Justice League Action

DC had lots of interesting science-fiction ideas from the early Silver Age. I wonder if they'll haul Captain Comet out of the mothballs (for those that don't know, Captain Comet was a mutant super-hero created by Julius Schwartz and John Broome for DC in 1951).

That would be awesome. I remember when I collected DC Comics Presents (which was like The Brave and The Bold, only starring Superman). I first met Captain Comet there.

Heh. Both of those titles were affectionately called "Copyright Renewal Theatre" by a lot of the folks who worked on them, in that they presented an opportunity for DC to haul out seldom seen characters and use them for a story, which would automatically help shore up those characters' copyrights (copyrights can lapse if it can be demonstrated that the copyright holder hasn't used the property in question for an extended period).

edited 4th Dec '16 9:39:56 AM by Robbery

So I caught the first three episodes of this.

I've lately felt that Super Hero shows work best when they acknowledge the inherent silliness of their setting, even with some of the darker concepts.

This show's got that in spades.

Especially with stuff like Space Cabby and the Nuclear Family.

I almost get the feeling it's a modern day Super Friends, which is a thing that has been happening a lot for the last few years.

One Strip! One Strip!

Any other silly, obscure character you might want to see? I have none I could name now, but an episode about Ted Grant (Wildcat) or Alfred Pennyworth would be nice.

Wake me up at your own risk.

Four words: Arm Fall Off Boy. ("My power will astound you! Observe as I detach my limb...")

As for any characters in particular I want to see, the entire JSA. ALL of them. Cuz they're awesome. As well as the main All Star Squadroners and Infinity Inc, as they might as well be part of the same group. (And cuz they're awesome.) Mind you, seeing as that's enough characters for at least five different shows worth, I'm not going to get my hopes up.

edited 7th Dec '16 3:37:45 PM by kkhohoho

Just saw the first three episodes. I love it. I love how this show makes the DC Universe seem like a fun and interesting place full of people with cool powers, rather than a bleak grimdark hellworld full of serial killers like in some versions... It's a breath of fresh air.

I've got Frozen, Spectacular Spider-Man, Crash, Spyro, and Paper Mario fanfics.

Meh, Wildcat already had a featured ep in Justice League Unlimited. Space Cabbie, for instance, is completely new to me. I want to see more characters i've never learned about or only heard of, like, once, like Element Girl or the Metal Men.

Or you could just, you know, read the comics. You damn noob.

edited 7th Dec '16 10:16:36 PM by kkhohoho

I remember when the Metal Men appeared on Batman: The Brave and the Bold. For some reason, they changed the name of their creator from Will Magnus to Milton Magnus. It was such a small, relatively meaningless change that one wonders why they did it at all.

It actually makes for a really good format, to always have one of the Big 3 and then utilize DC's vast catalog of dramatis personae as co-stars and supporting players. I know they won't do it, but I'd be really impressed if they tossed Scribbly or Sugar and Spike into the background of an episode.

Weirdly enough, they retconned it in a later episode by calling him "William Milton Magnus".

Latest blog update (November 5th, 2022).

@Robbery: Yeah, I suspected the real reason behind DC's team-up books was to "refresh" their character trademarks. But at least that was more fair than the way Marvel did it (just creating new characters with the same name- see all the various Captain Marvels for example.) Plus DCCP even helped tie-up plots left hanging from characters' old series.

i'm enjoying it so far. i guess my faith in humanity is restored

MIA

Need I remind you of President elect Trump.

"We be we baby!"

That's assuming President elect Trump is even human.

edited 8th Dec '16 1:09:46 PM by kkhohoho

x2 Need I remind you of Young Justice AND Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

Besides sometimes I think we all may have blown the possibilities of a shitty America out of proportion with the two candidates.

Anyway, I really like what they did with this show so far. Hopefully it would be moved up to a better time slot and get more airtime making it the best thing CN has ever done.

Seems like the some people in the League are rather new, J'onn seemed to be trying to fit in and Firestorm was quite the excited child.

Wake me up at your own risk.

he sure was.

MIA

Cyborg and Beast Boy providing a meta-promotion of the USA premiere of Justice League Action this Friday.

Cartoon Network uploaded a clip of the special, featuring Batman hunting down one of the Brothers Djinn with his brooding...err, joyful expy from Star City.

edited 12th Dec '16 6:25:35 PM by XMenMutant22

Wonder if TTG Cyborg is annoyed that Justice League Cyborg has hair.

Good that they're using their most popular show to promote this. Friday night is a bit of a deathslot for the network right now, but not as bad as the old rumor that this show would be dumped at the 7:30 AM slot and quietly burnt off.

Improving their own shitty practice.

"We be we baby!"

Uh this show was giving a 7:30 deathslot :P

35 year old white man.

They better not screw this show up in favour of something ridiculous.

Wake me up at your own risk.

{Fast forward one year later. Cartoon Network has just premiered it's first episode of Justice League GO!. All fans of the prematurely canceled Justice League Action hang their heads in shame.}