Justice League Vs The Fatal Five: Everything We Know About The JL Reunion

7. Style & Substance

When preview material was released for Justice League Vs The Fatal Five, one of the first things fans noticed was the familiar art style and character designs of artist Bruce Timm. Timm is credited with the creation and development of the DC Animated Universe, a connected universe of animated shows which includes Batman the Animated Series, Superman the Animated Series, Batman Beyond, Justice League and Justice League Unlimited.

Incredibly innovative and spanning almost a decade, those shows and their distinct character models influenced and informed an entire generation of superhero fans. With that in mind, it surely looks as though DC are tapping into the nostalgia caused by fans seeing their favorite superhero team just as they remembered them growing up.

Details regarding the story are relatively sparse, as producers have admitted that the film isn’t based on any singular adapted story, but instead inspired by Jim Shooter’s run on Legion of Superheroes. The official synopsis reads as follows:

“Justice League vs. The Fatal Five finds the fate of the earth hanging in the balance when the Justice League faces a powerful new threat — the Fatal Five! Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman seek answers as the time-traveling trio of Mano, Persuader, and Tharok terrorize Metropolis in search of budding Green Lantern, Jessica Cruz. With her unwilling help, they aim to free remaining Fatal Five members Emerald Empress and Validus to carry out their sinister plan. But the Justice League has also discovered an ally from another time in the peculiar Star Boy — brimming with volatile power, could he be the key to thwarting the Fatal Five? An epic battle against ultimate evil awaits!”