| Challenge of the Superfriends | |
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 Title card | |
| Also known as | Super Friends III |
| Genre | Adventure Fantasy Science fiction Superhero |
| Created by | E. Nelson Bridwell Carmine Infantino Julius Schwartz (consultants) |
| Based on | |
| Written by | Jeffrey Scott |
| Directed by | Ray Patterson Carl Urbano |
| Creative director | Iwao Takamoto |
| Voices of | Jack Angel Marlene Aragon Michael Bell Bill Callaway Ted Cassidy Danny Dark Shannon Farnon Ruth Forman Buster Jones Stanley Jones Casey Kasem Don Messick Vic Perrin Stanley Ross Dick Ryal Michael Rye Olan Soule Jimmy Weldon Frank Welker Louise Williams |
| Narrated by | William Woodson |
| Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 (32 segments) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer | Don Jurwich |
| Cinematography | George Epperson Tom Epperson Charles Flekal Ron Jackson Jerry Smith Larry Smith Terry Smith Brandy Whittington Jerry Whittington |
| Running time | 45 minutes (20 minutes per segment) |
| Production companies | Hanna-Barbera Productions DC Comics |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 9 – December 23, 1978 |
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Challenge of the Superfriends is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from September 9 to December 23, 1978, on ABC.[1] The complete series (16 episodes) was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics and created by Julius Schwartz, Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky. It was the third series of Super Friends cartoons, following the original Super Friends in 1973 and The All-New Super Friends Hour in 1977.[2]
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 275–278. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 802–804. ISBN 978-1476665993.