Justice League of America

RELEASED 28 Dec 19971h 26m★ 3.7 TMDB

The evil Weather Man is intent on destroying New Metro City with a series of malevolent meteorological mishaps. Can the super-powered (and semi-employed) Justice League of America save the day? Or will New Metro be drowned in a humongous tidal wave?

WATCH NOTE

1997 live-action CBS pilot for a Justice League series that was not commissioned. A separate adaptation with no other DC title required. This entry covers the pilot, excluding the 24-minute promotional condensation. Sources disagree on first broadcast date, runtime and directing attribution. John Kassir's Ray Palmer / Atom appearance and official DC identity are verified. Fire and Ice have explicit adaptation credits, but their official DC character-directory matches remain unresolved; sources also disagree on Fire's performer name.

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