Challenge of the Superfriends (1978)

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Challenge of the Superfriends is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from September 9, 1978, to December 23, 1978, on ABC. The complete series was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Warner Bros. Television and is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics and created by Julius Schwartz, Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky. It was the third series of Super Friends cartoons, following the original Super Friends in 1973 and The All-New Super Friends Hour in 1977. It continued to air on Boomerang in the United States until February 2, 2009.

Original Release

09/08/1978 on ABC

US Release

09/08/1978

Cast

Name

Character

(voice) (credit only) / Toyman / Toyman (voice) / (voice)

Elisabeth Riseng

(voice) (credit only) / Solomon Grundy (voice) / Solomon Grundy

Tyla Wynn

Wonder Woman / Wonder Woman (voice)

Casey Kasem

Robin

Don Messick

Scarecrow / (voice) (credit only) / Scarecrow (voice) / Astronaut 1 / Domed City Ruler (voice) / Fear - Gassed Gorilla (voice) / Rabbit (voice)

Stanley Ralph Ross

Gorilla Grodd (voice) (as Stanley Ross) / (voice) (as Stanley Ross) (credit only) / Gorilla Grodd / (voice) (credit only) / Nartan (voice) (as Stanley Ross) / Black Manta (voice) (as Stanley Ross)

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Wanted: The Superfriends/Rokan: Enemy from Space	Saturday, 09 September 1978
2	Invasion of the Fearians/The Demons of Exxor	Saturday, 16 September 1978
3	The World's Deadliest Game/Battle at the Earth's Core	Saturday, 23 September 1978
4	The Time Trap/Sinbad and the Space Pirates	Saturday, 30 September 1978
5	Trial of the SuperFriends/The Pied Piper from Space	Saturday, 07 October 1978
6	Monolith of Evil/Attack of the Vampire	Saturday, 14 October 1978
7	The Giants of Doom/The Beasts Are Coming	Saturday, 21 October 1978
8	Secret Origins of the SuperFriends/Terror from the Phantom Zone	Saturday, 28 October 1978
9	Revenge on Gorilla City/The Anti-Matter Monster	Saturday, 04 November 1978
10	Swamp of the Living Dead/World Beneath the Ice	Saturday, 11 November 1978
11	Conquerors of the Future/Invasion of the Brain Creatures	Saturday, 18 November 1978
12	The Final Challenge/The Incredible Space Circus	Saturday, 25 November 1978
13	Fairy Tale of Doom/Batman: Dead or Alive	Saturday, 02 December 1978
14	Doomsday/Battle of the Gods	Saturday, 09 December 1978
15	SuperFriends: Rest in Peace/Journey Through Inner Space	Saturday, 16 December 1978
16	History of Doom/The Rise and Fall of the Super Friends	Saturday, 23 December 1978

Directors

Carl Urbano, Ray Patterson

Writers

Bill Finger, Jeffrey Scott

Cast

Name

Character

(voice) (credit only) / Toyman / Toyman (voice) / (voice)

Elisabeth Riseng

(voice) (credit only) / Solomon Grundy (voice) / Solomon Grundy

Tyla Wynn

Wonder Woman / Wonder Woman (voice)

Casey Kasem

Robin

Don Messick

Scarecrow / (voice) (credit only) / Scarecrow (voice) / Astronaut 1 / Domed City Ruler (voice) / Fear - Gassed Gorilla (voice) / Rabbit (voice)

Stanley Ralph Ross

Gorilla Grodd (voice) (as Stanley Ross) / (voice) (as Stanley Ross) (credit only) / Gorilla Grodd / (voice) (credit only) / Nartan (voice) (as Stanley Ross) / Black Manta (voice) (as Stanley Ross)

Melanie Chartoff

(voice) (credit only)

Stan Jones

Lex Luthor

Ted Cassidy

Brainiac / (voice) (credit only) / Black Manta / British Soldier (voice)

Danny Dark

Superman / Superman (voice)

Buster Jones

(voice) (credit only) / Black Vulcan (voice) / Black Vulcan / Plutonium Plant Guard 3 (voice)

Jack Angel

The Flash / (voice) (credit only) / Hawkman