The Fear

The Fear
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Premiere date	September 29, 1985
Starring	Adam West Casey Kasem B.J. Ward Michael Rye
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Alan Burnett
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"The Fear" is the fourth episode of The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians season one. It aired on September 29, 1985 on ABC. It was written by Alan Burnett, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Scarecrow discovers Batman's biggest fear while being followed into Crime Alley, where Batman's parents were murdered when he was a small child.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Scarecrow/Professor Jonathan Crane	Andre Stojka
Strawmen	Bob DoQui Sidney Miller Michael Rye Andrea Stojka
Guard #1	Bob DoQui
Guard #2	Sidney Miller
Batman/Bruce Wayne	Adam West B.J. Ward (young) Paul Kirby (teen)
Robin/Dick Grayson	Casey Kasem
Superman	Danny Dark
Wonder Woman/Diana Prince	B.J. Ward
Green Lantern	Michael Rye
Samurai	N/A
Aquaman	N/A
Firestorm	N/A
Hawkman	N/A
Alfred Pennyworth	Andre Stojka
Comissioner James Gordon	Sidney Miller
Commissioner Gordon's niece
Thomas Wayne	Paul Kirby
Martha Wayne	Lucy Lee
Joe Chill	Michael Rye
Hera
Minerva
Scarecrow	N/A

Organizations

• Strawmen
• Super Powers Team
• Gotham City Police Department

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Gotham City
      • Gotham Electronics
      • Crime Alley
      • Scarecrow's headquarters
      • Wayne Mansion
        • Batcave
      • Police station
    • Metropolis
      • Hall of Justice
• The Moon
• Jupiter (mentioned)
• The Sun

Objects

• Fear transmitters
• Bathook
• JLA communicator
• Wonder Woman's magic lasso
• Batarang

Vehicles

• Scarecrow's truck
• Batcopter
• Batmobile
• Invisible jet

Production

Development

This episode was originally written as a pilot for an unproduced Batman series. When those plans fell through it was retooled to fit into The Super Powers Team.

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 29, 1985 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• This episode is the first time that the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne have been depicted outside of the comics.
• Joe's name isn't said on-screen, but is used in storyboards.
• The mention of Commissioner Gordon's unnamed niece may have been a reference to Barbara Gordon, who in comics continuity at the time, had been retconned to be his niece instead of his daughter, which comics continuity has since reverted back to.
• Batman punches for the first time, even though it was just the skull-shaped fear transmitter.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 23, 2007: Warner Home Video releases The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians: The Complete Series on DVD.