A fun episode.
In this episode a civilization living beneath the North Pole unleashes an ice age upon the surface world. The Super Friends try to stop this from happening but they freeze all of them. Aquaman escapes and he must rescue the rest of the Super Friends.
There is a lot to enjoy about this episode. It is great to see Aquaman take the spotlight, since he is often kept in the background. Though many have written off Aquaman as kind of a joke superhero (luckily the recent live action DC movies (including the upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)), seem to be making people realize what a cool character he actually is. Here he proves why he is not just a joke. He gets some wonderful time to shine here, including some really fun action sequences. Yet though Aquaman is the main character of this episode, the rest of the Super Friends all get their time to shine as well. This is especially true in the episode's really fun action scenes. This episode also benefits from great artwork that gives a good sense of atmosphere that adds to the fun. The main villain also has a great design and a wonderful villain voice.
I do think this episode could have benefited from a longer runtime, as certain things went by too quickly. As we don't see much of the main superheroes' personal lives in this series, it was delightful to see Aquaman in Atlantis and see some of his friends there. Unfortunately, this only lasted for a tiny bit of the runtime. They could have cut out some of Gleek the Space Monkey's terrible excuses for comic relief and given us more time in Atlantis at least. Still, these are not major complaints, and it is a good thing when a cartoon leaves you wanting more.
This is a really fun episode and a delight to fans of the series.
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