Challenge of the Superfriends is one of the series in Hanna-Barbera's SuperFriends franchise. It has the largest cast of any SuperFriends series: a total of 11 heroes and 13 villains.
In every episode, Lex Luthor and his Legion of Doom plotted a grand criminal scheme. Inevitably, their schemes were somehow foiled by the SuperFriends.
Heroes[]
- Superman
- Wonder Woman
- Batman and Robin
- Aquaman
- Apache Chief
- Black Vulcan
- Flash
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
- Hawkman
- Samurai
Villains[]
- Lex Luthor
- Bizarro
- Black Manta
- Brainiac
- Captain Cold
- Cheetah
- Giganta
- Gorilla Grodd
- Riddler
- Scarecrow
- Sinestro
- Solomon Grundy
- Toyman
Voice Cast[]
- Jack Angel as Flash, Hawkman and Samurai
- Marlene Aragon as Cheetah
- Michael Bell as the Riddler
- William Callaway as Aquaman and Bizarro
- Ted Cassidy as Brainiac and Black Manta
- Danny Dark as Superman
- Shannon Farnon as Wonder Woman
- Ruth Forman as Giganta
- Buster Jones as Black Vulcan
- Stanley Jones as Lex Luthor
- Casey Kasem as Robin
- Don Messick as the Scarecrow
- Vic Perrin as Sinestro
- Stanley Ralph Ross as Gorilla Grodd
- Dick Ryal as Captain Cold
- Michael Rye as Green Lantern and Apache Chief
- Olan Soule as Batman
- Jimmy Weldon as Solomon Grundy
- Frank Welker as Toyman
- William Woodson as the narrator
Episodes[]
- Wanted: The Superfriends
- Invasion of the Fearians
- The World's Deadliest Game
- The Time Trap
- Trial of the Superfriends
- The Monolith of Evil
- The Giants of Doom
- Secret Origins of the Superfriends
- Revenge on Gorilla City
- Swamp of the Living Dead
- Conquerors of the Future
- The Final Challenge
- Fairy Tales of Doom
- Doomsday
- Superfriends: Rest in Peace
- History of Doom
Trivia[]
- During development, the Joker and Catwoman were to have been members of the Legion of Doom. This was changed because the two villains were already appearing in Filmation's The New Adventures of Batman. Hence, they were replaced with the Riddler and Scarecrow. Catwoman was absent from all the iterations of Superfriends, while the Joker appeared in The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians episode "The Wild Cards".
- The series finale, "History of Doom" was almost excluded, since it showed the destruction of both the Superfriends and the Legion of Doom, as well as the Earth itself. However, it was allowed to air after it was pointed out that young viewers could not destroy the world the way the Legion of Doom did.
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