Super Friends
Dr. Pelagian's War
TV Flash files “Dr. Pelagian's War” as a desk essential hour — Super Friends (1973–1985) on ABC, season 1, episode 5, aired 1973-10-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 16 in the Super Friends guide, hour 5 of 16 in season 1. It aired 1973-10-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Weather Maker” (S01E04). Next is “The Shamon 'U'” (S01E06).
Essential hour: “Dr. Pelagian's War”. Dr. Pelagian's War is a named-villain civic hour. How a generation first met the capes: committee superheroics, still cheaper than the later movies, still the lore's first classroom.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After many reports of a talking albatross, Colonel Wilcox asks the Superfriends to round up the 3 industrialists who refuse to attend a meeting about pollution. An ecoterrorist named Dr. Pelagian has terrorized these three industrialists in an attempt to frighten them into stopping their polluting. Aquaman decides to investigate the identity of Dr. Pelagian based on a hunch he has about Dr. Ansil Hillbrandt, a brilliant marine biologist and the leading authority on the albatross. Aquaman also decides to search Point Gander, the place where Hillbrandt was last seen, and finds Prof. Hillgrant's driving suit. Later the Junior Super Friends end up meeting with Prof. Ansil Hillbrandt, only to find out he faked his death and took to the sea where he has invented the technology that allows him to communicate with sea creatures and control the sea and the weather.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dr. Pelagian's War sit in the Super Friends guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 16 — hour 5 of 16 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did Super Friends S01E05 air?
Dr. Pelagian's War aired 1973-10-06 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Which Super Friends format do I start with?
Any Hall of Justice roll call. Multiple 1970s–80s revamps change sidekicks and helpers; the cereal-hour Justice League is the constant.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Hall of Justice roll call: Hanna-Barbera's Justice League for the cereal crowd, complete with Wonder Twins, sidekick debates, and toyetic team-ups. DC's heroes as Saturday-morning committee. How a generation first met the capes, before the movies made the lore feel expensive and grim.
Open on a roll call. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and allies defend Earth from weekly villains in moral-clear Saturday animation: Super Friends (1973–1985 on ABC), from Hanna-Barbera's DC partnership with E. Nelson Bridwell and Carmine Infantino in the mix, multiple format revamps through the 1970s and 1980s. Danny Dark's Superman, Olan Soule's Batman, Casey Kasem's Robin, Shannon Farnon's Wonder Woman call the Hall of Justice to order. TroubAlert as design icon. Wonder Twins powers activate discourse; Marvin…
Filed against
- Danny Dark as Superman (voice)
Danny Dark voiced Superman on Super Friends — Hall of Justice roll call, Hanna-Barbera’s Justice League for the cereal crowd, Wonder Twins and toyetic team-ups. DC’s heroes as Saturday-morning committee. TV Flash files him as 1970s…
- Olan Soule as Batman (voice)
Olan Soule voiced Batman on Super Friends, Hanna-Barbera’s 1970s Justice League for the cereal crowd — Hall of Justice roll call, Wonder Twins debates, toyetic team-ups. DC’s capes as Saturday-morning committee. TV Flash files him as the…
- Casey Kasem as Robin (voice)
Casey Kasem’s Shaggy Rogers made Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! a coward’s poetry — 1960s catalog van, snacks, rubber masks, then Super Friends keeping the countdown voice in the Hall of Justice. TV Flash files him as the hunger that unmasked…
- Shannon Farnon as Wonder Woman (voice)
Shannon Farnon voiced Wonder Woman on Super Friends as Hall of Justice roll-call steel — Hanna-Barbera's Justice League for the cereal crowd, Wonder Twins, sidekick debates, toyetic team-ups. DC's heroes as Saturday-morning committee. TV…