![]() Gabe Dell as Mordru, a foe of the Legion of Super-Heroes, from the 31st century. Frank Gorshin reprises his role of The Riddler, in the first of the two-part special. That is INDEED Charlie Callas as SINESTRO. – Our Villains – Mickey Morton is picture PERFECT as SOLOMON GRUNDY. The villains, on the other hand, were either established TV/movie comedians, or had played heavies on sitcoms and police/action shows, and had never played comic book villains with the exception of Frank Gorshin who had, of course, already played the Riddler. ![]() With the exception of West and Ward, the rest of the heroes were pretty much unknowns with these specials being pretty much the only credit listed on. Rod Haase as the Flash Barbara Joyce as The Huntress, who had JUST started appearing in comics at the time. The character’s OWN TV show had just ended. Burt Ward returns to his role as Robin after ten years. – Our Heroes – Adam West returns to his role of Batman after ten years. Part Two was called “The Roast”, and it was just that – a comedic roast of the Heroes, by other heroes as well as some of the foes from “The Challenge”, even going so far as to have Ed MacMahon (as himself) as the “Roast Master”. Part one was titled “The Challenge”, featuring an un-named grouping of DC Comics’ Super-Heroes and their race to stop a doomsday weapon set by a group of some of their arch-foes. In January of 1979, NBC aired a pair of hour-long prime-time specials under the collective title of LEGENDS OF THE SUPER-HEROES. No enhancements of any sort have been performed. Please note that the screen captures are unedited, other than the reducing the dimensions of the graphics to allow for space. ![]() ![]() West & Ward reprise their famous roles as The Caped Crusaders, leading a selection of DC Comics‘ Super-Heroes in pitched battle with several of their arch-enemies. The reason I selected this title is indeed because Mssrs. Greetings, Bat-Fans! Ye Olde Dragon here, with my review of Warner Archives’ Video On Demand DVD release of Hanna-Barbera‘s LEGENDS OF THE SUPER HEROES (1979). ![]()
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