Superman has been iconic for Decades, going on a Century.
Many people's childhood images of him are from the various iterations of Super Friends, be it the one with Wendy & Marvin, the Wonder Twins Era or the Super Powers line.
I'm glancing over at my box of loose Super Powers toys, so I'm included.
In honor of the new Superman, let's look back at some of his...odder moments, shall we?
10. Kryptonite is more common than Steel!
Superman's most famous weakness is Kryptonite and makes for an easy way to write him out of a Scene/stop him.
That said, it shows up so often AND on other Planets (seen below in The Death of Superman).
Does that mean that this is also Krypton?!?
9. Showing his Age!
Three Phantom Zone Criminals (not the ones you're thinking of) get loose and plan revenge. They expose Superman to Red Kryptonite, which has a random effect every time.
This time, it ages him until he looks like a Character right out of Heavy Metal. It gets disturbing!
8. How is this part of the plan?!?
As part of a larger plan to stop Manta (not Black Manta- he's beige here), Superman and Wonder Woman put on an 'Aerial Aerobics' Show to act like they are unaware of his actions.
...um, okay.
7. Super Downgrade
In a Super Powers Episode, Felix Faust casts a spell to steal Superman's powers (represented by a glowing energy ghost).
However, the power is stolen by his cellmate- The Penguin.
In a Super Powers: Galactic Guardians Episode, our Heroes battle new foes in the form of the Royal Flush Gang.
We later learn that they are funded/supplied by Darkseid, but seeing one of them just throw out a card that turns into a Red Sun Energy Ray (a lesser weakness from the Comics) sure is embarrassing.
Firestorm puts up a better fight than you!
5. Now how is THIS part of the Plan?!?
Stick with me here for a bit, won't you? Two aliens in a sub have a freeze ray. They eventually freeze the moon (in the vacuum of space).
This is PART of the Super Friends' plan, however! Superman *breaks a chunk of the Moon off to make it a giant reflector of sunlight to thaw out the frozen Earth!
4. A (James) Whale of a Tale!
Dr. Frankenstein makes a new creation, but quickly runs afoul of the Super Friends.
It is super-easy, barely an inconvenience to capture Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Robin. He proceeds to use a new device to create a homunculus of the first three (Robin is excluded).
His plan...
3. There's No Place Like Metropolis!
Mr. Mxyzptlyk wants revenge on Superman and transports him, Wonder Woman and Aquaman to 'The Planet of Oz.'
He transforms them into versions of the Public Domain Characters and sends them on their way. It gets sillier as it goes in, which I won't SPOIL.
2. They're Taking the Heroes to Isengard (Isengard!)!
This Episode probably merits a full induction of its own, but I'll cover the key parts.
An evil Wizard turns our Heroes into 'trolls' (which are clearly Hobbits) and they must save Middle Earth. Yes, they do call it Middle Earth.
1. Great WHAT now?!?
In Universe of Evil, our Superman is swapped with an evil universe's one.
On our Earth, the evil Superman soon realizes that something is off and thinks this...
To reiterate, this is a fun and classic Show. It was also written for kids by people that were both very creative and probably did 'partake' of some '70s substances (if you know what I mean).
Here's this out of context image as a final proof.
Happy Superman Weekend!
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