Justice League: Season 1
2001 · 24 episodes · ★ 7.6
What Season 1 of Justice League
After a United Nations meeting agrees to global disarmament, the defense of the planet falls to Superman. Soon after, an alien race arrives from Mars with war machines, and the hero receives a call from J'onn, the last survivor of his people. Superman then gathers Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman to stop the invasion. From there, the season moves through very different fronts: the clash with Aquaman over Atlantis, the threat of the sorcerer Felix Faust, Lex Luthor's Injustice Gang, the schemes of Gorilla Grodd and a trip to the past during World War II.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 Secret Origins
Batman and Superman team up to deal with an alien invasion, and a telepathic message leads the duo to a military base housing future ally J'onn J'onzz.
Directing: Butch Lukic, Dan Riba · Writing: Rich Fogel · Starring: Gary Cole, Jason Marsden, Max Brooks, Corey Burton
1x02 In Blackest Night (1)
No man escapes the Manhunters.' An alien court sends the Manhunters to bring Green Lantern back for prosecution on the charge of genocide, and the League gets involved.
Directing: Butch Lukic · Writing: Stan Berkowitz · Starring: Garrett Morris, Peter Renaday, Brian George, Rickey D'Shon Collins
1x03 In Blackest Night (2)
Believing that Green Lantern is receiving an unfair trial, the Leaguers investigate, while GL's superiors, the Guardians of the Universe, enter as witnesses. But the whole trial may be a ruse.
Directing: Butch Lukic · Writing: Stan Berkowitz · Starring: James Remar, Kurtwood Smith, René Auberjonois, Peter Renaday
1x04 The Enemy Below (1)
When Aquaman, ruler of Atlantis, decides he has had enough of the surface-dwellers trespassing in his ocean, the Justice League tries to smooth things over. Aquaman takes Superman's advice and arrives in New York City to speak to the World Assembly, but it soon becomes apparent that he may have been right about the surface-dwellers all along.
Directing: Dan Riba · Writing: Kevin Hopps · Starring: Kristin Bauer, Richard Green, Xander Berkeley, Richard Doyle
1x05 The Enemy Below (2)
Betrayed by his own subjects, Aquaman and the League fight to save Atlantis, the world, and Aquaman's own son against his half-brother Orm's coup.
Directing: Dan Riba · Writing: Kevin Hopps · Starring: Richard Green, Xander Berkeley, Scott Rummell, Kristin Bauer
1x06 Paradise Lost (1)
Wonder Woman returns to Paradise Island to make up with her mother for her rapid departure, only to find the Amazons transformed to statues. The sorcerer Felix Faust is holding them hostage to force Diana to recover three ancient artifacts.
Directing: Dan Riba · Writing: Joseph Kuhr · Starring: Serena Berman, Lauri Fraser, Jan Rabson, Robert Englund
1x07 Paradise Lost (2)
The League fights to save Paradise Island, and Wonder Woman's own mother, from Felix Faust and Lord Hades.
Directing: Dan Riba · Writing: Joseph Kuhr · Starring: Robert Englund, John Rhys-Davies, Andrea Romano, Susan Sullivan
1x08 War World (1)
Superman and J'onn are taken prisoner during a rescue mission gone bad, and Superman is forced to compete in a gladiatorial tournament on a distant world while Hawkgirl and Green Lantern try to rescue them.
Directing: Butch Lukic · Writing: Stan Berkowitz · Starring: Ian James Corlett, David Paymer, Phil Proctor, Eric Roberts
1x09 War World (2)
Fight promoter and new contestant Mongul instructs Superman to throw the fight against him, or he'll destroy the enslaved Draaga's home planet.
Directing: Butch Lukic · Writing: Stan Berkowitz · Starring: Eric Roberts, William Smith, David Paymer, Ian James Corlett
1x10 The Brave and the Bold (1)
When the Flash is mind-controlled into committing a crime, he and Green Lantern work to clear his name and uncover a sinister scheme.
Directing: Dan Riba · Writing: Paul Dini, Rich Fogel · Starring: David Ogden Stiers, Cathy Cavadini, Richard Doyle, Bill Duke
1x11 The Brave and the Bold (2)
When Gorilla Grodd mentally enslaves a city of humans and prepares to destroy Gorilla City, Green Lantern and Flash try to defeat him while the other Leaguers move to help the ape civilization.
Directing: Dan Riba · Writing: Paul Dini, Rich Fogel · Starring: David Ogden Stiers, Virginia Madsen, Phil Morris, André Sogliuzzo
1x12 Fury (1)
A renegade Amazon, Aresia, leads a new incarnation of the Injustice Gang to accumulate the components for a bio-weapon.
Directing: Butch Lukic · Writing: Dwayne McDuffie · Starring: Karen Maruyama, Jose Yenque, Maggie Wheeler, Vanessa Marshall
1x13 Fury (2)
When the male Leaguers are infected by the same disease sweeping Earth, Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl must defeat Aresia and find a cure.
Directing: Butch Lukic · Writing: Stan Berkowitz, Dwayne McDuffie · Starring: Susan Sullivan, Julie Bowen, Karen Maruyama, Maggie Wheeler
1x14 Legends (1)
An explosion throws four Leaguers into an alternate dimension where they meet their childhood comic book heroes...the Justice Guild!
