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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]

Bam

[growls]

[bubbling]

The Justice League of America versus the Legion of Doom.

This is the "Challenge of the Super Friends."

[instrumental music]

[dramatic music]

[instrumental music]

I can't believe he's really gone.

I understand, Wonder Woman.

He was a true friend to all of us.

He gave all he had to protect freedom and uphold justice.

So long, old pal. We'll never forget you.

No, Robin.

And although his true identity must remain a secret

the world will always remember him as Batman.

Holy funeral, Superman, I still can't believe it's happened.

It has, Robin, and it could happen to all of us

if we're not extremely careful.

I can't help feeling ashamed about hiding in the Batcave

like frightened mice in fear of our lives.

We have no choice, a small mistake

and any one of us could wind up lying beside Batman.

The Bat-satellite will allow us

to tap in to the Hall of Doom memory tapes.

We could take another look at the biggest blunder

the Super Friends have ever made.

Days earlier, before terror struck the Super Friends

a nearby oil well housed an unimaginable threat.

[dramatic music]

Our drilling is almost completed.

The Super Friends will never suspect that this phony oil rig

is the cover for our much deadlier drilling operation.

It not matter. Soon Super Friends be gone for good!

Any minute now and we will have reached our target

one mile beneath the Hall of Justice

where Superman buried a deadly element called Noxium.

It was captured many years ago from Dr. Natas

a one-time member of the Legion of Doom

who created a new element whose radiation was capable

of destroying all of the Super Friends!

Now we finish the job Dr. Natas start.

[laughing]

Luthor!

We've reached the target depth.

We are ready to go down.

[instrumental music]

There it is!

Once I cut it open with the Magna-ray

we'll destroy the Super Friends in no time!

[zapping]

[Grundy] Box not affected by Magna-ray.

It must be encased in Krypton steel

a harmless form of Kryptonite

that only Superman can penetrate.

In that case we'll have to trick Superman

into opening it for us.

[laughing]

Later that night at the Hall of Justice...

[machine buzzing]

[green Lantern] It's the TroubAlert.

The Hall of Doom's broken through the security barrier

they're within striking range.

[intense music]

They're breaking into the Hall of Justice.

The best way to defend is to attack. Let's go!

My power ring will slow this thing down.

[zapping]

Now to get to the heart of this disturbance.

Bam

Alright, Luthor, you and your Hall of Doom

are about to be permanently disassembled.

Not before I wipe you out with my molecular disintegrator.

[zapping]

Nice try, Luthor.

A quick blast of my heat vision

should disintegrate your disintegrator.

[zapping]

Thanks, super-fool, you've just sealed the fate

of the entire Justice League.

Now I possess the deadly Noxium.

Great Scott! It can't be. I've gotta get out of here.

Superman's acting like a scared rat.

Perhaps he realizes that

the Super Friends' time has just run out.

[laughing]

Holy desperation, if we don't think of something soon

Black Manta will be right!

The Noxium crystal that the Legion of Doom possesses

contains Kryptonite for me

a yellow radiation beam for Green Lantern

and all the necessary elements to destroy

each and every one of us Super Friends.

If we're not careful, this could be our fate, too.

[machine whirring]

[intense music]

Batman, this is Commissioner Gordon.

I've been threatened by the Legion of Doom.

You must come to police headquarters immediately.

An excellent performance, commissioner.

That should bring Batman here in seconds.

[intense music]

Vroom vroom

vroom

[tires screeching]

[Riddler] Fancy meeting you here, Batman.

If you've come to help your poor commissioner, you're too late!

[laughing]

The Riddler must be losing his marbles

if he thinks he can out-drive me.

Vroom vroom

[tires screeching]

[whirring]

Great Gotham! I've only got a fraction of a second.

[whooshing]

There's The Riddler now.

[tires screeching]

Okay, Riddler, it's the end of the line.

I'm afraid you're right, Batman.

Only, it's not my line that's come to an end.

It's yours!

[zapping]

[gasps] It's Batman. He's dead!

[Superman] Now that Batman is gone, the Legion of Doom

will be after the rest of us.

Hopefully, we can learn from Batman's mistake.

With a weapon as deadly as that

we don't have much time to learn.

