The best makeup would probably go to Solomon Grundy who actually did look the part.īut besides the costumes and special effects were the performances themselves, and they also varied quite wildly. Even the sets for the villain and hero lairs were exactly the same set, just dressed slightly differently. Hawkman’s was the most elaborate but his face mask looked like it was made out of construction paper. The costumes themselves were also pretty poor with the majority of the costumes just being a step up from a Halloween store costume. At one point, Green Lantern points the ring at himself and disappears, and it’s very much unclear as to whether he was supposed to be invisible, or teleporting/moving at super speed like the Flash. Green Lantern and Sinestro don’t fare much better with their rings giving off basically animated laser beams.

It doesn’t so much seem like he’s moving fast, but is teleporting.

The Flash’s super speed is represented by having him stand in one place, then disappear in a cheaply animated red dot.

Like everything else involved in this special, it was just a lazy and cheap way to introduce all of the villains who were basically unknown at this point except to comic book fans.Īs far as the characters and their powers go, cheap is the only word that can be used to describe it. The Riddler goes through each of the villains one by one and gives them what’s supposed to be a riddle-like introduction but basically just describes them, followed by the villains saying their name and/or attacking Riddler in order to show off their powers. And while the heroes get an announcer to introduce all of them one by one in an opening credits fashion, the villains go through a comedy sketch style roll call. Sivana, Giganta, Solomon Grundy, Sinestro, and Weather Wizard. And they’re facing off against a group of supervillains that aren’t exactly given a group name that consist of: Frank Gorshin’s Riddler, Mordru, Dr. The basic premise is a classic variety style show that stars the Justice League consisting of: Adam West’s Batman and Burt Ward’s Robin, Green Lantern, The Flash, Hawkman, The Huntress, Captain Marvel, and Black Canary.

Legends of the superheroes 1979