Super Friends #11

Here's a standout issue from DC's 1978 Saturday-morning tie-in series, with cover art by Ramona Fradon and Bob Smith putting the full Super Friends lineup — Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Robin, Aquaman, and the Wonder Twins — in genuine peril inside what appears to be the United Nations chamber. The cover's villain, the Kingslayer, looms large in the foreground alongside armed henchmen, their weapons trained on our heroes while the ominous caption warns that even the Super Friends may not be able to save the world's trapped kings. It's a tense, high-stakes image that captures exactly why this series was appointment viewing — and reading — for young fans in 1978.