Meanwhile, at the Hall of Doom...

At last the Legion of Doom has the upper hand.

Batman has been eliminated!

Yes, and the Super Friends are defenseless.

All we have to do is lure them out of hiding

and pick them off one by one.

[Luthor] And the time has come to get our next victim.

Later, off the coast of Paradise Island

birthplace of Wonder Woman...

[whooshing]

[zapping]

- The island's under attack. - We're being destroyed.

Our only chance is to contact Wonder Woman.

As Paradise Island is threatened by a fierce barrage

from the Hall of Doom...

...thousands of miles away

still another dilemma is about to unfold.

Don't worry, Superman, we're safe

as long as we stay within my hidden sea cave.

Good, we'll contact you as soon as we decide

on our next plan of action.

In the meantime, we better...

Great Hera, I'm receiving a telepathic distress call

from Paradise Island. They need my help.

You mustn't go, Wonder Woman. It's a trap.

As Princess Diana, I swore to defend Paradise Island.

No, don't go, Wonder Woman.

I've got to.

[zapping]

[whirring]

I've got to protect my homeland

from the Legion of Doom's laser attacks.

[zapping]

Wonder Woman's walked right into our trap.

Excellent. I'll take care of everything.

[intense music]

Nice landing, Cheetah. Now to land you in jail.

Not this time, Wonder Woman.

[zapping]

[thuds]

My plans for you are a bit more permanent.

Diana! She's dead!

Great galaxies, they've gotten Wonder Woman.

We've got to do something, we just can't sit around

while they pick us off like--

Easy, Robin. We're doing all we can.

It's Perry White, editor of the "Daily Planet."

Superman, you've got to come quickly.

The Legion of Doom has got Lois Lane and they're about to...

If Lois is in trouble, I've got to help her.

But that's just what the legion wants.

If they catch you, it'll mean your life.

Superman, you can't risk it.

If I can't even attempt to help those who depend on me

then I'd rather not live.

We understand, Superman. Good luck.

Moments later, at the "Daily Planet" building

in Metropolis...

Give it up, Luthor.

Superman's not foolish enough to face you

while you've got that deadly element.

He'll figure out a way to stop you

like he has every other time.

Not this time, Ms. Lane.

With your fate hanging in the balance

Superman will be sure to show up.

And when he does, I'll have quite a surprise for him.

Luthor's little surprise is a deadly one.

Alright, Luthor, it's about time

I put an end to your evil plans once and for all!

Superman, look out!

Wrong, Superman.

It is I who will put an end to you.

Well, Superman

it looks like you're finally at death's door.

And I, for one, will be glad to see you go!

[laughing]

[zapping]

With my super speed, I'll be able to free you

before Luthor can take another shot.

Hurry, I've got to get you out of here.

You can't escape!

[zapping]

That near miss just drained my strength.

Come on.

[intense music]

In here, Superman.

[music continues]

Superman in here somewhere.

Solomon Grundy find him.

[music continues]

Click

[machine whirring]

Someone turn on printing machine.

That's right, you overgrown swamp weed.

And now it's time to deliver you to the morning paper.

[thudding]

Very clever, Superman.

Unfortunately for you, it will be your last clever act.

[zapping]

Boom

You can't hold on forever.

[zapping]

Boom

boom

Superman...

- He is dead! - An excellent observation.

Ms. Lane, you've just witnessed the greatest victory

the Legion of Doom has ever had!

[laughing]

[intense music]

Later, at a heavily-guarded marine base...

We've got the base completely surrounded, Super Friends.

You're perfectly safe here.

Look, a helicopter's arriving now.

[helicopter whirring]

They've brought Superman.

The Super Friends will never be the same without him.

Super Friends, the Legion of Doom

is transmitting a message to you.

The communications truck will be here in a second.

[engine revving]

Listen closely, Super Friends.

Wherever you may be hiding, three of your comrades are dead.

Unless the rest of you leave the Earth

you will all meet with the same fate.

You have exactly 24 hours.

And we have the rest of our lives to ransack the Earth

without those meddling Super Friends.

I think it's time we gave the bad news

to the rest of the world.

