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[male narrator] Banded together from remote galaxies

are 13 of the most sinister villains of all time.

The Legion of Doom.

Dedicated to a single objective

the conquest of the universe.

Only one group dares to challenge

this intergalactic threat.

The Super Friends!

[theme music]

The Justice League of America versus The Legion of Doom!

This is "The Challenge of the Super Friends..."

[instrumental music]

[male narrator] Deep within a bleak and dismal bog

the wild swamp creatures are not alone.

For beneath the murky waters, the Hall of Doom

houses wild creatures of an even more sinister nature.

[intense music]

Solomon Grundy tired of stupid plans.

Take care of Super Friends myself.

I will crush them.

[laughing]

Silence!

Individually we have failed to stop the Super Friends.

Only by combining our forces

will we be assured to put an end to them.

An outcome for which Brainiac has devised a perfect plan.

Precisely, Luthor.

My flawless computerized mind

has devised a brilliant scheme

that will rid us of the Super Friends.

And have the world paying us for doing it.

At this very moment, Wonder Woman,

Hawkman and Black Vulcan

are helping to repair one of NASA's

orbiting space stations.

With the three of them isolated in space

my cloaking device will make the Earth appear to have vanished.

[Toyman] Right, Brainiac.

And after that's accomplished

my phony distress message

will lead them deep into space, heh heh heh

and to my sinister planet of toy traps.

[laughing]

That should be fun, Toyman.

But not as much fun as I'll have.

Using my super riddles to lead the other Super Friends

on a wild goose chase.

That will send them right out of the universe.

It's time we put our ingenious plan into action.

[male narrator] As the Legion of Doom begins its sinister scheme

Brainiac's incredible device encircles the Earth

with its strange waves...

...making it appear to have vanished from the universe.

Meanwhile in orbit around the Moon...

[electric crackling]

Well, that finishes up the repairs.

Thanks, Super Friends.

The space program owes you its gratitude.

You're quite welcome and have a pleasant journey.

I think it's time we journeyed back to Earth.

[dramatic music]

Great Hera! Look!

- The Earth! It's gone! - That's impossible!

How could and entire planet just disappear?

I don't know, but we've got to try to contact

the other Super Friends.

Wonder Woman to Hall of Justice, can you read me?

[Superman on radio] Wonder Woman, I can barely read you.

It's Superman.

[Superman on radio] Earth in Sector-721 .

Need help. Must get...

[laughing] Those super fools are falling right into my trap.

Sound like he's in trouble.

But it doesn't make sense.

Sector-721 is light years away.

How could the Earth possibly get there?

There's no time to question it now.

Let's go!

[intense music]

Everything is going just as planned.

Now to reverse the cloaking device.

It won't be long now before Toyman

does some toying of his own with our three Super Friend.

[instrumental music]

[male narrator] Later trillions of miles into space...

I don't understand, this is where

the distress call came from.

And there's no sign of the Earth or Superman.

Hold it.

Do you feel that strange pulling?

Yes, we're falling into that area of black space.

[Wonder Woman] Great Hera! It's a black hole!

[Hawkman] The gravity's incredible!

There's no way to pull free.

[intense music]

[male narrator] As Black Vulcan, Wonder Woman and Hawkman

disappear into the mysterious black hole in space

they are pulled through an incredible warp

of light and dimension.

Arriving at a strange planet

deep within the center of the black hole.

Where in the Milky way are we?

We must be in the heart of the black hole.

Like the calm center of a hurricane.

Maybe we can contact Superman and the others.

Hawkman to Superman... It's dead.

The radio waves can't escape the gravity of the black hole.

There must be a way out of this black deathtrap.

It's no use, even in the form of light

I can't penetrate the gravity field.

I suggest we take a tour of this planet

and find out what's happening.

Come on!

[dramatic music]

Those three super kids won't exactly have fun when they play

with the toys on this remote controlled artificial planet.

[chuckles] And the game is about to begin.

[beeping]

Look! The lights just went on in a strange town up ahead.

There maybe a clue there as to how we can get off this planet.

Let's check it out.

[intense music]

There's no sign of life anywhere.

It's like a ghost town in space.

I have a strange feeling about this place.

How intuitive, Wonder Woman.

You'll feel even stranger in a moment.

Great Lightening! What's that?

[Hawkman] It looks like a giant pinball

and it's headed right for us.

It's too hard to fly in this heavy gravity. Come on!

