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Episode Credits

Writer	Director	Music	Voice Director
Mark Evanier	Curt Geda	Kristopher Carter	Andrea Romano
Main Cast		Guest Cast
Tim Daly	Superman/Clark Kent	Lauren Tom	Angela Chen
Dana Delany	Lois Lane	Bruce Weitz	Bruno Mannheim
Michael York	Kanto	Joanna Cassidy	Maggier Sawyer
		Joseph Bologna	Dan Turpin
		Michael Ironside	Darkseid
		Kevin M. Richardson	Al
		Phil Hayes	Blaine
Art Director	Animation Timing Director	Storyboard	Character/Prop Design
Glen Murakami	Thomas McLaughlin Jr. James T. Walker	Sharon Bridgeman Ronaldo Peter Ferk Curt Geda	Shane Glines Dexter Smith Tommy Tejeda Bruce Timm Marcos E. Borregales Jonathan Fisher Robert Fletcher
Animation Services	Animation Directors
Koko Enterprise Co. Ltd. Dong Yang Animation Co. Ltd.	Ko Jae Bong
Series Story Editors	Series Writers	Series Directors	Producers
Stan Berkowitz Alan Burnett Paul Dini	Hilary J. Bader Stan Berkowitz Alan Burnett Paul Dini 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

Dan Turpin: Whoever it is you can bet my Aunt Patty’s pension that they’ll be going down real soon.Angela Chen: Translation, you expect Superman to drop them in your lap like he always does.Dan Turpin: What are you saying?Angela Chen: What I’m saying is that your highly paid department can’t seem to bust a jaywalker without old-blue boy. [Chuckles from the other journalists]

Mannheim: Okay, I want ‘em. What’s your boss want in return?Kanto: Nothing, for now.Mannheim: It’s my experience that nothing can get very expensive.

Turpin: All I know is that that tank had Mannheim’s ugly mits all over it and that this department is going to collar that dog if I have to grab a leash and drag him in myself.

Synopsis

The peace of a sunny day in Metropolis is shattered when a massive armoured tank starts shelling the Metropolis Gold Exchange. Dan “Terrible” Turpin and Maggie Sawyer of the Special Crimes Unit (SCU) arrive on the scene, but the tank trashes their car and is impervious to their small arms fire. Lois Lane leaves Clark Kent stuck in traffic and runs to the scene on foot. Clark follows her as Superman and hauls the tank out of the Exchange. He lifts it up to roof left and drops it. Then he rips the tank’s hatch off and confronts the stunned operators. The SCU breathe a sign of relief that the tank’s been stopped, but Turpin reacts angrily when TV reporter Angela Chen implies that they were just waiting for Superman to deliver the crooks to them.

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PopCultureShock JLA Spotlight Video

PopCultureShock have a brief interview clip with James Robinson about his upcoming run on JLA. The new news is that the major villains, or the first major villains, of his run will be a retooled Intergang, which has a certain logic to it. Intergang was a crime syndicate that Jack Kirby created for his run on JIMMY OLSEN. They were last seen as supporters of the Crime Bible and the instigators of the chaos that went down on Oolong Island in 52.

Robinson also works on the Superman franchise where he is using other elements from Kirby’s OLSEN run (Morgan Edge, the Cadmus Project, the Guardian, etc). Mon-El is currently the star of SUPERMAN (whilst Superman is off visiting Kandor in WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON – also co-written by James Robinson) so his appearance in JLA is tied also to the other books Robinson is writing.

Also restated in the interview is the plot of the first two issues of Robinson’s run (JLA #38-39). These will overlap with the BLACKEST NIGHT mini-series and will effectively be a two-part Blackest Night: Justice League story featuring all those dead Leaguers. Robinson is also writing the BLACKEST NIGHT: SUPERMAN and BLACKEST NIGHT: JSA tie-in series.