Questions about Original Superfriends Hour-Long episodes

[adreed24]

When I was a kid, I would watch the "Superfriends" on ABC Saturday mornings. The series first aired in 1973. The episodes I have questions about were one hour long, featuring Wendy, Marvin, and, of course, Wonderdog, with such villains as "The Power Pirate" and "King Plasto".

1. Were these one-hour episodes only made for the show's first season?

2. How many of these one-hour episodes were made?

3. Are these one-hour episodes available on VHS or DVD? If not, will they be anytime soon?

4. Did any of the other "Superfriends" series that came later, ("Challenge of the Superfriends", etc.) have one-hour episodes? I think some did and some did not.

Thanks in advance
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[Tobias]

1. Were these one-hour episodes only made for the show's first season?

- As far as one hour long plots go, yes. That was only in the first season. However, several seasons went with the one hour format, even though they only contained 7 minute to 22 minute episodes.

2. How many of these one-hour episodes were made?

- 16 episodes that repeated for a few years until the next series debuted.

3. Are these one-hour episodes available on VHS or DVD? If not, will they be anytime soon?

- None so far. The next Superfriends series out will be Superpowers Team: Galactic Guardians and the Legendary Superpowers Show (The final 2 seasons) sometime in 2007, possibly both in the same set. I'm guessing the first season will actually be among the last released after all the 30 minute episodes make it to DVD. Considering there's only 3 seasons left (The original season, The All New Superfriends Hour, and the World's Greatest Superfriends), we should be getting all of them released at some point.

4. Did any of the other "Superfriends" series that came later, ("Challenge of the Superfriends", etc.) have one-hour episodes? I think some did and some did not.

- 'Challenge of the Superfriends' (with the 11 member roster) and the regular 'Superfriends' (With just the core 5 and the Wonder Twins) shared an hour long time slot, as well the 'All New Superfriends Hour', which was comprised of 7 minute shorts, saftey tips & magic tricks. I'm not sure if 'The World's Greatest Superfriends' ever had a full hour to itself, though, maybe someone could clarify that.

[Mister Intensity]

Adding to what was already said, after the first season, Superfriends ran for an hour from 1977-1981. The All-New Super Friends Hour consisted of three shorts and one 22 minute adventure. Challenge of the Superfriends also ran for an hour with one Challenge episode and one episode with the main seven. Both of those segments have DVD boxsets. Challenge even ran for 90 minutes briefly with the shorts from the previous season rounding out the show. World's Greatest featured eight new 22 minute episodes with reruns rounding out the hour. The Superfriends Hour, the last season with new episodes broadcast on ABC before the two Super Powers seasons (although one additional season popped up on syndication and another in Europe), consisted of three seven minute shorts with reruns rounding out the rest of the hour.

After 1977, the first season wasn't seen on ABC.

I hope that clears up some of your questions.

Mister Intensity

[CapnQuisp]

I'm a huge DC Comics fan, especially silver age, but I can hardly bear to sit through those first season episodes. The plots move at a snail's pace! It's like riding on the lazy river. Seriously, the most exciting part of the series was Plastic Man's brief cameo in one episode, retrieving a mouse from out of Goodfellow's GEEC computer ( What, was the Atom busy?). Still, completist that I am, I know I'll buy this set. Darn you, OCD!

[adreed24]

Thanks for all of the great information.

You people really know your stuff!:cool:

I, too, am a DC Comics fan, along with Marvel as well. I remember seeing that "Plastic Man cameo" appearance when the show was originally on the air. It was fun to see a new, guest hero stop by.

I remember when Green Arrow stopped by.

Wasn't there another hero that guest starred in that first season? It seems like there was.

I remember watching the "Superman/Batman/Aquaman" show (Filmation, late 1960s) in reruns when I was kid. I always enjoyed the separate cartoon episodes that featured the solo adventures of The Atom, Green Lantern, Hawkman, The Flash, and the Teen Titans...along with the Justice League episodes. There were 3 solo episodes for each hero and the JLA, however I remember only seeing 1 of the 3 with the JLA.

I wonder if all 3 JLA episodes were put into reruns?

[TnAdct1]

I, too, am a DC Comics fan, along with Marvel as well. I remember seeing that "Plastic Man cameo" appearance when the show was originally on the air. It was fun to see a new, guest hero stop by.