[jingling]

Wonder Woman in the hole. Heh heh!

I get a 1 000 point and a free ball.

[laughing]

We've got to help Wonder Woman.

Wait! Look!

Wonder Woman's inside that pinball.

bang

We've got to get out of its path.

[jingling]

[jingling]

That was close!

We've got to get Wonder Woman out of there.

But first we'll have a little flipper action.

Thud

This may be just the brick we need

to get out of here.

[electric crackling]

Bang

if my instincts are correct

this must be the work of the Toyman.

If you're right we've got to find a way out of here.

But how?

Wouldn't you like to know?

[laughing]

[male narrator] Meanwhile at the Hall of Justice...

I'm sorry, Superman.

But Wonder Woman, Black Vulcan

and Hawkman left hours ago.

We haven't heard from them since.

They should've reported in.

Something must've happened to them.

- We better take the-- - Attention, super fool.

- The Riddler! - Right, Batman!

And I'll bet you're wondering where your three friends are.

I might have known you and the Legion of Doom

would be behind this.

Brilliant deduction, Bat brains.

But will you be able to figure out my riddles as easily?

Never mind the games, Riddler. Where are they?

You'll have to figure that out for yourselves.

And here's your first riddle clue.

A million years ago it was just a trickle

and if you don't hurry your friends

won't be worth one plugged nickel...

[laughing]

Holy mindbenders! What does it mean, Batman?

I'm not sure, Robin. A trickle, water...

A stream... That's it!

A million years ago it was a trickling stream

but now it's the Grand Canyon!

Good thinking, Batman.

I'll plug it into the Justice League computer

and see what we come up with.

According to this print out

there's an abandoned nickel mine

at the bottom of the canyon.

That must be our target. Let's go!

[male narrator] Instantly the Super Friends streak into the night sky.

Arriving shortly at their destination

in the Grand Canyon.

We've searched the entire mine shaft. There's nothing.

Let's check top side. There might be a clue in the canyon.

We've got those super freaks right where we want them.

Now we'll seal them into the Grand Canyon in a grand manner.

[buzzing]

Bang bang

[dramatic music]

Holy tremors! What's that?

It feels like an avalanche.

And it's caving in the mine shaft.

Superman's holding back the cave in.

[Black Manta] Now to slow those Super Friends down even more.

[water gushing]

[male narrator] As Black Manta releases

millions of tons of water into the canyon

the Super Friends are unaware that the deadly tidal wave

is rapidly headed toward their unprotected mine shaft.

[dramatic music]

Just a little bit longer, Superman.

Great Scott! The shaft's flooding.

My power ring should get us out of here.

[buzzing]

[whirring]

Yes. Let's go!

[dramatic music]

It looks like the Legion of Doom is having good sport with us.

That's putting it mildly, Batman.

Look!

If you think that was tough

then tighten your belt

and find your next clue before you all melt.

The Riddler's clues are getting harder

and we're losing time.

At least he never lies with his clues.

If we can figure them out we'll find the others.

Wait a minute, the Riddler said

"Tighten your belt".

But there's another spelling of the word "Tighten".

T-I-T-A-N. It means a giant.

And whose got the most gigantic belt in the galaxy?

Holy constellations, Batman. Of course.

It's Orion's belt.

Right. And before we all melt must mean

our next clue is near the hottest star. Let's go.

[male narrator] Traveling under the protection of Green Lantern's power ring.

The Super Friends speed towards the constellation of Orion.

Meanwhile, deep within the mysterious black hole in space...

It seems like on this planet all roads lead to nowhere.

Great Goddesses! Look! A giant doll house!

It must be 300 feet high.

[baby crying]

- Mama! - That sounded like a baby.

That's no baby.

Quick! Run for it!

[dramatic music]

Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Playing with dolls at your age?

[giggling] Shame! Shame! Shame!

Put me down you oversized mechanical infant.

[baby giggling]

He's got Black Vulcan.

But not for long, Wonder Woman.

[electric crackling]

[baby crying]

Mama!

Hurry! We can hide in the house.

[intense music]

This place is too big there's nowhere to hide.

Great Lightening! It's a giant mechanical cat!

Quick! Up those stairs!

There's no way out! We're trapped!

[cat meowing]

[cat hissing]

Great Hera! The cat's spring ran down.

[Toyman] That's right, super mice.

But you're not out of this yet.

This black hole is closing up.

And only I know the way out.

