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| Issue (Date) | Sequence of Events |
|---|---|
| Limited Collectors' Edition C-41(1976) | Wendy and Marvin meet the JLA at the Hall of Justice. All current Leaguers appear (through Red Tornado). They show them trophies and figures of their allies (J'Onn, Batgirl, Supergirl, Zatanna, Metamorpho, Hawkgirl, Plastic Man). NOTE: Cover by Alex Ross, after original Alex Toth artwork. |
| Super Friends #1 (11.76) | Robin accompanies Wendy and Marvin to the Hall of Justice. The Hall was "established for training young people who want to make crimefighting their career!" The Super Foes: Penguin, Toyman, Poison Ivy, Cheetah and the Human Flying Fish take on wards of their own (Chick, Toyboy, Honeysuckle, Kitten & Sardine). Chick and Kitten reform when they see the promise held in the Hall of Justice for good-doers. NOTES: It's made very clear that the Super Friends are sort of a volunteer organization, but that the heroes who participate are still JLA members, too. It is also made clear that Robin is not a JLAer. Bridwell also tells Wendy and Marvin's origins in the letter column of this issue (see Profile). The Human Flying Fish only had one previous appearance: Adventure #272 |
| Super Friends #2 (12.76) | The Super Foes invade the Hall of Justice with Chick's help. When Wonder Dog teleports to the JLA satellite, Flash calls the Super Friends. Krypto translates Wonder's message. On Paradise Island, Queen Hippolyte sees a vision wherein Wendy and Marvin are the only ones who can save the Earth. |
| Super Friends #3 (2.77) | Versus the Dr. Ihdrom, who forms the World Beater from the bodies of many small-time super-villains. Guest stars: the JLA. Note: In the letter column, the editor explains why those five heroes were chosen for the Super Friends: they'd all trained for heroing since childhood. |
| Super Friends #4 (4.77) | Versus the Riddler and Skyrocket. NOTES: In the letter column a reader comments how well E. Nelson Bridwell adheres to other DC continuity. The editor says nothing to deny that suggest that Super Friends is outside regular continuity. |
| Super Friends #5 (6.77) | Versus Greenback. Bruce Wayne makes a charitable donation to a Super Friends telethon. One of his motivations? A heft donation from a business competitor Anthony Stark. NOTES: Wendy and Marvin demonstrate full knowledge of the Super Friends' secret identities. The editor hints at the imminent debut of the Wonder Twins. |
| Super Friends #6 (8.77) | Versus the Menagerie Man. Wendy and Marvin pass a test set by the Super Friends to solve a real case and thus, they "graduate." and are offered a chance to work with the JLA. GUEST STAR: The Atom. NOTE: Robin mentions the band Great Frog (with Speedy and Mal Duncan). |
| Super Friends #7 (9.77) | 1st app. of Zan, Jayna and Gleek, runaways from Exor. Wendy and Marvin discover their crashed ship and speak to them in Interlac. The Wonder Twins warn of bombs planted on Earth by Grax. Wendy and Marvin suggest that the whole JLA work with local heroes to find all the bombs. 1st apps. of Godiva, Impala, Owlwoman & Seraph. Notes: Robin is said to be busy in Teen Titans #50-52 and the JLA in #147-148.Grax first appeared in Superman #??. |
| Super Friends #8 (10.77) | 1st apps. of Bushmaster, Jack O'Lantern, Rising Sun, Tuatara & Thunderlord. NOTE: Red Tornado refers to events in JLofA #146. |
| Super Friends #9 (12.77) | 1st apps. of Icemaiden, Little Mermaid, Olympian & Tasmanian Devil. Wendy and Marvin are awarded super-hero status and officially graduate. They choose not to be heroes, but attend college. Zan and Jayna take their places to learn "Super Hero Academy." NOTE: Zan and Jayna's creation is credited to Norm Maurer who worked on the cartoon. |
| Super Friends #12 | With TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite! |
| Super Friends #13 (9.78) | Dr. Mist calls the Super Friends to defeat the Mindless Immortal. NOTES: The Immortal was inspired by the She novels of H. Rider Haggard. |
