The Super Society of Super-Villains makes its presence known by attacking 5 cities with giant tentacle-plants. While the boring old Justice League fight the plants the younger heroes attack the super-villains' headquarters, a swamp in Louisiana. The baddies (Joker, the Ultra-Humanite, Wotan, Count Vertifo, Black Adam, Poison Ivy, the Aromic Skull) prove to be formidable opponents. The young heroes destroy the master plant that is relaying instructions to the other plants but after that victory it seems like the heroes have bit off a little more than they can chew. Aqualad dons the helmet of Dr. Fate but even that isn't enough.
There is lots of action, fighting action, in this episode and not a whole lot of character moments but there is a nice one involving Artemis and Kid Flash. It happens during the briefing they get from Batman before they head to Louisiana.
I want to believe that the reason why the adults are so boring, including villains like the Joker, is because the stars of the show are teenagers. That said, I wouldn't mind it if the adults were played a little less stodgy. There were lots of cameo appearances by adult superheroes. I didn't recognize all of them. I think that at least a couple were Milestone characters.
The part at the end where Aqualad removed the Helmet of Fate seemed a little too quick and easy. There wasn't even so much as a warning of what might happen next time. There will be a next time, although I can't recall exactly which episode that will be.
The super-villains headquarters in the swamp reminded me of the Legion of Doom from Challenge of the Superfriends and the villains HQ from season 3 of JLU.
This was a decent episode but not close to being a favorite of mine.
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