voicemaster71
I voted Challenge of the SuperFriends as the best series for the SuperFriends with the All New SuperFriends Hour as second best. But the Super Powers Team beats all of them in terms of story lines and animation quality. In fact, I could consider the Super Powers Team a complete series by itself away from the SuperFriends shows because of new animation and updated character designs to resemble the Kenner toy figures as well as the current 80's look of the heroes designed by Garcia Lopez. With the exception of four shows, most of these episodes were all full half hour stories. The Ghost Ship, Bizarro Super Powers Team, Brainchild, and the Case of the Stolen Powers were shorter in length. We see more characterization in this series. I was already familiar with the newly introduced Cyborg from reading the New Teen Titans comics. Ernie Hudson did a great job as a distraught bionic being who initially wanted nothing more than to be left alone. And his friendship with recent recruit Firestorm is most memorable. His introduction in the Seeds of Doom was well done. Wonder Woman has had another change of voice again. But this time, it was for the better. BJ Ward has voiced over many heroic female characters, so it's no surprise that she would voice over Wonder Woman at some time or another and in this show, her voice actually fits the newer character design. We also get to see Steve Trevor in an active role in the Darkseid Deception. We see the return of Darkseid, Kalibak, and Desaad and we encounter the Parademons in this series. Lex Luthor makes an appearance as does Brainiac and Mr. Mxyztplk. Bizarro returns only this time he's more likable and voiced over by Danny Dark and he is known as Bizarro number one. The Scarecrow also returns and the for the first time ever, which we never saw on the SuperFriends, we see the Joker, The Penguin, Felix Faust, and the Royal Flush Gang. In addition, another element that was never seen on the SuperFriends but included in this show, were Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, Batman and Robin's secret identities along with Alfred, Commissioner Gordon, and Professor Jonathan crane (Scarecrow). In this series, there is only one flaw. While the Wonder Twins, Black Vulcan, and Apache Chief have been wisely removed fro this series, the Justice League members, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern, and Hawkman were reinstated, but they were barely used. Flash only said some lines in one episode, but we never saw his super speed. And the others were active one episode each with Aquaman appearing in the final episode, Escape From Space City. Oddly enough, Samuraui and El Dorado (in cameo only) were a part of this series while the other ethnic players from the SuperFriends were removed. The two best episodes you'll ever find in this series are: The Death of Superman, an excellent dramatic story and the only one with every single Super Powers member present. Even the Flash and El Dorado. The other one is my all time favorite one. The Fear, which tells the origin of Batman on film for the first time. And even though we're used to seeing him play a comical campy Batman, Adam West has proved in this series that he can portray (at least in voice) a more serious, slightly grimmer Batman, whose new design has the longer ears and the cape billowing over him. I really felt Adam West voicing over Batman really gave the Super Powers Team as well as the previous SuperFriends show some real value and this series needs to be released on DVD.For the most part, the stars of the Super Powers Team are Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, Firestorm, and Cyborg while the other heroes are merely in the background more or less. I never could understand "Galactic Guardians" in the title. The Super Powers Team is enough. It's also a shame this particular series did not run a second year. But it is still a great series in terms of animation quality and story lines. I give it two thumbs up.
AladdinsGenie
The Super Powers show was one of my favoite show that there was on in the 80's next to Transformers. I though that this show was a lot better then any of the other Super Friends show. I which they had keep it on for a little longer. Cause they could use super heros like. Green Arrow, Dr. Fate,Capt. Marvel and villins in the show like Mantis,Steppenwolf & Mr. freeze like they did with the toys. One of my fav. episo was The Fear were they told Batman's story and a nother fav. was The Death of Superman. My fav. super powers members were and still are.BATMAN FIRESTORM ROBIN AQUAMAN/FLASH GREEN LANTERN HAWKMANTodays JLA is good but it's not like the old one. Batman & Superman were good friend in the old Superfriends/Super Powers show and today they don't really like each other. And also the way they have Aquaman on the new JLA. I really don't like. So the old is better then the new.
comic207
This was an even better season, with improved art and animation. With the introduction of Cyborg to the TV, the stories seemed to improve both in characterization and plot. For Batman, it became less about the utility belts and more about the man. For Wonder Woman, she finally got to flex her muscles (I think she did last season, too.).And some of the stories were risque for the time, most notably in "The Fear," which retold Batman's origin and the murder of his parents (The writer of this and the Fox/WB Batman series says he can't believe TPTB let him do it), and "The Death of Superman."Why they let this series end after one season is beyond me. I truly loved this show and I'm glad Cartoon Network has been rerunning them, even if they *are* on the thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Op_Prime
Along with 'Challenge of the Super Friends' & 'Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show', this was one of the best Super Friends show. The stories were at their peak, being very creative and adventourous. It was classic eighties cartoons, like The Real Ghostbusters and Inspector Gadget. Catch the reruns on Cartoon Network.