List of Justice League Action Episodes
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Justice League Action is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name. The series debuted on Cartoon Network UK on November 26, 2016 and in the United States on Cartoon Network on December 16, 2016.
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| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 52 | November 26, 2016 (UK) December 16, 2016 (US) | May 12, 2018 (US) | |
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| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | 1 | "Classic Rock (Shazam Slam: Part 1)" | Jake Castorena | Patrick Rieger | December 16, 2016 | 1.11 |
| Believing he is saving a homeless man from strange creatures while on patrol in Gotham City, Batman intervenes for the Wizard who is on a mission to save Billy Batson from Black Adam when he unleashes the Brothers Djinn from their imprisonment in the Rock of Eternity. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Power Outage (Shazam Slam: Part 2)" | Jake Castorena | Heath Corson | November 26, 2016 (UK) December 16, 2016 (US) | 1.11 |
| Superman, Wonder Woman, and Martian Manhunter try to stop the Djinn Calythos who has possessed Parasite during his rampage at Stryker's Island, steals their powers, and plans to use his scimitar to raise a volcano in Metropolis as part of the Brothers Djinn's plot to revert Earth back to its primordial state. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Night of the Bat (Shazam Slam: Part 3)" | Doug Murphy | Heath Corson | December 16, 2016 | 1.11 |
| Working with Green Arrow, Batman chases after the Djinn Uthool. When Uthool suddenly disappears, it turns out that Uthool has possessed Batman where he defeats Wonder Woman, Cyborg, and Booster Gold in his plot to have the Hall of Justice's core temperature break the Earth's mantle. Upon Uthool transforming Batman into a bat monster, Superman ends up fighting Uthool in order to get him out of Batman. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Abate and Switch (Shazam Slam: Part 4)" | Jake Castorena | Patrick Rieger | December 16, 2016 | 1.11 |
| Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman pursue the remaining Djinn Abnegazar, Rath, and Nyorlath where they plan to reopen Calythos' fissure. They drained Superman and Wonder Woman's powers upon saying their name. John Constantine arrives to help them as Green Arrow, Plastic Man, and Swamp Thing also arrive to fight the three Djinn. Afterwards, Black Adam breaks free from his Earthly imprisonment to fight the heroes as Batman arrives with Shazam as the Justice League fights Black Adam and the remaining Djinn. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Follow That Space Cab!" | Jake Castorena | Paul Dini | November 26, 2016 (UK) January 21, 2017 (US) | 0.65 |
| Superman teams up with Hawkman and Space Cabbie to protect Mr. Mind from the intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo who seeks to hand him over to an intergalactic crime lord named Boss Kack after double-crossing fellow bounty hunter Jonas Glim. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Nuclear Family Values" | Doug Murphy | Paul Dini | November 27, 2016 (UK) January 28, 2017 (US) | 0.76 |
| With most of the Justice League unavailable, Firestorm is the only one to stop a family of androids called the Nuclear Family from blowing up a nuclear power plant. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Zombie King" | Jake Castorena | Paul Dini | December 3, 2016 (UK) February 4, 2017 (US) | 0.87 |
| Batman teams up with John Constantine, Zatanna, and Swamp Thing when Solomon Grundy tries to raise a zombie army with a magical gem that would also enable him to transform anyone into zombies. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Galaxy Jest" | Jake Castorena | Duane Capizzi | December 4, 2016 (UK) February 11, 2017 (US) | 0.83 |
| Superman and Wonder Woman have to rescue Joker from Mongul. Meanwhile, Batman and Flash try to stop a massive laughing gas bomb that Joker has hidden away in Gotham City. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Time Share" | Shaunt Nigoghossian | Josie Campbell | December 10, 2016 (UK) February 18, 2017 (US) | 0.74 |
| Batman and Blue Beetle are thrown back in time where they must stop Chronos from killing Batman on his first night in Gotham City where he faces off against Carmine Falcone and his men.
