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The Challenge Legends of the Super-Heroes Season 1, episode 1 Television » Other Previous episode N/A Next episode The Roast Creators Directors(s) Bill Carruthers, Chris Darley Writer(s) Mike Marmer, Chris Darley

Story Synopsis

TV listing

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Expanded synopsis

The Super-Villains have created a bomb in order to destroy the world. Oddly enough, they're not planning to ask for any ransom, and are apparently unconcerned about how they will themselves escape. During the course of the program, the Super-Villains rob the Super-Heroes of their powers, via Mordru's magical potion. The Super-Heroes track down the Super-Villains at their lair through a maze of transparent schemes to stall them and idiotic sight gags. Then in somewhat tired fashion they subdue the Super-Villians (who have by this time stupidly drank some of the very potion they used to de-power the Super-Heroes), and shut off the doomsday device to canned cheers & applause. [1]

• Friends: Captain Marvel, Black Canary, The Flash, The (Earth-2) Huntress, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Batman, and Robin.
• Foes: Weather Wizard, Giganta, Sinestro, Mordru, Riddler, Dr. Sivana, and Solomon Grundy.
• Created just for this series: Retired Man

Cast

Legionnaires

No Legionnaires appear in the episode.

Villains

Although other villains appear in this episode, only Mordru's appearance is of interest.

• Mordru

Other Characters

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Miscellaneous

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Locations

• 20th century Metropolis

Trivia about the episode

• This is part 1 of a 2-part live-action series.
• Mordru's appearance here is non-canonical. The episode does not explain how he got to the 20th century or what he is doing there.
• The episode contains a chase sequence where Batman chases Mordru on jet-skis in a lake.
• Original air date: February 3 1979 on NBC

Quotes

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DVD Information

Not available

External Links

• Legends of the Super-Heroes! In lurid videotape!
• IMDB series listing
• Movie Poop Shoot's review (with pictures).
• Video clip on YouTube