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Cartoon Network has taken to the world stage to announce the release date for their newly animated Justice League Action series and released the first episode’s synopsis.
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The first episode, entitled “Shazam Slam” pits the Dark Knight against Black Adam. Each episode in the series will be 11 minutes in length.
Synopsis reads:
In “Shazam Slam,” the villainous Black Adam battles Batman on the Rock of Eternity and unleashes a horde of Djinn determined to turn the Earth back to its pre-human, volcanic state. Affected by the otherworldly powers of these primordial monsters, Batman becomes possessed and is turned into a giant flying Batmonster laying waste to the Hall of Justice, with only Superman capable of taking the fight to the Dark Knight. One by one, the Justice League – with the help of Shazam (voiced by Sean Astin) and The Wizard (voiced by Carl Reiner) – must hunt down and defeat each Djinn in order to yet again save the world from destruction.
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Justice League Action debuts Friday, December 16, 2016 at 6 pm ET