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The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians on DVD

The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 1985 to 1986. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Characters 2.1 The Super Powers Team 2.2 Darkseid villains 2.3 Individual villains 3 Voice cast 4 Notable firsts 5 Episodes 6 DVD release

Summary

In the fall of 1985, the final version of Hanna-Barbera's Super Friends premiered. This show returned to a more conventional, consistent, and authentic line-up for the Justice League of America, with a strong focus on Cyborg and Firestorm. The Super Friends (now called the Super Powers Team) were once again headquartered at the Hall of Justice (which had been redesigned for this series to appear more dome-like and seemingly, larger) in Metropolis, and battled such familiar foes as Darkseid, Lex Luthor, and Scarecrow.

The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians is considered one of the most faithful TV adaptations of DC Comic superheroes. Except where noted as a short, each episode was 30 minutes long. The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians lasted only one season on ABC until the end of the Hanna-Barbera's 12-year run of the Super Friends on September 6, 1986.

Characters

The Super Powers Team

Superman Batman Wonder Woman Robin Cyborg Aquaman

Firestorm Hawkman Green Lantern The Flash Samurai

The Flash appeared only in "The Death of Superman" episode, and never used his powers. El Dorado also made an appearance in that episode, and never used his powers or even spoke any lines.

Darkseid villains

• Darkseid
  • Desaad
  • Kalibak
  • The Parademons

Individual villains

• Lex Luthor
• The Joker
• The Royal Flush Gang
• Scarecrow
• Brainiac
• Felix Faust
• The Penguin
• Mr. Mxyzptlk
• Bizarro
• Mr. Kltpzyxm (Mr. Mxyzptlk Bizarro)
• Wondezarro (Wonder Woman Bizarro)
• Cyzarro (Cyborg Bizarro)
• Firezarro (Firestorm Bizarro)

Lex Luthor only appeared briefly at the beginning of "The Seeds of Doom". 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.

Voice cast

• Jack Angel - Flash (Barry Allen), Hawkman, Samurai
• Rene Auberjonois - DeSaad
• Peter Cullen - Felix Faust
• Danny Dark - Superman and Bizarro
• Jerry Houser - Jack
• Ernie Hudson - Cyborg
• Casey Kasem - Robin (Dick Grayson)
• Stanley Ralph Ross - Brainiac
• Michael Rye - Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
• Olan Soule - Professor Martin Stein (Adam West had replaced Soule as the voice of Batman)
• Robert Morse - the Penguin
• Mark L Taylor - Firestorm
• B.J. WardThe biggest change was recasting the voice of Wonder Woman with veteran voice actress BJ Ward, who replaces Connie Cawlfield as Wonder Woman. BJ 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 Superman series by Ruby Spears. - Wonder Woman
• Frank Welker - Darkseid, Kalibak, the Joker (Ace), Mr. Mxyzptlk
• Adam West - Batman

Notable firsts

In the episode titled "The Fear", Batman's origin is told for the first time outside of the actual comics. The episode was written by Alan Burnett, later a story editor on Batman: The Animated Series.

This series also marked the first ever appearance of Cyborg in an animated television series.

Episodes

1. The Seeds of Doom 2. The Ghost Ship/The Bizarro Super Powers Team (two short episodes) 3. The Darkseid Deception 4. The Fear 5. The Wild Cards 6. Brainchild/The Case of the Stolen Powers (two short episodes) 7. Escape from Space City 8. The Death of Superman

DVD release

• Warner Home Video released The Complete Series of The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians on DVD on October 23, 2007.