A really fun little episode.
In this episode the evil villain Lord Darkon is trying to take over Exxor, the home planet of the Wonder Twins. He plans to do this by unleashing a monster created out of the citizens' fears. Without being able to contact the rest of our heroes, the Wonder Twins decide to take care of matters themselves. However they quickly get kidnapped by Lord Darkon. When the rest of our heroes find out about this, they set out to save the Wonder Twins.
This episode may be incredibly dated by today's standards, but it is just the kind of corny superhero fun that I love. The villain has a really cool design and a delightful cartoon villain voice. He may be really one-note personality wise but that just kind of adds to the corny fun. His power to bring to life people's deepest fears is a really creative and fun power. The design of the spaceship and of the planet of Exxor are simply wonderful and give a great atmospheric feel to this space adventure. Seeing the Wonder Twins home planet was also a lot of fun. There also some nice little story touches here too. I like that the Wonder Twins actually put up a decent fight before being captured, rather than just falling directly into the villain's hands. This episode also does a great job of making use of each of the Super Friends' powers and abilities.
Unfortunately this episode features quite a bit of Gleek, which should be excepted from a Wonder Twins centered episode, but still it is not appreciated. I can't help but find this character a bit annoying. He is one of the weakest of the Hanna-Barbera animal comedic sidekicks. Plus I don't think such a character is needed in a show that is already quite corny.
Despite Gleek, this is a fun episode. True modern super hero fans may find it very dated, but to me that is just what makes it charming.
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