This is the first segment of the tenth 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 short Superman and Wonder Woman team up to stop The Collector from stealing priceless monuments, when he invents a camera that can capture transfer any object into a picture.
This is a wonderful cartoon. I always love when these shorts can make a non-powered villain feel like a real threat to our favorite superheroes. This cartoon does a wonderful job at just this. There is a real sense of suspense in this segment that works perfectly. That the possibly the most powerful superhero of all (Superman) is captured early on is what gives this cartoon its greatest sense of suspense. Wonder Woman must save Superman but due to the bad guy having captured Superman, we know he is capable of doing the same thing to Wonder Woman. This leads to some pretty exciting action scenes. The use of various priceless monuments from across the globe allows for some of the great artwork that typifies Hanna-Barbera cartoons of this period. This short does have a message of that important monuments should be treasured, taken care of and not taken for granted. However, this message never feels forced or didactic but rather completely natural.
This is a wonderful cartoon.
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