Robin & Cyborg in "Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians"
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"Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians" Overview
With
Hanna-Barbera stylistic master Alex Toth, the designer of the vast majority
of Hanna-Barbera's other superheroes in the 1960's, now gone, a total stylistic
change marked the returned of the Superfriends' 13th season, marked by a name
change for the group itself... now call the Super Powers Team.
All of the characters were redesigned, using Jose Luis Garcia Lopez's designs
from the D.C. Comics Style Guide as character guides. The Hall of Justice
was enlarged, new teen menber Cyborg was added, and the stories took on a
tougher, more no-nonsence tone, particulary episodes "The Death of Superman",
one of the few times "death" has been used in the title of a Saturday
morning story, and "The Fear", the first time in almost the entire
50 year history of Batman that his origin had been produced outdside of comics.
With the eight new 1/2 hours last airing in August 1986, the Super Friends
/ Superfriends / Super Powers Team ended a glorious 13 year run. Total network
run: 1973 -1986 on ABC.
[above information courtesy of TOON Magazine vol. 1 number 6, 1994]
Cyborg in "Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians"
The first episode, "The Seeds of Doom" introduces Cyborg to the
Super-Powers Team and recounts his origin. Unlike "Superfriends,"
this episode glimpses into the secret identities of both Cyborg and Firestorm.
Cyborg is seen at Sarah Simm's school and explains to Ronnie Raymond [Firestorm]
his doubts about joining the team.
Offered membership to the Superpowers Team, the cybernetic youth is at first
reluctant, but joins Wonder Woman and Firestorm on a journey to the planet
of Apoklips to foil Darkseid's plan to take over the Earth with his diabolical
Seeds of Doom - seeds which grow to monstrous, life-endangering size.
Robin in "Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians"
ABC, 1985-1986 As the Super Friends were overhauled to match the Kenner
toys, Cyborg joined the team, and stories became slightly more adult. In fact,
the episode, "The Fear." found the Scarecrow causing Batman horrifying
flashbacks of his parents' murder.
In "The Fear," The Scarecrow returns with a new device which exposes
a person's greatest fear. We learn that Batman's greatest fear is a place
called "Crime Alley" - where his parents were murdered. This episode
features Robin and shows both Batman and Robin in their civilian identities.
"Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians" Episode Guide
1. The Seeds of Doom
2. Ghost Ship (short)/The Bizarro Super Powers Team (short)
3. The Darkseid Deception
4. The Fear
5. The Wild Cards
6. Brainchild (short)/The Case of the Stolen Super Powers (short)
7. The Death of Superman
8. Escape From Space City
