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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]

[clanking]

[wind howling]

[creaking]

[rattling]

[crashes]

[water gurgling]

[wind howling]

[dramatic music]

[droning]

I wonder what happened to this planet.

[male 1] It looks like some sort of natural catastrophe.

[male 2] I'm afraid not. This was done by man.

Come. Perhaps we can find out what caused it.

[music continues]

Look that building. It's the Hall Of Justice.

There is mention of it in our galactic records.

It was the headquarters of a group of super-beings.

Yes, if there is an answer, we should find it in there.

[female 1] Some of this equipment appears to be intact.

This primitive computer may have some data in its memory banks.

This is Superman. I've got little strength left.

Perhaps some future race can benefit from this final message.

I am the last survivor of the incredible disaster

unleashed by the Legion of Doom.

I did my best to stop it but I failed.

Failed to stop what?

Little time left for earth...

What could've caused such destruction?

And who are the Legion of Doom?

[whirring]

These tapes are complete.

They will tell us the history of the Legion of Doom

and how they managed to destroy Earth.

We must rewind them to the beginning.

[static]

[man on tape] Justice League memory tape number 1 .

Origin of Lex Luthor.

[engine rumbles]

That curly haired kid down there

is a newcomer to my hometown of Smallville.

Guess I'll pay him a little welcome visit.

[male narrator] But as young Superboy

flies down to greet Lex Luthor

a deadly Kryptonite meteor speeds toward the Earth.

Thud

Kryptonite... meteor... overcoming me!

Hang on, Superboy, I'll get rid of the meteor.

[engine rumbling]

[splashes]

I owe my life to you. What's your name?

Lex. Lex Luthor.

Meeting you, Superboy, is about the most thrilling thing

that's ever happened to me.

And I've got quite a surprise for you.

Follow me.

Great Scott!

Pictures of me and dozens of Superboy trophies.

I've admired you for years.

To me, you're the greatest boy in the world.

I'm really touched, Lex. But what's all that stuff?

That's my chemistry lab, Superboy.

I'm a farmboy now but my secret ambition

is to be the world's greatest scientist.

In that case, it's my turn to surprise you.

I'll show you how Superboy expresses his gratitude

to someone who saves his life.

[male narrator] With lightning speed, Superboy gathers the useless junk

from Luthor's shack...

...and creates a modern experimental laboratory

for young Luthor.

It's incredible, Superboy.

It's everything I'll need

to become the world's greatest boy scientist.

I hope you enjoy it, Lex.

And thanks again for saving my life.

[male narrator] Later as young Lex Luthor embarks on a fatal experiment...

With this chunk of kryptonite

I removed from the gully, I'll be able to repay Superboy

for this wonderful lab.

[bubbling]

There, I've done it!

I've created a kryptonite antidote.

Soon Superboy will be totally indestructible.

[shatters]

[coughs]

Deadly fumes!

Can't... breathe...

Oh, no! There's smoke coming from Lex Luthor's lab.

My super-breath will extinguish it.

[blows]

Lex, are you alright?

You rat, your super-breath destroyed my lab

and blew the gas fumes at me, causing my hair to fall out!

But it was an accident!

Don't lie, you were jealous of my genius.

Now you'll never have this kryptonite antidote

I invented for you.

And I will use all of my scientific genius

to one day destroy you!

[female 1] This one called Luthor is quite dangerous.

Yes, I am certain, we shall be seeing more of him.

Continue the tape.

[man on tape] Justice League memory tape 13C.

Origin of Giganta.

[instrumental music]

Tell me, Apache Chief, what is the animal

that leaves this track?

That is easy. It's a grizzly bear.

You are learning quickly, young one.

With you sense of judgment and honesty, you will grow

to be a great brave.

[roaring]

Oh, no, look!

It's the grizzly.

[roaring]

What do we do?

Your time's come to test your manhood, young one.

One sprinkle of this ancient Indian powder

and you will be able to handle the grizzly without weapons.

[growling]

But-but I'm frightened.

Whatever your thoughts when I sprinkle you

with this magic powder, they will become a 100 times greater.

If you are frightened, you will become more frightened.

If you are brave, you will become braver.

My fear is gone.

Good.

You have only to cry out the word inuk chok!

And you will be the most powerful brave of all.

Inuk chok!

[growling]

If I can get that magic powder away from that Indian

I'll be able to make myself famous.

[clattering]

Apache Chief, the mountain.

Now, to lasso that pouch.

Young girl, beware. Do not use the magic powder.

Your thoughts are evil and they will become more evil.

Quiet, old fool. I know what I'm doing.

The medicine man was right, Apache Chief.

Your 50 feet of good are now matched by my 50 feet of evil.

[evil laugh]

I'm switching to another memory tape, Mantoo.

Very well, it seems there is much

to learn of these Earth beings.

[man on tape] Justice League memory tape 33R.

Formation of the Legion of Doom.

[Superman] The best way for us to combat crime

and be prepared for worldwide emergencies

is to work together.

From now on, we'll be Super Friends.

With the Super Friends working as a team

we'll be wiped out one by one.

That's precisely why I've asked you all here today.

They probably can wipe us out.

Unless we too form a bond to work together.

The 13 of us will form the most powerful and sinister group

the world has ever seen.

From now on, we'll be known as The Legion of Doom.

But we'll need a headquarters too.

Yes, and I say it should be at the bottom of the ocean.

We'll hide it under the ice of the polar cap.

Your brain must be frozen, Captain Cold.

The jungle is the only logical place.

Silence! We'll compromise.

Our headquarters will be in the swamp

hidden beneath its murky waters.

