([May] 2009)
DC,
2009 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 12.99 USD; 14.99 CAD
- Pages
- 148
- On-sale Date
- 2009-03-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [swirl]
- ISBN
-
978-1-4012-2156-0
- Barcode
- 9781401221560 51299
- Editing
- Rachel Gluckstern (original series); Bob Joy (collected edition)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- cardstock cover
- Binding
- softcover
- Publishing Format
- collected edition
Issue Notes
Cover and compilation copyright 2009 DC Comics per indicia; reprinted material copyright 2008. Month of release taken from Comiclist website. Real names of characters indexed as presented in Fact Files. J. Bone confirmed by E-mail 2009 April 27 that he colors his covers to this series.
[Front Matter]
credits, title page / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- The title page includes credits, table of contents, and illustration. Its verso has DC Comics masthead and indicia.
Indexer Notes
Illustration taken from Pg. 5 of Sequence 10. Production work is uncredited.
[Super Friends #1]
Super Friends / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; The Flash [Wally West]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #1 (May 2008) [cover, artwork only]
-
Hungry for Power
Super Friends / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Super Friends [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]]; Professor Ivo; Amazo
- Synopsis
- The Super Friends face Professor Ivo and his super-powered android Amazo for the first time.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #1 (May 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is broken into three chapters.
[Be a Super Friend]
Super Friends / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Super Friends [Wonder Woman [Diana]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Wally West]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]]
- Synopsis
- How to be a "Super Friend" in daily life!
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #1 (May 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
The following sequence's word balloons overlap with this one.
Super Friends Secret Code
Super Friends / activity / 0.33 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [John Stewart]
- Synopsis
- "If you're a Super Friend, you'll need the Super Friends code," says GL.
Indexer Notes
Code presented here is the key to deciphering messages at the end of each story in this book.
[Super Friends #2]
Super Friends / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #2 (June 2008) [artwork only]
-
Dinosaur Round-Up
Super Friends / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Super Friends [Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]]; Dr. Nichols; Dr. Hunter; Dr. Hyatt; Lois Lane; Alfred Pennyworth (cameo)
- Synopsis
- As Lois Lane and Clark Kent discuss the day's lack of news, dinosaurs escape a time portal created at STAR Labs.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #2 (June 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is broken into three chapters.
[Super Friends #3]
Super Friends / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Felix Faust (eyes and hands only); Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West] (all as puppets)
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #3 (July 2008) [artwork only]
-
Wanted: The Super Friends
Super Friends / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Super Friends [Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]]; Felix Faust
- Synopsis
- The Super Friends must figure out how to defeat Felix Faust while under his spell.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #3 (July 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is broken into three chapters. A little boy called Luke by his parents is nicknamed "Snapper" by Superman in an homage to the mainstream Justice League's sidekick Lucas "Snapper" Carr.
[Super Friends #4]
Super Friends / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; The Flash [Wally West]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #4 (August 2008) [artwork only]
-
April Fools
Super Friends / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Dario Brizuela
- Inks
- Dario Brizuela
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- Randolph Gentile
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Super Friends [Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]]; The Jesters' League of America [The Joker; Harley Quinn; The Prankster; The Trickster; Punch; Jewelee] (first appearance as team)
- Synopsis
- Six gag-oriented supervillains team up as The Jesters' League of America.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #4 (August 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is broken into three chapters.
[Super Friends #5]
Super Friends / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent] (as gorilla); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (as gibbon); Wonder Woman [Diana] (as bonobo); The Flash [Wally West] (as patas monkey); Green Lantern [John Stewart] (as chimpanzee); Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry] (as proboscis monkey)
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #5 (September 2008) [artwork only]
-
Monkey Business
Super Friends / illustration / 17 pages
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Stewart McKenny
- Inks
- Phil Moy; Mike DeCarlo
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- Travis Lanham
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Super Friends [Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]]; King Solovar; other denizens of Gorilla City; Grodd [Super-Gorilla Grodd]
- Synopsis
- King Solovar calls the Super Friends to Gorilla City when all the people on Earth turn into simians and the apes become humans.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #5 (September 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is broken into three chapters. A cartoonist named Sam and a detective called Bobo turn into an ape and a chimp in homages to Sam Simeon (of Angel and the Ape) and Bobo the Detective Chimp.
