The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
[1] The title card for The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians series.
Also known as	Super Friends VIII
Genre	Adventure / Animation / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Written by	Alan Burnett, John Loy and Antoni Zalewski
Directed by	Larry Latham and Ray Patterson
Presented by	Hanna-Barbera DC Comics
Voices of	Jack Angel Rene Auberjonois Bill Callaway Peter Cullen Danny Dark Jerry Houser Ernie Hudson Casey Kasem Stanley Ralph Ross Michael Rye Ken Sansom Robert Morse Mark L. Taylor B.J. Ward Frank Welker Adam West
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
Producer(s)	Larry Latham
Editor(s)	Roy Braverman (sound effects editor) and Paul Vitello (sound editor)
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 7, 1985 – September 6, 1986
Chronology
Preceded by	Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
External links
Official website

The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 1985^[2] to 1986. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics.

[edit] Summary

In the fall of 1985, the final version of Hanna-Barbera's Super Friends premiered. 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.

Except where noted as a short, each episode was 30 minutes long. The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians lasted only one season on ABC, marking the end of Hanna-Barbera's 12-year run of the Super Friends.

[edit] Characters

[edit] The Super Powers Team

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.

B.J. Ward stars voicing Wonder Woman's voice with the start of the new series.

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.

[edit] Darkseid villains

• Darkseid
  • Desaad
  • Kalibak
  • The Parademons

[edit] Individual villains

• Lex Luthor
• The Joker
• The Royal Flush Gang
• Scarecrow
• Brainiac
• Felix Faust
• The Penguin
• Mr. Mxyzptlk
• Bizarro
• Mr. Kltpzyxm (Mr. Mxyzptlk Bizarro)
• Bizarra (Bizarro Wonder Woman)
• 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.

[edit] 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. Ward - Wonder Woman
• Frank Welker - Darkseid, Kalibak, the Joker (Ace), Mr. Mxyzptlk
• Adam West - Batman

[edit] Episodes

• Galactic Guardians episodes

[edit] DVD release

• Warner Home Video released The Complete Series of The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians on DVD^[3] on October 23, 2007.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians at Big Cartoon DataBase
• The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians at the Internet Movie Database
• The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians at TV.com