The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
| The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Network | ABC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera DC Comics |
| Distributor | Taft Broadcasting |
| Original release | September 7—October 26, 1985 |
| Starring | Danny Dark Adam West Casey Kasem B.J. Ward Mark Taylor Ernie Hudson Ken Samson Bill Woodson |
| Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s) | Larry Latham |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s) | Alan Burnett |
| Director(s) | Oscar Dufau Tony Love Rudy Zamora Bill Hutton Gordon Hunt (voices) |
| Animation director(s) | Irv Spence Tim Walker Bob Goe Tony Love Bill Hutton |
| Series navigation | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians is an American animated superhero television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics for ABC's Saturday morning line-up. It ran in 1985, airing 8 episodes that spanned one season. It was the seventh and final Super Friends series after the original 1973 series of the same name. It was canceled by ABC due to steadily declining ratings.[1]
The entire series has been released on DVD.
Production
Development
The change in title from Super Friends to The Super Powers Team, was at the behest of toy sponsor Kenner, to coincide with their Super Powers Collection line.[2]
According to writer Alan Burnett, "The Fear," was originally written as a pilot for an unproduced Batman series. When those plans fell through, Hanna-Barbera executive Jeffrey Scott convinced the network to accept it as an episode of The Super Powers Team.[3]
Music
The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.
Episodes
| Episode | Original air date |
|---|---|
| 1x01 | September 7, 1985 |
| 1x02 | September 14, 1985 |
| 1x03 | September 21, 1985 |
1x04
|
September 29, 1985 |
| 1x05 | October 5, 1985 |
| 1x06 | October 12, 1985 |
| 1x07 | October 19, 1985 |
| 1x08 | October 26, 1985 |
Cast
- Adam West as Batman
- Casey Kasem as Robin
- B.J. Ward as Wonder Woman
- Danny Dark as Superman
- Mark Taylor as Firestorm
- Ernie Hudson as Cyborg
- Ken Samson as Professor Martin Stein
- Bill Woodson as the Narrator
Merchandise
Home media
On October 23, 2007, Warner Home Video released a two-disc DVD set called The Super Powers Team: The Galactic Guardians: The Complete Series.
On September 10, 2024, Warner Home Video restored the season in an upscaled 1080p picture and included it on the Superfriends!: The Complete Collecton Blu-ray Disc sixteen-disc set.
Toys
In 2020, Toys Figure Company released an action figure based on "The Death of Superman," with kryptonite-poisoned looking Superman in a packaging resembling his coffin.
References
- ^ Farago, Andrew, McIntyre, Gina (October 29, 2019). Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond, page 104. Insight Editions. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ^ Farago, Andrew, McIntyre, Gina (October 29, 2019). Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond, page 101. Insight Editions. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ^ Farago, Andrew, McIntyre, Gina (October 29, 2019). Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond, page 102. Insight Editions. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
