The Best Episodes of Justice League

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
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   9.3/10(1078 votes)

   #1 - Starcrossed (3)

   S2:E265/29/2004

   The League defeats the squad of hawkmen sent to kill them at the Batcave, but must now figure out how to stop the activation of the hypergate before it destroys Earth.

   Director:Butch Lukic

   Writers:Dwayne McDuffie, Rich Fogel

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   Director:Butch Lukic

   Writers:Dwayne McDuffie, Rich Fogel
2. 

   9.1/10(1099 votes)

   #2 - Hereafter (2)

   S2:E2011/29/2003

   Superman finds himself on a devastated future Earth with the man responsible - Vandal Savage.

   Director:Butch Lukic

   Writer:Dwayne McDuffie

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   Director:Butch Lukic

   Writer:Dwayne McDuffie
3. 

   9.0/10(1067 votes)

   #3 - A Better World (2)

   S2:E1211/1/2003

   The Justice League must escape from their imprisonment at the hands of the Justice Lords and defeat their counterparts with the help of an unlikely ally.

   Director:Dan Riba

   Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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   Director:Dan Riba

   Writer:Stan Berkowitz
4. 

   8.9/10(945 votes)

   #4 - Wild Cards (2)

   S2:E2212/6/2003

   The League manage to defuse the Joker's bombs and defeat the four active members of the Royal Flush Gang...but the Joker has an Ace in the hole as he executes his real master plan.

   Director:Dan Riba

   Writers:Stan Berkowitz, Dwayne McDuffie

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   Director:Dan Riba

   Writers:Stan Berkowitz, Dwayne McDuffie
5. 

   8.9/10(918 votes)

   #5 - Starcrossed (2)

   S2:E255/29/2004

   The League manage to escape and take refuge at Wayne Manor, while the Thanagarians scout the planet for them and realize their master plan for Earth.

   Director:Dan Riba

   Writer:John Ridley

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   Director:Dan Riba

   Writer:John Ridley
6. 

   8.8/10(1034 votes)

   #6 - A Better World (1)

   S2:E1111/1/2003

   The Justice Lords, an alternate version of the League from a different dimension, capture their counterparts and plan to bring their own brand of justice to the new Earth.

   Director:Dan Riba

   Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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   Director:Dan Riba

   Writer:Stan Berkowitz
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7. 

   8.8/10(987 votes)

   #7 - Hereafter (1)

   S2:E1911/29/2003

   After Superman makes the ultimate sacrifice to save his fellow heroes, the Justice League and rest of the grieving planet must learn to live in a world without Superman.

   Director:Butch Lukic

   Writer:Dwayne McDuffie

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   Writer:Dwayne McDuffie
8. 

   8.8/10(940 votes)

   #8 - Wild Cards (1)

   S2:E2112/6/2003

   In the ultimate reality show, the Joker pits the Justice League against the clock and against the Royal Flush Gang as the Justice League races to find and disarm all the bombs he's planted along the Strip in Las Vegas.

   Director:Butch Lukic

   Writers:Stan Berkowitz, Dwayne McDuffie

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   Writers:Stan Berkowitz, Dwayne McDuffie
9. 

   8.7/10(1186 votes)

   #9 - Injustice for All (2)

   S1:E179/13/2002

   Exposed as a criminal, sentenced to prison, and terminally ill due to long term kryptonite exposure, Lex Luthor escapes and assembles a supervillain team consisting of Cheetah, The Shade, Solomon Grundy, Star Sapphire, Copperhead, and Ultra-Humanite to take on the Justice League, calling themselves the Injustice Gang. The Joker also becomes part of the team, but on his own choice. However, this gang proves short-lived as its major weakness proves no match for Batman's wiles.

   Director:Butch Lukic

   Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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   Writer:Stan Berkowitz
10. 

    8.7/10(951 votes)

    #10 - Starcrossed (1)

    S2:E245/29/2004

    The Thangarians, Hawkgirl's people, arrive on Earth to aid them against the menace of the Gordanians. But all is not what it seems.

    Director:Butch Lukic

    Writer:Rich Fogel

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    Writer:Rich Fogel
11. 

    8.6/10(1132 votes)

    #11 - A Knight of Shadows (2)

    S1:E199/27/2002

    Morgaine and Mordred get the Stone and plan to transform England and restore it to its medieval glory.

    Director:Butch Lukic

    Writer:Keith Damron

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    Writer:Keith Damron
12. 

    8.6/10(889 votes)

    #12 - Only a Dream (2)

    S2:E610/11/2003

    Four of the Leaguers are trapped in their dreams by Dr. Destiny - only J'onn and Batman can rescue them...if they don't fall asleep first.

    Director:Butch Lukic

    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz
13. 

    8.5/10(889 votes)

    #13 - Twilight (2)

    S2:E27/5/2003

    The League are forced to battle both Darkseid and Brainiac, while Wonder Woman and Batman seek the aid of Orion, son of Darkseid.

