Super Friends (1973)

Action · Adventure · Animation

The most powerful heroes ever--Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Batman and Robin--join forces with teenagers Wendy and Marvin and their dog, Marvel the Wonderdog, to defend justice and guard the innocent.

IMDb rating: 7.2 (5,214 votes)
Episode average: 7.0 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 9
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 9 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1973)

6.43 avg 16 episodes 6.1 → 6.5 46 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Power Pirate	6.1	151
2	The Baffles Puzzle	6.3	108
3	Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C.	6.2	106
4	The Weather Maker	6.4	89
5	Dr. Palagian's War	5.5	83
6	The Shamon U	6.4	83
7	Too Hot to Handle	6.6	79
8	The Androids	6.4	79
9	The Balloon People	6.4	76
10	The Fantastic Frerps	7.1	77
11	The Ultra Beam	6.3	73
12	Menace of the White Dwarf	6.8	71
13	The Mysterious Moles	6.7	70
14	Gulliver's Gigantic Goof	6.1	76
15	The Planet Splitter	7.0	70
16	The Watermen	6.5	70

Season 2 (1977)

6.55 avg 15 episodes 6.5 → 6.2 50 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Brain Machine/The Joy Ride/The Invasion of the Earthors/The Whirlpool	6.5	86
2	The Secret Four/Tiger on the Loose/The Mysterious Time Creatures/The Antidote	6.8	72
3	Invasion of the Hydronoids/Hitchhike/City in a Bottle/Space Emergency	6.5	75
4	Doctor Fright/Drag Race/Plant Creatures/Fire	5.7	71
5	The Monster of Dr Droid/Vandals/Super Friends Vs. Super Friends/Energy Mass	6.6	67
6	The Enforcer/Shark/Planet of the Neanderthals/Flood of Diamonds	6.7	55
7	The Invisible Menace/Initiation/Coming of the Arthropods/River of Doom	6.4	67
8	Attack of the Giant Squid/Game of Chicken/The Water Beast/Volcano	6.8	64
9	The Collector/Handicap/The Mind Maidens/Alaska Peril	7.1	67
10	The Fifty Foot Woman/Cheating/Exploration: Earth/Attack of the Killer Bees	6.0	70
11	Forbidden Power/Pressure Point/The Lionmen/The Day of the Rats	6.6	65
12	The Man Beasts of Xra/Prejudice/Tiny World of Terror/Tibetan Raiders	7.2	63
13	Frozen Peril/Dangerous Prank/The Mummy of Nazca/Cable Car Rescue	6.9	63
14	The Marsh Monster/The Runaways/Will the World Collide?/Time Rescue	6.3	69
15	The Protector/Stowaways/The Ghost/Rampage	6.2	68

Season 3 (1978)

7.74 avg 16 episodes 6.7 → 8.3 23 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rokan: Enemy From Space/Wanted: The Super Friends	6.7	135
2	Invasion of the Fearians/The Demons of Exxor	7.5	95
3	Battle at the Earth's Core/The World's Deadliest Game	7.1	104
4	The Time Trap/Sinbad and the Space Pirates	7.5	85
5	Trial of the SuperFriends/The Pied Piper from Space	7.8	82
6	Attack of the Vampire/Monolith of Evil	7.7	95
7	The Beasts Are Coming/The Giant of Doom	7.6	93
8	Secret Origins of the SuperFriends/Terror from the Phantom Zone	8.5	103
9	The Anti-Matter Monster/Revenge on Gorilla City	7.9	88
10	World Beneath the Ice/Swamp of the Living Dead	7.8	93
11	Invasion of the Brain Creatures/Conquerors of the Future	7.9	87
12	The Final Challenge	7.8	86
13	Batman: Dead or Alive/Fairy Tale of Doom	7.8	85
14	Battle of the Gods/Doomsday	8.0	92
15	Journey Through Inner Space/Super Friends: Rest in Peace	7.9	99
16	The Rise and Fall of the Super Friends/History of Doom	8.3	111