I remember when Green Arrow stopped by.

Wasn't there another hero that guest starred in that first season? It seems like there was. This is a vague memory, but I think the Flash is the third superhero that you're thinking of.

[adreed24]

You are right!!:D

Now that you said that, it made me remember the episode where The Flash appeared.

I don't remember the villain, but I remember the plot had something to do with the Earth being moved out of orbit, approaching the Sun. The Flash wrapped some copper wire around his body, the proceeded to circle the Earth, wrapping the wire around it and creating some type of magnetic field to counteract the Earth's movement toward the Sun.

I haven't seen that episode in many years, but I think that was part of the plot; but I am now sure that the third hero was indeed The Flash.

Thanks!

[Hockey Mask]

There are LOTS of Superfriends yet to be released. What is in red below is what we have so far on DVD.



Superman/Aquaman Adventure Hour – 1967
001.01-01U/06 Between Two Armies

002.01-02U/06 Target Earth

003.01-03U/06 Bad Day On Black Mountain


SuperFriends – 1973
004.02-01S/42 The Power Pirate

005.02-02S/42 The Baffles Puzzle

006.02-03S/42 Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C.

007.02-04S/42 The Weather Maker

008.02-05S/42 Dr. Pelagrin's War

009.02.06S/42 The Shamon 'U'

010.02-07S/42 Too Hot To Handle

011.02-08S/42 The Androids

012.02-09S/42 The Balloon People

013.02-10S/42 The Fantastic Frerps

014.02-11S/42 The Ultra Beam

015.02-12S/42 The Menace of the White Dwarf

016.02-13S/42 The Mysterious Moles

017.02-14S/42 Gulliver's Gigantic Goof

018.02-15S/42 The Planet-Splitter

019.02-16S/42 The Watermen

The All New SuperFriends Hour - 1977
020.03-01A/07 The Brain Machine
021.03-01B/07 Joy Ride
022.03-01C/21 Invasion Of The Earthors
023.03-01D/07 The Whirlpool

024.03-02A/07 Invasion Of The Hydronoids
025.03-02B/07 Hitchhike
026.03-02C/21 City In A Bottle
027.03-02D/07 Space Emergency

028.03-03A/07 The Marsh Monster
029.03-03B/07 Runaways
030.03-03C/21 Will The World Collide?
031.03-03D/07 Time Rescue

032.03-04A/07 Doctor Fright
033.03-04B/07 Drag Racing
034.03-04C/21 Day Of The Plant Creatures
035.03-04D/07 Fire

036.03-05A/07 The Monster Of Dr. Droid
037.03-05B/07 Vandals
038.03-05C/21 Super Friends vs. Super Friends
039.03-05D/07 Energy Mass

040.03-06A/07 The Secret Four
041.03-06B/07 Tiger On The Loose
042.03-06C/21 Voyage Of The Mysterious Time Creatures
043.03-06D/07 The Antidote

044.03-07A/07 The Enforcer
045.03-07B/07 Shark Attack
046.03-07C/21 Planet Of The Neanderthals
047.03-07D/07 Flood Of Diamonds

048.03-08A/07 The Collector
049.03-08B/07 Handicap
050.03-08C/21 The Mind Maidens
051.03-08D/07 Alaska Peril

052.03-09A/07 Attack Of The Giant Squid
053.03-09B/07 Game Of Chicken
054.03-09C/21 The Water Beast
055.03-09D/07 Volcano

056.03-10A/07 The Invisible Menace
057.03-10B/07 Initiation
058.03-10C/21 The Coming Of The Arthropods
059.03-10D/07 River Of Doom

060.03-11A/07 The Fifty-Foot Woman
061.03-11B/07 Cheating
062.03-11C/21 Exploration Earth
063.03-11D/07 Attack Of The Killer Bees

064.03-12A/07 Forbidden Power
065.03-12B/07 Pressure Point
066.03-12C/21 The Lionmen
067.03-12D/07 Day Of The Rats

068.03-13A/07 The Man-Beasts Of Xra
069.03-13B/07 Prejudice
070.03-13C/21 The Tiny World Of Terror
071.03-13D/07 Tibetan Raiders

