List of Super Friends members


The following is an overview of the members of the DC Comics superhero team known as the Super Friends, an adaptation of the Justice League of America.

Core Super Friends members

This is the list of Super Friends members who were on the show since its premiere in 1973.

Aquaman

was a major character in the original season of the animated television series Super Friends. Super Friends is often credited with having exposed Aquaman to a much wider audience outside of the comic book community. In this series, Aquaman was shown to display superhuman strength—hefting a bulldozer blade over his head, for example, and using it to help stop a tidal wave. He also had encyclopedic knowledge of oceanography and oceanology, in addition to his more familiar water-breathing power and aquatic telepathy.
However, the various successor series have been blamed for making Aquaman unpopular and even laughable by toning down his role and often incorrectly using him alongside other heroes. They are accused of having portrayed him in an unflattering light, as they focused almost exclusively on his water-breathing and telepathic powers, thus reinforcing a weak image of the character.
In the first two seasons of Super Friends, he was voiced by Norman Alden, and for the rest of the series he was voiced by William Callaway.

Batman

serves as the voice of Batman in all but the last two Super Friends series, where Batman is voiced by Adam West :
appeared alongside Batman in various Super Friends shows produced by Hanna-Barbera from 1975 through 1985. These included:
  • Super Friends
  • The All-New Super Friends Hour
  • Challenge of the Superfriends
  • The World's Greatest Super Friends
  • Super Friends
  • Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
  • ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians''

    Superman

The various Super Friends series produced by Hanna-Barbera featured Danny Dark as Superman.
  • 1973: Super Friends
  • 1977: The All-New Super Friends Hour
  • 1978: Challenge of the Superfriends
  • 1979: The World's Greatest Super Friends
  • 1980 - 1983: Super Friends
  • 1984: Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
  • 1985: ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians''

    Superboy

Superman's younger self, Superboy, also appears, voiced by Danny Dark in the episode "History of Doom" and Jerry Dexter in the episode "Return of the Phantoms".

Wonder Woman

appeared in every incarnation of the Super Friends Saturday morning animated series. She was originally voiced by Shannon Farnon and later by Connie Caulfield in Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, followed by B.J. Ward in The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians.
In the Super Friends animated series, Wonder Woman's magic lasso possessed the ability to follow the telepathic commands of Wonder Woman, physically moving to accomplish tasks. In Super Friends, Wonder Woman constantly used the lasso to accomplish tasks using her strength and speed. The lasso had the ability to nulify the effects of mind control.

Secondary Super Friends members

Cyborg

appeared in The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians from 1985 to 1986, voiced by Ernie Hudson. Cyborg was a promising decathlon athlete until an accident destroyed most of his body and his father replaced part of his body with machine parts. He becomes fast friends with teammate Firestorm.

Firestorm

appeared in Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show and The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians. Mark L. Taylor provided Ronnie Raymond's voice while Olan Soule provided Martin Stein's voice. The crew responsible for the first series depicted the flames on Firestorm's head as a static, fire-shaped ornament. The second series' authors made another change, transforming the hair into a waved haircut.

Flash

appeared off and on in the Super Friends series throughout its run from 1973 to 1985, voiced by Jack Angel. He initially appeared in Super Friends to help fellow Justice Leaguer, Superman. JLA members Flash, Green Lantern, and Batman eventually joined forces with Superman and the rest of the Super Friends in Challenge of the Superfriends, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, and The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians.

Green Lantern

was an occasional supporting character in the various Super Friends incarnations: Challenge of the Superfriends, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, and The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians. Michael Rye provided the voice of Green Lantern.
Hal Jordan and his nemesis Sinestro were also regulars in Challenge of the Superfriends which aired 1978–1979. One notable episode featured a re-telling of Jordan's origin in which the dying Abin Sur passes on his ring.

Hawkgirl

appeared in a few episodes of the Super Friends paired alongside her husband Hawkman.

Hawkman

has appeared as a Super Friend in The All-New Super Friends Hour, Challenge of the Superfriends, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, and The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians. His voice was provided by Jack Angel.

International Super Friends members

The Super Friends have several international members. With the exception of Rima, all of these members were original characters created for Super Friends to increase the cast's ethnic diversity.

Apache Chief

is a Native American superhero. By speaking the word "Inyuk-chuk", Apache Chief can grow to vast sizes. In the episode "Colossus", Apache Chief grows to cosmic proportions to battle the Colossus, a titanic space creature.

Black Vulcan

is African-American. His powers include the ability to emit electricity from his hands, as well as fly by charging his lower body with energy. On a few occasions, he exhibited the ability to assume a form of pure energy and travel at the speed of light. He was even able to travel back in time by fluctuating his body's energy in such a way that it opened a rift in space.

El Dorado

is Hispanic and comes from an unspecified Latino country. He first appeared as a minor character in the Super Friends animated shorts, and later in Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show as a full-time member.
El Dorado's most frequently used ability was teleportation, which allows him to teleport himself and anything that he covers with his cape. He also exhibited some degree of mental powers, including telepathy and the ability to create illusions.

Rima

appeared in three episodes of Hanna-Barbera's The All-New Super Friends Hour during the 1977-78 season, alongside such mainstays as Aquaman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Rima was originally created for the 1904 novel Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest, where she originated from the rainforests of South America.

Samurai

is originally from Japan. He possesses the ability to manipulate wind, which allows him to create powerful gusts and fly by creating a small tornado around his lower body.

One-shot Super Friends members

The following is an overview of characters who only made one appearance on the series.

Green Arrow

The first television appearance of Green Arrow was a single guest spot in an episode of the original 1973 incarnation of Super Friends. He was voiced by Norman Alden. He was referred to as a "staunch member of the Justice League of America".

Plastic Man

made his animated debut in a cameo appearance in the Super Friends episode "Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C.", voiced by Norman Alden.

Junior Super Friends

Wendy and Marvin

are two junior superheroes in training who were created to act as comic relief and audience surrogates. In the comics, Wendy is stated to be the niece of Harvey Harris, a detective who once trained Batman when he was still a teenager. Marvin is the son of Diana Prince, a nurse whose name Wonder Woman took as an alias. Wendy and Marvin later appeared in the main DC Comics continuity, primarily appearing in the series Teen Titans.

Wonder Dog

is the pet/sidekick of Wendy and Marvin. He appears in all 16 episodes of the original television series. Wonder Dog also appeared in the first six issues of the Super Friends comic book series.

Wonder Twins

The Wonder Twins made their debut in The All-New Super Friends Hour and went on to appear in Challenge of the Superfriends, The World's Greatest Super Friends, Super Friends, and Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show. Zan and Jayna are siblings from the planet Exxor who are being informally trained by the superheroes. Zan can transform into any form of water, while Jayna can transform into any animal. Their powers are activated via contact with each other.

Gleek

is a monkey-like alien the pet of the Wonder Twins. Gleek is often used as comic relief for the series, as the character often gets into mischief. Gleek possesses a stretchable, prehensile tail and communicates in an unintelligible alien tongue.