This is the third segment of the third 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 an evil scientist (working for an evil alien) sets another planet to collide with the Earth. The Super Friends set off to save our planet.
This is a wonderful sci-fi adventure. I always love when these cartoons can believably make a non-powered human feel like a real threat to our heroes. This cartoon does this perfectly. The evil scientist is a wonderfully fun villain. There is nothing complex about him. He is just an evil scientist who want to take out his anger on all the inhabitants of Earth. Sometimes the simplest and least complex villains are the most fun and that is easily the case here. The design and voice of this character is also a lot of fun. While he doesn't get as much screen time, the alien that he is working for is also a lot fun with a great design and voice. This cartoon also benefits from some fun action scenes and a real sense of suspense.
The energy monster the alien sends after our heroes looks a lot like the ghost from The Scooby-Doo Show episode, Watt a Shocking Ghost (1976).
All in all this is a very fun cartoon.
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