All-New Super Friends Hour: The Brain Machine

"The Brain Machine" is the title to the first vignette from the first episode of the All-New Super Friends Hour animated television series by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series is based on characters featured in comic books published by DC Comics. The episode was directed by Charles A. Nichols with a story crafted by an ensemble team consisting of Dick Conway, Willie Gilbert, Owen Harris, Elana Lesser, Duane Poole, Dick Robbins, Cliff Ruby and John Strong. This episode was written by Jeffrey Scott. The episode first aired on ABC on Saturday morning, September 10th 1977.

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Notes & Trivia

 * This is the first episode of the series. It is the first of four vignettes in the entire episode.


 * Writer Orville H. Hampton is credited as Owen Harris in this episode.


 * This is the first, and to date, the only known appearance of Doctor Cranium. With a name like that, you know that he was destined to become a super-villain with an over-sized head.