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"Masquerade of Madness!": At a Halloween costume party in Gotham, the Wonder Twins Zan and Jayna use their powers to disguise themselves as a black cat and the Abominable Snowman, while Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson attend as Batman and Robin. To transform into a wolfman, Jimmy Olsen has used

Quote1 He's as strong as I am! Faust's magic has made this fellow into a perfect copy of the real Bizarro! Quote2
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Super Friends #28 is an issue of the series Super Friends (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1980. It was published on October 25, 1979.

Synopsis for "Masquerade of Madness!"

At a Halloween costume party in Gotham, the Wonder Twins Zan and Jayna use their powers to disguise themselves as a black cat and the Abominable Snowman, while Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson attend as Batman and Robin. To transform into a wolfman, Jimmy Olsen has used a magical potion, the effects of which can be undone with a kiss from Jayna after she reverts to her natural form. At the toll of midnight, the partygoers attempt to unmask themselves only to find they cannot remove their costumes, including the Wonder Twins who are unable to transform back into their bodies. The villainous sorcerer Felix Faust announces his responsibility, and demands that the wealthy guests turn over valuable jewels in their possession if they wish to regain their identities. Batman and Robin spring into action against Faust, who commands them with his magic to leap past him through a wall.

He similarly paralyzes the rest of his hostages, save Jimmy Olsen, immune to his magic because his transformation is not a costume, who fled with the Wonder Twins at the sight of Faust to escape the range of his spells. Managing a partial transformation into a bat, Jayna flies off to get help from Wonder Woman and Aquaman while Olsen uses his signal watch to summon Superman. The gathered heroes join up with Batman and Robin to confront Faust, who grants partygoers dressed as Solomon Grundy, Bizarro, Swamp Thing, Man-Bat, and the Demon powers to match, and sets them against the Super Friends. Though Batman, Superman, Aquaman, and Robin are unable to overcome the false Grundy, Bizarro, Swamp Thing, and Man-Bat, Wonder Woman's lasso of truth allows "the Demon" to regain his senses, and Olsen, Jayna, and Zan—half-transformed into an "ice-skeleton" and wearing a curtain as a robe in the likeness of Death—take Faust by surprise. With the villain rendered unconscious by a punch from Olsen, the spell is broken and the attendees return to their own identities, including Olsen with the restored Jayna's kiss, while Batman is asked the whereabouts of Wayne and Grayson from their dates.

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  • Felix Faust (First appearance)
    • Bizarro II (Single appearance)
    • Etrigan (Single appearance)
    • Man-Bat (Single appearance)
    • Solomon Grundy II (Single appearance)
    • Swamp Thing (Single appearance)

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