Summary: While on a peacekeeping mission in the Middle East, American soldiers discover a temple containing a black diamond known as the Heart of Darkness, as well is its protector, the aged Mophir. After a quick skirmish, one soldier is beckoned by the diamond to touch it, after which he is possessed by the evil spirits contained within. Now with a host to control, the spirits in the diamond�the ancient snake-people known as the Ophidians�are free to continue their vendetta against humanity, with even members of the Justice League succumbing to their influence. In the end it comes down to the Flash, who�alone on the Watchtower and hunted by his friends�must find a way to prevent them from carrying out the Ophidian's agenda: the destruction of the sun.
JL
Roll Call: Superman,
Wonder Woman, Green
Lantern, The Flash, J�onn
J�onzz, Hawkgirl
Featured Character:
The Flash
Villains:
The Ophidians
Cartoon Network on �Eclipsed�:
�When peace-keeping soldiers in the
Bruce Timm on �Eclipsed�: �There is definitely some really broad comedy in that episode and, at the same time, there�s also some real kind of creepy stuff, especially in Part Two when the Justice League gets possessed. It�s one of those shows that abruptly switches tone, goes from being a fairly broad comedy to fairly scary action adventure stuff. My bottom line is that I�m fine with doing a comedy episode, as long as it�s genuinely funny and I think this one is (courtesy of RetroVision CD-ROM Magazine).�
Bruce Timm on parallels to current events: "The real-world element in 'Eclipsed'�the hunt for the Bin Laden-like guy�is basically window-dressing, an attempt to add verisimilitude to something that is, at its core, a pretty far-fetched fantasy romp; nothing remotely political about it, at all (courtesy of The World's Finest)."
DarkLantern on Green Lantern in �Eclipsed�: �Green Lantern�s ring beam has the properties of light�including its speed. Since Green Lantern can fire a beam that can travel at the speed of light, it can keep up with Flash with no problem (the [nitpick] is, if the beam itself can travel at / up to the speed of light, Green Lantern could�ve pushed the generator on its own without putting Flash at risk).
�I won�t even go into the ring�s ability to generate space warps (wormholes) for Green Lanterns to do their interstellar travel, which means the Justice League doesn�t have to build another generator�and, hey, doesn�t the generator itself need a power source (I suppose Green Lantern�s ring fits that bill)?
�By the way, Green Lantern didn�t necessarily get the device to the sun in a few seconds; that was clever editing. Even light itself needs a little more than eight minutes to travel from the Earth to the sun (courtesy of Toon Zone).�
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