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Stretch Dude
08-02-2005, 01:12 PM
I just stumbled upon this article (http://actionfigureinsider.com/sdcc2005/mattel.shtml):

More news about the upcoming fourth season of Justice League Unlimited was revealed at the WB Animation panel, which featured Matt Wayne, Shaun McLaughlin, James Tucker, Dwayne McDuffie, and Bruce Timm (shown below). After showing the recently aired JLU episode, "Divided We Fall". the panel revealed that next season will feature the Seven Soldiers of Victory (featuring Stargirl, Deadman, and the Warlord), The Outsiders (who were considered to be involved in the current season finale but instead were worked into next season, although not as a group), and other guest stars including young archeologist Carter Hall, who will complicate the love triangle of Vixen, Shayera and John Stewart. The big news is that the show will have a season long arc that revolves around the Legion of Doom!

The audience was then treated to the opening moments of next season: Lex Luthor has escaped from prison (where he has been held following the events of the current season) with the help of an unknown ally that only he seems to hear. After crashing the police van he was escaping in, Luthor is circled by a gaggle of cops with their guns drawn. Before the cops can act, he is dragged through a solid brick wall by an arm that belongs to The Key! Riding away on his hoverbike, The Key and Luthor stop in a swampy area where they are met by Gorilla Grodd. Grodd offers Luthor a chance at alliance, to which Luthor spurns. Grodd then says, "I think you'll change your mind." as the Hall of Doom rises from the swamp- the doors open and silhouetted behind Grodd are at least 26 villains (29 counting Grodd, Luthor, and The Key). Of these we can possibly identify 24: Dr. Destiny, Evil Star, Cheetah, Black Manta, Bizarro, Parasite, Giganta, unknown character in green/yellow outfit, Silver Banshee, Kanjar Ro, Blockbuster, Dr. Polaris, Unknown-possibly Captain Atom?!?, Livewire, Clock King, KGBeast, Sinestro, Gentleman Ghost, Copperhead, Black Mass, ToyMan, Metallo, Star Sapphire, Rampage. I don't think this line-up has appeared anywhere else yet so feel free to spread it around, just please also include a link back to AFI.

Kick. Ass.
StoneGold
08-02-2005, 01:23 PM
Lex Luthor has escaped from prison (where he has been held following the events of the current season) with the help of an unknown ally that only he seems to hear.

OK, we're obviously meant to think this is Braniac, so I'm guessing it isn't.
Kevinroc
08-02-2005, 01:37 PM
Also, Paul Dini wrote a Supergirl spotlight episode.
Stretch Dude
08-02-2005, 01:52 PM
Lex Luthor has escaped from prison (where he has been held following the events of the current season) with the help of an unknown ally that only he seems to hear.

OK, we're obviously meant to think this is Braniac, so I'm guessing it isn't.

My money's on Grodd, what with him having those mental powers and all.
Cyke
08-02-2005, 02:14 PM
Clock King is returning?! Kick ASS!
kingdom2000
08-02-2005, 03:43 PM
Sigh its a shame that Time Warner thinks kids are retarded and can keep track of three different Batmans (JLU, movie, the Batman) but not two different Jokers. A Legion of Doom without the Joker just isn't complete.
MegaRaptor Scribe
08-02-2005, 04:19 PM
Clock King is returning?! Kick ASS!

Wonder how he got off of Task Force X.

Heatwave is supposed to be a member.

Sigh its a shame that Time Warner thinks kids are retarded and can keep track of three different Batmans (JLU, movie, the Batman) but not two different Jokers. A Legion of Doom without the Joker just isn't complete.

Me, I think the Joker, while cool and all, is overplayed. I don't really want to see him again.

And I'm not happy that Bizzaro is on that list. :/
Sanagi
08-02-2005, 04:26 PM
Sigh its a shame that Time Warner thinks kids are retarded and can keep track of three different Batmans (JLU, movie, the Batman) but not two different Jokers. A Legion of Doom without the Joker just isn't complete.
Not to mention all the other Batman villains they could've used.

Oh well. Still, cool news.
Scorpion13
08-02-2005, 05:00 PM
Im just psyched about Gentleman Ghost.

Its a ghost burglar, with a tophat and monocle. How much cooler could that character possibly be?

Gentleman Ghost? Tits.
Kevinroc
08-02-2005, 05:39 PM
The Joker wasn't even a part of the Superfriends Legion of Doom.

Riddler was. But he won't be in this version.
Deathstroke
08-02-2005, 06:10 PM
This sounds pretty damn good!
Tony Bang
08-02-2005, 06:19 PM
Blockbuster. Well that's a odd choice. Still, I'am excited about this season.

The voice Luthor hears could be Darkseid. (Or one of his hencemen.)
Crowley
08-02-2005, 06:24 PM
the green and yellow guy is Mirror Master
Gaz
08-02-2005, 06:26 PM
Blockbuster. Well that's a odd choice. Still, I'am excited about this season.

The voice Luthor hears could be Darkseid. (Or one of his hencemen.)
Blockbuster might mean Nightwing, especially if the Outsiders referred to are the current team.
Devon C.
08-02-2005, 10:51 PM
Blockbuster. Well that's a odd choice. Still, I'am excited about this season.

The voice Luthor hears could be Darkseid. (Or one of his hencemen.)
Would Darkseid really stoop down to Luthor's level, though? I mean, would he go so far as to give a crap about him, even if he does oppose the JL?
Crinos
08-02-2005, 11:07 PM
Would Darkseid really stoop down to Luthor's level, though? I mean, would he go so far as to give a crap about him, even if he does oppose the JL?

He did in the comics. He was the guy that organized the first secret society of super villains.

So hell yeah he'd stoop to Luthors level. He's Darkseid. Recent comic events nonwithstanding the dude is the friggin Frank Sinatra of Supervillains. If he does it, its evil chic.
Z-man
08-02-2005, 11:08 PM
I'm pretty sure I saw Granny Goodness.
OverMaster
08-03-2005, 06:41 AM
So, despite the Bat-embargo, they still managed to fit in a few Batman villains. Good.
Captain Sarcasm
08-03-2005, 06:46 AM
Edit: NM. Redundant.
Captain Sarcasm
08-03-2005, 06:46 AM
Lex Luthor has escaped from prison (where he has been held following the events of the current season) with the help of an unknown ally that only he seems to hear.

OK, we're obviously meant to think this is Braniac, so I'm guessing it isn't.

What if it's the Key? He could communicate telepathcially in the comics, right?
StoneGold
08-03-2005, 11:58 AM
What if it's the Key? He could communicate telepathcially in the comics, right?
No, it's either going to be an old character that we haven't seen in a while, like Braniac, or a character who was never animated but should have been. Just for the hell of it, I'm going to say Despero. He's got the skills, and he's the only major JLA villain not on that list.
Captain Sarcasm
08-03-2005, 12:15 PM
No, it's either going to be an old character that we haven't seen in a while, like Braniac, or a character who was never animated but should have been. Just for the hell of it, I'm going to say Despero. He's got the skills, and he's the only major JLA villain not on that list.

That seems to be a pretty assuming... assumption.
Stretch Dude
08-03-2005, 12:16 PM
No, it's either going to be an old character that we haven't seen in a while, like Braniac, or a character who was never animated but should have been. Just for the hell of it, I'm going to say Despero. He's got the skills, and he's the only major JLA villain not on that list.

He's also dead in the Timmverse. Or at the very least peaceful. The guy got dragged into the center of his planet by a giant tree, which, IIRC, was the soul of the planet or something like that.