072.03-14A/07 Frozen Peril
073.03-14B/07 Dangerous Prank
074.03-14C/21 The Mummy Of Nazca
075.03-14D/07 Cable Car Rescue

076.03-15A/07 The Protector
077.03-15B/07 Stowaways
078.03-15C/21 The Ghost
079.03-15D/07 Rampage

SuperFriends/Challenge of the SuperFriends – 1978-79
080.04-01A/21 Rokan: Enemy From Space
081.04-01B/21 Wanted: The SuperFriends

082.04-02A/21 The Demons of Exxor
083.04-02B/21 Invasion of The Fearians

084.04-03A/21 Battle at the Earth's Core
085.04-03B/21 The World's Deadliest Game

086.04-04A/21 Sinbad and the Space Pirates
087.04-04B/21 The Time Trap

088.04-05A/21 The Pied Piper from Space
089.04-05B/21 Trial of the SuperFriends

090.04-06A/21 Attack of the Vampire
091.04-06B/21 Monolith of Evil

092.04-07A/21 The Beasts are Coming
093.04-07B/21 The Giants of Doom

094.04-08A/21 Terror From the Phantom Zone
095.04-08B/21 Secret Origins of the SuperFriends

096.04-09A/21 The Anti-Matter Monster
097.04-09B/21 Revenge on Gorilla City

098.04-10A/21 World Beneath the Ice
099.04-10B/21 Swamp of the Living Dead

100.04-11A/21 Invasion of the Brain Creatures
101.04-11B/21 Conquerors of the Future

102.04-12A/21 The Incredible Space Circus
103.04-12B/21 The Final Challenge

104.04-13A/21 Batman: Dead or Alive
105.04-13B/21 Fairy Tale of Doom

106.04-14A/21 Battle of the Gods
107.04-14B/21 Doomsday

108.04-15A/21 Journey Through Inner Space
109.04-15B/21 SuperFriends, Rest in Peace

110.04-16A/21 The Rise and Fall of the SuperFriends
111.04-16B/21 The History of Doom

The World’s Greatest SuperFriends – 1979-80
112.05-01S/21 Rub Three Times For Disaster

113.05-02S/21 Lex Luthor Strikes Back

114.05-03S/21 Space Knights Of Camelon

115.05-04S/21 The Lord Of Middle Earth

116.05-05S/21 Universe Of Evil

117.05-06S/21 Terror At 20,000 Fathoms

118.05-07S/21 The SuperFriends Meet Frankenstein

119.05-08S/21 Planet Of Oz

The SuperFriends Hour 1980-81
120.06-01A/07 Bigfoot
121.06-01B/07 Ice Demon
122.06-01C/07 Makeup Monster

123.06-02A/07 Journey Into Blackness
124.06-02B/07 Cycle Gang
125.06-02C/07 Dive To Disaster

126.06-03A/07 Yuna The Terrible
127.06-03B/07 Rock And Roll Space Bandits
128.06-03C/07 Elevator To Nowhere

129.06-04A/07 One Small Step For Mars
130.06-04B/07 Haunted House
131.06-04C/07 The Incredible Crude Oil Monster

132.06-05A/07 The Voodoo Vampire
133.06-05B/07 Invasion Of The Gleeks
134.06-05C/07 Mxyzptlk Strikes Again

135.06-06A/07 The Man In The Moon
136.06-06B/07 Circus Of Horrors
137.06-06C/07 Around The World In 80 Riddles

138.06-07A/07 Termites From Venus
139.06-07B/07 Eruption
140.06-07C/07 Return Of Atlantis

141.06-08A/07 The Killer Machines
142.06-08B/07 Garden Of Doom
143.06-08C/07 Revenge Of Bizarro

SuperFriends 1981-82
144.07-01A/07 Outlaws Of Orion
145.07-01B/07 Three Wishes
146.07-01C/07 Scorpio

147.07-02A/07 Mxyzptlk's Flick
148.07-02B/07 Sink Hole
149.07-02C/07 Alien Mummy

150.07-03A/07 Evil From Krypton
151.07-03B/07 The Creature From The Dump
152.06-03C/07 Aircraft Terror

153.07-04A/07 Lava Men
154.07-04B/07 Bazarowurld
155.07-04C/07 The Warlord's Amulet

