This is the first segment of the eighth 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 Superman and Aquaman team up to save Professor Fairweather from the evil Captain Nemus. This may be more difficult than they bargained for when Captain Nemus gets a hold of the professor's invisible ray.
This is a very fun cartoon. Captain Nemus is wonderfully fun villain. He is over the top evil in the best cartoon-y way. This episode also does a great job of making Nemus seem like a threat to our superpowered heroes. The invisibility idea is used very well especially with the invisible whale. This leads to some great action scenes and a good sense of suspense. The final action scene is especially a lot of fun. This cartoon also finds delightful ways to use both of our heroes in an effective way. The simplicity of the story only adds to the fun. This is the type of simple quick and fun superhero adventure that is sadly becoming rarer these days. There is not a single moment in this short that is not a whole lot of fun. The cartoon also benefits from some of the wonderful background artwork that appeared in all Hanna-Barbera cartoons of this time. The underwater scenes are especially great in this regard.
This is pure simple corny superhero fun.
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