- 7.5/10918 votes
#1 - Initiation
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/31/2004
After unsuccessfully attempting to recruit the Green Arrow to join the expanded League, he plays an important role with a team sent to manage a crisis in Asia.
Director: Joaquim Dos Santos
Writer: Stan Berkowitz
- 8.7/101,162 votes
#2 - For the Man Who Has Everything
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/7/2004
Batman and Wonder Woman find Superman immobilized in the Fortress of Solitude by a plant sent by the would-be conqueror Mongul.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: J. M. DeMatteis
- 7.9/10965 votes
#3 - Kid Stuff
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/14/2004
Morgaine Le Fey transforms Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern into children after Mordred uses his magic to remove all adults from Earth and keep children on the Earth.
Director: Joaquim Dos Santos
Writer: Henry Gilroy
- 6.6/10808 votes
#4 - Hawk and Dove
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/21/2004
Ares creates a war machine called the Annihilator to escalate a civil war in Kasnia. Hawk, Dove, and Wonder Woman try to stop his plans.
Director: Joaquim Dos Santos
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10795 votes
#6 - Fearful Symmetry
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/4/2004
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.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10895 votes
#7 - The Greatest Story Never Told
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/11/2004
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".
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Andrew Kreisberg
- 8.5/10873 votes
#8 - The Return
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/18/2004
After blasting through the entire Green Lantern Corps, the android Amazo returns to Earth. Only the Justice League stands between him and his goal -- the now-reformed Lex Luthor.
Director: Joaquim Dos Santos
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10769 votes
#9 - Ultimatum
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2004
A team of too-good-to-be-true superheroes find out the truth about their origins and go on the rampage.
Director: Joaquim Dos Santos
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10737 votes
#10 - Dark Heart
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2004
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.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Warren Ellis
- 8.2/10778 votes
#11 - Wake the Dead
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/2004
A trio of high school 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.
Director: Joaquim Dos Santos
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/10875 votes
#12 - The Once and Future Thing (1): Weird Western Tales
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/1/2005
While pursuing a time traveling thief, Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern team up with a collection of DC Universe western heroes to battle the villain controlling him.
Director: Dan Riba
Writer: Dwayne McDuffie
- 8.7/10909 votes
#13 - The Once and Future Thing (2): Time, Warped
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2005
The time traveling League team goes to the future to team up with that time's League to battle Chronos who rules.
Director: Joaquim Dos Santos
Writer: Dwayne McDuffie
The Best Episodes of Justice League Unlimited Season 1
Every episode of Justice League Unlimited Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Justice League Unlimited Season 1!
The galaxy's most powerful superheroes return to battle the allied villains and criminal plots that endanger the universe.
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyKids
Network:Cartoon Network
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Initiation" is the best rated episode of "Justice League Unlimited" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 918 votes. Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos and written by Stan Berkowitz, it aired on 7/31/2004. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "For the Man Who Has Everything".