[instrumental music]

[Black Manta] Now that the Earth is no longer protected by the Super Friends

the Legion of Doom will be taking over.

All military and police forces throughout the world

will report to us directly.

All... bodies of the United Nations

shall be under our supreme command.

The Legion of Doom will control all of Planet Earth

or should I say, the planet of Doom.

We can't let them get away with it.

But as long as they possess that deadly crystal

we'll have to do what they say.

And that means leave the planet.

Leave? But the world's depending upon us.

We're no good to them dead, Robin.

Hawkman's right. There's nothing we can do.

[dramatic music]

[whooshing]

Meanwhile, the Legion of Doom

has begun its devastating takeover.

Extra, extra, read all about it, "Three Super Friends dead

crime wave hits world."

Later, at the Metropolis Diamond Exchange...

[crackling]

This is the Metropolis Diamond Exchange.

We're being robbed. Send the police.

Looking for us?

We've got the diamonds, Luthor. We're bringing them in now.

Across the globe

at the World Computer Credit Center in Munich

the crimes continue.

As soon as we're done rewiring this computer

the Legion of Doom will control all the world's credit.

Brainiac and Riddler have broken into the computer room.

Sound the alarm!

Alright, stop what you're doing.

Not before we sic this computerized watchdog on you.

[whirring]

The wiring's complete.

Now to make a small deposit in our account.

[computer] Transaction complete.

Two billion dollars electronically transferred

to Legion of Doom.

Later, at the International Microwave Communication Center

in Colorado...

[rumbling]

Once we take over the Microwave relay station

we'll be in control of all the world's communications.

We'll take the Hall of Doom transport.

[intense music]

The Legion of Doom! They're attacking the complex!

[zapping]

They are barely putting up any resistance.

The Communication Center is ours for the taking.

You'll have to stop us first, Sinestro.

The Super Friends. But they left the planet.

And we didn't bring the crystal.

No, but I brought my power ring.

Now it's time for a sour note or two.

[bagpipe music]

Clang

[green Lantern] I guess bagpipes aren't your bag, Sinestro.

Solomon Grundy take care of you.

[zapping]

That should light up your lives!

Maybe so, Boy Blunder

and this will put an end to yours.

[zapping]

Great Atlantis! It's the Noxium crystal.

That's right, Aquaman. You're finished!

[zapping]

Quick, we've got to get...

You'll go nowhere, super-fools!

[zapping]

They had their chance to save themselves.

It was their own compulsion for justice that killed them.

In any case, we won't be needing this any longer.

[Black Manta] While we go on and conquer over the world

the Super Friends will rest in peace.

Later, in the damp sewer

beneath the communications complex...

[intense music]

Splash splash

[beeping]

Boom

It's done.

The following day in Washington D.C.

the Legion of Doom has the entire world

in its evil clutches.

The national incomes of all countries

will be split 50-50 with the Legion of Doom.

But that's impossible.

We can't survive giving away half our money.

Have it your way.

If you won't give us half, we'll take it all!

Bring in the next validation.

And what four nations are you from?

We represent every nation, Luthor.

And we're here to regain their freedom!

Super Friends! But that's impossible! You're all dead!

Wrong, Luthor. We're as alive as we ever were.

I'll stop you, Wonder Woman

and the whole world will help me.

My magic lasso can cage

even a wild animal like you, Cheetah.

I've got a little trick to show you, Batman!

[intense music]

It looks like your trick isn't very threatening.

[growls]

Not a bad trick, Riddler

but I used to be pretty good at magic myself.

Now here's a trick for you.

Your hat's a perfect fit, Riddler.

This vault holds a lot of money, but it can't hold Superman.

[whooshing]

Crash

if it's money you want, Luthor, try this on for size.

[zapping]

I don't understand it, Superman. We destroyed you all.

No, you didn't, Luthor, those were

the Super Friend robot duplicates you attacked.

We were hiding in the Justice League Skylab

while our super duplicates played out our parts

to the last detail.

They were programmed to fail

so you'd think we were all dead

and throw away the Noxium crystal.

I retrieved the crystal from the sewer

and got rid of it for good.

[Superman] And now that the Legion of Doom is under control

the Super Friends can finally rest in peace.

[theme music]

[music continues]