Note: The theme song from Batman: The Animated Series was used as Past Batman's theme. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Under a Red Sun" | Doug Murphy | Story by : Shannon Denton Teleplay by : Heath Corson | December 11, 2016 (UK) February 25, 2017 (US) | 0.83 |
| After a brief team up with Batman and Big Barda in their battle against the Parademons, Superman is transported to a planet orbiting a red sun by Steppenwolf. This is part of Steppenwolf's plan to kill Superman and become a legend. Now with his powers slowly depleting, Superman must defeat Steppenwolf and get back to Earth. As this is happening, Batman and Big Barda head to Darkseid's fortress on Apokolips in order to find information on where Superman was transported to. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Play Date" | Shaunt Nigoghossian | Paul Dini | December 17, 2016 (UK) March 4, 2017 (US) | 0.90 |
| When the Justice League Watchtower is invaded by Toyman and his army of....toys, Wonder Woman, Superman, Cyborg, and Batman are turned into players in a twisted version of a fighting game. Now Cyborg will need all of his gaming skills to get out of this one. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Repulse!" | Curt Geda | Jeremy Adams | December 18, 2016 (UK) March 11, 2017 (US) | 0.74 |
| While out with Wonder Woman, Superman has been infected by the "Repulse" as part of Lex Luthor's plan to destroy Superman. Because of this, Superman has now become the new Repulse. As Wonder Woman and Hawkman try to find a way to save him, Superman must remove nanobots from his body by sending them into a black hole before he gets pulled into it as well. Though Lex Luthor plans to take advantage of the situation by trying to kill Superman. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Trick or Threat" | Doug Murphy | Paul Dini | December 24, 2016 (UK) March 18, 2017 (US) | 0.67 |
| Cain the Caretaker tells the audience a Halloween tale about the House of Mystery where Batman, Zatanna, Constantine, and Doctor Fate are all turned back into 10-year-olds, with very little memory of who they really are, by Klarion the Witch Boy. After falling for Klarion's trap and regaining their memories, the 10-year-old Justice Leaguers must fight Klarion the Witch Boy even when he unleashes vampires, a werewolf, a monster that resembles Frankenstein's monster, a pumpkin-headed creature, and some small demons on them. They must also find a way to defeat Klarion when he gets his hands on the Helmet of Fate, turn themselves back to normal, and escape the House of Mystery before it disappears by midnight. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Speed Demon" | Doug Murphy | Paul Dini | December 11, 2016 (Poland) March 25, 2017 (US) | 0.63 |
| After defeating a magically-enhanced Harley Quinn, Batman and Zatanna encounter Ember and her boss Brother Night who later uses his dark magic to animate and control the Batmobile in the form of a demon car and kidnap Zatanna in the process where she gets bound and trapped in the Batmobile. With the help of Etrigan the Demon, Batman must save her, stop the now-demonic Batmobile, and defeat Brother Night and Ember even when Etrigan the Demon enlists Merlin to help them out by enchanting an ice cream van for a high-speed battle. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Hat Trick" | Shaunt Nigoghossian | Duane Capizzi | December 11, 2016 (Poland) April 8, 2017 (US) | 0.62 |
| Felix Faust steals Zatanna's hat during a mannequin attack on a mall. He plans to use Zatanna's hat to free a massive demon called Ghast and get his youth back upon performing a summoning ritual at the Hebrides. While Batman and Etrigan the Demon face off against Ghast to keep him from getting to the mainland, Zatanna uses every trick in her arsenal to get her hat back from Felix Faust. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Luthor in Paradise" | Jake Castorena | Matt Wayne and Stan Berkowitz | December 11, 2016 (Poland) April 29, 2017 (US) | 0.79 |
| With help from the seductive witch Circe, Lex Luthor invades the Amazon island of Wonder Woman's home world, Themyscira, to obtain a mystical staff from Hippolyta that leads to the Fallen Realm. Their goal upon arriving in the Fallen Realm is to obtain the Oculus of the Argo, an artifact of the Olympian Gods that would give anyone that wields it the powers of Zeus which had been entrusted to Hippolyta by Hera. With help from Superman and Batman, Wonder Woman must find a way to stop those villains before they obtain the Oculus of Argos. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Plastic Man Saves the World (Justice League Action Episode)|Plastic Man Saves the World]]" | Shaunt Nigoghossian | Heath Corson | January 15, 2017 (UK) May 6, 2017 </small>(US)</small> | 0.73 |
