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Super Friends is an American animated series about a team of superheroes which ran from 1973 to 1985 on ABC. [1] In the 1990s, the show was being shown on Cartoon Network and more recently its sister channel, Boomerang. It is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics. [2]

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Each episode was 44 minutes long. After the third season, it was reduced to 22 minutes and ever so often expanded cast of characters by featuring other JLA heroes joining the main five Super Friends (Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Batman, and Robin) on a semi-regular basis. The series episodes varied from single episode stand-alone stories to episodes with two, three, or even four segments. The varied incarnations of the group, from Super Friends (1973–1974) through The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985), were considered by their creators to be one continuous canon. There were a total of 93 episodes, along with two episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Movies , with Batman and Robin appearing in "The Dynamic Scooby Doo Affair" and "The Caped Crusader Caper".

Series overview

SeriesSeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
Super Friends (1973) 1 16September 8, 1973 (1973-09-08)December 22, 1973 (1973-12-22)
The All-New Super Friends Hour 1 6015September 10, 1977 (1977-09-10)December 10, 1977 (1977-12-10)
Challenge of the Superfriends 1 3216September 9, 1978 (1978-09-09)December 23, 1978 (1978-12-23)
The World's Greatest SuperFriends 1 8September 22, 1979 (1979-09-22)November 10, 1979 (1979-11-10)
Super Friends (1980) 1 248September 13, 1980 (1980-09-13)November 1, 1980 (1980-11-01)
2 186September 26, 1981 (1981-09-26)October 31, 1981 (1981-10-31)
3 248September 10, 1983 (1983-09-10)October 29, 1983 (1983-10-29)
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show 1 128September 8, 1984 (1984-09-08)October 27, 1984 (1984-10-27)
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians 1 48September 7, 1985 (1985-09-07)October 26, 1985 (1985-10-26)

DVD releases

DVD setRelease date
Region 1
Super Friends: Season One, Volume OneJanuary 5, 2010
Super Friends: Season One, Volume TwoJuly 20, 2010
The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season 1, Volume 1January 8, 2008
The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season 1, Volume 2January 27, 2009
Challenge of the Superfriends: The First SeasonJuly 6, 2004
Super Friends: Volume TwoMay 24, 2005
The World's Greatest Super Friends: And Justice for All—The Complete Season FourApril 23, 2013
Super Friends: A Dangerous Fate—The Complete Season FiveJuly 23, 2013
Super Friends: Legacy of Super Powers—Complete Season SixOctober 8, 2013
Super Friends: The Lost EpisodesAugust 11, 2009
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show—The Complete SeriesAugust 7, 2007
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians—The Complete SeriesOctober 23, 2007

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