Super Friends
Just Imagine! The greatest heroes of our time, banded together to stamp out the forces of evil wherever and whenever they might appear! Based on DC Comics' long-running Justice League Of America series, the show featured the Justice League (Superman, Batman & Robin, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman together with 'apprentice' super-heroes Marvin, Wendy, and Wonder Dog. Other DC luminaries such as the Flash and the Atom made periodic cameos.
- 1973-1985
- 9 seasons
- ABC
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- TV-G
Just Imagine! The greatest heroes of our time, banded together to stamp out the forces of evil wherever and whenever they might appear! Based on DC Comics' long-running Justice League Of America series, the show featured the Justice League (Superman, Batman & Robin, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman together with 'apprentice' super-heroes Marvin, Wendy, and Wonder Dog. Other DC luminaries such as the Flash and the Atom made periodic cameos.
Season 1 Episode Guide
16 Episodes 1973
Episode 1
The Power Pirate
Sat, Sep 8, 1973 46 mins
Anthro from the planet Traum, disguising himself as a special inspector from Scotland Yard, attempts to steal the Earth's energy to take back to Traum.
Episode 2
The Baffles Puzzle
Sat, Sep 15, 1973 46 mins
Professor Baffles has embarked on a crusade to destroy all literature, art and music with a chemical he has developed. His two accomplices use Professor Baffles' crusade to extort money from the U.S. government.
Episode 3
Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C.
Sat, Sep 22, 1973 45 mins
Professor Goodfellow invents the G.E.E.C. (Goodfellow's Effort-Eliminating Computer) to free mankind of all physical labor, brainwork and responsibility. However, when this miracle-of-the-ages computer goes out of control, it takes the combined efforts of all the Superfriends to repair the computer and return the world to its normal state.
Episode 4
The Weather Maker
Sat, Sep 29, 1973 46 mins
Glaciers are melting, gigantic whirlpools are forming and there are icebergs in the South Atlantic. Then the Superfriends chart these drastic changes in weather, a pattern soon begins to emerge.
Episode 5
Dr. Palagian's War
Sat, Oct 6, 1973 47 mins
The nation's three leading industrialists receive a warning from a computerized albatross, "Listen to the voice of Dr. Pelagian, you have one hour to stop pollution of the seas, before the sea strikes back!" The Superfriends must get the three stubborn industrialists to meet with Dr. Pelagian before his tactics endanger the country.
Episode 6
The Shamon U
Sat, Oct 13, 1973 45 mins
Dr. Shamon uses a gigantic magnetic "U" to draw a solid gold meteorite to the Earth. However, he is unaware of the fact that his "sky-mining" technique has released some exotic gases from the space cloud, which, when united with the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere, form a green mist and a red mist which can enlarge or shrink animals and plants except for humans.
Episode 7
Too Hot to Handle
Sat, Oct 20, 1973 46 mins
The Superfriends are told by the government's leading scientist that a strange new wave of magnetism is drawing the Earth from its orbit toward the sun. They must discover what is causing the increased magnetic pull and stop it.
Episode 8
The Androids
Sat, Oct 27, 1973 46 mins
As the Superfriends watch the launch of Apollo 20, neither they nor the government know that the astronauts aboard have been replaced by androids.
Episode 9
The Balloon People
Sat, Nov 3, 1973 46 mins
A family of balloon people, from the planet Balunia, are befriended by the Superfriends after their flying saucer lands on Earth. However, the news reports of these unusual guests prompt the ambitious scholar, Noah Tall, to devise a plan to capture the balloon people.
Episode 10
The Fantastic Frerps
Sat, Nov 10, 1973 46 mins
King Plasto has been intercepting every shipment of raw plastic powder on its way to the government space research station because he intends to use the raw powder for his own means.
Episode 11
The Ultra Beam
Sat, Nov 17, 1973 46 mins
Two scientists are on an idealistic crusade to destroy all the world's gold with a special beam, unaware they are causing massive collateral environmental and infrastructure damage.
Episode 12
Menace of the White Dwarf
Sat, Nov 24, 1973 45 mins
Superman's old enemy Raven has returned for revenge. He has a gravity-defying white dwarf star fragment that he's using to snatch up objects from bicycles to national landmarks to lure the Man of Steel to stand trial in his kangaroo court.
Episode 13
The Mysterious Moles
Sat, Dec 1, 1973 47 mins
The Super Friends search for "The Secret Four". Then, the Wonder Twins help when a "Tiger on the Loose." Next, the Super Friends intervene in "Voyage of the Mysterious Time Creatures". Finally, Wonder Woman and Apache Chief must find "The Antidote".
Episode 14
Gulliver's Gigantic Goof
Sat, Dec 8, 1973 46 mins
Dr. Hiram Gulliver uses his microwave reducer to shrink humanity to an environmentally friendly and economical two-inches tall. He will remain full-sized to rule over the mini-population of earth. Green Arrow makes his screen debut.
Episode 15
The Planet Splitter
Sat, Dec 15, 1973 46 mins
An ingenious scientist, Dr. Laban, has stolen the largest diamonds in the world to power his "planet splitter." While the Superfriends guard the remaining diamonds in the world, Wendy and Marvin follow Dr. Laban to his secret laboratory, where Laban tells them of his plan.
Episode 16
The Watermen
Sat, Dec 22, 1973 46 mins
A strange spacecraft has been forced to land on Earth after a meteor hit the fuel tank of the craft. The craft, in an attempt to return to the planet Sagittarius, begins gathering silicon from sea water to fuel their ship. However, extracting the silicon causes a red tide and famine among ocean creatures.