The World's Greatest Super Friends!: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In the fall of 1979, the Super Friends returned to their prior format and brought back the original set of five DC Superheroes along with Zan, Jayna and Gleek. Back to an hour in length as well, only eight new episodes were created during this run, with the majority of the season consisting of repeats of The All-New Superfriends Hour from 1977-78. Renamed The World's Greatest Superfriends, this series began on September 22, 1979 and ran until September 27, 1980.

Series details

• Title: The World's Greatest Super Friends!
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Children, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1979-09-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 1979-11-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 22104
• TVDB ID: 71671

Cast and credited roles

• Michael Bell — Zan
• Michael Bell — Gleek
• William Callaway — Aquaman
• Danny Dark — Superman
• Shannon Farnon — Wonder Woman
• Casey Kasem — Robin
• Olan Soulé — Batman
• Louise Williams — Jayna
• William Woodson — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1979-09-22; final listed air date 1979-11-10; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from The World's Greatest Super Friends! on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.