Issue Description

Superman, Elongated Man and Flash return to the JLA Satellite after diffusing 4 bombs. Flash asked if the others left safely and Marvin confirms that Black Canary, Batman and Robin, Red Tornado, the Atom and Green Lantern are off to diffuse the bombs which willl wipe the minds of the earth's populace.

Gleek is using his elastic tail to entangle Wonder Dog, and Elongated Man separates the two creating a much need laugh yet Superman is wondering that they are playing around with pets while the world is still in danger.

The Atom meets up with Rising Sun in Japan. The bomb is encased in a cube which will explode if the glass is cracked or heat activates it. Atom can travel at microscopic size to penetrate the cube, but it would take too long, so Rising Sun offers to guide him along at the speed of light. Once in, Atom diffuses the bomb.

In Ireland, Green Lantern meets up with Jack O Lantern. They find an emerald gem holding the bomb. The gem is guarded by blue alien creatures and once they leave the gem, the color changes to yellow (which is immune to GL's Power Ring) The creatures grow in size but Jack O Lantern uses his power of pyshogue which makes an enemy see things that are not there. GL Captures the creatures and Jack OLantern uses his lantern to transfer the bomb out of the gem where it is easily diffused. Green Lantern then flies the alien creatures to another planet.

Red Tornado meets up with Tuatara in New Zealand. They realize that a time shift caused the bomb to be in a different time pd and with Tuatara's 4th eye, he is able to find Grax working on the bomb. It is over 120 million years in the past. RT uses his tornado power to take him to the exact time but unknowingly takes Tuatara with him . Dinosaurs are an obstacle to the bomb, So Red Tornado distracted the dinosaurs, while Tuatara diffused the bomb.

Batman and Robin team up with Bushmaster in Venezuela where they are investigating a Water Cube in which the bomb is submerged. Using his reptilian powers, Bushmaster is able to reach the water and sees where the bomb is. However, there area lien water monsters after him, so the dynamic duo battle the creatures. After a struggle, Bushmaster diffuses the bomb and the water cube collapses causing a rush of water but the heroes withstood its fury.

In Taiwan, Black Canary meets up with the Thunderlord. They find the bomb in a vacuum stopping the air from coming in and negating the sonic powers of the 2 heroes. Thunderlord tries anyway and while he could not shatter the cube, the bomb moved several feet. Both heroes then decided to use their powers on opposite sides of the cube and after several tries, the cube fell apart. Black Canary deactivates it but Thunderlord is worried because BC seems unsteady. She just said this adventure on top of the trip to the 30th Century (JLA 147-148) tired her out. Back at the JLA Satellite Wonder Woman (along with Aquaman and Green Arrow) says they located 3 more bombs. This time Grax didn't give any clues, except if one goes off; all human life will be destroyed. So Marvin sends WW, Aquaman and GA to earth.

Super Friends

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

Since 1973, Alex Toth's rendering of the JLA had dominated Saturday morning television. In fact, Hanna-Barbera's animated "Super Friends" proved so successful that DC brought the concept full circle, adapting the show into a comic. Scribe E. Nelson Bridwell and artist Ric Estrada crafted the inaugural issue, pitting "the most powerful forces of good ever assembled" against a band of self-proclaimed, "Super Foes." Although not considered DC canon, "Super Friends" enjoyed nearly a five year run in comics form, lasting for 47 issues.

The team started as Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Robin, Aquaman, Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog. There was a storyline in issue 7 which lasted 3 issues where the Wonder Twins (Zan, Jayna, Gleek) came to Earth to warn Earth's heroes of an impending threat by the name of Grax. This storyline included the entire Justice League and the Global Guardians. At the end of the story (Issue 9) Wendy and Marvin had captured Grax and The Super Friends said that they completed their training and were ready to become full fledged super heroes. Both kids said they were going to college and Zan and Jayna asked if the Super Friends would train them and they agreed. Many issues had morals for the Wonder Twins to learn. Issue 10 showed us that an old friend of Superman and Batman, Professor Carter Nicholls agreed to be the Guardian of Zan and Jayna and he came up with alter egos and a European Country that they came from. Also we met a group of alien heroes who tracked a beautiful woman to earth. The twins learned a valuable lesson that the monsters were the heroes and the beauty was the evil one.

Many heroes guest starred as well as supporting characters from the Super Friends individual books. Solovar and King Vulko were in issue 11 and the SF battled the Kingslayer. In issue 12 TNT and Dynamite guest starred and their were brief visits to Atlantis and the Bottled City of Kandor. Several villains such as Grax, Overlord, and Menagerie Man made multiple appearances. The Super Friends also battled villains from other heroes' Rogues Gallery such as : (Mirror Master-23 )Flash Villain, Flash Villain (Weather Wizard-37), Atom Villain (Chronos-22), WW and Flash villains(Giganta and Grodd-30). Many other guest stars included Mera and Aqualad (issues 25 and 27), Jimmy Olsen (28), Black Orchid (31), Scarecrow (32), Hawkman (33), Plastic Man (36), Supergirl (37), Topo (38), Green Fury (42-44, 47) and the Global Guardians (45-46).

When DC expanded their books to 25 pages, in SF there were rotating solo stories beginning with issue 35. The Wonder Twins, Jack O Lantern, and the Seraph rotated solo back-up stories with Plastic Man joining the rotation in issues 44 and 46. Issue 47 ended the run with a full length adventure guest starring the Green Fury and a trip to Brazil, ending in a death of someone the Green Fury new. The Super Friends went to Exxor in issues 21 and 46 and to Atlantis in issue 27 and Gorilla City in Issue 30. All in all it was a very fun run. The JLA Satellite was used several times (2, 3 7-9,16) and old JLA villains made appearances.

Felix Faust (28), Kanjar Ro, Queen Bee (45-46) along with Sinestro, Hector Hammond and World Beater (45-46)

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