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Young Justice Season 1

Young Justice: Fireworks

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By Jason Kirk / 30 November 2010 / Episode Reviews, Features / 3 Comments

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Episode Credits

Writer Director Music Voice Director
Greg Weisman Sam Liu
  • Kristopher Carter
  • Michael McCuistion
  • Lolita Ritmanis
 Jamie Thomason
Main Cast Guest Cast
Jesse McCartney Robin Nolan North Superman
Danica McKellar Miss Martian Nolan North Zatara
Nolan North Superboy Rene Auberjonois Mark Desmond
Khary Peyton Aqualad George Eads Flash
Jason Spisak Kid Flash Miguel Ferrer L-1
Crispin Freeman Speedy
Crispin Freeman Guardian
Bruce Greenwood Batman
Phil LaMarr Aquaman
Phil LaMarr Dubbilex
Stephanie Lemelin Computer
Yuri Lowenthal Icicle Jr.
Kevin Michael Richardson Martian Manhunter
Mark Rolston L-3
Keith Szarabajka Mister Freeze
Alan Tudyk Green Arrow
Animation Directors Animation Timing Director Character Design Storyboard
  • Hyung-Ky Kim
  • Yang-Ho Ji
 James Tim Walker
  • Dusty Abell
  • Jerome Moore
  • Jay Baker
  • Tim Divar
  • Charles E. Drost, III
  • Jeff Johnson
  • Jae Kim
  • Phil Langone
Animation Services Lead Character Designer Prop Design
MOI Animation, Inc. Phil Bourassa
  • Andy Chiang
  • Jay Hong
  • Alexander Kubalsky
Producer Executive Producer
  • Brandon Vietti
  • Greg Weisman
 Sam Register

Quotes

Desmond: Activate the cloning process.Robin: Pass! The Batcave’s crowded enough as it is.

Kid Flash: Are you here to help us or fry us?Superboy: <squints> Huh, I don’t seem to have heat vision so I suppose helping is my only option.

Superboy: Superman can fly. Why can’t I fly?Kid Flash: I don’t know, but you can still leap tall buildings in a single bound.

Synopsis “Independence Day Part Two”

Previously in “Independence Day Part One”: Today was meant to be the day that the teen sidekicks were given access to the Hall of Justice, but what they got was less than they expected. Speedy, Green Arrow’s sidekick, stormed off in disgust and the League were called away on another matter. Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad decided to prove themselves to the Justice League by infiltrating Project Cadmus – a place Batman had voiced his suspicions about. They discovered a vast underground facility beneath Washington where Chief Scientist Doctor Marc Desmond has assembled an army of genetically engineered creatures. In its deepest caverns they discovered a teenaged clone of Superman. They woke the “Superboy”, but he was being telepathically controlled by Desmond’s gene-gnomes and attacked his liberators.

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Asides From Twitter for 2010-11-30

  • The Music of DC Comics CD – some awesome hard to find stuff on here, but there is also some real cheese. #
  • They’ve got the rock/pop JLU theme, but its missing the big booming Justice League theme from seasons 1-2. And no Shirley Walker pieces!? #
  • Bizarrely the Flash theme from the Aquaman cartoon (way too much of that show on here) is on here, but not the Elfman 1990s Flash TV theme. #
Young Justice Season 1

Young Justice: Independence Day

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By Jason Kirk / 28 November 2010 / Episode Reviews, Features / 2 Comments

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Episode Credits

Writer Director Music Voice Director
Greg Weisman Jay Oliva
  • Kristopher Carter
  • Michael McCuistion
  • Lolita Ritmanis
 Jamie Thomason
Main Cast Guest Cast
Jesse McCartney Robin Nolan North Superman
Nolan North Superboy Nolan North Zatara
Khary Peyton Aqualad René Auberjonois Mark Desmond
Jason Spisak Kid Flash George Eads Flash
Crispin Freeman Speedy
Crispin Freeman Guardian
Bruce Greenwood Batman
Phil LaMarr Aquaman
Phil LaMarr Dubbilex
Yuri Lowenthal Icicle Jr.
Kevin Michael Richardson Martian Manhunter
Keith Szarabajka Mister Freeze
Alan Tudyk Green Arrow
Stephanie Lemelin (uncredited) Computer
Animation Directors Animation Timing Director Character Design Storyboard
  • Hyung-Ky Kim
  • Yang-Ho Ji
 James Tim Walker
  • Dusty Abell
  • Jerome Moore
  • Jay Baker
  • Tim Divar
  • Charles E. Drost, III
  • Jeff Johnson
  • Jae Kim
  • Phil Langone
Animation Services Lead Character Designer Prop Design
MOI Animation, Inc. Phil Bourassa
  • Andy Chiang
  • Jay Hong
  • Alexander Kubalsky
Producers Executive Producer
  • Brandon Vietti
  • Greg Weisman
 Sam Register

Quotes

Flash: Calm down Kid.Kid Flash: Oh please! You’ll chat it up with the cops, with bystanders, with Cold even. No, no way. Today’s the day!

Green Arrow: Roy, you just need to be patient.Speedy: What I need is respect. They’re treating us like kids. Worst, sidekicks! We deserve better than this.

Synopsis “Independence Day Part One”

July 4th – In a chain of seemingly unrelated incidents Batman and Robin defeat Mister Freeze in Gotham City, Green Arrow and Speedy knock out Icicle Jr. in Star City, Aquaman and Aqualad take down Killer Frost at Pearl Harbour, and the Flash and Kid Flash stop Captain Cold’s robbery in Central City. All the young heroes are all impatient as “Today’s the day”, July 4th Independence Day, the day they get official access to the Justice League’s Hall of Justice.

