Legend Of The Superheroes 1979
Batman and robin adam west and burt ward of the live action batman tv series lead the flash green lantern and more jla members against the riddler frank gorshin reprising his.
Legend of the superheroes 1979. The challenge an hourlong special in which adam west burt ward and frank gorshin reprised their batman robin and riddler roles from. The challenge 1979 the superheroes must race against time to stop the diabolical supervillians plot to destroy the world. In fact they called themselves the legion of doom featuring sinestro riddler weather wizard mordru solomon grundy and dr. Heroes and villains of dc comics square off in the two part live action made for tv with a laugh track smack downs of legends of the super heroes.
The roast 1979 the superheroes pay tribute to batman and robin in the form of a roast which even the villains attend. Featuring the voices of the 1960s batman series stars adam west burt ward and frank gorshin as well as laugh in star ruth buzzi. In the second episode legends of the superheroes. Legends of the superheroes is an umbrella title for two 60 minute live action television specials produced by hanna barbera productions that aired on nbc on january 18 and 25 1979.
S1 e1 in a two part all action all adventure and part time comedy special many of the greatest superheroes of the dc comics pantheon team up to take down some of their long running enemies then stop for a celebrity roast held in honor of batman. In the first episode legends of the superheroes. Cast list adam west as batman both specials burt ward as robin both specials william schallert as retired man scarlet cyclone both specials mickey morton as solomon grundy both specials jeff altman as weather wizard both specials charlie callas as sinestro both specials howard murphy as. The adventures of many of dc comics greatest superheroes and villains.
After having conquered the world of animation and having created some of the most memorable and popular cartoon characters. On january 18 1979 nbc aired legends of the superheroes. Now for me it wasn t so much the super heroes that caught my attention in 1979 as it was the announcement of a group of super villains making appearance.