This is the third segment of the ninth episode of The All-New Super Friends Hour, unlike most other Super Friends formats, this one had hour long episodes that were made up of various shorter cartoons. The first segment would be an adventure staring two members (or three in some cases as Batman and Robin would often team with another Super Friend) of the Super Friends. The second would be a morality play staring the Wonder Twins. The third would be a typical half hour Super Friends adventure. The fourth and last segment would feature one of the main Super Friends teaming up with a special DC Comics guest star.
In this episode, the Super Friends must stop Aquaman's archenemy Manta (a version of the comics' Aquaman villain Blank Manta, with his suit painted gold instead of black), when he creates a powerful sea monster.
This is a very fun cartoon. I always love when these cartoons use villains from the comics, and this is a delightful example. Even if the color of his suit and his name was changed, Manta is a still a great villain. He feels like a real threat to our heroes and his vendetta with Aquaman helps make him especially memorable. His voice also helps him stand out. That he successfully captures Aquaman also helps add to the suspense. The design of the sea monster is wonderful and the way it can use Aquaman's powers is very clever and adds to the suspense. The action scenes are quite well done here. There is something that is simply a lot of corny fun about watching superheroes fight a giant monster and that fun is fully felt here.
This is superhero fun at its best.
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