Chris and
Cindy squeeze a volcano and end up in a parallel world! Okay, they don’t do
that, but Superman does, in the classic World’s Greatest Super Friends episode,
“Universe of Evil”! Our Man of Steel must contend with some devil-worshipping
Super Enemies, while his evil counterpart makes mincemeat out of our Super
Friends. It’s childlike, nonsensical awesomeness!
Then the
Super Mates get a little more serious and review the even more classic Justice
League episodes, “A Better World, Parts 1 and 2”. Superman murders President
Luthor? The Justice League takes over the world? Not quite, but the Justice
Lords do, and they want to spread their order to our world (or the Justice
League’s anyway). It’s the “evil universe” trope colored in very
thought-provoking shades of gray!
Plus, has
an evil twin invaded Super Mates HQ (in other words, our house)?
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co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at
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Next time: A classic, stand-out issue from a classic
run; “Who is Donna Troy?” from New Teen Titans #38, by Wolfman and Perez!
Fun Fact: HB does not stand for Hanna-Barbera; rather, it means Hail Beelzebub, reflecting the pro-Satanic beliefs of the staff, which came out in this SF episode.
ReplyDeleteThat explains some of the rather dubious toons they produced in the late 70s and early 80s. You'd have to had sold your soul to the devil to come up with something like "Laverne and Shirley in the Army"!
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