Comments
This series adapted the adventures of the popular Hanna-Barbera animated TV series, ‘The Super Friends’ and took place outside of the established Pre-Crisis reality of the time.
(The) Super Friends – 45
General Info
Issue No:
45
On Sale Date:
March 1981
Cover Date:
June 1981
Era:
Non Canon
Story Title:
The Man Who Collected Villains!
Creative Team
Cover Artist:
Kurt Schaffenberger, Bob Smith
Writer:
E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller:
Romeo Tanghal
Inker:
Vince Colletta
Letterer:
John Costanza
Colourist:
Jerry Serpe
Editor:
Julius Schwartz, E. Nelson Bridwell (associate)
Characters
Main:
Super Friends: Aquaman (Arthur Curry), Batman (Bruce Wayne), Robin (Dick Grayson), Superman (Clark Kent/Kal El), Wonder Woman (Diana Prince/Princess Diana), Wonder Twins: Zan, Jayna
Heroes:
Doctor Mist, Global Guardians: Bushmaster (Bernal Rojas), Godiva (Dorcas Leigh), Little Mermaid (Ulla Paske), Olympian (Aristides Demetrios), Rising Sun (Isumi Yasanari), Wild Huntsman (Albrecht von Mannheim)
Villains:
The Conqueror, Hector Hammond, Kanjar Ro, Queen Bee (Zazzala), Sinestro, Time Trapper, World-Beater
Olympians:
N/A
Amazons:
N/A
Other:
N/A
Synopsis
Doctor Mist summons the Super Friends to his base of operations. He also transport several international heroes who would later join him as members of the Global Guardians. He enlists their aid in apprehending a new villain who has captured other villains in an attempt to steal their weapons.
Wonder Woman and Godiva rescue Queen Bee, who was imprisoned in a hive. Batman and Bushmaster come to the aid of Kanjar Ro who and Aquaman and Little Mermaid free Sinestro who is off shore and under the see in an energy trap without his ring. After the three villains are rescued, the Conqueror is monitoring their progress and reveals his ultimate plan to use the captured weapons to enslave Dr. Mist.