156.07-05A/07 The Iron Cyclops
157.07-05B/07 Palette's Perils
158.07-05C/07 Colossuss

159.07-06A/07 Stowaways From Space
160.07-06B/07 The Scaraghosta Sea
161.07-06C/07 The Witch's Arcade

The SuperFriends – 1982-83 produced but not aired
162.08-01A/07 Mxyzptlk's Revenge
163.08-01B/07 Roller Coaster
164.08-01C/07 Once Upon A Poltergeist

165.08-02A/07 Warpland
166.08-02B/07 Two Gleeks Are Deadlier Than One
167.08-02C/07 Bulgor The Behemoth

168.08-03A/07 The Krypton Syndrome
169.08-03B/07 Invasion Of The Space Dolls
170.08-03C/07 Terror On The Titanic

171.08-04A/07 The Revenge Of Doom
172.08-04B/07 A Pint Of Life
173.08-04C/07 Day Of The Dinosaurs

174.08-05A/07 Return Of The Phantoms
175.08-05B/07 Bully For You
176.08-05C/07 Superclones

177.08-06A/07 Prisoners Of Sleep
178.08-06B/07 An Unexpected Treasure
179.08-06C/07 The Malusian Blob

180.08-07A/07 Attack Of The Cats
181.08-07B/07 One Small Step For Superman
182.08-07C/07 Video Victims

183.08-08A/07 Playground Of Doom
184.08-08B/07 Space Racers
185.08-08C/07 The Recruiter

SuperFriends:
The Legendary Super Powers Team – 1984-85
186.09-01A/11 The Bride Of Darkseid (1)
187.09-01B/11 The Bride Of Darkseid (2)

188.09-02A/11 The Wrath Of Braniac
189.09-02B/11 Reflections In Crime

190.09-03A/11 No Honor Among Thieves
191.09-03B/11 Mr. Mxyzptlk And The Magic Lamp

192.09-04A/11 The Case Of The Shrinking Superfriends
193.09-04B/11 The Mask Of Mystery

194.09-05A/11 Darkseid's Golden Trap (1)
195.09-05B/11 Darkseid's Golden Trap (2)

196.09-06A/11 The Case Of The Dreadful Dolls
197.09-06B/11 The Royal Ruse

198.09-07A/11 Village Of Lost Souls
199.09-07B/11 The Curator

200.09-08A/11 Island Of The Dinosoids
201.09-08B/11 Uncle Mxyzptlk

The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians 1985-86
202.10-01S/21 The Seeds of Doom

203.10-02A/11 The Ghost Ship
204.10-02B/11 The Bizzaro Super Powers Team

205.10-03S/21 The Darkseid Deception

206.10-04S/21 The Fear

207.10-05S/21 The Wild Cards

208.10-06A/11 Brainchild
209.10-06B/11 The Case of the Stolen Powers

210.10-07S/21 Escape From Space City

211.10-08S/21 The Death of Superman

[adreed24]

WOW!! That's alot of information.

Once again, I have to thank all of you who answered my questions.

Keep it up.

[Eric B]

The Superfriends Hour, the last season with new episodes broadcast on ABC before the two Super Powers seasons (although one additional season popped up on syndication and another in Europe), consisted of three seven minute shorts with reruns rounding out the rest of the hour.

Mister Intensity Are you suggesting TWO "lost seasons"?:eek: The 1983 episodes listed above (incorrectly as "1982-1983") are the ones that supposeldy appeared only in syndication. So what is this "other" season that appeared in Europe? Not even Will's or MRupprecht (SprFriends)'s pages say anything about that.

[Mister Intensity]

Are you suggesting TWO "lost seasons"?:eek: The 1983 episodes listed above (incorrectly as "1982-1983") are the ones that supposeldy appeared only in syndication. So what is this "other" season that appeared in Europe? Not even Will's or MRupprecht (SprFriends)'s pages say anything about that.

The 1981 season only appeared in syndication, while the "lost season of 1983" only aired in Europe until the mid-90's.

Mister Intensity

[mammy2shoesfan]

If I remeber correctly

The first season guess stars where

Plasticman
Green Arrow
Flash (all which was already mentioned)
Atom (think also made an appearance)

[Hockey Mask]

Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C. featured Plastic Man.
Too Hot to Handle featured Flash.
Gulliver's Gigantic Goof featureed Green Arrow.

