A very fun episode.
In this episode, Superman tries to stop a volcano, while an evil Superman from a parallel universe tries to make a volcano erupt. The two Supermen end up switching places and finding each other in the opposite universe. The universe our Superman finds himself in doesn't have the Super Friends but the Super Enemies, in evil version of our superheroes. Meanwhile the evil Superman tries to take over his universe.
This is in many ways the Super Friends version of a Crime Syndicate story. The Crime Syndicate are characters from the DC Comic books, who are evil versions of the Justice League and come from the parallel universe of Earth 3. This episode is not an exact adaption of a Crime Syndicate story as these characters have the same names as the Super Friends (the Crime Syndicate has different names than the Justice League) and a different line up (the Crime Syndicate has no evil version of Aquaman and the Super Enemies does not have evil versions of The Flash or Green Lantern).
This is a delightful episode. It is simply pure corny superhero fun at its finest. The whole idea of the Super Enemies is delightfully silly in the best way. The idea that they even meet at the Hall of Evil is fantastic. I especially love the designs of these evil versions of the characters. Robin having the tiny mustache is simply a wonderful design choice. I even love Gleek the space monkey's evil design (despite not being a fan of the character). There is also something just simply charming about superheroes fighting evil versions of themselves. The idea may not be complex or original, but it is a heck of a lot of fun and this episode embellishes this idea to its fullest. Simply put this is a lot of fun.
This episode does have one major flaw though. This is the ending. The ending here is simply very abrupt and when the episode finishes the story is not wrapped up yet. It would have been better, if this was a two-parter and there was another episode that picked up exactly where this one left off.
Still despite this major flaw, this is still a wonderful episode.
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