Thursday, January 11, 2024

The All-New Super Friends Hour: The Invasion of the Hydronoids (1977)

 




This is the first segment of the second 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 cartoon, Batman and Robin team up with Aquaman to stop the Hydronoids, an underwater alien race with intentions of taking over the Earth. 

This is a very fun cartoon. The designs of the villains are wonderful and reminiscent of the Creature from the Black Lagoon. They are also very fun and threatening villains. With how easily they capture Aquaman and set him against Batman and Robin gives this cartoon a wonder sense of suspense. The action scenes here are also simply a lot of fun, especially as Aquaman's powers are turned against Batman and Robin. The whole cartoon also moves at a very quick and fun pace. 
  
Just a quick and fun little superhero adventure. 



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