DVD : The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (DC Comics Classic Collection)

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0014764368429
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Hanna-Barbera Studios
Manufacturer: Hanna-Barbera Studios
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Hanna-Barbera Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Running Time: 170 minutes
Sales Rank: 14005
Studio: Hanna-Barbera Studios

Editorial Review:

Product Description:
In 1985 this final version of Hanna-Barbera's Superfriends premiered. The Superfriends were once again headquartered at the Hall of Justice in Metropolis and battled such familiar foes as Lex Luthor Scarecrow and Darkseid.? Second only to Challenge of the Superfriends Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians was one of the most faithful TV adaptations of DC Comic superheroes. Like its predecessor SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers show Galactic Guardians featured Adam West as Batman along with featuring Superman and Robin and showcasing relatively new superheroes Firestorm and Cyborg as well as members of previous Super Friend incarnations (Samurai Green Lantern Aquaman Wonder Woman Hawkman The Flash). The show featured Darkseid of Apokolips and his minions Kalibak and DeSaad as the primary protagonists. Other DC villains (the Joker Lex Luthor the Penguin Scarecrow Felix Faust Joker The Penguin Brainiac etc.) also appeared from time to time.Running Time: 170 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY UPC: 014764368429 Manufacturer No: H3684

Average Rating:

Rating: - Fun!
Not a comic buff in any way but have always enjoyed anything with these superhero icons and this is another one I enjoyed.

Rating: - Overpriced
There are only really 8 half hour episodes. After a while it became overly repetitive: Why is Darkseid always trying to conquer Earth? Don't they have other worthy adversaries?

Only two episodes stand out: Fear, which features the origin of Batman (almost like an episode of the celebrated animated series of the nineties), and The Death Of Superman, which at least showed some emotion. The rest is average.

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Rating: - Memories like the colors of my cape
When I first heard of this compilation, I was excited. MY youth!!! Cyborg!!! Firestorm (two ids in one!!!)!!! Then it arrived. Some cool mid 1980's pre CGI art, neatly handed stories. Yet, some stories fell flat. Overall, it's okay. Don't miss "the death of Superman" eight years before the comic intoduced Doomsday. Plus, the Royal Flush Gang and Bizarro stories R pretty good too. Fun!

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Rating: - Brilliant
You simply cannot get hold of
such classic material from England.

The video is my youth recaptured with all the famous DC Super Heroes thrown together in magical episodes that simply blow me away.

Excellent, and thoroughly recommended.

Thanks Amazon.com for bringing this video to my attention, there are so many other similar DVD's and I intend to purchase everyone eventually.

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Rating: - Episode breakdown; Classic but slightly modernized
This series, "The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians", ran in the 80s and only made 8 episodes. All 8 are in this set:

Disk 1:
The Seeds of Doom
Ghost ship
The Bizarro Super Powers Team
Darkseid Deception
The Fear

Disk 2:
The Wild Cards
Brainchild
Escape From Space City
The Death of Superman

A couple of the above episodes are split in half to create 2 "shorts" - so the dvd says it's ... Read More