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The Best Superhero Series of All Time #6: Justice League
Justice League was the logical next step forward in the DC Universe after the success of Batman and Superman.
It begins seven members of the Justice League taking on various threats to Earth as well as other planets. Here I do focus on the first two seasons and 52 episodes rather than the later Justice League Unlimited which still had some good points but wasn't quite the same.
The strength of Justice League was that were seven heroes and usually only four or five would take part in the action though in big stories like, "Starcrossed," you'd get the entire league. The League was made of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, the Green Lantern (John Stewart), Martian Manhunter, and Hawkgirl.
The Justice League stories tended to be much larger. There was only one one shot episode of the entire 52 episode run with three three parters and twenty-one two parters.
Justice League tended to explore great concepts with a comic book touch. Consider, "Legends" where league members are sucked into an alternate universe where the comic book heroes Green Lantern read as a child actually exist. Also, another great one was "Injustice for All" which had Lex Luthor leading the injustice society. Then there's the three part, "The Savage Time" story line which found the league going back to World War 2 and encountering classic DC WW2 heroes like Sergeant Rock and the Blackhawks.
The series had weaknesses to be sure. Season 1 of Justice League often had Superman too weak. It also suffered from same ailment of amping up Batman's awesomeness beyond any reason such as in, "Fury" where a virus that effects all the men affects Batman last despite all logic suggesting Superman should have held out far longer.
But still, it's easy to forgive these minor issues. In stories like "Star Crossed," Justice League was simply amazing. The fact is Justice League brought a dazzling array of heroes to the small screen and then gave them villains and stories that were truly worthy of them. For this reason, Justice League easily belongs on this list.
It begins seven members of the Justice League taking on various threats to Earth as well as other planets. Here I do focus on the first two seasons and 52 episodes rather than the later Justice League Unlimited which still had some good points but wasn't quite the same.
The strength of Justice League was that were seven heroes and usually only four or five would take part in the action though in big stories like, "Starcrossed," you'd get the entire league. The League was made of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, the Green Lantern (John Stewart), Martian Manhunter, and Hawkgirl.
The Justice League stories tended to be much larger. There was only one one shot episode of the entire 52 episode run with three three parters and twenty-one two parters.
Justice League tended to explore great concepts with a comic book touch. Consider, "Legends" where league members are sucked into an alternate universe where the comic book heroes Green Lantern read as a child actually exist. Also, another great one was "Injustice for All" which had Lex Luthor leading the injustice society. Then there's the three part, "The Savage Time" story line which found the league going back to World War 2 and encountering classic DC WW2 heroes like Sergeant Rock and the Blackhawks.
The series had weaknesses to be sure. Season 1 of Justice League often had Superman too weak. It also suffered from same ailment of amping up Batman's awesomeness beyond any reason such as in, "Fury" where a virus that effects all the men affects Batman last despite all logic suggesting Superman should have held out far longer.
But still, it's easy to forgive these minor issues. In stories like "Star Crossed," Justice League was simply amazing. The fact is Justice League brought a dazzling array of heroes to the small screen and then gave them villains and stories that were truly worthy of them. For this reason, Justice League easily belongs on this list.
Christians and Superheroes
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On this blog, we'll take a look at:
1) Superhero stories
2) Issues of faith in relation to Superhero stories
3) Writing Superhe ...more
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