Directing: Dan Riba · Writing: Andrew Kreisberg · Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Hale, Corey Burton, David Naughton
1x15 Legends (2)
The League aid the Justice Guild against their arch-nemeses while trying to unravel the secrets of the Guild's world.
Directing: Dan Riba · Writing: Andrew Kreisberg · Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, David Naughton, William Katt, Stephen Root
1x16 Injustice for All (1)
Exposed as a criminal, sentenced to prison, and terminally ill due to long term kryptonite exposure, Lex Luthor escapes and assembles a supervillain team consisting of Cheetah, The Shade, Solomon Grundy, Star Sapphire, Copperhead, and Ultra-Humanite to take on the Justice League, calling themselves the Injustice Gang. The Joker also becomes part of the team, but on his own choice. However, this gang proves short-lived as its major weakness proves no match for Batman's wiles.
Directing: Butch Lukic · Writing: Stan Berkowitz · Starring: Grant Heslov, Ashley Edner, Olivia D'Abo, Sheryl Lee Ralph
1x17 Injustice for All (2)
Exposed as a criminal, sentenced to prison, and terminally ill due to long term kryptonite exposure, Lex Luthor escapes and assembles a supervillain team consisting of Cheetah, The Shade, Solomon Grundy, Star Sapphire, Copperhead, and Ultra-Humanite to take on the Justice League, calling themselves the Injustice Gang. The Joker also becomes part of the team, but on his own choice. However, this gang proves short-lived as its major weakness proves no match for Batman's wiles.
Directing: Butch Lukic · Writing: Stan Berkowitz · Starring: Olivia D'Abo, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Efrain Figueroa, Stephen McHattie
1x18 A Knight of Shadows (1)
The sorceress Morgaine Le Fey and her son Mordred search for the Philosopher's Stone, and the Justice League need the help of the Demon Etrigan to thwart her.
Directing: Butch Lukic · Writing: Keith Damron · Starring: Michael Gough, Olivia D'Abo, Soren Fulton, William Morgan Sheppard
1x19 A Knight of Shadows (2)
Morgaine and Mordred get the Stone and plan to transform England and restore it to its medieval glory.
Directing: Butch Lukic · Writing: Keith Damron · Starring: Michael T. Weiss, Olivia D'Abo, Pam Grier, Soren Fulton
1x20 Metamorphosis (1)
An old friend of John Stewart's is inadvertently turned into a freak capable of altering his molecular structure, separating him from his girlfriend and pitting him against the League.
Directing: Dan Riba · Writing: Len Uhley · Starring: Danica McKellar, Michael Bell, Lisa Long, John Rubinow
1x21 Metamorphosis (2)
The League battle Metamorpho but soon discover that his future father-in-law, Simon Stagg, poses the true menace.
Directing: Dan Riba · Writing: Dwayne McDuffie · Starring: Tom Sizemore, Earl Boen, Danica McKellar, Richard Moll
1x22 The Savage Time (1)
When the present is altered, the Justice League must travel back in time to World War II to restore history.
Directing: Butch Lukic, Dan Riba · Writing: Stan Berkowitz · Starring: Patrick Duffy, J. Grant Albrecht, Phil Morris
1x23 The Savage Time (2)
A separate League struggle against the Nazis and determine who is responsible for the Axis' technological advances.
Directing: Butch Lukic, Dan Riba · Writing: Stan Berkowitz · Starring: Patrick Duffy, Robert Picardo, Fred Dryer, Ted Levine
1x24 The Savage Time (3) Season Finale
Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor survive the attack and trick the Germans into believing that the communicator was destroyed. GL and Easy Co. find the runaway and discover that Vandal Savage plans to use jet aircraft to invade America. GL boards and tries to stop Vandal's plane while Hawkgirl, Superman, and Flash try to intercept the flight with J'onn's help. With the aid of the Blackhawks and Flash notifying the U.S. Navy, the German flight is shot down and Vandal apparently is killed. The JLA return to the present to find everything restored and Wonder Woman visits a now elderly Steve Trevor in the restored present.
Directing: Dan Riba, Butch Lukic · Writing: Stan Berkowitz · Starring: Patrick Duffy, Fred Dryer, Robert Picardo, Ted Levine
Season 1 Cast
Susan EisenbergWonder Woman (voice)24 episodes
Carl LumblyJ'onn J'onzz (voice)24 episodes
Maria Canals-BarreraHawkgirl (voice)24 episodes
Jason MarsdenSnapper Carr (voice)5 episodes
Dave ThomasHarv Hickman (voice)4 episodes
Phil MorrisVandal Savage (voice)4 episodes
Corey BurtonDr. Blizzard / Mayor (voice)3 episodes
Patrick DuffySteve Trevor / Flagship Pilot #1 (voice)3 episodes
J. Grant AlbrechtGeneral Hoffman (voice)3 episodes
Peter RenadayGraz / Bailiff (voice)2 episodes
Richard GreenOrm (voice)2 episodesWhere to Watch Season 1 of Justice League
It is currently not available on the major streaming platforms.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes are in Justice League season 1?
Justice League Season 1 has 24 episodes.
When Did Justice League Season 1 Premiere?
Aired on November 17, 2001.
Where to Watch Justice League Season 1
Currently not available on the major subscription platforms (availability may vary by country).
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to the audience rating on TMDB, episode 1x15, "Legends (2)", with a 8.2.