Summary: Superman has his first encounter with the Justice League's latest recruit: Captain Marvel, a champion that embodies everything that is exemplary and noble about superheroes. This makes the Man of Steel�who is used to being the measure upon which all other heroes are measured�more than a little jealous, and these flames are fanned further when Marvel unwittingly endorses Lex Luthor's presidential campaign. These hostilities come to a head when the World's Mightiest Mortal comes to Luthor's defense when Superman suspects that he has planted a bomb in his Lexor City project and, in the aftermath of a fierce battle, Superman must question whether he's still deserving of his "boy scout" image.
JL Mission Roll Call: Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel, Metamorpho, Elongated Man
PC Roll Call:
Amanda Waller, Lex
Luthor
CR Roll Call: Black Mass, Shatterfist, Crowbar, Fastball
Featured Characters:
Superman, Captain
Marvel
Villain:
Lex
Luthor
Supporting Villains: Amanda Waller, Dr. Emil Hamilton, Parasite, The Cadre
Cartoon Network on �Clash�: �The world�s mightiest mortal, Captain Marvel, joins the Justice League, but even his power may not be enough to foil Lex Luthor�s latest plot (courtesy of The World's Finest).�
J.M. DeMatteis on �Clash�: �Captain Marvel and Superman in a good old-fashioned, wreck-the-city punch up�while Lex Luthor grins maliciously. It�s my fifth, and last, episode this year. It�s been a great gig and I�ve loved working with Dwayne [McDuffie] and Stan Berkowitz and the whole JLU team (courtesy of Silver Bullet Comics).�
Bruce Timm on the Atom in �Clash�: �There�s actually no way in hell we could justify paying John McGinley a full voice over fee just to say one line of dialogue�the accounting department would be all over us like a bad rash! So, knowing how versatile John is, we had him do double-duty in this episode (he played the �Bill O�Reilly�-type guy, not William Sanderson) and, thus, could afford to bring him in to voice Atom as well (courtesy of Toon Zone).�
Images
Clash Image #1 | Clash Image #2
Commentary
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Images courtesy of The Bruce Timm Gallery, timmfans, and Toon Zone.
