The World’s Greatest Super Friends

Series Summary
Episode Lengths: 60 minutes

By the year 1979, the Super Friends were going strong on the ABC Network Saturday mornings. After an amazing year with the Challenge of the SuperFriends series, Hanna-Barbera decided to get back to basics and make some new episodes with the established core group.

The World's Greatest Super Friends premiered in the fall of 1979. It ran from September 22, 1979 to November 10, 1979 on ABC.

The Superfriends also were back in the 8:00 am timeslot followed at 9:00 by fellow DC hero, Plastic Man in his own show, the PlasticMan Comedy Adventure Show.

This particular incarnation of Super Friends relied heavily on folklore and classic fairy tales for plots (i.e. Aladdin, Camelot, The Hobbitt, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Frankenstein, and the Wizard of Oz). No more Legion of Doom, and fewer heroes this time.

Intro and Cast
thumb|400px|right|Intro to the 'World's Greatest Super Friends' (1979)

SuperFriends Cast

 * Superman – voiced by Danny Dark (1979)
 * Batman – voiced by Olan Soule (1979)
 * Robin – voiced by Casey Casem (1979)
 * Aquaman – voiced by William Callaway (1979)
 * Wonder Woman – voiced by Shannon Farnon (1979)

Junior SuperFriends:
 * Wonder Twin, Jayna – voiced by Louise Williams (1979)
 * Wonder Twin, Zan – voiced by Michael Bell (1979)
 * Wonder Twin, Gleek – voiced by Michael Bell (1979)

Also starring

 * Jimmy Olsen – voiced by - (1 episode: Lex Luthor Strikes Back, 1979)
 * Lois Lane – voiced by Shannon Faron (1 episode: Lex Luthor Strikes Back, 1979)


 * Lex Luthor – voiced by Stan Jones (1 episode: Lex Luthor Strikes Back, 1979)
 * Mr. Mxyzptlk – voiced by Frank Welker (1 episode: The Planet of Oz, 1979)


 * Narrator – voiced by William Woodson (1977-1985)

Guest Cast

 * Kareem Azaar – voiced by - (1 episode: Rub Three Times for Disaster, 1979)
 * Orville Gump – voiced by - (1 episode: Lex Luthor Strikes Back, 1979)
 * Black Knight of Camelon – voiced by Danny Dark (1 episode: Space Knights of Camelon, 1979)
 * Arthur 7 – voiced by Michael Rye (1978) (1 episode: Space Knights of Camelon, 1979)
 * Mal Havok – voiced by Stanley Ralph Ross (1 episode: The Lord of Middle Earth, 1979)
 * Capatin Nimoy – voiced by - (1 episode: Terror at 20,000 Fathoms, 1979)
 * Dr. Frankenstein – voiced by - (1 episode: The Superfriends Meet Frankenstein, 1979)

DVD / Media info
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Episode List:

 * 1) Rub Three Times for Disaster
 * 2) Lex Luthor Strikes Back
 * 3) Space Knights of Camelon
 * 4) The Lord of Middle Earth
 * 5) Universe of Evil
 * 6) Terror at 20,000 Fathoms
 * 7) The Superfriends Meet Frankenstein
 * 8) The Planet of Oz