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Challenge Of The Super Friends: The First Season Back at the Hall Of Justice, legendary super heroes Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Batman and Robin unite to protect the world from evil, and this two disc set of 16 Season One episodes starts the action
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Two boys' review: Saturday morning cartoons perfect for little boys!
September 17, 2008
Format:DVD
Our five-year old and four-year old superhero fans won't be watching the PG and PG-13 movies released this summer -- The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and The Dark Knight (Batman). What can a parent do for little superheroes looking for some wholesome yet exciting action?
This two-volume collection, Challenge of the Super Friends, brings back the fun, simple stories that used to fill Saturday cartoon mornings. Parents can rest easy that heroes and villians are clearly identified. The messages are simple, good triumphs over evil.
Kids over 10 probably won't be as entertained by the simple stories and animation. However, this collection suits well for parents looking for something relatively safe to entertain younger children.
This two-volume collection, Challenge of the Super Friends, brings back the fun, simple stories that used to fill Saturday cartoon mornings. Parents can rest easy that heroes and villians are clearly identified. The messages are simple, good triumphs over evil.
Kids over 10 probably won't be as entertained by the simple stories and animation. However, this collection suits well for parents looking for something relatively safe to entertain younger children.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By E. Murphy
Format:DVD
My 3 and 4 year old love these videos. There are so many episodes to watch and so many different heroes and villians that they never get bored. The only problem is that my husband loves to watch them too.
24 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Red Box:
Well I finally completed my tour of the two Superfriends box sets (which are coupled together here) and can honestly state that the first volume is seriously the equivalent of a caterpillar to butterfly metamorphosis. How so? Well it's clear that the early episodes contained residual spillover from the 1977 (and earlier) seasons in that the writers weren't quite familiar with the power of the Legion of Doom at their disposal. As such the initial episodes retain plots with very grand schemes laced with loads of space travel, black holes, inter-dimensional portals and so on. By about the halfway point of the first disc, things take a turn for the better. It's as if suddenly the show's writers realized that they had 13 villains (each with interesting back stories) at their service.
The plots become richer and better fleshed out as the season progresses and the ridiculousness of helmet-less space travel and Flash with the ability to fly along-side Superman begin to disappear.
Interestingly enough, the first 8 episodes of this set have been released before: The first four as Attack of the Legion of Doom and the next four in United They Stand. Despite having purchased both of these stand-alone sets prior, I had to order this one as well so as to enjoy the remaining 8 episodes of the 1978 season.
Also oddly enough, there are special features on the stand-alone sets that, for whatever reason, didn't make it on this complete season box in the form of episode introductions by story editor Jeffery Scott (which was surprisingly interesting). However, I suppose Warner realized that such differences may be beneficial in maintaining sales of the prior releases.
However the good news is that in addition to all 16 episodes from the 1978 season, we are treated to commentary on both the first and last episode of the set by DC writers Geoff Johns and Mark Waid. There is also a nice little retrospective called Saturday: Sleeping bags and Superfriends. While this could have easily been a three disc set, WB decided to instead make the second disc dual-sided to fit the final two episodes and final commentary pieces.
Included on the red box set are the following episodes:
1 Wanted: The Superfriends
2 Invasion of The Fearians
3 The World's Deadliest Game
4 The Time Trap
5 Trial of the Superfriends
6 Monolith of Evil
7 The Giants of Doom
8 Secret Origins of the Superfriends
9 Revenge on Gorilla City
10 Swamp of the Living Dead
11 Conquerors of the Future
12 The Final Challenge
13 Fairy Tale of Doom
14 Doomsday
15 Superfriends, Rest in Peace
16 The History of Doom
Blue Box:
Here is the second part of the 1978 season that featured the Wondertwins and Gleek (in addition to 5 of the 11 Justice League Members). It appears that the Amazon description of this set is filled with errors. For starters, it is not the 1973 season as the title of this page suggests. In addition the plot synopsis says to expect 'apprentice' super-heroes Marvin, Wendy, and Wonder Dog. In reality, by 1978 the two junior members and their dog were replaced with the Vulcanized versions of Donnie and Marie Osmond and their pet space monkey, Gleek. Finally even the special features aren't immune to such inaccuracies, promising a retrospective featuring Kevin Smith (of Clerks fame). Nowhere is Mr. Smith found on this two-disc set. Although Paul Dini (eating a Pop-Tart no less) makes a pretty funny appearance in the retrospective.
