Production
Sixty-five half-hour episodes of three seven-minute chapters were produced, for a total of 195 segments that ran initially in broadcast syndication from September to December 1966. The series, produced in color, had extremely limited animation produced by xerography, consisting of photocopied images taken directly from the comics and manipulated to minimize the need for animation production. The cartoons were presented as a series of static comic-strip panel images; generally the only movement involved the lips when a character spoke, the eyes, and the occasional arm or leg, or a fully animated black silhouette. The series used the original stories largely in their entirety, showcasing Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and Don Heck art, among others, from the period fans and historians call the Silver Age of comic books. Stan Lee, Marvel's editor and art director at the time, said in 2004 that he believed publisher Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman negotiated the deal with Grantray-Lawrence and that Lawrence chose the characters to be used. Lawrence rented Lee and his wife a penthouse apartment at 30 East 60th Street, near Madison Avenue, for Lee's use while he worked on the series. (Lee lived in Hewlett Harbor, New York, Hewlett Harbor, New York (state), New York, on Long Island, at the time.) Lee recalled, "I really don't remember any reaction from the Marvel artists involved. I wish I could claim to have written the [theme song] lyrics, because I think they're brilliant, but alas, I didn't". The songs were written by Jacques Urbont. In the meantime, Steve Krantz (who was distributing the series), made a deal to subcontract production of ''The Mighty Thor'' segments to Famous Studios, Paramount Cartoon Studios (the animation division of Paramount Pictures, formerly known as Famous Studios), headed at that time by Fleischer Studios veteran Shamus Culhane. Marvel announced the series in the "Marvel Bullpen Bulletins" of the November 1966 issues, stating in that monthly fan page's hyperbolic style that, "It won't be long before our swingin' super-heroesCast
Regular (credited) voice providers
* Len Carlson - Quicksilver (comics), Quicksilver, Loki (Marvel Comics), Loki, Odin (Marvel Comics), Odin, Black Knight (Nathan Garrett), Nathan Garrett / Black Knight, President * Bernard Cowan - Narrator, Melter, Captain Torak, Morgan, Ringmaster (comics), Ringmaster, Sando / Colonel Von Kraz * Jack Creley - Thor (Marvel Comics), Donald Blake / Thor, Jack Frost (Marvel Comics), Professor Shapanka / Jack Frost * Max Ferguson - Hulk * Vita Linder - Betty Ross, Dorma (comics), Lady Dorma, Jane Foster (comics), Jane Foster, Scarlet Witch, Wasp (comics), Wasp, Sharon Carter, Peggy Carter, Lorelei (Asgardian), Lorelei, Celia Rawlings, Hippolyta * Don Mason (actor), Don Mason * Claude Rae * Henry Ramer - Major Uberhart, Doctor Doom, Wolfgang, Vashti, Mandarin (comics), Mandarin * John Vernon - Iron Man, Tony Stark / Iron Man, Namor, Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner, Major Glenn Talbot, Major Corey * Chris Wiggins - Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Clint Barton / Hawkeye, Kraven the Hunter, Kraven, Grey Gargoyle, Byrrah, Balder (comics), Balder, Blizzard (Marvel Comics), Jack Frost, Molto, Professor X, Count NefariaSemi-regular and guest (uncredited) voice providers
* Carl Banas - Bucky Barnes * Sandy Becker - Captain America, Steve Rogers / Captain America * Len Birman - Hercules (Marvel Comics), Hercules * Vern Chapman - Edwin Jarvis, Super-Adaptoid * Henry Comor - Gargantus * Peg Dixon * Gillie Fenwick - Heinrich Zemo, Baron Heinrich Zemo, Radioactive Man (comics), Radioactive Man, Leader (comics), Leader, Batroc the Leaper, Space Phantom, Dr. Cedric Rawlings, Heimdall (comics), Heimdall, Mister Hyde (comics), Mister Hyde, Sandu, Premiere Pouldu * Nonnie Griffin, Margaret GriffinThe Marvel Super Heroes on TV! Book One: Iron Man (2017) - by J. Ballmann, ISBN 9 781545 345658 - Pepper Potts, Black Widow (Natasha Romanova), Black Widow, Countess de la Spirosa, Enchantress (Marvel Comics), Enchantress * Tom Harvey - Happy Hogan (comics), Harold "Happy" Hogan, Hank Pym, Giant-Man, Iceman (Marvel Comics), Iceman, Chameleon (Marvel Comics), Chameleon, Super-Skrull, Crimson Dynamo, Anton Vanko / Crimson Dynamo, Borok * Paul Kligman - Thunderbolt Ross, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, Red Skull, Krang (Marvel Comics), Warlord Krang, Mole Man, Metal Master (comics), Metal Master, Erik Josten, Power Man * Douglas Master - Senator Harrington Boyd * Ed McNamara - Swordsman (comics), Swordsman, Titanium Man, Boomerang (comics), Boomerang * Vic Perrin - Cyclops (Marvel Comics), Cyclops * Billie Mae RichardsThe Marvel Super Heroes on TV! Book Two: Thor (2021) - by J. Ballmann, ISBN 9 798724 754941 - Newsboy * Paul Soles - Hulk, Bruce Banner, Attuma, Rick Jones (comics), Rick Jones For WNAC-TV in Boston, Arthur Pierce portrayed Captain America in live-action segments for the show. Actors portraying other characters, including Dr. Doom, Hulk, and Bucky, also appeared in live-action segments. The segments were scripted by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel.Guest characters
