Warner Home Video keeps putting all of DC Comics’ animated properties on DVD, and my shelving may need a expansive upgrade. Courtesy of TV Shows on DVD (THE BEST website devoted to, well, TV shows on DVD), WB made available a press release on their latest offering from Super Friends: Season 1, Volume 1.
You can read the press release for all the details of this January 5, 2010 release, but the main gist of this is that we finally got the “Wendy & Marvin Years,” the ones that first put Super Friends on the map. I believe they are also the only SF episodes narrated by the late great Ted Knight, a voice acting staple of DC Comics’ animated output in the 1960s. My only complaint at the moment is the DVD cover art. I never have a problem with the classic stock art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, but considering that every previous release did something a little more original, refurbishing art from the actual series, this seemed like an uncharacteristically lazy way to go. Plus I can get real nitpicky and point out that the Wonder Woman on this cover is sporting a costume that did not grace the pages of her own comic until almost 10 years later. Considering that this volume has the distinction of featuring Wendy Marvin & Wonder Dog (not to mention guest appearances by the Flash, Green Arrow and Plastic Man), it’s a shame they didn’t work with that into a more unique cover design.
October 15th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Only a super-geek would complain about that stuff. I’m more interested in just sitting back and going back in time for an afternoon or two. Good stuff.
October 15th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Yeah, I don’t know why they didn’t go with the great Alex Toth art from the Superfriends Treasury Edition that featured the whole team, plus Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog.
October 15th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Yeah, it really seems weird, especially if they want to appeal to the folks who grew up with the cartoon but who may not be into comics or cartoons now, that they wouldn’t use that incredibly iconic logo with the cast standing “Super Friends.”
But only eight episodes? Seriously? Those first season, science-based shows really don’t hold up nearly as well as the “Challenge” and “Super Powers” seasons do. I’d be more likely to buy it if they included all 13 or so episodes.
October 16th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Kind of looking forward to checking these out. Loved these as a kid.
October 16th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
That first season featured some etrocious puns. Like the scientist Dr Shamon who has a giant magnet called…the Shamon U. King Plasto, the Balloonians, so many crazy stories.
It does seem stupid to not just do the whole season and be done with it.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Tvshowondvd.com has reported that WB is aware of the Wonder Woman cover discrepancy and will correct it.
Not to mention no one’s commented that the box art they’re showing is way too big for just 2 dvd’s.