The World's Greatest Superfriends Podcast

"Gulliver's Gigantic Goof" Aired: December 8, 1973 Each of the Superfriends are being reduced in size and only one person can save them - Green Arrow. John and Dan Greenfield of 13th Dimension are back talking another episode of The Super Friends.  The discussion focuses on the first and only appearance of Green Arrow, on how this story stands out from other first season episodes, and how familiar...

Aquaman "The Crimson Monster from the Pink Pool" It's another stop the monster episode as Aquaman, Aqualad, Tusky and pretty much the entire local sea life try to stop an acid-throwing monster from a nearby pink pool from destroying everything in its path. It may sound completely hokey, but John and Dan Greenfield of 13th Dimension really dig this episode.  They discuss Dan's continued love for Tu...

"The Mysterious Moles" Aired: December 1, 1973 Important research projects have been closed down and the Superfriends are called in to find and restore missing air conditioning units. John and Dan Greenfield of 13th Dimension are back talking another episode of The Super Friends.  The discussion focusses on how weak a villain the Moles are, an actual fight (of sorts) on the first season of Super F...

Aquaman "The Sea Raiders" Aquaman has his hands full with an alien sea dragon keeping him from rescuing captured earth sea life from alien hunters. John and Dan Greenfield of 13th Dimension are back in the Hall of Justice and they're discussing this episode that was not what John expected when he read the description.  They discuss how cool Tusky was, hard water balls, and Aquaman's arsenal of tec...

"The Menace of the White Dwarf" Aired: November 24, 1973 The Raven has escaped from prison and swears revenge on Superman who put him there.  He obtains a collapsed white dwarf and uses it to collect items from around the country, getting the attention of the Super Friends. John and Dan Greenfield of 13th Dimension are back talking another episode of The Super Friends.  They discuss how Raven is t...

Superman "The Iron Eater" Superman must contend with a shape-shifting iron eating monster from space. John and Dan Greenfield of 13th Dimension are back in the Hall of Justice and they're discussing this episode that moves fast, has a really rudimentary looking monster, and is still a lot of fun.  They get into discussing the 1940's radio show whose main cast and narrator return for this cartoon s...

"The Ultra-Beam" Aired: November 17, 1973 Hank and Ben are two men who believe the world would be better offer without gold to tempt the greed of humanity and they have devised a beam that can extract the metal from the earth which they then convert to another metal.  The problem is, this extraction is causing issues with the planet and the Super Friends are called in to investigate. John and Dan...

Aquaman "The War of the Quatix and the Bimphar" Aquaman, Aqualad, and Tusky are sent on a mission to explore an alien world.  While there, they get caught up in a war between the two indigenous races. John and Dan discuss this story that is an actual story, even if it is a short one.  They talk about the designs used for the alien world and the mission base on Earth, the sequel potential for this...

"The Fantastic Frerps" Aired: November 10, 1973 King Plasto has plans to create a kingdom made of plastic, but to do it, he needs to steal government shipments of a special form of plastic which brings in the Super Friends to investigate. John and Dan Greenfield of 13th Dimension are back talking another episode of The Super Friends, one that John remembers fondly from his youth. In this episode,...

The Teen Titans "The Monster Machine" A monster from the stars attacks and the Teen Titans are called in to repel it.  But it turns out there are more than one mechanical monster and they're all being guided by a super computer. John and Dan celebrate the 55th anniversary of The Teen Titans and the 40th anniversary of The New Teen Titans by taking a look at one of the three shorts Filmation produc...

"The Balloon People" Aired: November 3, 1973 An alien family comes to Earth in the hopes of finding a home and starting over after watching their own world fall apart from pollution.  But a ruthless scientist will stop at nothing to capture them and learn their secrets.  The Super Friends take on the role of the guardians of the aliens, but they are more than able to take care of themselves. John...

Green Lantern "Evil is as Evil Does" December 23, 1967 Evil Star escapes from prison and makes his way to Earth to attack Green Lantern.  But when he fails to defeat the Emerald Warrior, he travels to Oa, disables the Guardians and prepares for a final confrontation. John and Dan return to the sea to discuss the 80th anniversary of Green Lantern, the vocal talents of Paul Frees and Gerald Mohr, an...

