This is the third 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 episode a group of insect aliens is banished to Earth because of their crimes. They try to invade the planet so that they can get a weapon to get revenge on their home planet.
This is a really fun episode. The villains are a lot of fun. While their designs may not be the most original (they are somewhat reminiscent of Zorak from Space Ghost), they are very effective, and appealing. Their mind control powers make them feel like a real threat to our heroes and add a good sense of suspense. There are also some good action scenes throughout. I especially love the early action scene with Batman and Robin with the missile. The scenes aboard the plane are also a lot of fun with a good sense of suspense. This episode is also full of the great corny superhero dialogue that I love. A lot of it is reminiscent of the dialogue from the 60's Batman show in the best way. Robin even says, "holy dialogue Batman," when the insects first talk.
This is a delight for those who (like me), love some corny superhero fun.
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