League. | |||||
| 9 | "Injustice for All, Part 2" | Lex Luthor & the Injustice Gang | Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz | September 13, 2002 |
| His illness treated by Ultra-Humanite, Luthor pressures his cadre of super-villains to combat the League. While captured, Batman exploits the greed of the group to his advantage. | |||||
| 10 | "Paradise Lost, Part 1" | Felix Faust | Dan Riba | Joseph Kuhr | January 21, 2002 |
| Wonder Woman returns to Paradise Island after her abrupt departure, only to find the Amazons turned to stone. Sorcerer Felix Faust demands three mystical artifacts as the ransom. | |||||
| 11 | "Paradise Lost, Part 2" | Felix Faust & Hades | Dan Riba | Joseph Kuhr | January 28, 2002 |
| While helping Wonder Woman liberate her island, the League discovers Faust is attempting to free Hades and open a portal to tartarus, a pit of souls. | |||||
| 12 | "War World, Part 1" | Mongul | Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz | February 23, 2002 |
| While handling an asteroid in space, Superman and J'onn J'onzz are captured and banished to Warworld, a planet where combatants are forced to duel to the death. | |||||
| 13 | "War World, Part 2" | Mongul | Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz | March 3, 2002 |
| Fight promoter and new contestant Mongul instructs Superman to throw the fight against him, or he'll destroy the enslaved Draaga's home planet. | |||||
| 14 | "The Brave and the Bold, Part 1" | Gorilla Grodd | Dan Riba | Dwayne McDuffie | March 10, 2002 |
| Gorilla Grodd uses a mind-control device to obtain isotopes that will help destroy Gorilla City. | |||||
| 15 | "The Brave and the Bold, Part 2" | Gorilla Grodd | Dan Riba | Dwayne McDuffie | March 17, 2002 |
| Central City is under the rule of Grodd, who plans on attacking Gorilla City with missiles. As Flash confronts the maniacal ape the team races to stop the destruction. | |||||
| 16 | "Fury, Part 1" | Aresia & the Injustice Gang | Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz | April 7, 2002 |
| The Justice League must battle a fanatical Amazon scheming to kill all the men in the world. | |||||
| 17 | "Fury, Part 2" | Aresia & the Injustice Gang | Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz | April 14, 2002 |
| With the male heroes suffering from Aresia's bio-weapon, the female Justice Leaguers race to stop their foe before she can contaminate the entire planet. | |||||
| 18 | "Legends, Part 1" | Injustice Guild | Dan Riba | Andrew Kreisberg | April 21, 2002 |
| Several Leaguers are flung into another dimension populated with Green Lantern's childhood comic book heroes, the Justice Guild. | |||||
| 19 | "Legends, Part 2" | Injustice Guild & Ray Thompson | Dan Riba | Andrew Kreisberg | April 28, 2002 |
| Still trapped in an alternate dimension, the Leaguers help the Justice Guild wage war against the Injustice Guild. But the secret behind this reality threatens to erase them all. | |||||
| 20 | "A Knight of Shadows, Part 1" | Morgaine Le Faye | Butch Lukic | Keith Damron | September 20, 2002 |
| The League joins with Etrigan the Demon to battle Morgaine Le Faye's scheme of world conquest for her son. | |||||
| 21 | "A Knight of Shadows, Part 2" | Morgaine Le Faye | Butch Lukic | Keith Damron | September 27, 2002 |
| The diabolical Le Fayes finally obtain the Philosopher's Stone and plan to use it to revert England back to Medieval Times. | |||||
| 22 | "Metamorphosis, Part 1" | Metamorpho | Dan Riba | Len Uhley | October 4, 2002 |
| Green Lantern's friend is transformed into a monstrous elemental shape-shifter by his jealous employer and is tricked into thinking Green Lantern is responsible. | |||||
| 23 | "Metamorphosis, Part 2" | Simon Stagg | Dan Riba | Len Uhley | October 11, 2002 |
| A confused Mason/Metamorpho is finally convinced the League is there to help him. Together they race to head off the newly transformed Stagg before he kills Mason's fiancé-Stagg's own daughter. | |||||
