Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
- The Complete Series (DC Comics Classic Collection) (1984)
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"Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show!" as announced in
the opening main title by veteran voice artist Dick Tufeld
(Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, Thundarr the Barbarian) was the
next-to-last incarnation of the long-running Super Friends series.
Based on the Super Powers toy line of the time featuring select DC
Comics heroes including hero Firestorm (a long-time personal
favorite of mine), Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
(1984) is most revered as the Super Friends series that first
introduced Firestorm the Nuclear Man in animated form, along with
evil Apokolips lord Darkseid. Not to mention Adam West reprising his
caped crusader role as the voice of this show's animated Batman.
Though still "Super Friends fun," the art and animation for "Super
Powers" was diminished to rather cartoony proportions, as most
Hanna-Barbera cartoons of the time (Challenge of the GoBots, Scary
Scooby Funnies) tended to be. Dedicated SF fans will overlook it,
while those spoiled on today's animation may not be so inclined.
Firestorm's transformation scene still looks cool though. Plus the
tone of the show is *slightly* more intense (for Super Friends) than
the previous versions thanks to the presence of Darkseid. So while
the quality of the show is down a bit, it still remains highly
watchable.
Comprised of 16 episodes totaling almost 8 half hours, this "Super
Powers" collection also may seem limited, especially to SF fans who
were hoping that the follow-up series Super Powers Team: Galactic
Guardians episodes would be included on the set. However, unlike the
previous collections (each also containing 16 episodes, but were
wrongly/confusingly titled "The First Season" and "Volume Two"),
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show - The Complete Series
is properly titled and contains exactly what the title says. Look
for "Galactic Guardians" in its own 2-disc complete set on October
23rd.
Superfriends: The Legendary Supers Powers Show - The Complete Series
is a 2-disc set featuring all episodes from the 1984-1985 season;
Full-Frame (1.33:1) video; plus the following Special Features:
"Evolution: New Heroes, Viler Villains, and Ethnic Additions":
Featurette on the impact of the Super Friends era of cultural
diversity in animation; "The Super Powers Collection": Featurette
covers the correlation between the Super Friends and the toy
industry; Commentary: On 5 key episodes by experts.
Episodes:
1. The Bride of Darkseid (Part 1)
2. The Bride of Darkseid (Part 2)
3. The Wrath of Brainiac
4. Reflections in Crime
5. No Honor Among Super Thieves
6. Mr. Mxyzptlk and the Magic Lamp
7. Case of the Shrinking Super Friends
8. The Mask of Mystery
9. Darkseid's Golden Trap (Part 1)
10. Darkseid's Golden Trap (Part 2)
11. Island of the Dinosoids
12. Uncle Mxyzptlk (Super Brat)
13. The Case of the Dreadful Dolls
14. The Royal Ruse
15. The Village of Lost Souls
16. The Curator