Flash would come back in later SuperFriends the other two would not. Atom would not make an appearance until the next season.

[Hockey Mask]

...and if you were wanting to have a complete list of all things justice League animated this is the rest of the above list.


Batman Beyond – 2000
212.11-01/21 The Call (1)

213.11-02/21 The Call (2)


Justice League 2001-02
214.12-01/21 Secret Origins (1)

215.12-02/21 Secret Origins (2)

216.12-03/21 Secret Origins (3)

217.12-04/21 In Blackest Night (1)

218.12-05/21 In Blackest Night (2)

219.12-06/21 The Enemy Below (1)

220.12-07/21 The Enemy Below (2)

221.12-08/21 Paradise Lost (1)

222.12-09/21 Paradise Lost (2)

223.12-10/21 War World (1)

224.12-11/21 War World (2)

225.12-12/21 The Brave and the Bold (1)

226.12-13/21 The Brave and the Bold (2)

227.12-14/21 Fury (1)

228.12-15/21 Fury (2)

229.12-16/21 Legends (1)

230.12-17/21 Legends (2)

231.12-18/21 Injustice For All (1)

232.12-19/21 Injustice For All (2)

233.12-20/21 A Knight of Shadows (1)

234.12-21/21 A Knight of Shadows (2)

235.12-22/21 Metamorphosis (1)

236.12-23/21 Metamorphosis (2)

237.12-24/21 The Savage Time (1)

238.12-25/21 The Savage Time (2)

239.12-26/21 The Savage Time (3)


Static Shock - 2003
240.13-01/21 A League of Their Own (1)

241.13-02/21 A League of Their Own (2)


Justice League 2003-04
242.14-01/21 Twilight (1)

243.14-02/21 Twilight (2)

244.14-03/21 Tabula Rasa (1)

245.14-04/21 Tabula Rasa (2)

246.14-05/21 Only a Dream (1)

247.14-06/21 Only a Dream (2)

248.14-07/21 Maid of Honor (1)

249.14-08/21 Maid of Honor (2)

250.14-09/21 Hearts and Minds (1)

251.14-10/21 Hearts and Minds (2)

252.14-11/21 A Better World (1)

253.14-12/21 A Better World (2)

254.14-13/21 Eclipsed (1)

255.14-14/21 Eclipsed (2)

256.14-15/21 The Terror Beyond (1)

257.14-16/21 The Terror Beyond (2)

258.14-17/21 Secret Society (1)

259.14-18/21 Secret Society (2)

260.14-19/21 Hereafter (1)

261.14-20/21 Hereafter (2)

262.14-21/21 Wild Cards (1)

263.14-22/21 Wild Cards (2)

264.14-23/21 Comfort and Joy

265.14-24/21 Starcrossed (1)

266.14-25/21 Starcrossed (2)

267.14-26/21 Starcrossed (3)


Justice League Unlimited 2004-05
268.15-01/21 Initiation

269.15-02/21 For the Man Who Has Everything

270.15-03/21 Kid Stuff

271.15-04/21 Hawk and Dove

272.15-05/21 This Little Piggy

273.15-06/21 Fearful Symmetry

274.15-07/21 The Greatest Story Never Told

275.15-08/21 The Return

276.15-09/21 Ultimatum

277.15-10/21 Dark Heart

278.15-11/21 Wake the Dead

279.15-12/21 The Once and Future Thing: Weird Western Tales (1)

280.15-13/21 The Once and Future Thing: Time, Warped (2)


Justice League Unlimited – 2005
281.16-01/21 The Cat and the Canary

282.16-02/21 The Ties That Bind

283.16-03/21 The Doomsday Sanction

284.16-04/21 Task Force X

285.16-05/21 The Balance

286.16-06/21 Double Date

287.16-07/21 Clash

288.16-08/21 Hunter's Moon

289.16-09/21 Question Authority

290.16-10/21 Flashpoint

291.16-11/21 Panic in the Sky

292.16-12/21 Divided We Fall

293.16-13/21 Epilogue



Justice League Unlimited – 2005-06
294.17-01/21 We Are Legion

295.17-02/21 Shadow of the Hawk

296.17-03/21 Chaos at Earth’s Core

297.17-04/21 To Another Shore

298.17-05/21 Flash and Substance

299.17-06/21 Dead Reckoning

300.17-07/21 Patriot Act

301.17-08/21 The Great Brain Robbery

302.17-09/21 Grudge Match

303.17-10/21 Far From Home

304.17-11/21 Ancient History

305.17-12/21 Alive (Part 1)