Appearing in guest roles were: * X-Men, The X-Men — The original lineup of the Warren Worthington, Angel, the Beast (comics), Beast, Cyclops (Marvel Comics), Cyclops, Iceman (comics), Iceman, and Jean Grey, Marvel Girl appeared in a Sub-Mariner episode, "Dr. Doom's Day / The Doomed Allegiance / Tug of Death". The story was an adaptation of ''Fantastic Four'' #6 (Sept. 1962) and ''Fantastic Four Annual #''3 (1965) but since Grantray-Lawrence Animation did not own rights to the Fantastic Four (1967 animated series), Fantastic Four, the producers substituted the X-Men — although referring to them instead as "Allies for Peace". However, the characters retained their original designs and individual names from the comics. * Avengers (comics), The Avengers — Episode 8 of The Incredible Hulk was an adaptation of ''Avengers'' #2 (Nov. 1963), and co-starred Thor, Iron Man (with his early golden armor recolored to match the red-and-gold design featured in the Iron Man episodes), Giant-Man, the Wasp (comics), Wasp. The lineup beginning in ''Avengers'' #4 (March 1964), with Thor, Iron Man, Giant-Man, the Wasp and the newly installed Captain America, appears in several ''Captain America'' episodes, as does the later line-up from Avengers #16 with Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Hawkeye, Quicksilver (comics), Quicksilver, and the Scarlet Witch.Episodes
Each episode consisted of three chapters.''Captain America''
* Episode 1: The Origin of Captain America, Wreckers Among Us, Enter Red Skull * Episode 2: The Sentinel and the Spy, The Fantastic Origin of the Red Skull, Lest Tyranny Triumph * Episode 3: Midnight in Greymoor Castle, If This Be Treason, When You Lie Down With Dogs * Episode 4: The Return of Captain America, The Search, To Live Again * Episode 5: Baron Zemo, Zemo and the Masters of Evil, Zemo Strikes, The Fury of Zemo * Episode 6: The Revenge of Captain America, The Trap Is Sprung, So Dies A Villain * Episode 7: Let The Past Be Gone, The Super-Adaptoid, Adaptoid, The Super-Adaptoid, Super Adaptoid * Episode 8: The Coming of the Swordsman (comics)#Jacques Duquesne, Swordsman, Vengeance Is Ours, Emissary of Destruction * Episode 9: The Bitter Taste of Defeat, Sorcery Triumph, The Road Back * Episode 10: Doorway to Doom, When the Commissar Commands, Duel Or Die * Episode 11: The Sleeper (Marvel Comics), Sleeper Shall Awake, Where Walks the Sleeper, The Final Sleep * Episode 12: The Girl from Cap's Past, The Stage Is Set, 30 Minutes to Live * Episode 13: The Red Skull Lives, He Who Holds the Cosmic Cube, The Red Skull Supreme''The Incredible Hulk''
* Episode 1: The Origin of the Hulk, Enter the Gorgon, To Be a Man * Episode 2: Terror of the Toadmen, Bruce Banner: Wanted For Treason, Hulk Runs Amok * Episode 3: A Titan Rides the Train, The Horde of Humanoids, On the Rampage! * Episode 4: The Power of Dr. Banner, Where Strides the Behemoth, Back from the Dead * Episode 5: Micro Monsters, The Lair of the Leader (comics), Leader, To Live Again * Episode 6: Brawn Against Brain, Captured At Last, Enter the Chameleon (comics), Chameleon * Episode 7: Within this Monster Dwells a Man, Another World, Another Foe, The Wisdom of the Uatu, Watcher * Episode 8: The Space Phantom, Sting of the Wasp, Exit the Hulk * Episode 9: The Incredible Hulk vs. Metal Master, The Master Tests His Metal, Mind Over Metal * Episode 10: The Ringmaster (comics), Ringmaster, Captive of the Circus of Crime, Circus, The Grand Finale * Episode 11: Enter Tyrannus (comics), Tyrannus, Beauty & The Beast, They Dwell in the Depths * Episode 12: Terror of the T-Gun, I Against A World, Bruce Banner is the Hulk * Episode 13: The Man Called Boomerang, Hulk Intervenes, Less Than Monster, More Than Man''The Invincible Iron Man''