Errors aside, this collection contains 16 episodes that ran as the second portion of the season that introduced us to Challenge of the Superfriends back in 78. The show's writers were clearly making strides in the right direction (especially compared to the 1977 season which also featured the Wondertwins). The shows each run for just under a full half-hour and unlike their Challenge counterparts, do not offer a villain (or legion of villains) to battle. Instead the show takes a similar (if not slightly improved) approach that was taken in the previous season where scientists and aliens make up the threats to the world. Actually, expect a dose of alien activity that could put X-Files to shame! Among the strangest villains encountered is none other than Count Dracula himself who, rather than bite his victims to infect them, merely sprinkles dust on the exterior of a jumbo jet to transform the passengers into vampires. In most every episode on the set, the Wondertwins disobey orders to stay at the Hall of Justice and wind up saving the day in the process.
Having never been a big fan of the Wondertwins in the first place, I do feel that this set pales in comparison to the Challenge of the Superfriends box set but remains an essential piece to the complete SF collection.
1: Rokan: Enemy from Space
2: The Demons of Exxor
3. Battle at the Earth's Core
4: Sinbad and the Space Pirates
5: The Pied Piper from Space
6: Attack of the Vampire
7: The Beasts are coming
8: Terror from the Phantom Zone
9: The Anti-Matter Monster
10: World Beneath the Ice
11: Invasion of the Brain Creatures
12: The Incredible Space Circus
13: Batman: Dead or Alive
14: Battle of the Gods
15: Journey through inner space
16: The Rise and Fall of the Super Friends
Well I finally completed my tour of the two Superfriends box sets (which are coupled together here) and can honestly state that the first volume is seriously the equivalent of a caterpillar to butterfly metamorphosis. How so? Well it's clear that the early episodes contained residual spillover from the 1977 (and earlier) seasons in that the writers weren't quite familiar with the power of the Legion of Doom at their disposal. As such the initial episodes retain plots with very grand schemes laced with loads of space travel, black holes, inter-dimensional portals and so on. By about the halfway point of the first disc, things take a turn for the better. It's as if suddenly the show's writers realized that they had 13 villains (each with interesting back stories) at their service.
The plots become richer and better fleshed out as the season progresses and the ridiculousness of helmet-less space travel and Flash with the ability to fly along-side Superman begin to disappear.
Interestingly enough, the first 8 episodes of this set have been released before: The first four as Attack of the Legion of Doom and the next four in United They Stand. Despite having purchased both of these stand-alone sets prior, I had to order this one as well so as to enjoy the remaining 8 episodes of the 1978 season.
Also oddly enough, there are special features on the stand-alone sets that, for whatever reason, didn't make it on this complete season box in the form of episode introductions by story editor Jeffery Scott (which was surprisingly interesting). However, I suppose Warner realized that such differences may be beneficial in maintaining sales of the prior releases.
However the good news is that in addition to all 16 episodes from the 1978 season, we are treated to commentary on both the first and last episode of the set by DC writers Geoff Johns and Mark Waid. There is also a nice little retrospective called Saturday: Sleeping bags and Superfriends. While this could have easily been a three disc set, WB decided to instead make the second disc dual-sided to fit the final two episodes and final commentary pieces.
Included on the red box set are the following episodes:
1 Wanted: The Superfriends
2 Invasion of The Fearians
3 The World's Deadliest Game
4 The Time Trap
5 Trial of the Superfriends
6 Monolith of Evil
7 The Giants of Doom
8 Secret Origins of the Superfriends
9 Revenge on Gorilla City
10 Swamp of the Living Dead
11 Conquerors of the Future
12 The Final Challenge
13 Fairy Tale of Doom
14 Doomsday
15 Superfriends, Rest in Peace
16 The History of Doom
Blue Box:
Here is the second part of the 1978 season that featured the Wondertwins and Gleek (in addition to 5 of the 11 Justice League Members). It appears that the Amazon description of this set is filled with errors. For starters, it is not the 1973 season as the title of this page suggests. In addition the plot synopsis says to expect 'apprentice' super-heroes Marvin, Wendy, and Wonder Dog. In reality, by 1978 the two junior members and their dog were replaced with the Vulcanized versions of Donnie and Marie Osmond and their pet space monkey, Gleek. Finally even the special features aren't immune to such inaccuracies, promising a retrospective featuring Kevin Smith (of Clerks fame). Nowhere is Mr. Smith found on this two-disc set. Although Paul Dini (eating a Pop-Tart no less) makes a pretty funny appearance in the retrospective.
