Animation; Adventure; Science Fiction; Fantasy; Romance; Action; Children
Director
Ray Patterson; Oscar Dufau
Edition
Format
DVD
Actor
Constance Cawlfield as Wonder Woman; Danny Dark as Superman; Mark L. Taylor as Firestorm; Rene Auberjonois; Casey Kasem as Robin; Frank Welker as Darkseid; Adam West as Batman; Olan Soule as Professor Martin Stein; Mary McDonald-Lewis
Rating
Cinematography
Language
English
Plot
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 Brainia