* Episode 1: Double Disaster, Enter Happy Hogan (comics), Happy Hogan, Of Ice and Men * Episode 2: The Death of Tony Stark!, The Hands of the Mandarin (comics), Mandarin, The Origin of The Mandarin * Episode 3: Ultimo (Marvel Comics), Ultimo, Ultimo Lives, Crescendo * Episode 4: The Mandarin's Revenge!, The Mandarin's Death Ray, No One Escapes the Mandarin * Episode 5: Crimson Dynamo!, The Crimson Dynamo Strikes, Captured * Episode 6: Enter Clint Barton, Hawkeye, So Spins the Web, Triple Jeopardy * Episode 7: If I Die, Let It Be With Honor, Fight On, For A World Is Watching, What Price Victory? * Episode 8: The Mole Man (comics), Moleman Strikes, The Dragon of the Flames, Decision Under the Earth * Episode 9: The Other Iron Man!, Death Duel, Into The Jaws of the Death * Episode 10: The Cliffs of Doom!, The False Captain America, The Unmasking * Episode 11: My Life For Yours, The Nathan Garrett, Black Knight's Gambit, The Menace of the Monster * Episode 12: The Dream Master, If A Man Be Mad, Duel In Space * Episode 13: Beauty and the Armor, Peril in Space, As A City Watches''The Mighty Thor''
* Episode 1: Trapped by Loki (Marvel Comics), Loki, The Vengeance of Loki, The Defeat of Loki * Episode 2: Chained Evil, Sandu, Master of the Supernatural, Enchanted Hammer * Episode 3: Enchantress (comics), Enchantress and Executioner (comics), Executioner, Giants Walk the Earth, Battle of the Gods * Episode 4: At the Mercy of Loki, Trial of the Gods, Return To Earth * Episode 5: The Absorbing Man, In My Hands, This Hammer, Vengeance of the Thunder God * Episode 6: To Kill A Thunder God, The Day of the Destroyer (Thor), Destroyer, Terror of the Tomb * Episode 7: The Grey Gargoyle, The Wrath of Odin (Marvel Comics), Odin, Triumph in Stone * Episode 8: The Mysterious Mister Hyde (comics), Mister Hyde, Revenge of Mr. Hyde, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor's Showdown with Mr. Hyde * Episode 9: Every Hand Against Him, The Power of the Thunder God, The Power of Odin * Episode 10: The Tomorrow Man, Return of Zarrko, Slave of Tomorrow Man * Episode 11: Enter Hercules (Marvel Comics), Hercules, When Meet Immortals, Whom the Gods Would Destroy * Episode 12: The Power of Pluto (Marvel Comics), Pluto, The Verdict of Zeus (Marvel Comics), Zeus, Thunder in the Netherworld * Episode 13: Subterranea (comics)#Lava Men, Molto, the Lava Man, Invasion of the Lava Man, Living Rock''Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner''
* Episode 1: Peril in the Surface World, So Spreads the Net, The Unveiling * Episode 2: The Start of the Quest!, Escape to Nowhere, A Prince There Was * Episode 3: Not All My Power Can Save Me!, When Fails the Quest, The End of the Quest * Episode 4: Atlantis Under Attack, The Sands of Terror, The Iron Idol of Infamy * Episode 5: The Thing from Space, No Escape for Namor, A Prince Dies Fighting * Episode 6: To Conquer a Crown, A Prince No More, He Who Wears the Crown * Episode 7: To Walk Amongst Men!, When Rises the Behemoth, To the Death * Episode 8: The World Within!, Atlantis Is Doomed, Quest for X-Atom * Episode 9: Beware the Siren Song, Spell of Lorelei, Return of the Mud Beast * Episode 10: Ship of Doom, Fall of Atlantis, Forces of Vengeance * Episode 11: The Planet of Doom, To Test a Prince, To Save a Planet * Episode 12: Doctor Doom, Dr. Doom's Day, The Doomed Allegiance, Tug of Death * Episode 13: Let the Stranger Die..!, To Destroy a Tyrant, Save A CityHome media
Segments of the series appear on at least two VHS home video releases, containing three videocassettes each: ''Marvel Superheroes: Triple Pack #1'' (Universal Product Code, UPC #024543004127) and ''Marvel's Mightiest Heroes: Triple Pack #2''. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Video released a version titled ''Marvel's Mightiest Super Heroes Gift Set'' (European Article Number, EAN #0024543004134). In 2003, Hulk segments giving his origin story appeared as an extra on the Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD release of the 1996 animated television series ''The Incredible Hulk (1996 TV series), The Incredible Hulk''. In September 2004, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment announced plans to release ''The Marvel Superheroes Show'' on June 28, 2005, as a five-DVD set titled ''The 60's Superheroes''. By February 2005, however, the release was off the schedule.United Kingdom
In 2004, Maximum Entertainment released two four-disc boxsets which each contained one disc for the ''Captain America'', ''Iron Man'', ''Sub-Mariner'' and ''Thor''. Both boxsets made up all the respective segments from the series. On May 21, 2007, Maximum re-released each of the respective segments on separate two-disc sets, with each episode re-edited into continuous, half-hour segments. In April 2008, Liberation Entertainment acquired DVD rights to select Marvel shows from Jetix Europe for certain European territorieshttps://movieweb.com/liberation-entertainment-to-bring-classic-marvel-cartoons-to-dvd/ and on August 25, 2008, released a two-disc set of the Hulk segments, re-edited into 13 20-minute episodes.References
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