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Justice League: Paradise Lost Part Two

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Episode Credits

Writer	Director	Music	Voice Director
Joseph Kuhr	Dan Riba	Kristopher Carter	Andrea Romano
Main Cast		Guest Cast
Kevin Conroy	Batman	Susan Sullivan	Hippolyta
Susan Eisenberg	Wonder Woman	Robert Englund	Faust
Carl Lumbly	J’onn J’onzz	John Rhys Davies	Lord Hades
George Newbern	Superman	Andrea Romano	Amazon Officer
Michael Rosenbaum	Flash
Animation Timing Director	Storyboard	Character/Prop Design	Animation Services
Frank Andrina James T. Walker (as James Tim Walker)	Bret Blevins Joaquim Dos Santos Adam Van Wyk	Shane Glines Robert Fletcher Glen Murakami Tommy Tejeda Bruce Timm James Tucker Glenn Wong	Koko Enterprise Co. Ltd.
			Animation Directors
			Yoonjae Ko Kyungchuk Sa
Series Story Editors	Series Directors	Producers	Associate Producers
Stan Berkowitz Rich Fogel	Butch Lukic Dan Riba	Rich Fogel Glen Murakami Bruce Timm James Tucker	Shaun McLaughlin
			Executive Producers
			Sander Schwartz
Theme: Lolita Ritmanis, Main Title Design: Bruce Timm, Main Title Animation: Cantina Pictures Visual Effects

Synopsis

Previously in Paradise Lost Part One: Wonder Woman (Diana, Princess of Themyscira) had returned home to discover that her mother, Queen Hippolyta, and the rest of the Amazons had turned into stone by a sorcerer called Felix Faust. He blackmails her into retrieving the fragments of an unspecified ancient relic. With the help of the Justice League she manages to defeat the spells/guardians protecting the fragments. Faust and his unseen master await Wonder Woman’s return.

As Wonder Woman and Superman survey the damage to the Metro Mall caused by their fight they receive a call from the Batman. He has managed to trace Felix Faust’s origin and assembles the other Leaguers in Faust’s apartment. Batman relates how Faust had been a respected archaeologist until his heretical fascination with the “mystic arts” resulted in him being fired from his University job. He swore revenge against his detractors and mounted their petrified heads on his wall. His last journal entries mention Tartarus, the pit of lost souls. The name of the infernal pit causes Wonder Woman to recoil.

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Justice League: Paradise Lost Part One

Screen Shots

Episode Credits

Writer	Director	Music	Voice Director
Joseph Kuhr	Dan Riba	Kristopher Carter	Andrea Romano
Main Cast		Guest Cast
Kevin Conroy	Batman	Susan Sullivan	Hippolyta
Susan Eisenberg	Wonder Woman	Robert Englund	Faust
Carl Lumbly	J’onn J’onzz	John Rhys Davies	Lord Hades
George Newbern	Superman	Jason Marsden	Snapper Carr
Michael Rosenbaum	Flash	Serena Berman	Cassie
		Lauri Fraser	Cassie’s Mom
		Jan Rabson	Professor Erlich
Animation Timing Director	Storyboard	Character/Prop Design	Animation Services
Frank Andrina Kirk Tingblad	Bret Blevins Dan Riba Joaquim Dos Santos Adam Van Wyk	Shane Glines Robert Fletcher Glen Murakami Tommy Tejeda Bruce Timm James Tucker Glenn Wong	Koko Enterprise Co. Ltd.
			Animation Directors
			Sungman Huh Sanwan Lee
Series Story Editors	Series Directors	Producers	Associate Producers
Stan Berkowitz Rich Fogel	Butch Lukic Dan Riba	Rich Fogel Glen Murakami Bruce Timm James Tucker	Shaun McLaughlin
			Executive Producers
			Sander Schwartz
Theme: Lolita Ritmanis, Main Title Design: Bruce Timm, Main Title Animation: Cantina Pictures Visual Effects

Synopsis

Previously: The Amazons were a race of immortal women who, led by their Queen Hippolyta, dedicated themselves to worship of the Olympian Gods and the ways of the ancient Greeks. Potents and omens warned of danger to the entire world from an invasion led by aliens called the Imperium. The Gods protect the Amazons’ isolated island home (Themyscira) and Hippolyta was content to leave the outside world to its fate. Her daughter, Diana, disagreed and left Themyscira to become a superhero called Wonder Woman. She allied herself with other heroes to defeat the invaders and form a group called the Justice League. (Secret Origins Parts One, Two and Three).

Eight months later…

A powerful storm called Hurricane Gardner lashes the Beach City coast of Metropolis. Snapper Carr reports from the seafront that citizens have been advised to find shelter and to keep the roads clear for emergency services. A fire truck on one of Metropolis’s elevated Highways swerves to avoid flying debris and plunges over the railing. It is caught by Superman with help from Wonder Woman. She then rescues a little girl trapped up a tree and delivers her back to her mother. Wonder Woman is momentarily distracted by the warmth of the relationship between the mother and daughter and doesn’t notice a falling street sign until Superman sweeps her to safety. She confesses to Superman that she left Themyscira against her mother’s wishes and fears how that has effected their relationship.

On Superman’s suggestion, Wonder Woman decides to return to Themyscira and make peace with her mother. She rehearses her excuses like a naughty school girl during the flight there, but doesn’t get a chance to use them. Upon arriving she discovers that the City of the Amazons has been ransacked. Fallen masonry lies everywhere and several of the larger buildings are on fire. The Amazons themselves have been petrified, turned into stone statues. Their poses show that they were fighting against some sort of intruder. Wonder Woman finds her mother, Queen Hippolyta, similarly frozen in the main temple.

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