In the episode "Universe of Evil", the evil Super Enemies from a parallel universe meet in a " Hall of Evil". However, the building remained the headquarters of the superhero team throughout several renames of the show. īy the mid-1980s, The Hall of Justice had a major remodel, larger and more dome-like, with a general pentagon shape, although the entrance resembled the earlier version at the same time the Super Friends changed their superhero team moniker to the Super Powers Team. The Hall also contains the TroublAlert, a computerized monitoring station that would warn the heroes of a new threat, voiced by Casey Kasem, and another giant computer that the Super Friends use to analyze clues. A main feature of the building is a large central meeting room with a round table surrounded by chairs for the members of the Justice League to meet and confer. Wonder Woman's Invisible Jet and the Batmobile would often be spotted resting on the front lawn, near the large fountain and sculpture that were ever present. The Hall serves as the central meeting point for the Super Friends, and was therefore a primary location for narrative exposition in most episodes of the show the narrator would typically introduce scene changes to events occurring at the Hall with the phrase, voiced by narrator Ted Knight, "Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice.", which became a meme in itself. The Hall appeared in the very first episode of the Super Friends series, which premiered on September 8, 1973. I had nightmares about that damn building". Gmuer later commented of the animated Hall of Justice: "In the long run, I hated that building.The way it's designed, it was not easy to draw. Cincinnati was also where Hanna-Barbera's corporate parent of the time, Taft Broadcasting, happened to be based. This is flanked by square towers, equal in height to the dome (unlike the much shorter flanking elements of the Union Terminal). Like the Union Terminal, the facade of the Hall of Justice is a monumental semicircle, with a half-circle of windows divided vertically by mullions, and a horizontal marquee running the length of the beneath the windows. Gmuer "sketched out a building that almost resembled the finished product", and gave the sketch to the network, "where it was turned into the Union Terminal look-a-like that's known today". Gmuer apparently modeled the fortress after the art deco Union Terminal in Cincinnati, Ohio, a train station turned museum. The task was assigned to Al Gmuer, background supervisor for Hanna-Barbera for more than 30 years, with a knowledge of architecture. The producers of the series "wanted a grand headquarters for their heroes". In 1973, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) acquired rights to the DC Comics characters and partnered with animation company Hanna-Barbera to adapt the Justice League of America comic book for television, changing the name to the Super Friends, and adapting various elements of the comics to be more family-friendly.
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