    Director:Butch Lukic

    Writers:Bruce Timm, Rich Fogel

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    Writers:Bruce Timm, Rich Fogel
14. 

    8.4/10(1166 votes)

    #14 - Injustice for All (1)

    S1:E169/6/2002

    Exposed as a criminal, sentenced to prison, and terminally ill due to long term kryptonite exposure, Lex Luthor escapes and assembles a supervillain team consisting of Cheetah, The Shade, Solomon Grundy, Star Sapphire, Copperhead, and Ultra-Humanite to take on the Justice League, calling themselves the Injustice Gang. The Joker also becomes part of the team, but on his own choice. However, this gang proves short-lived as its major weakness proves no match for Batman's wiles.

    Director:Butch Lukic

    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz
15. 

    8.4/10(1142 votes)

    #15 - A Knight of Shadows (1)

    S1:E189/20/2002

    The sorceress Morgaine Le Fey and her son Mordred search for the Philosopher's Stone, and the Justice League need the help of the Demon Etrigan to thwart her.

    Director:Butch Lukic

    Writer:Keith Damron

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    Writer:Keith Damron
16. 

    8.4/10(1019 votes)

    #16 - The Savage Time (3)

    S1:E2411/9/2002

    Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor survive the attack and trick the Germans into believing that the communicator was destroyed. GL and Easy Co. find the runaway and discover that Vandal Savage plans to use jet aircraft to invade America. GL boards and tries to stop Vandal's plane while Hawkgirl, Superman, and Flash try to intercept the flight with J'onn's help. With the aid of the Blackhawks and Flash notifying the U.S. Navy, the German flight is shot down and Vandal apparently is killed. The JLA return to the present to find everything restored and Wonder Woman visits a now elderly Steve Trevor in the restored present.

    Directors:Dan Riba, Butch Lukic

    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz
17. 

    8.4/10(866 votes)

    #17 - Tabula Rasa (2)

    S2:E410/4/2003

    Even Superman is unable to defeat the android once it duplicates all of the League's powers. Only with the aid of J'onn, suffering a crisis of faith when he is overwhelmed by humanity's pettiness during a telepathic scan, can they turn Amazo against Lex.

    Director:Dan Riba

    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz
18. 

    8.3/10(795 votes)

    #18 - Secret Society (1)

    S2:E1711/22/2003

    Gorilla Grodd brings together a powerful team of villains, welding them together into a close-knit group. Meanwhile the League is plagued by it own internal problems and non-cooperation, leaving them vulnerable to attack.

    Director:Dan Riba

    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz
19. 

    8.3/10(781 votes)

    #19 - Secret Society (2)

    S2:E1811/22/2003

    The Secret Society take advantage of the League's break-up to bring them down until only Green Lantern remains to free his comrades. When he falls as well everything looks hopeless.

    Director:Dan Riba

    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz
20. 

    8.2/10(908 votes)

    #20 - Twilight (1)

    S2:E17/5/2003

    The Justice League is forced to ally with Darkseid against an enemy powerful enough to threaten both Earth and Apokolips.

    Director:Dan Riba

    Writers:Bruce Timm, Rich Fogel

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    Director:Dan Riba

    Writers:Bruce Timm, Rich Fogel
21. 

    8.2/10(861 votes)

    #21 - Tabula Rasa (1)

    S2:E310/4/2003

    Lex Luthor, on the run from the League, reactivates an old LexCorp project to stop the League - an android that can duplicate the powers of anyone it sees.

    Director:Dan Riba

    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz
22. 

    8.2/10(859 votes)

    #22 - Only a Dream (1)

    S2:E510/11/2003

    The Justice League must deal with a prison break, unaware that prisoner John Dee is using the distraction to gain access to an experimental ESP machine and gain the power to manipulate dreams.

    Director:Butch Lukic

    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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23. 

    8.2/10(812 votes)

    #23 - The Terror Beyond (2)

    S2:E1611/15/2003

    With the initial ritual destroyed, the League, Fate, and Grundy must travel into the dimension of the Old Ones while Aquaman fights the invaders in the Earth realm.

    Director:Butch Lukic

    Writer:Dwayne McDuffie

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    Writer:Dwayne McDuffie
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    8.1/10(932 votes)

    #24 - Comfort and Joy

    S2:E2312/13/2003

    The Justice Leaguers go their separate ways to celebrate the holiday season.

    Director:Butch Lukic

    Writer:Paul Dini

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    Writer:Paul Dini
25. 

    8.0/10(1483 votes)

    #25 - In Blackest Night (2)

    S1:E311/26/2001

    Believing that Green Lantern is receiving an unfair trial, the Leaguers investigate, while GL's superiors, the Guardians of the Universe, enter as witnesses. But the whole trial may be a ruse.

    Director:Butch Lukic

    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz