Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

SuperFriends 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 animate...

Series details

• Title: Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Family, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1984-09-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 1984-10-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 11 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 12553
• TVDB ID: 70913

Cast and credited roles

• Casey Kasem — Robin
• Jack Angel — Samurai
• René Auberjonois — DeSaad
• Michael Bell — Zan
• Michael Bell — Gleek
• Connie Cawlfield — Wonder Woman
• Danny Dark — Superman
• Fernando Escandon — El Dorado
• Buster Jones — Black Vulcan
• Stan Jones — Lex Luthor
• Mary McDonald-Lewis — Lois Lane
• Stanley Ralph Ross — Brainiac

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1984-09-08; final listed air date 1984-10-29; episode order: 16.

Source and licence

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