Secret Origins (Justice League)
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| “Secret Origins” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1, 2 and 3 (pilot) |
| Writer(s) | Rich Fogel |
| Director | Dan Riba and Butch Lukic |
| Original airdate | August 7th, 2004 |
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"Secret Origins" is the pilot episode of the animated series Justice League. It is the first of 3 three-part episodes, sometimes broadcasted or released as movies.
As alien invaders begin to take over the Earth, Batman and Superman rescue J'onn J'onnz who telepathically recruits Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, the Flash, and Green Lantern to defeat the invasion. The group decides to form a permanent team, the Justice League.
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[edit] Plot
Astronauts on Mars uncover relics of an alien race. Years later, Batman uncovers a plot to cripple Earth's space monitoring systems. He is joined by Superman who begins to experience strange mental phenomena. This is eventually revealed to be caused by the captive, J'onn J'onzz (also known in comics as Martian Manhunter). Meanwhile, Earth comes under attack from White Martian aliens who land and begin converting Earth into a habitat more suitable to their physiology. J'onn explains that these same creatures devastated Mars and that they were defeated at the cost of his species, he being the last of his kind. The human astronauts had been killed and replaced by these aliens. Superman, Batman and The Martian Manhunter, are joined by fellow superheroes Green Lantern (John Stewart), Hawkgirl, The Flash and new-comer Wonder Woman (we have previously seen Wonder Woman defying her mother's wishes and leaving her homeland to join the fight). Eventually, Batman realises that the changes being made to Earth's environment primarily involve blotting out the sun, and uses this to defeat the Aliens. The title of these episodes come from DC Comics's series of comic books that explain the origins of various heroes.
[edit] Trivia
- The plot is a homage the Hyperclan story-arc by Grant Morrison in the first four issues of JLA, the first adventure after the seven original members formed again the Justice League of America during JLA: A Midsummer's Nightmare.
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[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Kevin Conroy | Batman |
| Susan Eisenberg | Wonder Woman |
| Phil LaMarr | Green Lantern |
| Carl Lumby | J'onn J'onzz |
| George Newbern | Superman |
| Maria Canals | Hawkgirl |
| Michael Rosenbaum | Flash |
| Gary Cole | J. Allen Carter |
| Jason Marsden | Snapper Carr |
| Susan Sullivan | Hippolyta |
| Max Brooks | Howie |
| Corey Burton | Bald Tech |
| Wanda Christine | Female Tech |
| Clyde Kusatsu | Japanese Ambassador |
| Kevin Michael Richardson | General Wells |
[edit] Home video release and DVDs
Secret Origins was released individually on DVD as a movie. A mini-DVD version of this disc has also been released. The DVD became part of the The Justice League Collection, which contains previous "Secret Origins," "Paradise Lost," and "Justice on Trial" DVDs in a three-pack with a slipcase.
Later, the episodes were released in Justice League: Season One, which contains a set of 4 DVDs with all of the episodes from the first season as well as audio commentaries, interviews, and other special features. It has been announced that the DVD's will be in the Full Frame (1.33:1) aspect ratio that the season was originally animated in; more information.