[Super Friends #6]
Super Friends / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Wally West]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #6 (October 2008) [artwork only]
-
Challenge of the Super Friends
Super Friends / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Dario Brizuela
- Inks
- Dario Brizuela
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- Randolph Gentile
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Super Friends [Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]]; Felix Faust (cameo);The Joker (cameo); Professor Ivo (cameo); The Key
- Synopsis
- When the Super Friends hold a contest to escape from personalized super-traps for charity, The Key tries to trap them indefinitely.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #6 (October 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is broken into three chapters.
[Super Friends #7]
Super Friends / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #7 [Direct Sales] (November 2008) [artwork only]
-
Just My Luck
Super Friends / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Super Friends [Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]]; Amos Fortune
- Synopsis
- The Super Friends help kids in a skateboarding competition overcome improbabilities brought on by the cheating Amos Fortune.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #7 (November 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is broken into three chapters.
[Super Friends Membership Card]
Super Friends / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Dario Brizuela
- Inks
- Dario Brizuela
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- Randolph Gentile; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; The Flash [Wally West]; Super Friends [Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry] (head shots only)]
- Synopsis
- Readers are instructed to cut out and assemble a Super Friends membership badge.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #4 (August 2008)
-
[Certificate of Membership]
Super Friends / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Joe Staton
- Inks
- Horacio Ottolini
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- Rob Clark Jr.; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Super Friends [Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry] (head shots only)]
- Synopsis
- GL and Aquaman present readers with a certificate of membership.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #2 (June 2008)
-
And Now a Word from The Super Friends...
Super Friends / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Dario Brizuela
- Inks
- Dario Brizuela
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- Randolph Gentile; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Super Friends [Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]]
- Synopsis
- The Super Friends thank us for reading and ask if we can spot mementos from the preceding stories in their trophy room.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #6 (October 2008)
-
Super Friends Fact File: Superman
Super Friends / character profile / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]
- Synopsis
- Superman's secret identity, origin, powers, and weaknesses are provided.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #1 (May 2008)
-
Help Superman Come to Earth!
Super Friends / activity / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Synopsis
- Readers are presented with a maze of Superman's rocket en route to Earth.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #1 (May 2008)
-
Make Your Own Finger Puppets!
Super Friends / activity / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Super Friends [Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry] (images only)]; Felix Faust
- Synopsis
- Felix Faust instructs readers on how to cut out and assemble Super Friends finger puppets.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #3 (July 2008)
-
[Super Friends Fact File: Wonder Woman]
Super Friends / character profile / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana]; Amazons [three, unnamed]
- Synopsis
- Wonder Woman's secret identity, origin, powers, tools, and weaknesses are provided.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #3 (July 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Headline actually reads "Wonder Super Friends Fact File: Wonder Woman", but it is likely an error given other typos in the sequence. This and following sequence are unified by design and an overlapping panel.
Wonder Words
Super Friends / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Stewart McKenny
- Inks
- Phil Moy
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- Randolph Gentile; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana]
- Synopsis
- Wonder Woman presents readers with a word scramble.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #3 (July 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
This and preceding sequence are unified by design and an overlapping panel.
