Challenge of the Super Friends 4-Disc Box Set DVD

Challenge of the Super Friends is the late-1970s ABC Hanna-Barbera animated series that built on the broader Super Friends franchise by adding the Legion of Doom as a permanent antagonist team, with thirteen DC supervillains under Lex Luthor's leadership taking on the heroes across each episode. The show ran on ABC starting in 1978, with later runs on Cartoon Network and Boomerang keeping the property in active broadcast for decades. The 32-episode collection captures the show across its two-season broadcast run. The format pairs the established Super Friends roster with the new villain-team premise.

What makes this entry distinct is its specific Legion of Doom framing. Where the broader Super Friends franchise had relied on episodic antagonists, Challenge gave the property a permanent thirteen-member villain team that includes Luthor, Brainiac, Bizarro, the Riddler, Sinestro, Solomon Grundy, Captain Cold, Black Manta, Cheetah, Toyman, Scarecrow, Gorilla Grodd, and Giganta. The format gives the writers consistent antagonist material across the run, with the villain ensemble generating most of the stakes.

For its era, the show represents the wave of late-1970s ABC Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning programming. The 32-episode catalog covers both seasons of the run, with the consistent villain framework giving the show a structural identity that distinguishes it from the broader Super Friends catalog.

The most rewarding entries deliver the villain-team format at full reach. "Wanted The Super Friends" launches the series with the establishing premise. "Invasion Of The Fearians" runs an alien-threat plot. "The World's Deadliest Game" handles a competition entry. "The Time Trap" delivers a time-themed plot. "Trial Of The Super Friends" runs a courtroom premise. "Secret Origins Of The Super Friends" handles origin material. "Revenge On Gorilla City" runs a Grodd-focused plot. "Conquerors Of The Future" delivers a future-set entry. "The Final Challenge" closes Season 1. "Rokan Enemy From Space" launches Season 2. "Sinbad And The Space Pirates" handles a pirate-themed plot. "Battle Of The Gods" delivers mythological material. "The Rise And Fall Of The Super Friends" closes the run. All 32 episodes across 4 DVDs collect both seasons, every Super Friends versus Legion of Doom confrontation, in one box.