The Super Hero Squad Show

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The Super Hero Squad Show
Super Hero Squad Show.jpg
Promotional poster
Genre Action
Adventure
Comedy
Science fantasy
Slapstick
Superhero
Based on Marvel Super Hero Squad
Developed by Matt Wayne
Voices of
Theme music composer Parry Gripp
David Ari Leon
Opening theme"The Super Hero Squad Show" Theme
Ending theme"The Super Hero Squad Show" Theme (instrumental)
Composer Guy Michelmore
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerDana C. Booton
Running time22–23 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Cartoon Network
ReleaseSeptember 14, 2009 (2009-09-14) –
October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)

The Super Hero Squad Show is an American superhero animated series produced by Marvel Animation that aired from 2009 to 2011. It is based on the Hasbro toyline "Marvel Super Hero Squad", which portrays the Avengers, the X-Men, and various other Marvel characters in chibi forms. [1]

Contents

The show is also a self-aware parody of Marvel, taking influence from the Mini Marvels series. The series was produced by Film Roman and Marvel Animation. It was made available to stream on Disney+ shortly after its launch in December 2019. [2] [3]

Plot

Season 1

Prior to the beginning of the series, Doctor Doom attempted to acquire the Infinity Sword in pursuit of world domination. Iron Man foiled his plan, but the sword was destroyed and separated into fragments known as Infinity Fractals.

In the present, Doom forms the Lethal Legion to gather the fractals. Doom's forces, including MODOK and Abomination, dwell in Villainville, which is separated from Super Hero City by a giant wall. Opposing Doom is Iron Man, now a member of the Super Hero Squad alongside Falcon, Hulk, Silver Surfer, Thor, and Wolverine.

The Super Hero Squad is headquartered in the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, and are frequently aided in their defense of Super Hero City by their boss Captain America, S.H.I.E.L.D. leader Ms. Marvel, rookie Squad member Reptil, and many more of their superhero friends.

At the end of the first season, Galactus arrives to devour Earth, leading the Squad to reforge the Infinity Sword to stop him. Afterward, Silver Surfer takes the Sword and leaves the team to serve as Galactus' herald.

Season 2

A second season focuses on traveling to different parts of the Marvel Universe, the galaxy, different dimensions, and through time. Thanos is the main antagonist for the first half of the season, seeking the Infinity Gems to gain supremacy over the universe. Scarlet Witch replaces Surfer, with original squad members Iron Man, Hulk, Falcon, Wolverine and Thor returning. [4] [5]

In the second half of the season, the Surfer is corrupted by the Sword's power, steals the Infinity Gauntlet from Thanos, and becomes the Dark Surfer. He scatters the Squad throughout time and space, but is eventually defeated and the Infinity Sword destroyed once more. Afterward, Silver Surfer refuses to rejoin the Squad until he repents for his actions.

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 26September 14, 2009 (2009-09-14)February 20, 2010 (2010-02-20)
2 26October 23, 2010 (2010-10-23)October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)

Cast

Crew

Production

The show's executive producers included Alan Fine, Simon Philips, and Eric Rollman, with Joe Quesada and Stan Lee as co-executive producers. Cort Lane was supervising producer. Mitch Schauer, creator of the Nickelodeon series The Angry Beavers , was the show's supervising director and character designer. Matt Wayne was the show's story editor and head writer. [6] Other writers include Michael Ryan, Nicole Dubuc, Atul Rao, Eugene Son, James Krieg, and Mark Hoffmeier. Singer-songwriter Parry Gripp composed the theme song.

