Super Friends
Super Friends returned to ABC on Saturday September 8, 1984 with a new thirty minute program that typically featured two 11-minute stories per episode. This incarnation featured Superman, Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman, and also the Wonder Twins and Gleek, this time teamed up with Firestorm. In addition to this core group, episodes during this season also featured some cameos by old and new Super Friends. The program lasted one season until August 31, 1985. The appeal of this version of the series at the time were the emphasis on actual villains from the comic books. Brainiac, Lex Luthor, Mirror Master, Mr Mxyzptlk, as well as Darkseid and his henchmen from Apokolips, all made appearances. Mirror Master only used pocket mirrors and larger mirrors to capture the Super Friends. He didn't use any ray guns or mirror traveling. Darkseid and his underlings were actually introduced into animated form in this series. One of the oddities of the show's opening credits is the depiction of Brainiac as he appeared in the 1970s and early 1980s even though on the episodes of this series, Brainiac's appearance was in line with the comic book's of that time period — being depicted in a more skeletal form. Another oddity was having Aquaman appear in the opening sequence but he never made an appearance throughout this run of the series.
This season, and the one to follow, featured the “Super Powers” tag which was part of a marketing tie-in with a toyline of the same name produced by Kenner
Frank Welker | Darkseid | |
Adam West | Batman | |
Mickie McGowan | Additional Voices | |
Gregg Berger | Additional Voices | |
Pat Fraley | Additional Voices | |
James Avery | Additional Voices | |
Mark L. Taylor | Firestorm | |
William Woodson | Additional Voices | |
Arthur Burghardt | Additional Voices | |
Dick Tufeld | Announcer | |
Howard Caine | Additional Voices | |
William Callaway | Aquaman (Arthur Curry) | |
Liz Georges | Additional Voices | |
Mary McDonald-Lewis | Additional Voices | |
Danny Dark | Superman | |
Orlando Drummond | Desaad | |
José Santa Cruz | Lex Luthor | |
Constance Cawlfield | Wonder Woman | |
Isaac Bardavid | Mestre dos Espelhos | |
Marcos Miranda | Superman | |
Nelson Batista | Nuclear | |
Edna Mayo | Lois Lane | |
Ayrton Cardoso | Remlar | |
Francisco José Corrêa | Vulcão Negro | |
Newton da Matta | Batman |
Firestorm joins the Super Friends just in time for the team's first clash with the New God, Darkseid.
Armed with a new power-suit, Lex Luthor joins with Darkseid for a new scheme against the SuperFriends. Mxyzptlk returns and impersonates a lamp's genie for a dumb crook to torment the SuperFriends..
The junior SuperFriends find themselves under attack at the Hall of Justice by Lex Luthor and his shrink ray. A novice kid superhero proves a hindrance for the SuperFriends, but must take action when Lex Luthor steals his secrets.
The Super Friends find themselves trapped on an island of dinosaur-like creatures. When Superman is turned by red kryptonite into a bratty superpowered toddler, Mxyzptlk arrives to cause trouble with this opportunity.
Despite the Super Friends' efforts to prevent it, Darkseid obtains a chunk of Gold Kryptonite that can permanently destroy Superman's powers.
The Dollmaker uses a magic clay to mind-control the Super Friends into commit crimes for him. An alien princess requests the Super Friends' help to free her world from Darkseid, only to fall into her trap.
The Super Friends discover an isolated rural village with residents acting strangely. A malevolent alien is stealing monuments, and the people inside them, for his space museum.