Super Friends
Super Friends first aired on ABC on September 8, 1973, featuring well-known DC characters Superman, Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman as part of its Saturday morning cartoon lineup. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and was based on the Justice League of America (JLA) and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics.
The name of the program (and the JLA members featured with the Super Friends) have been variously represented (as Super Friends and Challenge of the Super Friends, for example) at different points in its broadcast history.
Frank Welker | Mr. Mxyzptlk | |
Michael Bell | Zan | |
Casey Kasem | Robin | |
Olan Soule | Batman | |
Shannon Farnon | Wonder Woman | |
Danny Dark | Superman | |
Louise Williams | Jayna | |
William Callaway | Aquaman | |
Fernando Escandon | El Dorado | |
Wally Burr | The Atom |
Director | George Gordon | |
Carl Urbano | ||
Rudy Zamora | ||
Ray Patterson | ||
Writer | David Villaire, Gene Ayres | |
Producer | Gerard Baldwin, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Iwao Takamoto |
First, the "Outlaws of Orion" imprison the Super Friends on a bogus charge. Then, the Wonder Twins are in danger when an evil genie offers them "Three Wishes." Lastly, the Super Friends battle a horde of giant insect led by "Scorpio."
The mischievous imp Mxyzpltk returns to star the Super Friends in "Mxyzpltk's Flick." Next, villainous Diamond Jack threatens a small mining town with a gigantic electronic cobra in "Sink Hole." Finally, El Dorado summons the Super Friends to help him battle an "Alien Mummy."
Superman is rendered helpless by "The Evil From Krypton." Next, "The Creature From The Dump" threatens Gotham City. Later, an eerie ray transforms airplanes into gigantic screeching birds in "The Aircraft Terror."
Aquaman teams with the Super Friends to defeat "The Lava Men." Then, Bizarro lures Superman to "Bizarroworld" in an attempt to drive him insane. Finally, Samurai and the Super Friends intervene when a 13th-century warlord escapes his own time to wreak havoc on present-day Japan in "The Warlord's Amulet."
First, the Super Friends fight "The Iron Cyclops" that threatens Metropolis. Next, a villainous artist paints creatures that come to life and do his evil bidding in "The Palette's Perils." Lastly, when the gigantic "Colossus" plays with the planets of the galaxy as if they were toys, Apache Chief devises a plan to stop him.
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