In a few hours this planet and the three of you

will be sealed into a black oblivion...

...forever!

[male narrator] Meanwhile in the constellation of Orion.

On a planet nearest it's hottest star...

[Superman] The Riddler's next clue must be around here somewhere.

We've been searching for hours.

This planet's nothing but jungle.

We can't give up if we're ever going to find

Wonder Woman, Hawkman and Black Vulcan.

- Perhaps, I can help you. - Who are you?

I am Empress Zana.

I know all that happens on my planet.

We're looking for a clue to the whereabouts of our friends.

I'm sure my girls can help you.

Jenna, Stenazi, Barengo.

[buzzing]

Excellent!

The sleeping pollen will keep them

unconscious for hours.

We'll have plenty of time to petrify

these beautiful male specimens.

And add them to our stone menagerie.

You have done well, Najora.

These strange ones will make a beautiful addition

to our collection.

[flash thinking] Whatever these weird Amazon women have done

It's turning the rest of the Super Friends into stone.

But the Atoms in my body are too fluid to solidify.

I'll speed up the atomic motion in the others

and get us out of here.

What's happening?

Sorry to spoil your plans, Empress.

But we've got better things to do

than stand around like stiffs.

Great Scott!

I think we found our next clue.

You've done well so far, Super Friends.

So here's your final clue.

Follow your noses and you'll hit the mark.

But even when you find them, you'll wind up in the dark.

[laughing]

Follow our noses?

But theirs nothing in front of us

except billions of miles of empty space.

I know Robin. And Wonder Woman, Black Vulcan and Hawkman

are out there somewhere.

[male narrator] Trillions of miles away at the Hall of Doom...

[Lex] Attention! Citizens of the world.

We have captured your Super Friends.

And if you ever want to see them again.

Send all of the money from your National Treasuries

to the world international airport.

Care of the Legion of Doom.

Soon, all of the wealth of the world

will be coming addressed to us.

And it won't be play money.

[laughing]

[Robin] "Follow your noses and you'll hit the mark.

But even when you find them you'll wind up in the dark."

I give up, Batman. The Riddler's clue seems unsolvable.

We've got to solve it, Robin.

Wait a minute, Batman. Look! See that area of no stars?

[Batman] Of course, Superman.

The Riddler said, we'd end up in the dark.

And that's just what it is in the center of a black hole.

No one knows what's at the core of a black hole.

It could be incredibly dangerous.

Dangerous or not, somebody's got to go after them.

Only the power of Superman and myself

will have any chance of getting them out.

And returning.

We'll meet you back here, if we succeed.

It looks like the Toyman left us no way out.

Maybe not, Wonder Woman. Look!

It's Green Lantern and Superman!

There's no time to lose, Superman.

This black hole is closing up fast.

But how can we get out?

There's no time to find the Toyman's escape route.

We've only got one chance of escape.

It's dangerous and it's never been tried before.

With help of my power ring

Superman and I will combine our strength.

Stand back.

Wait 3 seconds, then follow as quickly as you can.

Let's go!

Look! Here they come!

We better get back to Earth fast.

I'm sure we'll find the Legion of Doom

up to it's usual foul play.

[male narrator] Meanwhile at the world international airport...

Excellent! The money is coming in by the Jet load.

You are clear for approach Flight-17

provided, you have at least ten million dollars.

[laughing]

We are so wealthy.

I can afford to stuff myself with money

instead of straw.

[laughing]

Now I can afford to buy up all the toy stores in the world.

[laughing] Toy stores.

What are those strange blips?

I count 11.

The Super Friends!

[Superman] That's right, Luthor.

And we're here to collect some taxes

on you sudden income.

It's Black Vulcan and Wonder Woman!

I'll fix them.

It's time to give the Riddler and Scarecrow

the shock of their lives.

Now, I'll finish that feathered Super Fool.

[Wonder Woman] Well, we finally put an end to their evil game.

And it looks like we are the winners.

[Brainiac] That's what you think, Superman.

You forgot about my cloaking device

that I used to make the Earth disappear.

[buzzing]

They vanished!

[Riddler laughing] You foolish Super Friends.

You can't catch us.

We've out-riddled you again.

I've got a riddle for you, Riddler.

What has 13 heads and belongs in a cage.

Won't learn it's lesson and worsens with age.

[Riddler] Umm, I give up, Batman.

It's simple, Riddler.

The Legion of Doom.

And next time you won't get away.

[theme music]