Super Friends (alternately spelled as "SuperFriends") is the collective name attributed to a series of animated programs produced by Hanna-Barbera between 1973 and 1985. Over the course of a decade, the series ran through several iterations including title changes such as, the All-New Super Friends Hour, Challenge of the Super Friends, the World's Greatest Super Friends, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, and Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians.
Summary[]
The Super Friends functioned as a child-friendly version of the Justice League of America. They headquartered themselves inside of the Hall of Justice, a centrally located fortress set within the confines of Metropolis. The heroes routinely monitored global catastrophes with the aid of an automated warning system called the Troubalert (or "trouble alert").
Principal Cast[]
- Danny Dark as the voice of Superman
- Olan Soule as the voice of Batman (seasons 1-4)
- Adam West as the voice of Batman (seasons 5-6)
- Norman Alden as the voice of Aquaman
- Shannon Farnan as the voice of Wonder Woman
- Casey Kasem as the voice of Robin
- Sherry Alberoni as the voice of Wendy Harris (season 1)
- Frank Welker as the voice of Marvin White (season 1)
- Michael Bell as the voice of Zan (seasons 2-4)
- Liberty Williams as the voice of Jayna (seasons 2-4)
- Mark L. Taylor and Olan Soule as the voice of Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond) and Martin Stein (seasons 5-6)
- Ernie Hudson as the voice of Cyborg (Victor Stone) (season 6)
Original Characters[]
Guest Appearances[]
- Atom (Ray Palmer)
- Flash (Barry Allen)
- Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
- Hawkman (Katar Hol)
- Hawkwoman (Shayera Hol)
- Plastic Man
- Rima, the Jungle Girl
Recurring Villains[]
Other Characters[]
- Colonel Wilcox
- Hippolyta
- Commissioner Gordon
- Jonathan Kent
- Lois Lane
- Martha Kent
- Perry White
- Abin Sur
- Jor-El
Super Friends Episodes[]
Super Friends (1973)[]
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
| "The Power Pirate" | September 8, 1973 |
| "The Baffles Puzzle" | September 15, 1973 |
| "Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C." | September 22, 1973 |
| "The Weather Maker" | September 29, 1973 |
| "Dr. Pelagian's War" | October 6, 1973 |
| "The Shamon U" | October 13, 1973 |
| "Too Hot to Handle" | October 20, 1973 |
| "The Androids" | October 27, 1973 |
| "The Balloon People" | November 3, 1973 |
| "The Fantastic Frerps" | November 10, 1973 |
| "The Ultra Beam" | November 17, 1973 |
| "The Menace of the White Dwarf" | November 24, 1973 |
| "The Mysterious Moles" | December 1, 1973 |
| "Gulliver's Gigantic Goof" | December 8, 1973 |
| "The Planet-Splitter" | December 15, 1973 |
| "The Watermen" | December 22, 1973 |
The All-New Super Friends Hour[]
Challenge of the Super Friends[]
The World's Greatest Super Friends[]
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
| "Rub Three Times for Disaster" | September 22, 1979 |
| "Lex Luthor Strikes Back" | September 29, 1979 |
| "Space Knights of Camelon" | October 6, 1979 |
| "The Lord of Middle Earth" | October 13, 1979 |
| "Universe of Evil" | October 20, 1979 |
| "Terror at 20,000 Fathoms" | October 27, 1979 |
| "The Super Friends Meet Frankenstein" | November 3, 1979 |
| "The Planet of Oz" | November 10, 1979 |
Super Friends (1980-83)[]
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show[]
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
| "The Bride of Darkseid, Part I" | September 8, 1984 |
| "The Bride of Darkseid, Part II" | September 15, 1984 |
| "The Wrath of Brainiac" | September 22, 1984 |
| "Reflections in Crime" | September 29, 1984 |
| "No Honor Among Thieves" | October 6, 1984 |
| "Mr. Mxyzptlk and the Magic Lamp" | October 13, 1984 |
| "The Case of the Shrinking Super Friends" | October 20, 1984 |
| "The Mask of Mystery" | October 20, 1984 |
| "Darkseid's Golden Trap, Part I" | November 3, 1984 |
| "Darkseid's Golden Trap, Part II" | November 10, 1984 |
| "The Case of the Dreadful Dolls" | November 17, 1984 |
| "The Royal Ruse" | November 24, 1984 |
| "The Village of Lost Souls" | December 1, 1984 |
| "Curator" | December 8, 1984 |
| "The Island of the Dinasoids" | December 15, 1984 |
| "Uncle Mxyzptlk" | December 22, 1984 |
Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians[]
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
| "The Seeds of Doom" | September 14, 1985 |
| "The Ghost Ship" "The Bizarro Super Powers Team" |
September 21, 1985 |
| "The Darkseid Deception" | September 28, 1985 |
| "The Fear" | October 5, 1985 |
| "The Wild Cards" | October 12, 1985 |
| "Brainchild" "The Case of the Stolen Powers" |
October 19, 1985 |
| "The Death of Superman" | November 2, 1985 |
| "Escape from Space City" | November 9, 1985 |
Notes[]
- In reruns 30 minute segments of one hour shows would be shown separately.
- The place of Super Friends within the Silver Age canon has been vague over the years.
- Initially, some stories such as Super Friends #7, Super Friends #8, Superman Family #190 and Limited Collectors' Edition #C-41 treated the events of the series (or at least, the tie-in comic) as if they happened on Earth-One.
- In the letters column of Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #6, Len Wein explained that "[A]ll the adventures of the Super Friends [...] are not considered part of our regular continuity [...]."
- Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium (2005) places the events of Super Powers, a tie-in series that expands on both Super Friends and mainstream comics as all happening on Earth-Thirty-Two, placing them explicitly outside Earth-One.
- The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia (2010), in its entry for Super Friends, lists the regular Super Friends as Earth-One (and the unrelated DC Super Friends (Volume 1) as Earth-508).
- A Super Friends-based reality also exists in the Arrowverse Multiverse.[1]
- Following Dark Crisis, the series is stated to take place on Earth 1956.
- The Super Friends version of Lex Luthor was shown in the Arrowverse comic book Crisis on Infinite earths Giants as 'Council of Luthors' which would mean that the animated series is also a part of the Arrowverse Multiverse.