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{{Series
 
|Season = Season Nine
 
|Season = Season Nine
 
|TV Show Name = The Super Powers Team: <br> Galactic Guardians
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|TV Show name = The Super Powers Team: <br> Galactic Guardians
 
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|channel = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
 
|channel = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
 
| aired = 1985
 
| aired = 1985
 
|episodes = 10
 
|episodes = 10
|production = Production
 
 
|creator =
 
|creator =
 
|writer = [[Alan Burnett]] <br> [[John Loy]] <br> [[Antoni Zalewski]]
 
|writer = [[Alan Burnett]] <br> [[John Loy]] <br> [[Antoni Zalewski]]
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|produced = [[Hanna-Barbera]] <br> [[DC Comics]]
 
|produced = [[Hanna-Barbera]] <br> [[DC Comics]]
 
|execproducers = [[Joseph Barbera]] <br> [[William Hanna]]
 
|execproducers = [[Joseph Barbera]] <br> [[William Hanna]]
|chronology = Chronology
 
 
|prevseries = [[SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show]] (1984)
 
|prevseries = [[SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show]] (1984)
|nextseries = [[The Aquaman and Friends Action Hour]] (2003)
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|nextseries = [[The Aquaman & Friends Action Hour]] (2003)
 
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[[File:Season 9, Introduction|thumb|left|300 px|Season 9, Introduction]]<br>
 
[[File:Season 9, Introduction|thumb|left|300 px|Season 9, Introduction]]<br>
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* The [[Wonder Twins]] are gone and interestingly, [[El Dorado]] (who was not part of the official roster) and [[Flash]] only appear in one episode.
 
* The [[Wonder Twins]] are gone and interestingly, [[El Dorado]] (who was not part of the official roster) and [[Flash]] only appear in one episode.
 
* [[Hanna-Barbera]] eliminated most of the ethnic characters they created for the Super Friends (except for [[Samurai]]).
 
* [[Hanna-Barbera]] eliminated most of the ethnic characters they created for the Super Friends (except for [[Samurai]]).
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* Black Vulcan was replaced with Cyborg.
 
* Once again the voice of [[Wonder Woman]] was recast. Veteran voice actress [[B.J. Ward]] replaced [[Connie Cawlfield]].
 
* Once again the voice of [[Wonder Woman]] was recast. Veteran voice actress [[B.J. Ward]] replaced [[Connie Cawlfield]].
 
* Before the [[Super Powers toyline and products| Super Powers toyline]] was canceled, the third wave of figures included [[Cyborg]].
 
* Before the [[Super Powers toyline and products| Super Powers toyline]] was canceled, the third wave of figures included [[Cyborg]].
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* The only other continuities from the ''SuperFriends'' is the background music and most of the voice cast.
 
* The only other continuities from the ''SuperFriends'' is the background music and most of the voice cast.
 
 
==Marketing==
 
[[File:New Teen Titans Anti-Drug Commercial Footage 1984|thumb|300px|right|New Teen Titans Anti-Drug Commercial (1984)]]
 
This show had a number of marketing tie-ins, such as the [[Super Powers Collection]] [[action figure]] line. There was also a program used by schools that [[DC Comics]] used to promote vehicle safety, and abstaining from drugs, and helping kids with issues such as child abuse and teenage pregnancy.
 
   
   
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== [[DVD / Media info]] ==
 
== [[DVD / Media info]] ==
*Warner Home Video released '''''The Complete Series of The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians''''' on DVD<ref>[http://animated-views.com/2007/the-super-powers-team-galactic-guardians/ The Sweatbox Review]</ref> on October 23, 2007.
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*Warner Home Video (via DC Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera Productions and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment) released '''''The Complete Series of The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians''''' on DVD<ref>[http://animated-views.com/2007/the-super-powers-team-galactic-guardians/ The Sweatbox Review]</ref> on October 23, 2007.
   
 
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Revision as of 18:14, 11 July 2019

Season Nine
The Super Powers Team:
Galactic Guardians

GALACTIC GUARDIANS (1985)
Channel:
Aired:
1985
Episodes:
10


Production
Writer(s):
Director(s):
Larry Latham
Ray Patterson
Andrea Romano (casting)
Creative Director:
Produced by:
Executive Producers:
Joseph Barbera
William Hanna


Chronology


Season_9,_Introduction

Season 9, Introduction

Season 9, Introduction


Series Summary

Episode Lengths: 30 minutes

In the fall of 1985, the final version of Hanna-Barbera’s SuperFriends premiered. The show takes a new, more realistic style (and very different).

The SuperFriends are now called the Super Powers Team, with a show The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians.

It ran on the ABC Network from September 7, 1985 to November 9, 1985.

