This is the first segment of the ninth 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 stop a giant squid, when an ambitious scientist tries to create giant fish to stop food shortages.
This is a very fun episode. There is something that is so simply and charming about putting superheroes up against giant animals and this simple charm is all over this cartoon. The giant squid has a wonderful design and the action scenes with him are a lot of fun. Him grabbing the boat is a very well executed suspense scene. The artwork on that scene is wonderful as it looks like it could have come out of a 50's sci-fi film (in the best way of course) The scientist is a fun villain that works because he shows how someone can start with good intentions but carry them too far. The underwater setting also allows for some great background art that is lovely to look at.
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