| While Superman, Batman, Cyborg, and Vixen try to stop Brainiac, Plastic Man sneaks into Brainiac's spaceship to destroy the shrink ray and save the world in order to prove that he is a worthy superhero. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Field Trip" | Jake Castorena | Josie Campbell | January 21, 2017 (UK) May 13, 2017 (US) | 0.58 |
| As Superman gives Blue Beetle, Firestorm, and Stargirl a tour of the Fortress of Solitude, they run afoul of General Zod, Faora, and Quex-Ul who are accidentally freed from the Phantom Zone. Now with Superman trapped inside, the three teenage superheroes must work together to stop the Kryptonian villains. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Rage of the Red Lanterns (Justice League Action Episode)|Rage of the Red Lanterns]]" | Jake Castorena | Ernie Altbacker | December 18, 2016 (Poland) May 20, 2017 (US) | 0.66 |
| Lobo steals three newly-forged rings from the Red Lanterns and pits Atrocitus, Bleez, Dex-Starr, Zilius Zox, and Skallox against Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Cyborg. After Lobo unlocks the Spider Gauntlet's powers, the Justice League and the Red Lanterns must team up to defeat him. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Freezer Burn" | Jake Castorena | Jeremy Adams | December 18, 2016 (Poland) May 27, 2017 (US) | 0.66 |
| Mr. Freeze flies on his freeze gun-wielding airship to freeze all of Gotham City using Killer Frost as his power source after tricking her into an alliance after she evaded Firestorm. While Batman deals with Mr. Freeze, Firestorm will have to save Killer Frost where he develops a crush on her at the same time. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Inside Job" | Doug Murphy | Heath Corson | March 11, 2017 (France) June 3, 2017 (US) | 0.61 |
| When Superman is infected with a nanobot swarm that is sucking up Superman's solar energy upon being shot into him by Lex Luthor, Atom shrinks Batman and Wonder Woman down to micro-size so that they can enter his bloodstream and dispose of the nanobot swarm by disposing of the nanobot queen. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "The Trouble with Truth" | Shaunt Nigoghossian | Mairghread Scott | March 11, 2017 (France) June 3, 2017 (US) | 0.61 |
| Athena shows up wanting Wonder Woman to relocate to Mount Olympus so that she can fill in the position of Goddess of Truth. In order to see if Wonder Woman is worthy, Athena follows her, Batman, and Green Arrow on their mission to stop the H.I.V.E. from setting their cobalt fusion bomb off at the docks. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Double Cross" | Shaunt Nigoghossian | Jonathan Callan | March 10, 2017 (Canada) June 10, 2017 (US) | 0.76 |
| In order for Batman and Firestorm to lure Deadshot into a trap, they have Plastic Man pose as Two-Face due to the fact that Deadshot was hired by Penguin to kill him. Things go well at first until the real Two-Face escapes from Firestorm's custody. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Battle for the Bottled City" | Shaunt Nigoghossian | Heath Corson | January 29, 2017 (UK) June 17, 2017 (US) | 0.68 |
| After the events of "Plastic Man Saves the World," Atom shrinks Superman down to microscopic size so that he can enter the Bottled City of Kandor that was previously in Brainiac's possession. When Brainiac breaks into the Fortress of Solitude, defeats Cyborg, and reclaims the bottle, Atom must try to stop Brainiac all on his own with the help of some Superman robots. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "Garden of Evil" | Shaunt Nigoghossian | Paul Dini | March 11, 2017 (France) June 24, 2017 (US) | 0.64 |
| When Swamp Thing has a blind date with Poison Ivy which leads to her controlling him in her plot to overrun Gotham City with her monstrous plants, Batman works on an antidote to free Swamp Thing from Poison Ivy's control. Meanwhile, Poison Ivy is collaborating with Harley Quinn to help her keep Swamp Thing in check. So Superman, Firestorm, and Vixen work to fight the Queens of Crime on their home turf. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "All Aboard the Space Train" | Doug Murphy | Ray Utarnachitt | March 11, 2017 (France) July 1, 2017 (US) | 0.62 |
| In a strange turn of events, Batman and Cyborg enlist the help of Space Cabbie and a defrosted Jonah Hex to stop Kanjar Ro's hijacking of an intergalactic space train. | ||||||