Aquaman "The Rampaging Reptile Men" September 9, 1967 The Reptile Men attack an Atlantean power station and retreat when Aquaman arrives.  He follows them to their under water grotto where he discovers an entire civilization. John and Dan discuss the last story in the first airing of Aquaman.  This discussion includes a look at the Aqualab, the design of the Reptile Men, and issue #35 of Aquaman f...

"The Androids" Aired: October 27, 1973 A lunar mission returns to Earth, but the astronauts are missing.  The Super Friends are brought in to investigate and soon discover that the entire space program is endangered by a scientist and his army of androids.  John and Dan Greenfield of 13th Dimension are at odds over how good this episode is. Together, they discuss how much like a Batman 66 episode...

The Flash "To Catch a Blue Bolt" November 25, 1967 Blue Bolt returns to Earth with thoughts of revenge against the Flash.  So he sets off on a world wind havoc tour with the Flash and Kid Flash right behind him. John and Dan discuss an episode of The Flash on his 80th anniversary.  They talk about the Speed Force, the plot holes that do not matter in what is an exciting story, and the changes in K...

"Too Hot to Handle" Aired: October 20, 1973 Earth's temperatures are rising causing catastrophes that the Super Friends must respond to all the while being observed by a strange little man in a fur coat.  The only way to stop it is to enlist the aid of The Flash, but even then, things escalate to the point that the Super Friends must travel to a distant world to save another world from destruction...

The Justice League of America "Between Two Armies" September 9, 1967 Two worlds at war with Earth in the middle of the battlefield.  It's up to the JLA to stop this from destroying the planet.   John and Dan discuss the first JLA adventure by pointing out how, save for Superman, there is something about each of the other characters that is somewhat off-model from their comic book versions, noting...

"The Shamon U" Aired: October 13, 1973 A scientist has discovered the means to mine the skies above for gold from passing meteors.  But his get rich quick scheme has a horrible after effect for the ecology of our planet and the Super Friends must stop him before it's too late.  John is making this episode sound better than what it seems in his opinion, while Dan Greenfield of 13th Dimension finds...

Aquaman "Menace of the Black Manta" September 9, 1967 We take a slight detour from our look at the Super Friends with the precursor to the series, the Filmation cartoons.  The DC Universe was covered on television from 1966-1969 on CBS television with most of the major heroes given their own venue to shine, and among them was Aquaman.   John and Dan discuss the first episode shown in his adventure...

"Dr. Pelagian's War" Aired: October 6, 1973 A Nemo-esque environmentalist demands the world's industrialists change their polluting ways or face the consequences. And then it's a race against time as the Super Friends must "convince" three holdouts.  While the last episode didn't meet with Dan Greenfield of 13th Dimension 's approval, he has to admit that this may be the best of the first five sto...

  "The Weathermaker" Aired: September 30, 1973 A series of freak weather events around the Florida panhandle keeps the Super Friends busy as they must answer a series of weather-related emergency calls.  But what is causing it?  Batman and Robin are kept on the move as they track down the perpetrator, Dr. Thinkwik.   This may turn out to be the shortest episode of the podcast.  Despite John's sayi...

  "Professor Goodfellow's GEEC" Aired: September 23, 1973 Professor Goodfellow has developed the means to make humanity's life so much more simpler - the GEEC - a computer system that will run the world and handle all the tasks that occupy humanity and keep them from reaching their full potential.  He offers it for free to the world when the US government passes on getting involved.  At first, it...

"The Baffles Puzzle" Aired: September 15, 1973 At first, it seems to Batman like a simple matter for the police when all the encyclopedias disappear from the library.  But when Colonel Wilcox of the Secret Department of Investigation contacts the Super Friends to prevent the stealing of French lithographs, things get serious as the scent of almonds connects the two events.  It's a race then to sto...

"The Power Pirate" Aired: September 8, 1973 The premiere of The World's Greatest Super Friends Podcast debuts with a look at the very first episode from 1973.  Strange power drains have the Super Friends gathered to investigate and help in rescue caused by the power failures.  What is causing it and how does Sir Cedric Cedric of Scotland Yard fit into all of this? John is joined by  13th Dimension...