Make Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane
Super Friends / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Dario Brizuela
- Inks
- Dario Brizuela
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- Randolph Gentile; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Wonder Woman [Diana] (image only)
- Synopsis
- Readers are presented with a cutout and instructions on assembling a paper plane.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #6 (October 2008)
-
Super Friends Fact File: The Batman
Super Friends / character profile / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (presumed)
- Synopsis
- Batman's secret identity, origin, abilities, and weaknesses are provided.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #2 (June 2008)
-
Batman's Crime Lab
Super Friends / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Joe Staton
- Inks
- Horacio Ottolini
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- Rob Clark Jr.; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Synopsis
- Batman challenges readers to spot the differences between pictures.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #2 (June 2008)
-
[Super Friends Fact File: Green Lantern]
Super Friends / character profile / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Guardians of the Universe [one, unnamed]
- Synopsis
- Green Lantern's secret identity, origin, powers, and weaknesses are provided.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #4 (August 2008)
-
Wacky Wordplay
Super Friends / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Dario Brizuela
- Inks
- Dario Brizuela
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- Randolph Gentile; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Joker
- Synopsis
- The Joker instructs readers to have a friend name seven funny words and insert them into Green Lantern's oath.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #4 (August 2008)
-
Make a Super Friends Door Hanger
Super Friends / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Stewart McKenny
- Inks
- Phil Moy; Mike DeCarlo
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- Travis Lanham; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Woman [Diana]; Super Friends [Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry] (images only)]
- Synopsis
- Wonder Woman presents instructions on how to cut out and assemble a Super Friends door hanger.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #5 (September 2008)
-
Super Friends Fact File: Aquaman
Super Friends / character profile / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]
- Synopsis
- Aquaman's secret identity, origin, powers, and weaknesses are provided.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #6 (October 2008)
-
Swim Twins
Super Friends / activity / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]
- Synopsis
- Aquaman challenges readers to spot which fish are the same.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #6 (October 2008)
-
Race to the Rescue
Super Friends / activity / 2 pages
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Dario Brizuela
- Inks
- Dario Brizuela
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- Travis Lanham; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Super Friends [Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]]; The Key; Amos Fortune; Felix Faust; Amazo; The Joker
- Synopsis
- Readers are presented with a board game and cutout pieces.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #7 (November 2008)
-
Super Friends Fact File: The Flash
Super Friends / character profile / 0.5 page
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Stewart McKenny
- Inks
- Phil Moy; Mike DeCarlo
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Wally West; Kid Flash]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; The Flash [Barry Allen]
- Synopsis
- The Flash's secret identity, powers, and origin are provided.
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #5 (September 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
This and following sequence are unified by design and overlapping word balloons.
Super-Speed
Super Friends / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Sholly Fisch
- Pencils
- Stewart McKenny
- Inks
- Phil Moy; Mike DeCarlo
- Colors
- Heroic Age
- Letters
- Travis Lanham; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Wally West]
- Synopsis
- The Flash challenges readers to find as many words in possible using the letters in "super-speed".
- Reprints
- from Super Friends (DC, 2008 series) #5 (September 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
This and preceding sequence are unified by design and overlapping word balloons.
Busting Out of Your Toy Box to Save the World!
Super Friends / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
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Table of Contents
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0.
Based on the Toy Line from Mattel!
Super Friends -
1.
[Inside Covers]
-
2.
[Front Matter]
-
3.
[Super Friends #1]
Super Friends -
4.
Hungry for Power
Super Friends -
5.
[Be a Super Friend]
Super Friends -
6.
Super Friends Secret Code
Super Friends -
7.
[Super Friends #2]
Super Friends -
8.
Dinosaur Round-Up
Super Friends -
9.
[Super Friends #3]
Super Friends -
10.
Wanted: The Super Friends
Super Friends -
11.
[Super Friends #4]
Super Friends -
12.
April Fools
Super Friends -
13.
[Super Friends #5]
Super Friends -
14.
Monkey Business
Super Friends -
15.
[Super Friends #6]
Super Friends -
16.
Challenge of the Super Friends
Super Friends -
17.
[Super Friends #7]
Super Friends -
18.
Just My Luck
Super Friends -
19.
[Super Friends Membership Card]
Super Friends -
20.
[Certificate of Membership]
Super Friends -
21.
And Now a Word from The Super Friends...
Super Friends -
22.
Super Friends Fact File: Superman
Super Friends -
23.
Help Superman Come to Earth!
Super Friends -
24.
Make Your Own Finger Puppets!
Super Friends -
25.
[Super Friends Fact File: Wonder Woman]
Super Friends -
26.
Wonder Words
Super Friends -
27.
Make Wonder Woman's Invisible Plane
Super Friends -
28.
Super Friends Fact File: The Batman
Super Friends -
29.
Batman's Crime Lab
Super Friends -
30.
[Super Friends Fact File: Green Lantern]
Super Friends -
31.
Wacky Wordplay
Super Friends -
32.
Make a Super Friends Door Hanger
Super Friends -
33.
Super Friends Fact File: Aquaman
Super Friends -
34.
Swim Twins
Super Friends -
35.
Race to the Rescue
Super Friends -
36.
Super Friends Fact File: The Flash
Super Friends -
37.
Super-Speed
Super Friends -
38.
Busting Out of Your Toy Box to Save the World!
Super Friends
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