Marvel executive and writer Jeph Loeb explained the series as something everyone would like, stating "Marvel Super Heroes have always entertained fans of all ages in our comics, and we're proud to offer an animated series that families can enjoy together. With the most exciting super-powered adventures, The Hub can now offer the greatest fun of all—experiencing Marvel for the very first time. So whether you want to fly with Thor, suit up with Iron Man or smash with Hulk, this series has everything your family wants to see from our heroes." [7]

Broadcast history

The show's first season was to debut on Cartoon Network in the United States on September 19, 2009, [8] but aired five days earlier on September 14, 2009. The second season of the series, based on The Infinity Gauntlet , premiered on October 23, 2010 and stopped being shown on Cartoon Network on February 19, 2011, with episode 40 ("Fate of Destiny!"). Afterward, new episodes aired only on Teletoon and were available to purchase on iTunes. On July 23, 2011, the series returned on Cartoon Network, at a new timeslot of 12:00 pm. [9] Although in the next following weeks no new episodes aired. In September 2011, Cartoon Network announced that The Super Hero Squad Show would be airing new episodes on weekday mornings at 7:00 am starting Monday, October 3, 2011. [10] The series ended on October 14, 2011. A total of 52 episodes were produced for the show. Hub Network began airing the series on January 30, 2012 as part of their daily weekday line-up and aired on Discovery Family until January 30, 2015. [7] [11] As a result of Cartoon Network losing the rights to the show, all Super Hero Squad content was removed from the network's website. On January 3, 2020, both seasons of the show were added to Disney+. [12]

The series first premiered on Teletoon in Canada on Sunday, September 13, 2009, at 8:30 am as part of the network's Action Force block. The show returned on Teletoon on Sunday, February 6, 2011, at 7:00 am for the debut of the second season. All 52 episodes aired in Canada, ending on July 10, 2011.

The series premiered on December 4, 2009, in Australia, on ABC3, in October 2009. [13]

It was aired on Nicktoons in the UK. The show also used to air reruns on Disney XD in the United States.

Home media

United States

Most of the episodes have been released on DVD across several volumes by Shout! Factory.

United Kingdom

Five volumes have been released on DVD so far. Hero Up contains episodes 1–6, Hulk Smash contains episodes 7–11, Don't Call Me Wolvie contains episodes 12–16, Tales of Evil contains episodes 17–21, and Mother of Doom contains episodes 22–26.

Australia

Magna Home Entertainment released The Super Hero Squad Show: The Infinity Fractal War (Vol 1) and Titanic Team-Ups (Vol 2) on June 2, 2010, and The Lethal Legion Strikes (Vol 3) on September 8, 2010. Each DVD includes 6–7 episodes of the show, as well as character profiles. (Australian release). The final volume of Season 1, entitled Quest for the Infinity Sword (Vol 4) was released on November 3, 2010, containing the final six episodes of Season 1. Season 2 The Infinity Gauntlet (Vol 1) is currently available. Infinite Thanos (Vol 2) was also released on November 2, 2011.

Canada

Vivendi Entertainment under the named Vivendi Entertainment Canada released two volumes under the names of The Super Hero Squad: Hero Up, Squaddies (Vol 1) and The Super Hero Show: Titanic Team Ups (Vol 2), both released on May 4, 2010. [25] A Vol 3 was announced to release on June 29, 2010. [25] On September 28, 2010, [26] Vivendi released a The Super Hero Squad Show: The Complete Season 1 DVD set containing an unnamed Vol 3 and Vol 4.

Reception

Rob Keyes of Screen Rant said, "In short, this is just a big pile of awesome for kids. For adult Marvel fans, it's still a fun watch too, especially if you have children of your own to share the experience with. There's a lot of shout outs (and a few jokes) for the fans that only adults would pick up on," [27] while Shawn S. Lealos included it in their "10 All-Time Best Animated Series Based On Marvel Comics" list. [28] Philip Etemesi of Comic Book Resources ranked The Super Hero Squad Show 10th in their "13 Best Animated Movies & TV Shows Featuring Black Panther" list. [29]

In other media

Comic books

A four-part comic book series based on the show called Marvel Super Hero Squad was released in the fall of 2009. The series was a success and Marvel renewed the series in January 2010 as an ongoing series, now entitled: Super Hero Squad. The comic does not feature only characters from the show, but also characters outside the show. As of December 8, 2010, Super Hero Squad had a total of 12 issues released. No new issues have been released since, seemingly indicating that the comic book franchise has been cancelled. Trying to bring back the franchise, Marvel released a Super Hero Squad Spectacular where the Beyonder sends them to another planet with their Lethal Legion foes.

Video games

Miscellaneous

References

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