Errors aside, this collection contains 16 episodes that ran as the second portion of the season that introduced us to Challenge of the Superfriends back in 78. The show's writers were clearly making strides in the right direction (especially compared to the 1977 season which also featured the Wondertwins). The shows each run for just under a full half-hour and unlike their Challenge counterparts, do not offer a villain (or legion of villains) to battle. Instead the show takes a similar (if not slightly improved) approach that was taken in the previous season where scientists and aliens make up the threats to the world. Actually, expect a dose of alien activity that could put X-Files to shame! Among the strangest villains encountered is none other than Count Dracula himself who, rather than bite his victims to infect them, merely sprinkles dust on the exterior of a jumbo jet to transform the passengers into vampires. In most every episode on the set, the Wondertwins disobey orders to stay at the Hall of Justice and wind up saving the day in the process.
Having never been a big fan of the Wondertwins in the first place, I do feel that this set pales in comparison to the Challenge of the Superfriends box set but remains an essential piece to the complete SF collection.
1: Rokan: Enemy from Space
2: The Demons of Exxor
3. Battle at the Earth's Core
4: Sinbad and the Space Pirates
5: The Pied Piper from Space
6: Attack of the Vampire
7: The Beasts are coming
8: Terror from the Phantom Zone
9: The Anti-Matter Monster
10: World Beneath the Ice
11: Invasion of the Brain Creatures
12: The Incredible Space Circus
13: Batman: Dead or Alive
14: Battle of the Gods
15: Journey through inner space
16: The Rise and Fall of the Super Friends
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Paren of 4yr old boy
My boy loves superheros. I would not allow him to watch current day superhero programs due to the violence. We bought the classic collection and are thrilled. Read more
Published on May 10, 2010 by Kelli
5.0 out of 5 stars
just what we wanted
Easy transaction. The videos are exactly as advertised and arrived within a few days.
Published on August 19, 2009 by Molly P. Kitchell
5.0 out of 5 stars
Watching Superfriends with your kids is great.
I purchased these dvds so that I could share the experience, that I remembered as a kid, with my kids. It worked, and they loved them.
Published on April 12, 2009 by SmallTimeNetworkGuy
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Wonderful Cartoons
My 11-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter have watched these DVD's repeatedly. They love them. For me, they're nostalgic. Read more
Published on January 30, 2009 by Panguitch Joe
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just as good as I remembered them
I recall watching these cartoons on Saturday mornings and enjoying them thoroughly.
I was looking for Batman cartoons for my 4 year old and found that most of the more... Read more
I was looking for Batman cartoons for my 4 year old and found that most of the more... Read more
Published on January 6, 2009 by R. Peller
5.0 out of 5 stars
They just don't make 'em like they used to.
These cartoons are great. Still fun for kids these days, and not too dark and violent like most superhero cartoons these days.
Published on October 2, 2008 by -DG
5.0 out of 5 stars
Worth the Money
Best video I have bought for my son. Really brings you back in time to those Saturday mornings as a kid. He loves it to. Read more
Published on February 18, 2008 by Billy Barule
5.0 out of 5 stars
SuperFriends old style
Exactly what I wanted. Brings back memories of Saturday mornings!
Quality is good
Quality is good
Published on September 1, 2007 by Ron Burlinghaus
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than I remember
I am enjoying these old classics very much with my four year old and six year old.
Published on February 26, 2007 by Bradley E. Layton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superfriends DVD
Gift was purchased for my wife for Christmas. We both grew up watching these cartoons. She loved them. Item arrived in a timely matter.
Published on January 18, 2007 by Chris A. Frankhauser