Season 4 (1979)

7.03 avg 8 episodes 6.8 → 6.6 22 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rub Three Times for Disaster	6.8	73
2	Lex Luthor Strikes Back	7.3	71
3	Space Knights of Camelon	7.0	68
4	The Lord of Middle Earth	7.3	76
5	Universe of Evil	7.7	80
6	Terror at 20,000 Fathoms	6.6	61
7	The Super Friends Meet Frankenstein	6.9	63
8	The Planet of Oz	6.6	71

Season 5 (1980)

7.13 avg 8 episodes 7.5 → 6.6 23 min avg

Bad finale

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Big Foot/The Ice Demon/The Make-Up Monster	7.5	31
2	Journey into Blackness/Cycle Gang/Dive to Disaster	7.3	28
3	Yuna the Terrible/Rock and Roll Space Bandits/Elevator to Nowhere	7.3	52
4	One Small Step for Mars/Haunted House/The Incredible Crude Oil Monster	7.0	51
5	Voodoo Vampire/Invasion of the Gleeks/Mxyzptlk Strikes Again	7.4	29
6	The Man in the Moon/Circus of Horrors/Around the World in 80 Riddles	6.9	31
7	Termites from Venus/Eruption/Return of Atlantis	7.0	51
8	The Killer Machines/Garden of Doom/Revenge of Bizarro	6.6	51

Season 6 (1981)

6.87 avg 6 episodes 6.8 → 7.2 21 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Outlaws of Orion/Three Wishes/Scorpio	6.8	56
2	Mxyzptlk's Flick/Sink Hole/Alien Mummy	7.1	56
3	The Evil from Krypton/The Creature from the Dump/The Aircraft Terror	7.1	54
4	The Lava Men/Bazarowurld/The Warlord's Amulet	7.0	49
5	The Iron Cyclops/Palette's Perils/Colossus	6.0	52
6	Stowaways from Space/The Scaraghosta Sea/The Witch's Arcade	7.2	58

Season 7 (1983)

7.04 avg 8 episodes 7.1 → 6.9 21 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mxyzptlk's Revenge/Roller Coaster/Once Upon a Poltergeist	7.1	50
2	Warpland/Two Gleeks Are Deadlier Than One/Bulgor the Behemoth	6.6	59
3	The Krypton Syndrome/Invasion of the Space Dolls/Terror on the Titanic	7.2	53
4	The Revenge of Doom/A Pint of Life/Day of the Dinosaurs	7.1	58
5	Return of the Phantoms/Bully for You/SuperClones	7.3	59
6	Prisoners of Sleep/An Unexpected Treasure/The Malusian Blob	7.1	50
7	Attack of the Cats/One Small Step for Superman/Video Victims	7.0	50
8	Playground of Doom/Space Racers/The Recruiter	6.9	55

Season 8 (1984)

6.98 avg 8 episodes 6.7 → 6.8 22 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Bride of Darkseid Part I & II	6.7	83
2	The Wrath of Brainiac/Reflections in Crime	6.6	69
3	No Honor Among Thieves/Mr. Mxyzptlk and the Magic Lamp	7.1	67
4	The Case of the Shrinking Super Friends / The Mask of Mystery	7.3	54
5	Darkseid's Golden Trap Part I & II	7.5	66
6	Island of the Dinosoids / Uncle Mxyzptlk	6.9	47
7	The Case of the Dreadful Dolls/The Royal Ruse	6.9	60
8	The Village of Lost Souls/The Curator	6.8	60

Season 9 (1985)

7.08 avg 8 episodes 7.1 → 7.2 21 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Seeds of Doom	7.1	95
2	The Ghost Ship/The Bizarro Super Powers Team	6.6	74
3	The Darkseid Deception	6.7	76
4	The Fear	8.1	102
5	The Wild Cards	6.8	82
6	The Brainchild / The Case of the Stolen Powers	6.9	76
7	The Death of Superman	7.2	100
8	Escape from Space City	7.2	76