The Marvel Super Heroes
| The Marvel Super Heroes | |
|---|---|
Thor from 1966 | |
| Created by | Ralph Bakshi Steve Ditko Jack Kirby Stan Lee |
| Starring | Arthur Pierce John Vernon Chris Wiggins Peg Dixon |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 Minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Release | 1966 – ??? |
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A cartoon series from 1966 featuring five of the most popular super heroes from Marvel Comics: The Mighty Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, and The Sub-Mariner, each of whom is the star of 13 episodes, making a total of 65 episodes. Each episode was divided into three seven-minute segments separated by a short description of one of the other four heroes featured in the series.
Despite in being in color, it is still known for having very poor animation even for the low standard of the period. Owing to the short production time available before the new season, the animation was produced by xerography. The animation consisted of photocopied images taken directly from the comics in question and manipulated to minimize the need for animation as much as possible. The cartoons were made as a series of static comic-strip panel images, and only the lips of those speaking moved. Animation fans condemned the production as shoddy and cut rate while others defended it by noting that the series used the original stories largely in their entirity.
Theme songs
Meet the bulky, kinda sulky, kinda hulky super hero.
Altruistic and electrically transistored super hero.
An exotically neurotic and aquatic super hero.
The Marvel superheroes have arrived!
Superpowered from their foreheads to their toes,
Watch them change their very shape before your nose.
See a cane-striking super hero change to Viking super hero.
A humdingin', real swingin', shield-flingin' super hero.
They're the latest, they're the greatest, ultimatest super heroes.
The Marvel superheroes have arrived!
End Theme: Merry Marvel Marching Society
Stand a little straighter.
Walk a little prouder.
Be an innovator.
Laugh a little louder.
Grow forever greater.
We can show you how to.
And where will you be then?
You belong, you belong,
you belong, you belong,
to the Merry Marvel Marching Society.
March along, march along,
march along to the song
of the Merry Marvel Marching Society.
If you growl, if you grown
with a down sour outlook,
if you howl, if you moan,
you can lose your sour grout
by keeping trim and in step
with the vim and the pep
of the Meery Marvel Marching Society.
Be an early riser.
Strive to be ambitious.
Speak a little wiser.
Try to be judicious.
Be a good advisor,
never ever vicious.
Where will you be then?
Face front...
Lift your head...
You're on the winning team...
Nuff Said!
You belong, you belong,
you belong, you belong
to the Merry Marvel Marching Society.
March along, march along,
march along to the song
of the Merry Marvel Marching Society.
If you growl, if you groan,
and your star is nearly zero,
do not howl, do not moan,
you can be a superhero,
marching right along
to the fighting song
of the Merry Marvel Marching Society.
The Hulk
Doc Bruce Banner,
Belted by gamma rays,
Turned into the Hulk.
Ain't he unglamou-rays!
Wreckin' the town
With the power of a bull,
Ain't no monster clown
Who is that lovable?
It's ever lovin' Hulk! HULK!! HULK!!"
The Sub-Mariner
Stronger than a whale
He can swim anywhere
He can breathe under water
and go flying through the air
The Noble Sub Mariner
Prince of the deep
So, beware you deadly demons
Lord Namor of Atlantis,
is the Prince of the Deep.
The Mighty Thor
Cross the Rainbow Bridge of Asgard,
Where the booming heavens roar,
You'll behold in breathless wonder
The God of Thunder, Mighty Thor!
Iron Man
Tony Stark
Makes you feel
He's a cool exec
With a heart of steel.
As Iron Man,
All jets ablaze,
He fights and smites
With repulsor rays!
Amazing armor!
Iron Man!
A blaze of power!
Iron Man!
Captain America
When Captain America throws his mighty shield,
All those who chose oppose his shield must yield.
If he's led to a fight and a duel is due,
Then the red and the white and the blue'll come through.
When Captain America throws his mighty shield!
Programming Schedule
- Monday: Captain America
- Tuesday: The Invincible Iron Man
- Wednesday: The Incredible Hulk
- Thursday: The Mighty Thor
- Friday: Namor, the Sub-Mariner
Trivia
- The original X-Men line-up (Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, and Marvel Girl) made an appearance in one of the Sub-Mariner episodes (the first part of Doctor Doom's Day). The story was essentially an adaption of a Fantastic Four storyline. But since, Grantray-Lawrence Animation didn't have the rights to the Fantastic Four, they subsituted them with the X-Men. Interestingly enough, the X-Men were never referred to as the X-Men. They were instead, referred to as Allies for Peace. The characters kept their original looks and individual names from the comics though.
Cast
- Peg Dixon: Betty Ross, Pepper Potts, Lady Dorma, Nurse Jane Foster, various.
- Paul Kligman: Various.
- Arthur Pierce: Captain America, various.
- Paul Soles: Various.
- John Vernon: The Sub-Mariner, Iron Man/Tony Stark, Maj. Glenn Talbot, various.
- Chris Wiggins: Thor, various.
- Max Ferguson: The Hulk
- Bernard Cowan: Narrator
External links
- Internet Movie Database
- TV.com
- Theme song MP3s
- International Catalogue of Superheroes
- Marvel Superheroes:The Amazing Spider-Man
- Marvel Superheroes: Captain America
- Marvel Superheroes: Incredible Hulk
- Marvel Superheroes: Iron Man
- Marvel Superheroes: Submariner
- Marvel Superheroes: Mighty Thor
- The 3B Theater: The Sub-Mariner!
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