"The Ringer" is the thirty-seventh episode of Justice League Action.
Summary[]
The Justice League are struggling to avoid defeat at the hands of Sinestro as his power ring never seems to need recharging, and someone needs to look inside it with the job naturally falling to the Atom.
Featuring[]
| CHARACTER | VOICED BY |
|---|---|
| Heroes | |
| Atom | Jerry O'Connell |
| Green Lantern | Josh Keaton |
| Superman | Jason J. Lewis |
| Wonder Woman | Rachel Kimsey |
| Cameos by Batman, Cyborg, Firestorm, Flash, Martian Manhunter, Plastic Man, Stargirl, Vixen, Zatanna | - |
| Villains | |
| Sinestro | Darin De Paul |
| Despotellis | Darin De Paul |
Story[]
In space, amongst asteroids, Green Lantern is involved in a desperate struggle with the sneering Sinestro. Every attempt by Green Lantern to use his green Power Ring in attack or defense is bettered by his opponent's yellow one. However, to his assistance comes Justice One, carrying Superman, Wonder Woman, Atom and the green Power Battery. As they announce their arrival to Green Lantern, his ring begins lose its charge leaving him at the mercy of his foe. He cannot understand how the yellow ring has not lost its charge too. Leaving Atom at the controls, Superman goes outside to distract Sinestro while Wonder Woman transfers to the Justice Two fighter.
As Superman and the fighter engage the villain, Atom maneuvers Justice One to collect Green Lantern. Inside, the latter recharges his ring from the battery, saying that they now need to find out how Sinestro's ring is keeping its charge, and so Atom offers to shrink down and go inside the ring. Passing outside, Atom, protected by a green Power Ring bubble, is propelled towards Sinestro (who is engaged in combat) and reduces in size to disappear unnoticed into the ring.
Still in contact with the other superheroes, he suffers a series of worrying hallucinations, but Green Lantern tells him that it is the yellow Power Ring playing on his fears. Atom relaxes his mind and finds himself in a crystalline structure. Up ahead, he sees a yellow Lantern Battery suspended over a yellow spider-like creature. Green Lantern, from Atom's description, identifies the creature as Despotellis and says he is a member of the Sinestro Corps and also that the battery must be keeping Sinestro's ring charged. Atom increases in size to square up to Despotellis, but the latter uses its own ring to crush Atom in a shrinking, yellow cage. The other superheroes listen to his frenzied cries for help and then silence. Sinestro, gloating over the demise of their colleague, grips the three stunned superheroes with multiple yellow arms in order to finish them off.
However, inside the ring, Despotellis still hears the voice of Atom but cannot see him. Atom tells it that he is small enough to rearrange its molecules and so Despotellis begins to sag before collapsing completely while the Power Battery falls, deactivated. Outside, Sinestro's ring suddenly loses power leaving him defenseless, and Green Lantern, not taking any chances, hits the villain with a speeding green freight train and smashes him onto an asteroid.
To the superheroes' surprise, Atom emerges alive from the ring and brings a captive Despotellis. The others dispute Atom's description of the weird creature, each humorously offering their own in turn.
