Justice League: Justice On Trial

Justice League! The first of many DC/Marvel comics to be covered.

One thing about Justice League that I actually like more than say, Batman the Animated series, is that there is a wider abundance of characters. While Batman's show has a great variety of villains, Justice League expands that to include a lot of heroes as well. This will generally start as cameos but soon the roster will expand in the last two seasons.

So, tonight we look at the two parter "In Blackest Night." We start out on a distant planet, Abjuris 5 where there appears to be a trial going on. When the judges call for the guilty party to be present, we find that he has not yet been captured. Since the trial can't go on, they call in the Manhunters, large robots who they send to Earth to capture the criminal. Arriving on Earth, they waste little time in capturing the Green Lantern, John Stewart who hands himself over without a fight.

Sensing something isn't right, Superman, Hawkgirl, J'onn and Flash chase after their friend to help. The rest of the two parter largely follows the trial as Flash defends Green Lantern despite his protests that he and the others stay out of it. On the other side of things, we follow Superman and J'onn while they investigate the oddity of the crime.

It's soon revealed that the Manhunters have set up the hero to draw out the Lantern Corps leaders, enabling them to attack their home planet of Oa to seize the power it holds for themselves. However, the League is on the case and after chanting a catchy rhyme, Green Lantern puts an end to their plans.


Perhaps not one of the best two parter's largely due to how early into the season this aired. Due to this, characters aren't fully developed as they become later on and friendships are still growing. The animation is not quite as good as later seasons, but is still better than some shows released during the same time. Worth a watch for those interested in the series or characters.