It is considered one of the most faithful TV adaptations of DC Comic superheroes, second to The Challenge of the SuperFriends. This series would run for only one season on ABC, signifying the end of the Hanna-Barbera’s 12-year run of the SuperFriends.

Even though the Super Friends once again had a new format, it was really the second season of SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show. On the DVD extras, they call it a graduation and could be considered a series by itself because of the changes Hanna-Barbera implemented into this new series.

Gone were the simplistic character designs by Alex Toth we knew so well and in their place were beefed up designs of the heroes and villains designed by DC Comics artist Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, who also designed the characters for the Super Powers toyline and products.

The tone of this series was notably more serious than Super Friends had been in the past.

Sadly, this series only lasted one season, and was ultimately canceled. The final new episode aired was "The Death of Superman", which originally aired on November 6, 1985. This third cancellation would prove to be the final one and Galactic Guardians marked the end of Hanna-Barbera's 13-year run of the series when it last aired on September 30, 1986.


Notes

  • In this series, Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman and Firestorm were the leads along with their newest member, Cyborg (marking his first appearance in an animated series).
  • Robin no longer used holyisms like he did in previous seasons.
  • Cyborg’s voice is none other than Ernie Hudson whose big claim to fame is from the Ghostbusters movies.
  • Their headquarters was the Hall of Justice in Metropolis (which had been redesigned for this series to appear more dome-like and seemingly, larger).
  • The Wonder Twins are gone and interestingly, El Dorado (who was not part of the official roster) and Flash only appear in one episode.
  • Hanna-Barbera eliminated most of the ethnic characters they created for the Super Friends (except for Samurai).
  • Black Vulcan was replaced with Cyborg.
  • Once again the voice of Wonder Woman was recast. Veteran voice actress B.J. Ward replaced Connie Cawlfield.
  • Before the Super Powers toyline was canceled, the third wave of figures included Cyborg.
  • In 1985, the Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians had no competition from the other networks.
  • Both the Joker and the Penguin made their first (and only) Super Friends appearances in two different episodes. While Batman and Robin appeared in Joker's debut episode, they were not present in Penguin's.
  • We are also treated to the first and only appearances of the Royal Flush Gang and Felix Faust.


Continuity

  • The Super Powers Team shared continuity with the old Super Friends show, with respect to their battles with Darkseid (or specifically the previous season), who is determined to conquer Earth and make Wonder Woman his bride.
  • The only other continuities from the SuperFriends is the background music and most of the voice cast.


Trivia

  • The Galactic Guardians series featured the first televised depiction of Batman's origin in the episode "The Fear".
  • This series also marked the first ever appearance of Cyborg in an animated television series.


Spin-off

Although this is the final SuperFriends series, it's not the last time we see the SuperFriends universe. In 1988, just two years after this final season of the Super Friends, a new animated Superman series came out on CBS that was created by Ruby-Spears Productions. On the episode called “Superman and Wonder Woman vs. The Sorceress of Time", Wonder Woman guest stars, and B.J. Ward reprises her role as Wonder Woman.


Cast

SuperFriends Cast

Cameo Appearances

New Gods of Apokolips villains

Individual villains


Episode List:

    Ep #         Episode Name        The Shorts        Air Date    
1     The Seeds of Doom                 September 11, 1985    
2     The Ghost Ship         The Bizarro Super Powers Team         September 18, 1985    
3     The Darkseid Deception                 September 25, 1985    
4     The Fear                 October 2, 1985    
5     The Wild Cards                 October 9, 1985    
6     Brainchild         The Case of the Stolen Powers         October 16, 1985    
7     Escape from Space City                 October 30, 1985    
8     The Death of Superman                 November 6, 1985    


See Also

  • Season 9, Series Credits


DVD / Media info

  • Warner Home Video (via DC Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera Productions and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment) released The Complete Series of The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians on DVD[2] on October 23, 2007.
DVD Name Ep # Release Date
The Complete Series 8 October 23. 2007

This DVD series is available through Amazon – The The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (DVD-2007).


External links


References

  1. The biggest change was recasting the voice of Wonder Woman with veteran voice actress BJ Ward, who replaces Connie Cawlfield as Wonder Woman. B.J. Ward was a logical choice since she's played everything from Jana of the Jungle, Elektra on the Teen Force, Princess Allura on Voltron, Scarlett on G.I.JOE, and Velma Dinkly in some of the Scooby Doo animated DVD movies. BJ Ward reprises the Wonder Woman voice when she guest appeared in the 1988 animated Superman series by Ruby-Spears.
    - Source: Will's Ultimate Super Friends Episode Guide!
  2. The Sweatbox Review