Twice-Told-Tales: The Penguin versus the Super Squad and Super Friends

In an interesting bit of cramped chronology, the Penguin of Earth-One had two nearly concurrent appearances. In each, he battled members of the Super Squad on Earth-Two and the Super Friends on his own, working alongside fellow fiends.

In October 1976, the Penguin was among the supervillians of three parallel planets recruited by King Kull for his war against humanity. Meanwhile, the three World's Greatest Heroes were summoned to the interdimensional headquarters of the former Crime Champion. There teams were the Justice League, Justice Society and Squadron of Justice. Members of each team were paired with one another, with select mini-teams sent to Earths Two, S and One. Included in this was the Justice Society's Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman.

Then in November 1976, the Penguin quickly reappeared with a new team of costumed criminals, the Super Foes. This was in response to the Super Friends, a group consisting of four Justice Leaguers and a Teen Titan, training younger aspiring heroes. Imitating their example, the five Fiends each selected a sidekick, with Penguin's being the lad named Chick (his counterpart on Earth-Two was a recluctant teenager who rejected that world's Penguin). The Super Friends consisted of Leaguers Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and the Titan Robin.

While neither the Earth-Two Superman nor Aquaman were present during this "Crisis on Three Earths", the former was in semi-retirement while the latter passed away a few years before. However, the Earth-One Superman substituted for his doppleganger, working alongside the Society's Wonder Woman, the League's Green Arrow and the Squadron's Spy Smasher. During an epic fight on the island of Atlantis, Wonder Woman encountered her old adversary, Queen Clea (an Atlantean royal filling it for King Aquaman) who sought to regain her throne using a brainwashed Superman. The heroes were able to overpower the villians, with Green Arrow's archery outmanuevering Penguins trick umbrellas.

Around the same time, the Earth-Two Batman and Robin journeyed to Earth-S, teaming up with Mister Scarlet and Pinky to battle the Dynamic Duo's arch-enemy the Joker as well as Scarlet's old adversary, the Weeper. Back over on Earth-One, a month later, Batman tackled Penguin while Robin cornered Poison Ivy. Wonder Woman dealt with her enemy the Cheetah, while Superman faced off with Toyman and Aquaman dealt with the Human Flying Fish. In the end, it was the Foes' and the Friends' young trainees who helped vanquish Penguin and his four fellow felons.