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November 8, 2002: Rich Fogel Talks “Justice League” Finale

Toon Zone was able to catch up with Rich Fogel, one of the creators behind "Justice League", to discuss the much anticipated three part Justice League season finale, "The Savage Time." It will air November 9th, 2002 at 7pm (ET) as a full length movie on Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theatre.

"We initially wanted to do 'The Savage Time' because it gave us an opportunity to put characters like Superman and Wonder Woman back into World War II, the period where they first appeared in print," said Fogel. "We were inspired by those Golden Age covers of Superman tossing tanks and Wonder Woman roping Nazi spies. We also thought this would be a great chance to animate Sgt. Rock & Easy Company and the Blackhawks."

Early reports revealed that "The Savage Time" would focus mainly on one member of the Justice League. That soon changed as the storyline began to develop into something bigger.

"As the story grew, it really took on epic proportions," said Fogel. "Each of our main heroes has an important arc or character moment, and the action is jam-packed. I'm glad Cartoon Network is showing this one as a movie because I think there would be riots if we left fans hanging."

Read the complete interview at the Toon Zone website.