10 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Justice League Unlimited

Of the various assorted delights that the world of superhero cartoons provides us, the Justice League series is by far one of the best. Packed full of character-driven moments and epic fight scenes, there are few moments in the show that ever feel wasted, as even when the cast is comprised of countless heroes almost all of them get their well deserved moment in the sun.

And much like any good show, it also has a fair share of obscure and interesting facts about it. Since so many of the characters involved were not only in comic runs at the time, but were also in films and television shows, there was plenty of complicated rules surrounding which heroes could feature at which point in the series.

As a cornerstone of how many people know DC and its favourite superhero team - and how many comic fans got into the paper medium - it's well worth finding out every sordid secret fact you can about one of Warner Bros' crown jewels.

...Even if it's about how they almost killed Aquaman's son in brutal fashion. Hell, maybe especially then.

As is the case with a lot of things related to the Justice League, it proved very easy for storylines in the cartoon to become Bat-centric. And while many of these are the highlight of the series, it would be entirely unbalanced to let the Dark Knight be the consistent focus of a series that is supposed to be about all of the Justice League.

Between this and the production of both The Batman cartoon and The Dark Knight film series, the decision was made to put a limit on how much Bat-centric content would be placed in Justice League Unlimited.

This largely extended to characters associated with Gotham's protector, such as Batgirl and Robin, who were entirely restricted from the series. It's a decision that had both ups and downs, as while it was likely a smart move to avoid over-Baturation, it did also prevent from a lot of relevant and interesting figures from featuring in the show.