The World's Greatest Superfriends
| The World's Greatest Superfriends | |
|---|---|
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| Network | ABC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera DC Comics |
| Distributor | Worldvision Enterprises |
| Original release | September 22—November 10, 1979 |
| Starring | Danny Dark Olan Soule Casey Kasem Shannon Farnon Norman Alden Michael Bell Liberty Williams Bill Woodson |
| Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s) | Don Jurwich |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s) | Jeffrey Scott |
| Director(s) | Ray Urbano Carl Urbano Oscar Dufau George Gordon Don Jurwich (voices) |
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The World's Greatest Superfriends is an American animated superhero television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics for ABC's Saturday morning line-up. It ran in 1979, airing 8 episodes. It was the fourth Super Friends series after the original 1973 series of the same name.
This iteration features the same format as the previous shows, but with a major focus on folktales and fairy tales for plots. Unlike the previous incarnation, Challenge of the Superfriends, the series has no Legion of Doom and features a stripped down roster consisting of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Robin, Aquaman, and the Wonder Twins.
The entire series has been released on DVD.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.
Episodes
| Episode | Original air date |
|---|---|
| 1x01 | September 22, 1979 |
| 1x02 | September 29, 1979 |
| 1x03 | October 6, 1979 |
| 1x04 | October 13, 1979 |
| 1x05 | October 20, 1979 |
| 1x06 | October 27, 1979 |
| 1x07 | November 3, 1979 |
| 1x08 | November 10, 1979 |
Cast
- Olan Soule as Batman
- Casey Kasem as Robin
- Shannon Farnon as Wonder Woman
- Danny Dark as Superman
- Norman Alden as Aquaman
- Michael Bell as Zan and Gleek
- Louise Williams as Jayna
- Bill Woodson as the Narrator
Merchandise
Home media
On November 12, 2013, Warner Home Video released a one-disc DVD set of the series called And Justice for All.
On September 10, 2024, Warner Home Video included the season on the 21-disc DVD set of Super Friends!: The Complete Collection, and in an upscaled 1080p version on a sixteen-disc Blu-ray set of the same name.
