Episode
Super Friends: The Invisible Menace / Initiation / Coming of the Arthropods / River of Doom
Overview
The Invisible Menace: Superman and Aquaman discover a deep down mystery of sinister submarines and sea life as they battle the Invisible Menace. Initiation: The Wonder Twins and Gleek excel with Exxorian powers when they have to bring a dangerous initiation stunt to a safe ending. Coming of the Arthropods: The Super Friends zoom off in an all out struggle against invading insects from a far off planet, for the entire Earth is threatened by the coming of the Arthropods, led by the evil Insecta. River of Doom: Flying over jungle rain forests, Wonder Woman and Rima search for some missing scientists who are about to become victims of the River of Doom.
Details
- Series
- Super Friends
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 1977-10-22
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Invisible Menace / Initiation / Coming of the Arthropods / River of Doom is Episode 7 in The All-New Super Friends Hour of Super Friends. It aired on 1977-10-22. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 6: The Enforcer / The Shark / Planet of the Neanderthals / Flood of Diamonds
The Enforcer: Upon encountering a man named Garth-1 on a South Pacific Island, Wonder Woman and Aquaman head to his home Arcava (an underground city within a deserted South Pacific Island) to help free his people from an evil dictator called the Enforcer.
The Shark: The Wonder Twins, Zan and Jayna, must save two boys that are trapped underwater by a shark.
Planet of the Neanderthals: An evil scientist known as Varko devolves Earth back to a prehistoric planet and brings Neanderthals under his command to the present, which will remain so unless the Super Friends can stop him and retrieve the machine responsible for this from the prehistoric times it was placed in. With the help of Skylab, they build a time tunnel and bring his device back, restoring the world.
Flood of Diamonds: Aquaman and Green Lantern head to Africa to save trapped miners in a diamond mine that is slowly flooding.
Episode 8: Attack of the Giant Squid / Game of Chicken / The Water Beast / Volcano
Attack of the Giant Squid: Superman and Aquaman find themselves entangled in a deep-sea mystery when they meet the tentacled attack of a giant squid.
Game of Chicken: The Wonder Twins and their space monkey Gleek teach some young people the serious dangers of playing the foolish game of "Chicken".
The Water Beast: It is the Super Friends' problem when trouble surfaces on the high seas. All are in trouble from the menace of the deep, the marauding Manta and his terrifying water beast.
Volcano: Superman and special guest hero, Samurai, face the heat of a volcano in making a dangerous rescue of space aliens too paranoid of the natives to request help.
More episodes from this season
Episode 5: The Monster of Dr. Droid / Vandals / Super Friends vs. Super Friends / Energy Mass
The Monster of Dr. Droid: Superman and Wonder Woman go on an electrifying adventure when they meet the marauding monster of Dr. Droid.
Vandals: The Wonder Twins and Gleek have a few special tricks up their sleeve when a couple of thoughtless students turn into school vandals.
Super Friends vs. Super Friends: The Super Friends find themselves in critical combat against each other when they become captives of Tyrannic, the ruler of the underseas world of Oceana.
Energy Mass: Batman and Robin with special guest the Atom are called on to save a speeding passenger train that has been taken over by a critical energy mass.
Episode 9: The Collector / Handicap / The Mind Maidens / Alaska Peril
The Collector: Superman and Wonder Woman save priceless treasures and monuments from the greedy grasp of the Collector, who has invented a device that turns objects into photographs and plans to do this to various monuments and artworks to protect the items from decay, destruction and vandalism.
Handicap: The Wonder Twins and Gleek help teach a lesson in courage when they rescue a boy from the wreckage of an overturned van.
The Mind Maidens: The Super Friends must use all of their superpowers in order to overcome the mental mischief of Medula and her power-hungry plans to eradicate all men so women led by her can rule the world.
Alaska Peril: Batman and Robin and special guest Apache Chief head toward the Northern Lakes to save an expedition from a giant snow creature.
Episode 4: Doctor Fright / Drag Race / Plant Creatures / Fire
Doctor Fright: Superman and Wonder Woman show no fear when they meet up with the terrifying Doctor Fright.
Drag Race: The Wonder Twins, Zan and Jayna, and Gleek have to teach a lesson about the dangers of street drag racing.
Day of the Plant Creatures: The Super Friends must call on their skills to overcome the perils of monstrous plant creatures.
Fire: Batman, Robin and special guest Rima battle a raging forest fire and find two escaped juvenile convicts who end up saving a family's lives.
Episode 10: The Fifty Foot Woman / Cheating / Exploration: Earth / Attack of the Killer Bees
The Fifty Foot Woman: A woman named Professor Amy Zhan makes a super strength potion, which turns her into a 50-foot woman. Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman must look up to the incredible femme fatale and find a way to bring this 50-foot woman back to normal size. Professor Amy Zahn tries to make Batman 50 feet tall, but is stopped when her assistant sprays her with the antidote.