| 24 | "The Savage Time, Part 1" | Vandal Savage | Dan Riba & Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz | November 9, 2002 |
| The Justice League go back in time to World War II to prevent the immortal Vandal Savage from using future technology to change history. | |||||
| 25 | "The Savage Time, Part 2" | Vandal Savage | Dan Riba & Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz | November 9, 2002 |
| Mired in World War II, the Leaguers discover that Vandal Savage has usurped Hitler and is getting technology from his future self, setting the stage for his eventual rule. | |||||
| 26 | "The Savage Time, Part 3" | Vandal Savage | Dan Riba & Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz | November 9, 2002 |
| With the help of Sgt. Rock, the League races to stop Savage's plans to invade the U.S. with warplanes and forever alter the course of world history. | |||||
Season 2 (2003-2004)[]
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# |
Episode Title |
Villains |
Director |
Writers |
Airdate |
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| 27 | "Twilight, Part 1" | Brainiac | Dan Riba & Butch Lukic | Rich Fogel & Bruce Timm | July 5, 2003 |
| Darkseid convinces the League to help him stop Brainiac from destroying his planet of Apokolips. | |||||
| 28 | "Twilight, Part 2" | Brainiac & Darkseid | Dan Riba & Butch Lukic | Rich Fogel & Bruce Timm | July 5, 2003 |
| Trapped in Brainiac's headquarters, a temperamental Superman discovers that the metal monstrosity has made a deal with Darkseid, whose own son Orion engages him in battle. | |||||
| 29 | "Tabula Rasa, Part 1" | Lex Luthor & AMAZO | Dan Riba | Stan Berkowitz | October 4, 2003 |
| Lex Luthor finds an extremely advanced android that can imitate superpowers and manipulates it to attack the Justice League. | |||||
| 30 | "Tabula Rasa, Part 2" | Lex Luthor & AMAZO | Dan Riba | Stan Berkowitz | October 4, 2003 |
| Android Amazo has absorbed most of the League's powers, but begins to question Luthor's true motivations. Meanwhile, Batman reveals he has a contingency plan for Superman going AWOL: Kryptonite. | |||||
| 31 | "Only a Dream, Part 1" | Dr. Destiny | Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz | October 11, 2003 |
| A man becomes a supervillain who attacks his victims in their dreams. | |||||
| 32 | "Only a Dream, Part 2" | Dr. Destiny | Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz | October 11, 2003 |
| With the other members of the Justice League trapped in their worst nightmares, Batman and Martian Manhunter have to defeat Doctor Destiny and save them before it is too late. | |||||
| 33 | "Maid of Honor, Part 1" | Vandal Savage | Dan Riba | Dwayne McDuffie | October 18, 2003 |
| Diana makes friends with a flighty princess only to discover her fiancé is the immortal supervillain Vandal Savage. | |||||
| 34 | "Maid of Honor, Part 2" | Vandal Savage | Dan Riba | Dwayne McDuffie | October 18, 2003 |
| The Justice League works to thwart Vandal Savage's plan to blackmail the nations of the world with an orbiting railgun. | |||||
| 35 | "Hearts and Minds, Part 1" | Despero | Butch Lukic | Keith Damron | October 25, 2003 |
| After learning of his mentor Katma's fall in battle, the Green Lantern travels to a world at the edge of the galaxy to investigate. | |||||
| 36 | "Hearts and Minds, Part 2" | Despero | Butch Lukic | Keith Damron | October 25, 2003 |
| Joined by Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter, and the Flash, the Green Lantern and Katma face the fanatic cult leader Despero in an effort to stop his plans to conquer the galaxy. | |||||
| 37 | "A Better World, Part 1" | The Justice Lords | Dan Riba | Stan Berkowitz | November 1, 2003 |
| In an alternate reality, a version of the Justice League known as the Justice Lords discover the League's world and plot to take it over. | |||||
| 38 | "A Better World, Part 2" | The Justice Lords | Dan Riba | Stan Berkowitz | November 1, 2003 |
