"Luthor in Paradise" is the sixteenth episode of Justice League Action.
Summary[]
Lex Luthor seizes the staff of the queen of the Amazons to use it to locate a powerful magical object, but the Justice League are hot on his trail.
Featuring[]
| CHARACTER | VOICED BY |
|---|---|
| Heroes | |
| Wonder Woman | Rachel Kimsey |
| Batman | Kevin Conroy |
| Superman | Jason J. Lewis |
| Villains | |
| Lex Luthor | James Woods |
| Circe | Laura Post |
| Others | |
| Hippolyta | Julianne Grossman |
Story[]
On Paradise Island, in her throne room, Queen Hippolyta is paid an unwelcome male visit by Lex Luthor in his battle suit. He blasts her guards away and demands that she hand over the Oculus of the Argo which can grant a mortal the powers of the god Zeus. She refuses but lets slip that her staff will point the way to the Oculus. She uses the staff to blast Luthor, but he responds by trapping her under a pile of rubble. As he moves in, Wonder Woman unexpectedly intervenes and knocks him away, releasing the Queen.
Luthor trumps this by calling in his ally, the sorceress Circe, who blasts Wonder Woman out into the courtyard where she becomes squeezed between two giant, stone hands. Hippolyta cannot free her but will not bargain for Wonder Woman's life in return for the staff. Luthor and Circe take it by force anyway, open a portal to the Fallen Realm (where the Oculus is) and enter. Belatedly, Batman and Superman arrive and extricate Wonder Woman from the giant hands. Although Hippolyta is aloof with these two men, she conjures another portal, and the three superheroes enter.
The Fallen Realm has the appearance of fragments of landscape floating in space. Luthor and Circe arrive on a fragment with a temple inside of which is the Oculus (a yellow disk). Luthor drapes it across his chest and transforms into an image of the god Zeus, complete with long hair and beard.
The Justice League then arrive in the Realm, fly through it and appear in the temple where they challenge the two villains. They are not able to subdue the new Zeus-Luthor who has the powers of a god. Circe then makes them begin to turn into trees, intending to leave them there as an example. But the superheroes are still sufficiently free to blow Circe away and get Wonder Woman's lasso into her hand which she uses to ensnare Zeus-Luthor. He then blurts out that he intends to dispense with Circe after conquering Olympus. The latter overhears, attacks Luthor, making the Oculus fall off, and frees the three superheroes.
This proves short-sighted, as the Justice League just capture both of the villains and return to Paradise Island where they give the staff back to Hippolyta and hand over Circe. Cordial relations only last until Batman, Superman and Luthor are ordered off the island.
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Notes[]
- In the DVD release, this is episode 17 and comes between Field Trip and Plastic Man Saves the World.