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| Justice League episode
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| “In Blackest Night”
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| Episode no.
| Season 01
Episode 4 & 5
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| Writer(s)
| Stan Berkowitz
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| Director
| Butch Lukic
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| Original airdate
| November 19th, 2001
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"In Blackest Night" (episodes 4 and 5) is a two part episode of season one of the animated series Justice League.
Green Lantern surrenders himself to robotic Manhunters to stand trial for the destruction of a planet. The rest of the League discovers that the Manhunters are actually framing John. The combined forces of the League and the Green Lantern Corps in turn defeat the Manhunters in a climactic battle on Oa.
Robotic Manhunters arrive on Earth, intent on capturing the Green Lantern. The Justice League try to defend their colleague - none but Superman can match the power of the Manhunters. Then, John shocks the team by stopping the fight and agreeing to be captured by the Manhunters. He is taken to a planet where he is put on trial for the destruction of a neighboring world. John pleads guilty to the charges; the rest of the League are confused as to how he could have done such a thing. It is explained, by an alien witness, that the Green Lantern was pursuing him, to try to bring him to justice. The alien's ship's shields deflected one of Green Lantern's force beams into a faultline on a planet, causing a catastophic reaction that destroyed the entire world - leaving nothing more than an asteroid field. Investigating further, the Justice League uncover a plot by the Manhunters to steal the energy of the Lantern Core, the power source of all Green Lanterns. They also discover that the lead Manhunter had falsified the destruction of the planet in order to implicate John Stewart. The lead Manhunter succeeds in taking the Lantern Core's energy, but John is able to defeat him by channelling the same raw energy through his ring, destroying the Manhunters.
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