(male narrator) Previously on "Justice League.."
Something is not right here.
(Green Lantern) The Streak, Tom Turbine, Green Guardsman..
...they were the stars of my favorite comic book
"The Justice Guild Of America."
Ray, the decoder rings.
Consider yourselves honorary members
of the Justice Guild.
I have long hypothesized
that there are an infinite number of parallel dimensions
each containing its own planet earth.
Don't worry, friends.
I will toil night and day
until I discover a way to get you home.
Aaaaah!
A sudden dizziness.. So strange.
I propose a contest.
'Each of us will see who can pull off'
'the most spectacular crime.'
'The winner will earn the honor'
'of devising a plan to destroy the Justice Guild.'
splash
"Here lies Scott Mason
the Green Guardsman?"
No.
[theme music]
[music continues]
It's true. I saw the grave.
But it doesn't make any sense.
(Hawkgirl) 'Look, I don't know who that is'
but the real Green Guardsman is gone.
And so are the rest of them.
No. I don't believe it!
swoosh
He seemed to take this quite personally.
I'll bring him back.
Wait here for Flash.
swoosh
[intense music]
Gentlemen, that's why I lead
the league in steals.
Don't be so fast to toot your own horn, sportsman.
chime chime
Then it appears we have a hat trick.
That leaves Dr. Blizzard out in the cold.
(Dr. Blizzard) 'Not quite.'
I'd say, this entitles me to victory
in our nefarious contest. Don't you agree?
Bravo!
To the victor goes the spoils.
It was nothing, my friends.
Aa-ah!
What are you gonna do now, doc?
Turn us into snow cones?
Oh, no.
I have bigger plans than that
much bigger plans.
[instrumental music]
Still no word?
I'm afraid not.
ring ring
Maybe this is it. Hello?
The Injustice Guild has just robbed
the Seaboard City mint.
Now they're escaping, by blimp.
Only they would commit such a heinous act
and on a Sunday!
Thanks for the tip, sergeant.
We're on the case.
The Injustice Guild's on the move.
Then we should be, too.
(all) 'Let justice prevail!'
whoosh
swoosh swoosh
chirp chirp
John, I'm sorry.
You were right.
They're gone.
All of them.
Then who are those people
back at the mansion?
Robots? Clones?
[instrumental music]
I don't know..
...but I intend to get some answers.
swoosh
whistle whistle
Stop!
screech
What can I do you for, folks?
What can you tell us about those graves on the hill?
Uh, sorry, I've got to finish my route, uh.
Can't keep my customers waiting.
What customers?
I noticed you before.
- You never stopped. - Uh.
Business has been kind of dead.
When was the last time you actually
sold any ice cream?
Please, no more questions.
He might hear you.
Who?
I can't say any more.
screech
jingle jingle
Have a nice day!
screech
Curiouser and curiouser.
whoosh
screech
Up there!
I'll let the air out of their balloon.
Not so fast, Guardsman. Look.
- Argh! - Aa-aah!
Holy hostages!
swoosh
clack
Cue the orchestra.
[instrumental music]
Aaaaah!
Huh?
whoosh
Fore!
whack
cough cough cough
I've got you, old chum.
[instrumental music]
Presto change-o.
crack
Aaaah!
- Oooph! - Ooh!
It's true what they say
television is bad for you.
Grmph!
Looks like it's up to me.
vroom
screech
crash
ding
screech
vroom
crash
vroom
(all) Aaah!
Oooogh! What was that?
[intense music]
Oooogh!
Don't bother welcoming me aboard.
Get him!
Oooh!
Ugh!
swoosh swoosh
The library?
I want to bone up on my history.
Hello?
Blank?
What?
[instrumental music]
They're all useless!
Aaaargh!
Let's check the newspaper archives in the basement.
Right.
click
click click
[music continues]
zwing
Why am I not surprised?
I've had enough.
Haaaah!
smash
Ladies first.
chug
A subway station?
Must have been an earthquake or something.
No.
These are battle scars.
[music continues]
You're right, and look at the date.
Forty years ago.
The same day as the last "Justice Guild" comic.
[instrumental music]
Prepare to be foiled, Cat Man.
Heyaaaah!
thud
Aaaah!
Oh!
En garde.
bang
I'll have you free in a jiffy.
- Aah! - Ooh!
It's no use. We'll never get free.
Wanna bet?
Decorative... and functional.
Urgh!
Aaaah!
Whoa!
- Oooh! - Whoa!
Aaaaah!
- Flash! - Uh.
Gotcha!
Huh?
swoosh
You two need a lift?
Ooh! Oh! Oh!
We've sprung a leak.
I can't control it!
Then it's time to bail.
Wait! What are you doing? Stop! Stop!
Ugh!
Huh?
crash
[instrumental music]
Whoo-hoo! That was amazing!
When Black Siren fell and Flash caught her
and then Cat Man knocked Sir Swami off the blimp.
Gosh, that was the best battle yet!
Indeed. The city's in your debt, Justice Guild.
Just doing our job, sergeant.
