JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED premieres this month

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Source: Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network has announced a Saturday, July 31 premiere of JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED, the new spinoff series from JUSTICE LEAGUE. The 30-minute show will debut at 8:30 PM that day on the channel.

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED picks up a short time after the events in the earlier series climax, with the Justice League dissolved in the aftermath of Earth's fight with the Thangarians (Hawkgirl's people). As the new show opens, Superman realizes that there is still a need for a group of superheroes to safeguard the planet and protect it from alien invasions, destructive supervillains and other planetary threats. By asking some of his former comrades as well as a number of new faces to join the new Justice League, the Man of Steel is able to grow the superteam's roster and draw from a larger group of heroes with powers better suited to solve each crisis.

Joining the League will be old school heroes such as Wonder Woman, Batman and Green Lantern, with Martian Manhunter supervising the strike teams from the League's orbiting space station, the Watchtower. New heroes like Green Arrow, The Atom, B'wana Beast, The Question, Captain Atom, Booster Gold, Zatanna, Hawk and Dove and Supergirl will become reserve members, assigned on a case-by-case basis by the senior members of the League.

Cartoon Network has also released plot descriptions of the show's first five episodes:

Saturday, July 31: "Initiation" A reluctant Green Arrow is asked to join the new Justice League. He, Supergirl and Captain Atom are dispatched on a mission to stop a rampaging nuclear monster in Asia.

Saturday, Aug. 7: "For the Man Who Has Everything" Batman and Wonder Woman surprise Superman at the Fortress of Solitude in order to bring the Man of Steel his birthday present. But when they arrive, he has been immobilized by a special "gift" that Mongul has delivered to him.

Saturday, Aug. 14: "Hawk and Dove" Two siblings, one a pacifist and the other more aggressive, join Wonder Woman in a mission to stop a war between two neighbors. It turns out that the escalation of the conflict is all part of Ares' plan to spread misery.

Saturday, Aug. 21: "Fearful Symmetry" When Supergirl begins having some very disturbing dreams, she gets help from Green Arrow and The Question to figure out what is happening. It turns out she may not be dreaming after all.

Saturday, Aug. 28: "Kids' Stuff" Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern are transformed into 8-year-olds in a desperate attempt to save the world from the magic of Mordred.

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED is produced by Bruce Timm, James Tucker, Linda Steiner and Dwayne McDuffie.


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