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DC Super Friends: 5-Minute Stories is a collection of comics based on DC Comics superheros. The following comics are in it:

  • Heroes United! (2008)
  • T. Rex Trouble! (2011)
  • Joker's Joyride (2012)
  • Going Bananas (2009)
  • Battle In Space! (2015)
  • Crime Wave! (2012)
  • Monster Madness! (2011)
  • Attack Of The Robot! (2008)
  • Green Lantern Vs. The Meteor Monster! (2011)
  • Riddle Me This! (2010)


These comics provide examples of:

  • The Beastmaster: Black Manta had controll of several sea creatures in Crime Wave!, unfortunately for him Aquaman managed to convince a giant octopus to switch sides.
  • The Collector: Brainiac tries to add Superman to his collection of unique beings in Battle In Space!
  • Debut Queue: Pretty much the entire purpose of Heroes United! is to introduce the heroes.
  • Eye Beams: Superman and Black Manta as usual.
  • Faceship: The Jokermobile in Joker's Joyride is clearly designed to have one.
  • Facial Horror: Two-Face as per the norm.
  • Fighting in the Playground: Happens in Attack Of The Robot!
  • For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself: Subverted, in Monster Madness!; in which the Super Friends are dressed as themselves in a costume party, it's implied that everyone knows that the costumed heroes are the actual heroes. In fact since the Scarecrow went to the party for them knowing that the Super Friends would be there, they might not have even been hiding.
  • Fossil Revival: In T. Rex Trouble! Lex Luthor revives a T. rex, a Triceratops, and a pteranodon.
  • Mecha-Mooks: Brainiac has one in Battle In Space!
  • Mind Manipulation: Through the use of a mirror-amplified light show in Riddle Me This! the Riddler was able to gain control of Superman, one of the Green Lanterns (John Stewart) and Aquaman.
  • Mischief-Making Monkey: The magically made gorillas in Going Bananas are portrayed as more mischievous and fun loving than evil or dangerous.
  • Monster Is a Mommy: Inverted, the meteor monster in Green Lantern Vs. The Meteor Monster! is just a baby and in the end is returned to his parents.
  • Ring of Power: The Green Lanterns have them.
  • Super-Speed: The Flash as usual.
  • Thememobile: The Batmobile. There's also a Jokermobile present in Joker's Joyride.


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