Justice League Adventures

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Justice League Adventures #12. Featuring the Cold Warriors.
Justice League Adventures #12. Featuring the Cold Warriors.

Justice League Adventures is a DC comic book series featuring the Justice League, but set in the continuity (and style) of the TV shows Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, set in the DC Animated Universe as opposed to the regular DC Universe.

It is a sister title to Batman Adventures (based on Batman: The Animated Series) and Superman Adventures (based on Superman: The Animated Series).

Justice League Adventures ran for 34 issues from 2002-2004, before being restarted under the title Justice League Unlimited (to match the recreation of the television series as Justice League Unlimited).

Title No. of issues Started Ended Corresponding TV title
Justice League Adventures 34 2002 2004 Justice League
Justice League Unlimited 41 2004 Current Justice League Unlimited

Contents

[edit] Additional Characters

While Justice League and Justice League Unlimited did use many characters from the DC Universe, some characters never made it to the screen.

[edit] Heroes

  • Adam Strange
    • Justice League Adventures #25-26
    • Justice League Unlimited #4
    • Was to appear in the JLU episode Hunter's Moon (originally titled Mystery in Space, after the title of the comic Adam appeared in), but was off limits to the creative team.
  • Black Lightning
    • Justice League Unlimited #15 and 27
    • Usage of the character (outside of the comic books) would have require paying royalties to Tony Isabella.[1]
  • Blue Beetle
    • Justice League Unlimited #4 and 20
    • The rights to the character were unavailable due to the 1940s radio show.[2]
  • Firestorm
    • Justice League Unlimited #3, 8 and 16
    • Was to be the main character of the JLU episode The Greatest Story Never Told.[3]
  • Jay Garrick/The Flash
    • Justice League Unlimited #12
    • He along with the rest of the Justice Society of America was to originally appear in the Justice League episode Legends. The appearance was reject because their portrayal was more intuned to their Golden Age appearance, thus an analogue group (The Justice Guild of America) was created.[4] His costume does make an appearance the JLU episode Flash And Substance.
  • Kamandi
    • Justice League Adventures #30
  • Phantom Stranger
    • Justice League Adventures #31
    • Justice League Unlimited #14 and 28
    • First appeared in Batman Gotham Adventures #33.
    • According to Wizard #173. Mar. 2006. pg. 69, Bruce Timm did want to use The Phantom Stranger and Spectre, but couldn't receive permission. The reason for so wasn't stated.
  • Power Girl (Not to be confused with the character Galatea)
    • Justice League Unlimited #3, 13 and 16
  • Spectre
    • Justice League Unlimited #37
  • Zauriel
    • Justice League Unlimited #7 and 14

[edit] Villains

  • Black Manta
    • Justice League Unlimited #26
    • Was to appear in the JL episode The Enemy Below, but was replaced by Deadshot as the appearance wasn't faithful to the character.[5] Was to appear in the Legion of Doom in Justice League Unlimited, but due to a restriction on the Aquaman characters, was replaced with Devil Ray.[6]
  • General Zod
    • Justice League Unlimited #34
    • He first appeared in Superman Adventures #21, but the story acts as a new introduction for Zod.
  • Girder
    • Justice League Unlimited #16
  • Snowman
    • Justice League Adventures #12

[edit] Marvel Family

The entire Marvel Family (except for Captain Marvel, who made a one time appearance) were unable to appear on Justice League Unlimited due to legal reasons.[7]

[edit] Reprints

Title Material collected
Justice League Adventures (TPB) #1, 3, 6 and 10-13
Justice League Adventures (Digest)
Volume 1: The Magnificent Seven #3, 6 and 10-12
Volume 2: Friends and Foes #13-14, 16 and 19-20
Justice League Unlimited
Volume 1: United They Stand #1-5
Volume 2: World's Greatest Heroes #6-10
Volume 3: Champions of Justice #11-15

[edit] External links

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The Bruce Timm DC animated universe
Television series Batman: The Animated Series · Superman: The Animated Series · The New Batman Adventures · The New Batman/Superman Adventures · Batman Beyond · Static Shock · The Zeta Project · Justice League · Justice League Unlimited
Feature-length films Batman: Mask of the Phantasm · Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero · Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker · Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Comic books Batman Adventures · Superman Adventures · Justice League Adventures · Batman Beyond · Gotham Girls
Web cartoons Gotham Girls
Video games DCAU Video Games
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Creators Gardner Fox
Characters List of Justice League members
Related teams Justice League Elite | Justice Society of America | Outsiders | Super Buddies | Teen Titans | Young Justice
Headquarters Secret Sanctuary | Justice League Satellite | Justice League Watchtower | The Hall
Current series Justice League of America (vol. 2) | JLA: Classified | Justice League Adventures / Justice League Unlimited
Previous series Justice League of America | Justice League International | Justice League Europe | Justice League Quarterly | Justice League Task Force | Extreme Justice | JLA | Justice
Other media Cartoons: The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure | Super Friends | Justice League | Justice League Unlimited

Live Action: Legends of the Superheroes | Justice League of America
Video Games: Justice League Task Force | Justice League: Injustice for All | Justice League: Chronicles | Justice League Heroes
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