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The Best Episodes of Justice League Season 1

Every episode of Justice League Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Justice League Season 1!

The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter.

Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Justice League" season 1 is "Secret Origins", rated 7.9/10 from 1484 user votes. It was directed by Dan Riba, Butch Lukic and written by Rich Fogel. "Secret Origins" aired on 11/17/2001 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "In Blackest Night (1)".

  • Secret Origins
    7.9/10 1,484 votes

    #1 - Secret Origins

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/2001

    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.

    Director: Dan Riba, Butch Lukic

    Writer: Rich Fogel

  • In Blackest Night (1)
    7.8/10 1,279 votes

    #2 - In Blackest Night (1)

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/19/2001

    No man escapes the Manhunters.' An alien court sends the Manhunters to bring Green Lantern back for prosecution on the charge of genocide, and the League gets involved.

    Director: Butch Lukic

    Writer: Stan Berkowitz

  • In Blackest Night (2)
    8.0/10 1,256 votes

    #3 - In Blackest Night (2)

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/26/2001

    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

  • The Enemy Below (1)
    7.3/10 1,097 votes

    #4 - The Enemy Below (1)

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/3/2001

    When Aquaman, ruler of Atlantis, decides he has had enough of the surface-dwellers trespassing in his ocean, the Justice League tries to smooth things over. Aquaman takes Superman's advice and arrives in New York City to speak to the World Assembly, but it soon becomes apparent that he may have been right about the surface-dwellers all along.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Kevin Hopps

  • The Enemy Below (2)
    7.5/10 1,070 votes

    #5 - The Enemy Below (2)

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/10/2001

    Betrayed by his own subjects, Aquaman and the League fight to save Atlantis, the world, and Aquaman's own son against his half-brother Orm's coup.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Kevin Hopps

  • Paradise Lost (1)
    7.6/10 1,007 votes

    #6 - Paradise Lost (1)

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/21/2002

    Wonder Woman returns to Paradise Island to make up with her mother for her rapid departure, only to find the Amazons transformed to statutes. The sorcerer Felix Faust is holding them hostage to force Diana to recover three ancient artifacts.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Joseph Kuhr

  • Paradise Lost (2)
    7.8/10 985 votes

    #7 - Paradise Lost (2)

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/28/2002

    The League fight to save Paradise Island and Wonder Woman's own mother from Felix Faust and Lord Hades.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Joseph Kuhr

  • War World (1)
    7.5/10 955 votes

    #8 - War World (1)

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2002

    Superman and J'onn are taken prisoner during a rescue mission gone bad, and Superman is forced to compete in a gladiatorial tournament on a distant world while Hawkgirl and Green Lantern try to rescue them.

    Director: Butch Lukic

    Writer: Stan Berkowitz

  • War World (2)
    7.7/10 946 votes

    #9 - War World (2)

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2002

    Fight promoter and new contestant Mongul instructs Superman to throw the fight against him, or he'll destroy the enslaved Draaga's home planet.

    Director: Butch Lukic

    Writer: Stan Berkowitz

  • The Brave and the Bold (1)
    7.4/10 898 votes

    #10 - The Brave and the Bold (1)

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/2002

    When the Flash is mind-controlled into committing a crime, he and Green Lantern work to clear his name and uncover a sinister scheme.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Paul Dini, Rich Fogel

  • The Brave and the Bold (2)
    7.5/10 873 votes

    #11 - The Brave and the Bold (2)

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/17/2002

    When Gorilla Grodd mentally enslaves a city of humans and prepares to destroy Gorilla City, Green Lantern and Flash try to defeat him while the other Leaguers move to help the ape civilization.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Paul Dini, Rich Fogel

  • Fury (1)
    7.4/10 862 votes

    #12 - Fury (1)

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/7/2002

    A renegade Amazon, Aresia, leads a new incarnation of the Injustice Gang to accumulate the components for a bio-weapon.

    Director: Butch Lukic

    Writer: N/A

  • Fury (2)
    7.5/10 856 votes

    #13 - Fury (2)

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/14/2002

    When the male Leaguers are infected by the same disease sweeping Earth, Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl must defeat Aresia and find a cure.

    Director: Butch Lukic

    Writer: Stan Berkowitz

  • Legends (1)
    7.4/10 844 votes

    #14 - Legends (1)

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/21/2002

    An explosion throws four Leaguers into an alternate dimension where they meet their childhood comic book heroes...the Justice Guild!

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Andrew Kreisberg

  • Legends (2)
    7.4/10 826 votes

    #15 - Legends (2)

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/28/2002

    The League aid the Justice Guild against their arch-nemeses while trying to unravel the secrets of the Guild's world.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Andrew Kreisberg

  • Injustice for All (1)
    8.4/10 1,001 votes

    #16 - Injustice for All (1)

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/6/2002

    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

  • Injustice for All (2)
    8.7/10 1,012 votes

    #17 - Injustice for All (2)

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/13/2002

    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

  • A Knight of Shadows (1)
    8.4/10 973 votes

    #18 - A Knight of Shadows (1)

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/20/2002

    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

  • A Knight of Shadows (2)
    8.6/10 965 votes

    #19 - A Knight of Shadows (2)

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/27/2002

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

    Director: Butch Lukic

    Writer: Keith Damron

  • Metamorphosis (1)
    7.6/10 814 votes

    #20 - Metamorphosis (1)

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/4/2002

    An old friend of John Stewart's is inadvertently turned into a freak capable of altering his molecular structure, separating him from his girlfriend and pitting him against the League.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Len Uhley

  • Metamorphosis (2)
    7.6/10 801 votes

    #21 - Metamorphosis (2)

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 10/11/2002

    The League battle Metamorpho but soon discover that his future father-in-law, Simon Stagg, poses the true menace.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Dwayne McDuffie

  • The Savage Time (1)
    7.4/10 776 votes

    #22 - The Savage Time (1)

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/9/2002

    When the present is altered, the Justice League must travel back in time to World War II to restore history.

    Director: Dan Riba, Butch Lukic

    Writer: Stan Berkowitz

  • The Savage Time (2)
    7.4/10 773 votes

    #23 - The Savage Time (2)

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 11/9/2002

    A separate League struggle against the Nazis and determine who is responsible for the Axis' technological advances.

    Director: Dan Riba, Butch Lukic

    Writer: Stan Berkowitz

  • The Savage Time (3)
    8.4/10 864 votes

    #24 - The Savage Time (3)

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 11/9/2002

    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.

    Director: Dan Riba, Butch Lukic

    Writer: Stan Berkowitz