| With the Justice League out of the way, the Justice Lords begin to establish their own style of order. | |||||
| 39 | "Eclipsed, Part 1" | The Ophidians | Dan Riba | Joseph Kuhr | November 8, 2003 |
| Released by a soldier, an evil entity takes control of various peolpe and threatens the world. | |||||
| 40 | "Eclipsed, Part 2" | The Ophidians | Dan Riba | Joseph Kuhr | November 8, 2003 |
| With the other members of the Justice League possessed by the entities, the Flash must find a way of stopping them from carrying out their plan to exterminate humanity. | |||||
| 41 | "The Terror Beyond, Part 1" | Solomon Grundy, Aquaman, & Dr. Fate | Butch Lukic | Dwayne McDuffie | November 15, 2003 |
| Solomon Grundy attacks a harbor. After the military has him contained, Aquaman arrives and steals Grundy. When the League finds out Aquaman is involved, they head to Dr. Fate to get some answers. | |||||
| 42 | "The Terror Beyond, Part 2" | Ichthultu | Butch Lukic | Dwayne McDuffie | November 15, 2003 |
| Fate and Aquaman wanted to sacrifice Grundy to prevent the return of a mystic being. The being has arrived; Aquaman leaves to protect Atlantis. Hawkgirl finds out the being once visited her homeworld long ago. | |||||
| 43 | "Secret Society, Part 1" | Gorilla Grodd & the Secret Society | Dan Riba | Stan Berkowitz | November 22, 2003 |
| While the Justice League is experiencing serious internal friction, Gorilla Grodd carefully assembles a well organized supervillain team to attack it. | |||||
| 44 | "Secret Society, Part 2" | Gorilla Grodd & the Secret Society | Dan Riba | Stan Berkowitz | November 22, 2003 |
| With the Justice League disbanded, its former members are targeted by the super-villains of the Secret Society. | |||||
| 45 | "Hereafter, Part 1" | The Superman Revenge Squad | Butch Lukic | Dwayne McDuffie | November 29, 2003 |
| During a battle with the Revenge Squad, Superman apparently falls in battle. | |||||
| 46 | "Hereafter, Part 2" | The Superman Revenge Squad | Butch Lukic | Dwayne McDuffie | November 29, 2003 |
| Superman has been transported into the distant future. With no powers, he must find a way to get back to the present, he finds an unexpected ally in Vandal Savage, the Earth's lone human survivor. Meanwhile in the present, Lobo joins the League, as Superman's replacement. | |||||
| 47 | "Wild Cards, Part 1" | Joker & the Royal Flush Gang | Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz & Dwayne McDuffie | December 6, 2003 |
| The Joker creates havoc in Las Vegas with his Royal Flush Gang. | |||||
| 48 | "Wild Cards, Part 2" | Joker & the Royal Flush Gang | Butch Lukic | Stan Berkowitz & Dwayne McDuffie | December 6, 2003 |
| The Joker's real plan becomes apparent when he unleashes Ace upon the Justice League. | |||||
| 49 | "Comfort and Joy" | Ultra Humanite | Butch Lukic | Paul Dini | December 13, 2003 |
| 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. Green Lantern and Hawkgirl show each other how they spend the holidays. Batman spends Christmas on Watchtower duty; Wonder Woman is not mentioned at all. Meanwhile, Superman invites J'onn over to Smallville for Christmas Eve with his parents. Note: This was the first standalone episode of the series. | |||||
| 50 | "Starcrossed, Part 1" | Hro Talak & the Thanagarians | Butch Lukic | Rich Fogel | May 29, 2004 |
| Hawkgirl's people, the Thanagarians, arrive to offer the planet protection from another alien race threatening to invade Earth. | |||||
| 51 | "Starcrossed, Part 2" | Hro Talak & the Thanagarians | Dan Riba | Rich Fogel | May 29, 2004 |
| With Earth now under Thanagarian control, the Justice League goes into hiding to recover and cope with the betrayal of one of their own. | |||||
| 52 | "Starcrossed, Part 3" | Hro Talak & the Thanagarians | Dan Riba & Butch Lukic | Rich Fogel & Dwayne McDuffie | May 29, 2004 |
| The Justice League launch an assault on the Thanagarians before the activation of a hyperspace gate that will destroy Earth. | |||||