Contrary to popular belief, DC's ‘holy trinity' is not Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. No, it's the ‘90s Batman cartoon, the '90s Superman show, and of course, the Justice League animated series that ran after for just two seasons before ending in May 2004. Across 52 episodes, Justice League expanded the world Bruce Timm and co.

created in those first two shows with the best adaptation of DC's premier super-team to date. And yes, that absolutely includes anything and everything got his hands on, as well as the fan-favorite Young Justice series and popular animated films like Doom and The New Frontier. Found family That's not to say Justice League soared from the get-go.

The initial three-part alien invasion that first brought The Seven together falls a bit flat now in hindsight, but from that point on, the show successfully juggled each giant personality with natural ease, which is no easy feat given that they're not designed to mesh together in the same way that a family like Marvel's Fantastic Four or X-Men do. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Hawkgirl, and Flash were all created separately, yet you wouldn't know that when watching Timm's Justice League. Whether the story at hand brought in the whole cast or featured just a select few heroes at a time, everyone had their fair share of the spotlight with unique character dynamics that made the team feel like a family and not just randoms brought together to fight a threat too big for .