Take them away!
vroom
screech
Is it just me, or those two are the only cops in this town?
chirp chirp chirp
Then, at the last second
Green Guardsman flies in and..
...boom!
Some friends!
It's a good thing the Justice Guild
was around to save me.
They're not the Justice Guild.
Say what?
You heard me.
They are not
the Justice Guild.
How can you say that?
This is a serious accusation, young man.
Explain yourself.
No. You explain this.
"Justice Guild killed in battle?"
It's a hoax!
Some kind of sick joke.
It's no joke.
'The real Streak'
'Green Guardsman, Tom Turbine..'
...they're all dead.
I've seen their graves.
He can't be serious..
...can he?
I don't know.
It sounds fantastic, but..
ring ring
Hello?
Justice Guild, we need your help.
A monster's tearing up Main Street.
You must hurry.
We're on our way, sergeant.
We're needed downtown.
zwing
We're not done here!
But Seaboard City needs us.
Haven't you noticed that nothing here makes sense?
Library books with blank pages
ice-cream trucks that never stop.
Dangers that spring up whenever someone gets
too close to the truth.
What truth?
That your world is an illusion..
...a living memory of a civilization
destroyed 40 years ago
when the Justice Guild gave their lives
for this earth.
'That's why they stopped publishing'
'the comic book in our world.'
No more Justice Guild.
And any time someone starts to figure things out--
Nuns and dynamite.
If what you say is true..
...who or what is creating this illusion?
I suggest you ask Ray.
Ray?
Why would I know anything?
Because you are the source.
[intense music]
No-o-o!
Huh?
You ruined it!
You ruined everything!
Aaaaah!
thump thump
crash
That's it. I officially want to go home.
Justice Guild, attack!
No!
swoosh
Don't! It's an illusion.
He's the real menace.
[music continues]
crackle
Take that, monster.
smash
bang
thud
It's over, Ray.
It's been over before!
I changed that!
swoosh
whoosh
Aaaah! Aah!
Haaaah!
Aaah!
zap zap zap
zap zap
zap zap zap
This is my world!
'I decide who wins'
and who loses.
Uuaaah!
[intense music]
Aaaaah!
Aaaaaah! Aaah!
Hrrh!
Hmph!
Uh!
Hmph!
Aaaah! Ugh.
Grrr!
Aa-argh!
Grrr!
(Green Lantern) 'Aaargh!'
The Justice League needs our help.
Wait, if what they said is true
'defeating Ray could destroy this reality'
and everything in it.
Including us.
(Green Lantern) 'Aaah!'
Ha-ha!
Aaaaah!
We died once to save this earth
and we can do it again.
whoosh
Arghhh!
You'll be sorry you messed things up.
Aaah! Oooh. Ugh!
What is this?
In Seaboard City... crime doesn't pay.
Aaaah! Oooaaah! Uh..
You can't..
I made you!
(all) Let justice prevail!
Eah!
- Grhh! - Aaaaah!
Stop!
Eeyaah!
- Aaah! - Aa-aah!
Ughh!
- Ooomph! - Uh!
Grrr!
crackle crackle
Arghh!
Oooorgh!
smash
thud
Aa-aah!
whoosh
Huh? Uh..
Whoa.
zap
Aaah! Ugh.
zap
Aaah! Aaah! Aaah!
Argh!
whoosh
Aarghhh!
sigh sigh
Yaaaaaah!
[instrumental music]
Ugh..
foosh
No!
[music continues]
foosh
Uh..
Uh...what happened?
Uh-uhh..
He couldn't maintain the illusion.
The strain was too great.
But how did he get like that?
The radioactive fallout from the nuclear war
'mutated his DNA'
'giving him the psychic ability'
'to mold this world to his choosing.'
So he chose to recreate it
with the heroes he worshipped as a child.
Who could blame him?
jingle jingle
Listen.
jingle jingle
vroom vroom
jingle jingle
[instrumental music]
screech
You're all real?
It's like waking up from a dream.
I'm sorry.
We destroyed your world.
No. We did that.
But now all that's left is this nightmare.
'Being stuck in an ice cream truck'
'for 40 years..'
...that's a nightmare.
Compared to that, rebuilding our world
would be a piece of cake.
Thank you for giving us back our future.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
So what now?
How are we supposed to get home?
I have an idea. Come on.
creak creak
Remember when Tom Turbine said
he had been working on a trans dimensional gateway?
It's possible that..
Yes!
There it is.
poof
What good's that gonna do?
He was never able to find a way to power it.
True, but maybe I can.
zap
crackle crackle
I don't know how long I can hold it.
Go!
whoosh
whoosh whoosh
(Flash) 'You should have been there.'
'It was so freaky!'
'Those cornball villains with their bad puns'
and the heroes with the decoder rings.
What's up with that?
Still, Black Siren was a hottie.
Where's GL?
swoosh swoosh
[instrumental music]
Are you okay?
It's stupid, really.
Why should I feel like this?
I mean, they weren't even real.
They gave their lives for us.
That's real enough for me.
[music continues]
[instrumental music]