"The Legendary Super Powers Show" was the second-to-last season of the long-running "Super Friends" animated series that originally aired on the ABC network as part of its Saturday morning children's programming block. The characters were all from DC Comics, in particular those featured in the "Justice League of America" comic book series.
This season introduced Firestorm: a teenaged superhero first published in the late 1970s, his secret identity is actually two people: college freshman Ron Raymond, and physics professor Martin Stein. Firestorm has an array of interesting powers, primarily involving transmuting one form of inorganic matter into another (a falling boulder becomes a balloon, for example).
This season also introduces Jack Kirby's "Fourth World/New Gods" characters- more specifically, its villains: despotic Darkseid and his lieutenants, Kalibak and Desaad.
Most of the characters who have traditionally been part of the Super Friends saga can be seen here: founding members Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Aquaman and Robin; created-for-television heroes like Black Vulcan, Samurai, Apache Chief and El Dorado are here as well as the Wonder Twins Zan and Jayna.
Not everybody appears in every episode; they are usually team-ups between 2 - 4 characters. Most of the episodes are standalone but there is a minor subplot in several episodes involving Darkseid, where he is clearly obsessed with taking over Earth and making Wonder Woman his wife.
The character designs are updated slightly. There is a very impressive new introduction. There are a couple of new voices as well- Wonder Woman has a new voice, and Adam West, who played Batman in the 1960s live action show, is the new voice of Batman. (He also voiced Batman in the solo late 1970s Filmation-produced Batman show).
This season introduced Firestorm: a teenaged superhero first published in the late 1970s, his secret identity is actually two people: college freshman Ron Raymond, and physics professor Martin Stein. Firestorm has an array of interesting powers, primarily involving transmuting one form of inorganic matter into another (a falling boulder becomes a balloon, for example).
This season also introduces Jack Kirby's "Fourth World/New Gods" characters- more specifically, its villains: despotic Darkseid and his lieutenants, Kalibak and Desaad.
Most of the characters who have traditionally been part of the Super Friends saga can be seen here: founding members Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Aquaman and Robin; created-for-television heroes like Black Vulcan, Samurai, Apache Chief and El Dorado are here as well as the Wonder Twins Zan and Jayna.
Not everybody appears in every episode; they are usually team-ups between 2 - 4 characters. Most of the episodes are standalone but there is a minor subplot in several episodes involving Darkseid, where he is clearly obsessed with taking over Earth and making Wonder Woman his wife.
The character designs are updated slightly. There is a very impressive new introduction. There are a couple of new voices as well- Wonder Woman has a new voice, and Adam West, who played Batman in the 1960s live action show, is the new voice of Batman. (He also voiced Batman in the solo late 1970s Filmation-produced Batman show).