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Godzilla (1978 TV Series)
''Godzilla'' is an American animated monster television series produced by Hanna-Barbera, in association with Henry G. Saperstein. The series aired on NBC on September 9, 1978 with the title ''The Godzilla Power Hour''. The series continued to air until 1981, packaged with other series under various titles. ''The Godzilla Power Hour'' consisted of half-hour episodes of ''Godzilla'' and ''Jana of the Jungle''. A total of 13 original episodes were produced in 1978, with the first eight airing as part of ''The Godzilla Power Hour''. On November 4, 1978, the show was expanded to 90 minutes with the addition of ''Jonny Quest'' reruns and retitled ''The Godzilla Super 90''. Split off into its own half-hour, the show aired in its own half-hour timeslot as simply ''Godzilla'' on September 8, 1979, and then as ''The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour'' on November 10, 1979, before another repackaging as ''The Godzilla/Dynomutt Hour'' on September 27, 1980, and then ''The Godzilla/Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Wildey
Douglas S. Wildey He recalled his professional start as freelancing for the magazine and comic book company Street & Smith in 1947. Because comic-book writer and artist credits were not routinely given during this era, the earliest confirmed Wildey works are two signed pieces in this publisher's ''Top Secret'' #9 (June 1949): a one-page house ad and the 10-page adventure story "Queen in Jeopardy", by an unknown writer.Doug Wildey at the He went on to draw primarily stories for '' |
Jana Of The Jungle
''Jana of the Jungle'' is an American animated television series created by comic strip artist Doug Wildey and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired on NBC from September 9 to December 2, 1978. It was originally broadcast as a half-hour segment of ''The Godzilla Power Hour'' (1978) and its later expanded form ''The Godzilla Super 90'' (1978–79). Overview Jana (voiced by B.J. Ward) is essentially a female version of Tarzan who traveled to the rain forests of South America in search of her lost father (whom she never finds). Her father vanished in a boating accident when she was still a child, but the introduction shows that he survived. She is very beautiful, has long blonde hair, wears a dress made of unspecified animal skin and a necklace which doubles as a throwable weapon and makes a high-pitched resonating sound when thrown (somewhat similar to the chakram that would be the weapon of choice for the later, live-action '' Xena, Warrior Princess'') given to her b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantis
Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas (mythology), Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works ''Timaeus (dialogue), Timaeus'' and ''Critias (dialogue), Critias'', wherein it represents the antagonist naval power that besieges "Ancient Athens", the Counterfactual history, pseudo-historic embodiment of Plato's ideal state in ''The Republic (Plato), The Republic''. In the story, Athens repels the Atlantean attack unlike any other nation of the Ecumene, known world, supposedly bearing witness to the superiority of Plato's concept of a state. The story concludes with Atlantis falling out of favor with the deities and submerging into the Atlantic Ocean. Despite its minor importance in Plato's work, the Atlantis story has had a considerable impact on literature. The allegorical aspect of Atlantis was taken up in utopian works of several Renaissance writers, such as Francis Bacon's ''New Atlantis'' and Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