Now all we have to do is construct

an impenetrable fortress

equipped with the most deadly devices in the universe.

[droning]

[splashing]

[intense music]

Nothing will stop us now.

With our combined powers of evil

we must pledge to wipe out the Super Friends.

[everyone] One for all and all for doom.

[intense music]

It's incredible.

A society of men joined together

for the purpose of evil and destruction.

Run the tapes forward.

Let's see what these villains do with their evil powers.

[man on tape] Justice League memory tape 128S7.

Legion of Doom captures Hall of Justice.

They've turned themselves into giants.

It's going to take all of our power to stop them.

Stopping Superman now easy as swatting fly.

You can't break my magic lasso no matter how big you are.

That's right, Wonder Woman.

But it makes a great super yo-yo.

I'm going to airmail you to a place

where you'll defrost for a few million years.

[male narrator] Helplessly suspended within their frozen tomb

the Super Friends speed for the distant planet Saturn.

Thud

[static]

Switching over to memory tape 128S9.

Grodd and the Legion of Doom attack Gorilla City.

Giganta and the others will give us cover

as we storm the central communications complex.

We'll attach the brainwave device

to Gorilla city's telepathic communication system

and control every gorilla within the dome.

We're at the outer edge of the city.

But there's nothing there.

Of course not.

Only gorillas can see the protective dome.

To humans, heh, it's invisible.

My power ring will penetrate their invisible energy field.

Follow me.

We've penetrated their security barrier.

They'll be on top of us any second.

Look, it's Grodd and the Legion of Doom.

[blasts]

I'll stop those puny gorillas.

[gorilla 1] Grodd is headed for the communications complex.

Quick, fire the meson destabilizer.

A yellow energy bubble will protect us.

[Grodd] Quick, we've got to get the mind control device hooked up

before they send their entire gorilla army after us.

[intense music]

Soon all of Gorilla City will be at our mercy.

My gorilla telepathy tells me that Grodd is about to activate

the device and control the minds of all inhabitants

of Gorilla City. I've got to escape and get help.

There, it's done.

The mind device has put all the gorillas under our command.

We've done it.

Every gorilla in Gorilla City is under our control.

The tape has ended and the remainder of the computer memory

has been destroyed.

But we need more data.

We'll never be able to find out

what caused the destruction of Earth.

We have a great deal more data than you may think, Sooba.

We must go to our ship and track down

the whereabouts of the Hall of Doom. Come.

[instrumental music]

The guidance computer has been fully programmed, Manatoo.

It's locked on to the Hall of Doom.

Thank you, Rayno.

I'll take over the ship's controls

and guide it telepathically.

[zooming]

[music continues]

Manatoo, look. It's the Hall of Doom.

I think we'll find what we need to know inside.

This place has been almost totally destroyed.

These memory tapes are all we're interested in.

[man on tape] Legion of Doom archives File X.

Super Friends attack plan 1566.

At long last I've devised a foolproof plan that will destroy

the Super Friends in one final blow.

We've heard that before, Luthor.

[blowing]

But so far all your plans have been a bust.

[burst]

Not this time, Toyman.

Look, once we send this ion powered rocket to the sun

it will produce an incredible solar flare aimed directly

at the Hall of Justice.

The Super Friends are about to

have their final day in the sun.

[evil laughter]

[splashing]

[crackling]

[Superman] Legion of Doom has created a giant solar flare.

And according to the computer scanner it's headed

right for the Hall of Justice.

We better evacuate immediately.

Don't bother, Green Lantern.

With my super-speed

I can stop it before it reaches the Earth.

Superman's in for quite a surprise.

Now to activate the second part of my plan

and change the color of the sun.

Something's changing the sun to red.

The yellow rays are what give me my super-strength.

I've got to get back to the Hall of Justice

before I lose all of my energy.

It's no use. I've lost all my powers. I can't stop it.

Our only chance is to activate the global force field.

[male narrator] But as the tremendous solar flare heads toward

it causes an unexpected chain reaction

with the Super Friends' global force field.

Great galaxies! The flare is reacting with the force field.

It's covering the Earth in a radioactive energy belt.

There is no way to stop it.

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

A brilliant idea? Ha!

It was brilliant blunder, Luthor.

The Earth is breaking up.

You've sealed our fate for good.

[wind howling]

[creaking]

The Legion of Doom destroyed the entire planet

in their attempt to take it over.

The beings of this universe never seem to learn that

using force to solve problems always brings chaos.

But what of the planet Earth?

Do not worry, Sooba, we can undo the damage that has been done.

But they may destroy one another again.

Do they really deserve another chance, Manatoo?

Everyone deserves another chance.

Come we must return to the Hall of Justice.

[instrumental music]

[droning]

Now I must turn back the time-stream

to before the disaster took place.

[beeping]

By the agreement of all in the universe

the Earth shall return as it was.

[clattering]

[boing]

Great Scott! The Legion of Doom has created a giant solar flare.

And according to the computer scanner

it's headed right for the Hall of Justice.

Manatoo, the solar flare is headed toward Earth again.

It looks like they're just going to re-live

that same fate as before.

You're right, Sooba.

So we will have to give them a last bit of help.

[boing]

Holy solar eclipses!

The moon just saved us from a giant sun flare.

It looks like the Legion of Doom blew it this time.

The forgot to check their almanac.

[Luthor] You're wrong, Superman.

I did check the lunar tables.

There was no eclipse scheduled for today.

It should have all been destroyed.

I can't understand what could've happened.

Don't bother trying to figure it out, Luthor.

Sometimes, when you're on the side of justice

things just seem to go your way.

[theme music]