306.17-13/21 Destroyer (Part 2)

[Gary L Thompson]

I'm a huge DC Comics fan, especially silver age, but I can hardly bear to sit through those first season episodes. The plots move at a snail's pace! It's like riding on the lazy river. Seriously, the most exciting part of the series was Plastic Man's brief cameo in one episode, retrieving a mouse from out of Goodfellow's GEEC computer ( What, was the Atom busy?). Still, completist that I am, I know I'll buy this set. Darn you, OCD!

If you are a huge DC Comics fan, do you have the "Superfriends" comic DC did in the 1970s in your collection? If not, I highly recommend you start looking through back bins at your comics store. They were very superior to the TV episodes (and I think the JLA comic of that era, quite frankly).

I'm forced to agree that the "Super Friends" is far from a classic (though it had a fantastic opening theme), though frankly I preferred in some ways the hour-long episodes to the monotonous gladitorial contests of the 1960s action HB ("Jonny Quest" and "Fantastic Four" excepted, which not-so-coincidently had full half hours to work with). The "Super Friends" at least had some room to develop characters and plot, even if they didn't necessarily use it to best advantage (I must give SF this much, they were the first to expose me to Superman's full origin, and I think it stands today as one of the best retellings).

By the way, if you'd like to see a superhero show with a hour-long format of everyday-kids-mixed-with-events-out-of-this-world similar to "Super Friends", only done very right, I suggest you pick up DVDs of the series "Figure 17".

[adreed24]

The 1981 season only appeared in syndication, while the "lost season of 1983" only aired in Europe until the mid-90's.

Mister Intensity

Why did the "lost 1983 season" only air in syndication in Europe until the mid-1990s?

Did it ever air in the U.S. in syndication, or on the ABC network?

Also, why was the 1982-1983 show "The Superfriends" produced, but never aired on ABC? Did it ever air anywhere?

As far as I can tell, ABC was still running "Superfriends"-titled shows on Saturday mornings.

[Hockey Mask]

The '83 season did not air until the '90s in the US. It fell under the Superman/Batman Adventures which I believe may have aired on USA network but I could be wrong. Why it was never aired...the network gave up on it and didn't even run reruns of Superfriends in '83 on Saturdays. More puzzling is why they would go back to The Legendary Super Powers Team in 1984. You would think if they refused to air already produced episodes that they would not greenlight yet more SuperFriends episodes a year later.

[Tobias]

The '83 season did not air until the '90s in the US. It fell under the Superman/Batman Adventures which I believe may have aired on USA network but I could be wrong. Why it was never aired...the network gave up on it and didn't even run reruns of Superfriends in '83 on Saturdays. More puzzling is why they would go back to The Legendary Super Powers Team in 1984. You would think if they refused to air already produced episodes that they would not greenlight yet more SuperFriends episodes a year later.

I think The Legendary Superpowers Show/Superpowers Team's only reason for existance at that time was to push the accompanying toyline/comic book series.

The final seasons had a DRASTICALLY different feel to them (And in Galactic Guardian's case, a different look). Maybe it was the addition of Darkseid (a villain who could actually pose a threat) and the new Brainiac design.

[Hockey Mask]

I think The Legendary Superpowers Show/Superpowers Team's only reason for existance at that time was to push the accompanying toyline/comic book series.

The final seasons had a DRASTICALLY different feel to them (And in Galactic Guardian's case, a different look). Maybe it was the addition of Darkseid (a villain who could actually pose a threat) and the new Brainiac design.
Forgot about the toy line. Good point.

[Mister Intensity]

Why did the "lost 1983 season" only air in syndication in Europe until the mid-1990s?

Did it ever air in the U.S. in syndication, or on the ABC network?

Also, why was the 1982-1983 show "The Superfriends" produced, but never aired on ABC? Did it ever air anywhere?