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Asides From Twitter for 2010-11-28

  • Can anybody understand Zatara’s accent in Young Justice? To me it sounds like he’s sending the League to fight a “Shower of Water”. #

Asides From Twitter for 2010-11-26

  • It’s Friday which means it’s “Independence Day” for the Young Justice premier on Cartoon Network (US). #

Denny O’Neil on Julius Schwartz

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By Jason Kirk / 25 November 2010 / Blogging / 0 Comments

Denny O’Neil worked with Neal Adams on the key 1970s revamps of Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Superman and Batman. The were both working for Julius Schwartz who had, since the 1950s, been DC’s go to editor for revamps. Schwartz was also the Justice League of America editor and he assigned O’Neil to be the League’s second writer after Gardner Fox left. In this video from the Comics Archive O’Neil talks about meeting Schwartz for the first time and in the public reaction to his Green Lantern/Green Arrow work.

[via: Forbidden Planet Blog]

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Big Bang Theory crew the JLA

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By Jason Kirk / 24 November 2010 / Blogging / 0 Comments

Geek comedy The Big Bang Theory revisit the superhero genre with an episode that features the cast dressed up as the Justice League. The December 16th episode of the Big Bang Theory is called “”The Justice League Recombination”. The Network description (from Spoiler TV) is

The guys find a “super” use for Penny’s new boyfriend, Zack, when they enter a costume contest as the Justice League, on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Thursday, Dec. 16 (8:00-8:31 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Zack, the new boyfriend, is played by Brian Thomas Smith. I’d take that description to mean that the gang need somebody to dress up as Superman for the costume contest. And it’s not like this is the first time they’ve dressed up as superheroes…

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Asides From Twitter for 2010-11-22

  • Comic fans were angry that JLU GL wasn’t Hal Jordan, JLU cartoon fans now angry that movie GL isn’t John Stewart — http://bcool.bz/b7kLhT #
  • Former JLA and Identity Crisis writer Brad Meltzer is turning Historical Mythbuster for his new TV series — http://bit.ly/bVCaOb #
Superman TAS Season 2

Superman TAS: World’s Finest Part Two

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By Jason Kirk / 22 November 2010 / Episode Reviews, Features / 0 Comments

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Episode Credits

Story Director Music Voice Director
  • Alan Burnett
  • Paul Dini
 Toshihiko Masuda Michael McCuistion Andrea Romano
Writer
Steve Gerber
Main Cast Guest Cast
Tim Daly Superman/Clark Kent Mark Hamill The Joker
Dana Delany Lois Lane Arkeen Sorkin Harley Quinn
Kevin Conroy Batman/Bruce Wayne Clancy Brown Lex Luthor
Lisa Edelstein Mercy Graves
Joseph Bologna Dan Turpin
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr Alfred
George  Dzundza Perry White
Peter Renaday Captain
Art Director Animation Timing Director Storyboard Character/Prop Design
Glen Murakami
  • Vincent Bassols
  • Thomas McLaughlin, Jr.
  • Kazuhide Tomonaga
  • Teiichi Takiguchi
  • Toshihiko Masuda
  • Shijiro Nishimi
  • Kazuhide Tomonaga
  • Glen Murakami
  • Bruce Timm
Animation Services Animation Directors
TMS-Kyokuichi Corporation Hideaki Yoshio
Series Story Editors Series Writers Series Directors Producers
  • Stan Berkowitz
  • Alan Burnett
  • Paul Dini
  • Rich Fogel
  • Hilary J. Bader
  • Stan Berkowitz
  • Alan Burnett
  • Paul Dini
  • Rich Fogel
  • Steve Gerber
  • Robert Goodman
  • Hiroyuki Aoyama
  • Curt Geda
  • Kenji Hachizaki
  • Toshihiko Masuda
  • Dan Riba
  • Yuichiro Yano
  • Alan Burnett
  • Paul Dini
  • Bruce Timm
Associate Producer
Haven Alexander
Executive Producers
Jean MacCurdy
Theme: Shirley Walker

Quotes

Joker: More powerful than a locomotive and just about as subtle.

Superman: Thank you. I couldn’t have saved Lois without your help.Batman: I’m aware of that.

Joker [on the Batman's rocket back]: Copybat! Copybay! Suffering from propulsion envy Batboy?

Synopsis “World’s Finest Part Two”

Previously in “World’s Finest Part One”: A cash-strapped Joker has convinced Lex Luthor to pay him to kill Superman. Bruce Wayne is publicly in Metropolis to inspect a joint venture between his company and Luthor’s Lexcorp, but he is actually there on the Joker’s trail. Batman and Superman’s first meeting is tense – Superman disapproves of the Batman’s methods and the Batman (as Bruce Wayne) has just started  dating Lois Lane. The Batman then makes a point of showing that he doesn’t need x-ray vision to deduce that Superman and Clark Kent are the same person.

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75 Years of DC Comics

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By Jason Kirk / 21 November 2010 / Blogging / 0 Comments

You may have seen photographs of Paul Levitz holding what appears to be a giant-sized replica promotional book – the type of thing a 1950s  Batman foe would have turned into a weapon. Well that’s no giant-sized replica – that’s the real size. My copy of 75 Years Of DC Comics: The Art Of Modern Mythmaking just arrived from Amazon and it’s massive:

As this photo shows it’s about a third larger than the 60th Anniversary book by Les Daniels and I’ve shown a graphic novel as that’s about the same size as the 50th anniversary “50 Who Made DC Great” magazine. At this rate of increase the 100th Anniversary collection will be a the size of a small car.

The inside pages are beautiful and a lot of production work has been put into this. I can’t comment on the text yet as the thing is so darn hard to read. It’s not something you can have on your lap or read in bed as it’s too heavy. This is a book that needs to be placed on a desk or table to be read. I wonder if they have a Kindle edition…

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