The Final Challenge
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
Synopsis
A powerful being spirits away several Super Friends and Legion of Doom members to another planet. He then puts the heroes and villains into one-on-one battles against each other and tells them the side with the most victories wins. The Super Friends are double-crossed and outnumbered, but the other Super Friends arrive and immobilize the Legion using force fields.
Characters
Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Black Vulcan, Samuraui, Apache Chief, Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Toyman, Bizarro, Solomon Grundy, Cheetah, Grodd the Gorilla, Sinestro, Captain Cold, Giganta, Scarecrow, Riddler, Black Manta
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano
Producing
- Producer
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera (Executive Producers)
- Creative Producer
- Iwao Takamoto
Writing
- Writer
- Jeffrey Scott
- Story Editor
- Jeffrey Scott
Voices
- Voice
- Danny Dark (Superman), Olan Soulé (Batman), Casey Kasem (Robin, Computer), Shannon Farnon (Wonder Woman), Bill Callaway (Aquaman, Bizarro), Louise Williams (Jayna), Mike Bell (Zan, Gleek, The Riddler), Michael Rye (Green Lantern, Apache Chief), Jack Angel (Hawkman, The Flash, Samurai), Buster Jones (Black Vulcan), Stanley Jones (Lex Luthor), Ted Cassidy (Brainiac, Black Manta), Marlene Aragon (Cheetah), Ruth Forman (Giganta), Vic Perrin (Sinestro [first few episodes]), Don Messick (Scarecrow, Sinestro [rest of the run]), Frank Welker (Toyman), Dick Ryal (Captain Cold), Jimmy Weldon (Solomon Grundy), Stanley Ralph Ross (Grodd), William Woodson (Narrator), Bob Lloyd (Show Opens), Lewis Bailey, Melanie Chartoff, Henry Corden, Al Fann, Bob Hastings, Bob Holt, Renny Roker, Dick Ryal
Music
- Music
- Hoyt Curtin
Animation
- Animator
- Ed Aardal, Bob Alvarez, Frank Andrina, Cliff Augustson, Ed Barge, Tom Barnes, Bob Bemiller, Lars Calonius, Bob Carr, Roger Chiasson, Jesse Cosio, Doug Crane, Zeon Davush, Daniel De La Vega, Joan Drake, Norm Drew, Hugh Fraser, Al Gaivoto, Miguel Garcia, Mark Glamack, Fernando Gonzalez, Jeff Hall, Terry Harrison, Bob Hathcock, Fred Hellmich, Harry Holt, Bill Hutten, Mario Julio, Jim Keeshen, Rick Leon, Hicks Lokey, Ernesto Lopez, Ed Love, Tony Love, Larry Miller, Ken Muse, Constantin Mustatea, Ron Myrick, Frank Nakielski, Margaret Nichols, Eduardo Olivares, Margaret Parkes, Bill Pratt, Tom Ray, Morey Reden, Veve Risto, Mitch Rochon, Mark Simon, Ken Southworth, Leo Sullivan, Dave Tendlar, Dick Thompson, Bob Trochin, Richard Trueblood, Carlo Vinci, James Walker, John Walker, Ron Westlund, Allen Wilzbach
- Key Layout
- Homer Jonas, Terry Morgan
- Layout Supervision
- John Ahern
- Layout
- Tom Coppola, Susan Crossley, Sukhi Dail, Paul Gruwell, C. L. Hartman, Jack Huber, Ray Jacobs, Mike Kawaguchi, Mark Kirkland, Brad Landreth, Bill Lignante, Jim Mueller, Dan Noonan, Mike O'Mara, Tony Sgroi, Wallace Sides, Toby, John Tucker, Dean Thompson, Al Wilson
- Checking and Scene Planning
- Cindy Smith
- Animation Supervision
- Bill Keil, Jay Sarbry
- Xerography
- Star Wirth
- Assistant Animation Supervision
- Bob Goe
Art Department
- Character Design
- Andre Le Blanc, Alex Toth
- Backgrounds
- Deborah Akers, Fernando Arce, Ron Dias, Dennis Durrell, Martin Forte, Bob Gentle, Ann Guenther, James Hickey, Paro Hozumi, Michael Humphries, Andy Phillipson, Jeff Riche, Craig Robertson, Bob Schaefer, Sera Segal-Alsberg, Gary Selvaggio, Peter Van Elk
- Color Key
- Nancy Massie
- Background Supervision
- Al Gmuer
- Ink and Paint Supervision
- Billie Kerns
- Graphics
- Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
- Title Design
- Bill Perez
Camera
Editing
- Editor
- Gil Iverson
- Supervising Film Editor
- Larry C. Cowan
Sound
- Sound Direction
- Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- Effects Editors
- Joseph J. Reitano, Kerry Williams
Music Department
- Music Editors
- Sam Horta, Joe Sandusky, Robert Talboy
- Musical Supervision
- Paul DeKorte
Casting
- Recording Director
- Don Jurwich
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Jayne Barbera
- Post-Production Supervision
- Joed Eaton
Crew
- Story Direction
- John Bruno, Jan Green, Ron Maidenberg, Hal Mason, Michael O'Connor, Mario Piluso, Dick Sebast, Don Sheppard, Paul Sommer, Bob Taylor, Alex Toth, Warren Tufts, Tom Yakutis
- Dubbing Supervisor
- Pat Foley
- Negative Consultant
- William E. DeBoer
Companies and other credits
- A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
- Copyright © 1978 DC Comics
- Inc. and Hanna-Barbera Productions
- Inc
- Based upon the characters appearing in Justice League of America and Super Friends comics published by DC Comics
- Inc
Production notes
Challenge of the Superfriends was a half-hour show, paired with a half-hour Superfriends. Challenge of the Superfriends came the closest to the comic books by pitting The Justice League of America against the Secret Society of Super Villains, the Legion of Doom. Superfriends, on the other hand, combined only five of the super heroes and their Exxorian trainees, Zan and Jayna and their monkey Gleek. Though two different and distinct shows, we pair them here together, as they originally aired. But only the shows numbered in the "128" series are truly Challenge of the Superfriends.