As far as I can tell, ABC was still running "Superfriends"-titled shows on Saturday mornings.

Here's some interesting things that I remember (I'm taking this from memory so the facts may not be 100%).

ABC aired reruns of Superfriends from 1981-1983. Most of the episodes were from the The All-New Super Friends Hour, Superfriends (1978), and World's Greatest. I believe only Challenge episode, "Night of the Living Swamp" was cycled (with a World's Greatest-styled title card, no less) within those two years of reruns.

Although, the ABC opening credits was updated with El Dorado in 1981, the new 1981 episodes only appeared within the weekday Superfriends rerun package.

Two of the "lost episodes" appeared during the Legendary Super Powers season. While they may have aired in Europe in 1983, I believe they were made for the 1982 season.

I remeber reading that what became The Legendary Super Powers Show was originally going to appear during the 1983 season as "Super Friends: Champions of Justice." I remember reading this in a magazine mentioning that a new season was being considered with Darkseid as the main villain and Firestorm as a new member. It wasn't picked up but I wouldn't surprised if it was retoolled after the Super Powers toyline was developed. It wouldn't surprise me if The Bride of Darkseid was made a significant period of time before the rest of the season. One thing I did notice that the character card that appeared at the end of the closing credits featured the Super Friends logo in that first episode but had the featured characters of the show in subsequent episodes.

Like I said, my facts may be faulty (particularly the last paragraph) because I'm reciting this from memories of over 20 years ago.

Mister Intensity

[Eric B]

The 1981 season only appeared in syndication, while the "lost season of 1983" only aired in Europe until the mid-90's.

Mister IntensityABC aired reruns of Superfriends from 1981-1983. Most of the episodes were from the The All-New Super Friends Hour, Superfriends (1978), and World's Greatest. I believe only Challenge episode, "Night of the Living Swamp" was cycled (with a World's Greatest-styled title card, no less) within those two years of reruns.

Although, the ABC opening credits was updated with El Dorado in 1981, the new 1981 episodes only appeared within the weekday Superfriends rerun package.

Two of the "lost episodes" appeared during the Legendary Super Powers season. While they may have aired in Europe in 1983, I believe they were made for the 1982 season.The 1981 episodes did air on the network that year, because I remember them, such as THE CREATURE FROM THE DUMP and COLOSSUS, and they used slightly updated music (including some borrowed from the Scooby & Scrappy shorts of the same period!) and wilder stories. They did move to syndication rather quickly, though.

Also, there was no 1982 season of new episodes, aired or not aired. After the 1981 episodes, it jumps to the 1983, which were the unreleased ones. (unless you're saying that only those two episodes were made that year).

[Hockey Mask]

The SuperFriends Hour had 24 seven minute shorts that aired during the 1980-81 season. These new episodes were mixed with reruns and made up a 60 minute show.

SuperFriends had 18 new seven minute shorts that aired in the 1981-82 season. These introduced El Dorado and were also mixed with reruns and made up a 30 minute show.

The Best of the SuperFriends was a 30 minute show that was nothing but reruns of old SuperFriends in 1982-83. At the same time is when 24 new seven minute episodes were produced but not aired in America until the mid-90s under the banner The Superman/Batman Adventures. Mxyzpltk's Revenge, Roller Coaster and Once Upon a Poltergeist were the only three episodes of the 24 that were aired the next year under the SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show. These 24 "lost" episodes included The Revenge of Doom. The return of the Legion of Doom! Unfortunately, it was only seven minutes long and most didn't have speaking parts.

That pretty much sums it up.

[Eric B]

Perhaps the confusion is coming from the http://members.aol.com/SprFriends/chronology.htm#shorts80-81 page where at the top the intra document link says "THE SUPERFRIENDS LOST EPISODES (http://members.aol.com/SprFriends/chronology.htm#lost83-84) 1982-1983". However, at the actual section it says "(1983 - 1984)", and on Will's page it says that as well. Both sites point out that Superfriends did not air at all that season, and that would make sense as to why the new episodes did not air.

[dtemplar]

If I remeber correctly

The first season guess stars where

Plasticman
Green Arrow
Flash (all which was already mentioned)
Atom (think also made an appearance)

Atom did not make an appearance in the very first season of the Superfriends. Just wanted you to know.