That’s the unofficial word about when we’ll see new episodes, sparking anger and frustration among the show’s fans. The leading theory as to the reason for the continued delay is to time it with the release of Superman Returns, or perhaps with the direct-to-DVD animated Superman movie, that reportedly takes off from the 90s Superman animated series.
In the meantime, the first season of Justice League will be released as a DVD boxed set in March, along with the first season of Batman Beyond.
Dwayne McDuffie, a producer and head writer on the series talks about past and future episodes of the series on a recent podcast at wordballon.com.
There hasn’t been a new episode since September 2005, and it still isn’t on Cartoon Network’s schedule, but news about upcoming episodes still continue to leak out. So what’s coming up when the show finally does return to the air?
First up will be “Flash and Substance”, which formally introduces the Flash’s Rogues Gallery, the Flash Museum and his future wife (in the comics) Linda Park. As an added bonus, the Trickster will be voiced by Mark Hamill, who played the same character in the Flash live-action TV series, which was released this month on DVD. Deadman will make his animated debut. Another episode, written by Paul Dini will feature Supergirl joining the Legion of Superheroes.
Read descriptions of most of this season;s episodes here.
As for the future of the DC animated universe, Teen Titans is over (the final episode is airing as I type this), and it’s likely the remaining episodes of this season’s JLU will be the last. However, Krypto and The Batman continue, a new Legion of Superheroes cartoon is on the way, and a new Superman series will probably debut within the next year or so, all unrelated to the animated universe started by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm with Batman: The Animated Series in 1992.
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