| Super Friends #14 (11.78) | Versus the Elementals: Salamander Sylph, Gnome and Undine--controlled by the Overlord. Origin of Zan and Jayna, orphans oddity shape shifters rare on Exor. They escaped. NOTES: Batman's appearance is noted to be concurrent with Detective #476. The letter column gives the history of the aristocrats in this story: Queen Astrid from Secret Six #5; Prince Ali from Lois Lane #58; Solovar from Flash #106; Princess Evalina in Batman Family #5; Prince Mark from Adventure #303; and Vulko, made King of Atlantis in Adventure #448. |
| Super Friends #15 (12.78) | The Elementals help defeat the Overlord (Sandro Fane). After, his henchman assumes the role of Overlord. |
| Super Friends #17 (2.79) | The Time Trapper uses Professor Cartern Nicols' time machine to send Jayna to Krypton's doomsday, and Zan to the future on Neryla-IV. NOTE: Prof. Nicols first appeared in ??; he is Zan and Jayna's guardian. There is a mention of Mon-El's meeting with Jor-El (Superboy #89). Julius Schwartz becomes the new editor. |
| Super Friends #19 (4.79) | The Menagerie Man captures Gleek. |
| Super Friends #21 (6.79) | After the Super Friends' help, Illik and the High Counselor of Exor free Zan and Jayna from their guardian, Dentwil, and they return to Earth. |
| Super Friends #22 (7.79) | Versus Chronos. |
| Super Friends #23 (8.79) | Versus Mirror Master. Zan and Jayna attend Gotham Central High, posing as exchange students. Jayna uses her power to simply transform into Joanna Fleming. GUEST STAR: Flash. |
| Super Friends #24 (9.79) | The Super Friends discover an ancient pyramid housing Exorians fugitives Zond and Zhandra. The pair resemble the Wondertwins; they share ancestors. The fugitives are returned to Exor for justice. |
| Super Friends #27 (12.79) | Versus aliens who seek to steal Poseidonis. GUEST STARS: Mera and Aqualad. NOTE: I own a piece of original comic art from this issue. |
| Super Friends #28 (1.80) | Versus Felix Faust. GUEST STAR: Jimmy Olsen. |
| Super Friends #29 (2.80) | Versus the armies of Trovaik. Zan and Jayna cover their secret identities at school by explaining their accent is Swedish, they come from a town called Eksjö (Exor), and their real first names are Johan and Johanna. |
| Super Friends #30 (3.80) | Professor Nichols is transformed into a gorilla by Grodd and his cohort, Giganta (who'd escaped from the Amazons' Reform Island). NOTE: This is Giganta's first Earth-1 appearance; she'd last appeared in Wonder Woman #168 (2.67). |
| Super Friends #33 (6.80) | Jayna becomes the prisoners of the Menagerie Man. She escapes with the help of Hawkman's feathered freind, Big Red. |
| Super Friends #35 (8.80) | Versus circus robbers. NOTES: Zan and Jayna take the aliases John and Joanna Fleming. |
| Super Friends #36 (9.80) | In Chief Barner's office, Plastic Man (with Woozy Winks) is set on the trail of Warhead. Plas leaves Woozy behind, and goes undercover in Gotham City as Eel O'Brian. With Batman supposedly out of town, Plas meets Robin instead. As O'Brian, he also meets Matches Malone (Batman), but each of them knows the others' secret identity. The Wonder Twins meet an astral alien who explores new worlds by inhabiting others. NOTES: A henchman remarks that the Titans have disbanded. |
| Super Friends #37 (10.80) | Versus Weather Wizard. GUEST STAR: Supergirl. Backup story: Jack O'Lantern. |
| Super Friends #38 (11.80) | Versus Grax. Backup story: Seraph. |
| Super Friends #39 (12.80) | The Overlord clones a "son," Futurio. Backup story: The Wondertwins double date at the nightclub, Jabberwock. |
| Super Friends #44 (5.81) | Versus Yarq of Exor. Cameo: Green Fury. Backup story: Jack O'Lantern. |
| Super Friends #45 (6.81) | 1st app. of Wild Hunstman. |
| Super Friends #46 (7.81) | Dr. Mist enlists Olympian and Wild Hunstman to free the World Beater, Time Trapper, Hector Hammond and Sinestro from the Conqueror. Backup: Seraph. |
| Super Friends #47 (8.81) | Green Fury demonstrates her "dazzle power," which shoots illusion-casting sparks from her eyes. NOTE: Last issue. |