Justice League of America pilot 1997

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Despite being one of the great superhero teams the Justice League has not fared well in live action. In 1979 there were two tv "specials" of Legends of the Superheroes that saw the return of Adam West and Burt Ward as Batman and Robin surrounded by other great DC heroes. The less said about that the better.

In 1997 CBS made a pilot for a Justice League show. I have heard that it didn't air and it aired once in 1997. I don't know which is right. CBS had done a series of The Flash in 1990 which only lasted one season but still has a following. The Flash in this pilot is quite different however. He can't keep a job and his roommate kicks him out. The Green Lantern is Guy Gardner but looks like Hal Jordan in Guy's costume wih Kyle Rayner's logo. The creators of the pilot might have been trying to capture the humor of Giffen/DeMatties run of the Justice League but it doesn't come off the same. Who knows, if it made it to series maybe they could have fixed it.

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2023 at 11:33 PM

    I love the many diverse elements you bring together in this blog. But this was an era when the movies and TV just didn’t get superheroes. Like Disney doesn’t get Star Wars today.

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