JUSTICE LEAGUE (2017) 5:55 p.m. on HBO2. Ben Affleck’s Batman, Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, Henry Cavill’s Superman and more muscular DC Comics heroes punch and pow in this extravagant super-adventure. The script involves Atlantis and resurrection. The resulting movie “shows a series that’s still finding its footing as well as characters who, though perhaps not yet as ostensibly multidimensional as Marvel’s, may be more enduring (and golden),” Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The Times. “It has justice, and it has banter. And while it could have used more hanging out, more breeziness, it is a start.”

DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012) 8 p.m. on Paramount Network. Batman may have battled Superman in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (to highly questionable effectiveness), but it’ll be Batman vs. Batman Thursday night as Ben Affleck’s Batman in “Justice League” precedes Christian Bale’s portrayal of the same hero in “Dark Knight Rises.” The third and final entry in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy pits the wealthy caped crusader against the anarchist villain Bane (Tom Hardy). They’re joined by Anne Hathaway (as Selina Kyle, or Catwoman) and the swells of a Hans Zimmer score.