Cheating: The Wonder Twins and Gleek teach a lesson in honesty when a double-crossing cross-country runner has a misadventure in cheating.
Exploration: Earth: A sinister space probe from planet Zeno visits Earth to capture people and objects for scientific study. The Super Friends must stop "Exploration Earth".
Attack of the Killer Bees: Aquaman and special guest superhero Samurai use super teamwork to save an African village from the attack of the killer bees.
Episode 3: Invasion of the Hydronoids / Hitchhike / City in a Bottle / Space Emergency
Invasion of the Hydronoids: Aquaman, Batman and Robin meet the menacing Hydronoids in a struggle to save the world from their evil invasion.
Hitchhike: The Wonder Twins and space monkey Gleek have a serious problem on their hands when they use their Exxor powers to detour the dangers of hitchhiking when a girl doing so is kidnapped.
City in a Bottle: The Super Friends travel to a far-off frozen planet to rescue an entire Earth city stolen by the marauding Mongor.
Space Emergency: Wonder Woman with special guests Hawkman and Hawkgirl use their special skills in a space emergency.
Episode 11: Forbidden Power / Pressure Point / The Lionmen / The Day of the Rats
Forbidden Power: Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman must save the world from the mysterious mutants of the space sphere and its forbidden power.
Pressure Point: The Wonder Twins and Gleek travel into the hot desert to cool the dangerous canyon jumping stunts of some reckless motorcyclists.
The Lionmen: A spaceship controlled by mysterious Lionmen probes for minerals and starts an earth-shaking process that splits our planet into pieces. Will the Super Friends meet the challenge?
The Day of the Rats: An experimental electronic device turns sewer rats mad. Can Batman, Robin and Black Vulcan save Gotham from the Day of the Rats?
Episode 2: The Secret Four / Tiger on the Loose / The Mysterious Time Creatures / The Antidote
The Secret Four: Superman, Batman and Robin are outnumbered but not outsmarted when they change the plans of the mysterious Secret Four.
Tiger on the Loose: The outer-space Wonder Twins and Gleek point out the error of jumping to conclusions as they tackle an escaped tiger (and try to end the confusion on how the tiger got out in the first place). The Mysterious Time Creatures: The Super Friends defeat Dictor, who uses an aging/reverse aging technology as a weapon to depose the peaceful elected president of their planet with his totalitarian rule of fear and keep him from conquering the universe.
The Antidote: An earthquake occurs in India, where the tremors force many cobras out into the open where they bite villagers, exhausting India's antivenom supply. The Red Cross appeals to the Super Friends for help, who deploy Wonder Woman and Apache Chief to India.
Episode 12: The Man Beasts of Xra / Prejudice / Tiny World of Terror / Tibetan Raiders
The Man Beasts of Xra: Superman, Batman and Robin have to save society from the outrageous genetic experiments of a mixed-up scientist and her half-human, half-animal beasts.
Prejudice: The Wonder Twins and Gleek have to teach a serious lesson in brotherhood when the ugliness of prejudice gets some young people into trouble.
Tiny World of Terror: The Super Friends have to do some big thinking when the world is endangered by a shrinking machine in the hands of a greedy inventor.
Tibetan Raiders: The passengers of a disabled aircraft stranded in rural Tibet get instant attention as Superman and the Flash rush to save them from Tibetan raiders.
Episode 1: The Brain Machine / The Joy Ride / The Invasion of the Earthors / The Whirlpool
The Brain Machine: Wonder Woman, Batman and Robin meet up with a misguided genius, Dr. Cranum, and his Brain Machine.
Joy Ride: The Wonder Twins and space monkey Gleek have to teach some youngsters a lesson about the dangers of joyriding in an airplane.
Invasion of the Earthors: The Super Friends match wits and skills in an underground adventure against the mysterious mining monsters known as the Earthors.
The Whirlpool: Aquaman and special guest Black Vulcan find themselves facing the force of a shipwrecking whirlpool.
Episode 13: Frozen Peril / Dangerous Prank / The Mummy of Nazca / Cable Car Rescue
Frozen Peril: Superman and Aquaman turn the heat on the sinister Sculpin's plans to freeze the world's oceans so he can sell their thawed water to desert countries.
Dangerous Prank: The Wonder Twins and Gleek have to save a girl from the perils of a dangerous prank played by some thoughtless companions.
The Mummy of Nazca: The Super Friends are called into action when the weird Professor Korloff brings a mysterious mummy to life to steal a cosmic power source for himself.
Cable Car Rescue: Wonder Woman and the Atom swing into action to save a cable carload of passengers caught in a high wind over a treacherous terrain.