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The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure is a Filmation animated series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1968. Premiering on September 9, 1967, this 60-minute program included a series of six-minute adventures featuring various DC Comics Super Heroes.
YOUTUBE:[]
OVERVIEW[]
Each episode consisted of new segments from the existing series, The New Adventures of Superman and The Adventures of Superboy, as well as outings for Aquaman and his sidekick Aqualad. Superman fans generally regard it as the second season of The New Adventures. As a part of The New Adventures, it is notable for containing some of the final work done by Bud Collyer, the voice actor who had originated the roles of Superman and Clark Kent on radio. It also included a rotating series of 'guest star' cartoons featuring the Atom, the Flash and Kid Flash, the Green Lantern, Hawkman and new shorts from The Adventures of Superboy. The Justice League of America (Atom, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Aquaman and Superman) and Teen Titans (Speedy, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, and Aqualad, but not Robin) were also featured in team adventures.
Many of the shorts were penned and script-edited by DC Comics employees. Bob Haney and George Kashdan — the writing-editing team who were then producing the original version of the Teen Titans comic book — were prolific on the series, taking on nearly all the "guest star" cartoons. Mort Weisinger, editor of all Superman comic titles during the 1960s, served as script editor for the shorts featuring Kal-El. This use of comic writers on the television series tended to make them "a very faithful adaption to the comic book mythos." Even so, there were some elements which were unique to the cartoons, such as secondary characters in the Hawkman, Green Lantern and Atom shorts.
This series marked the animation debut of nearly all of its featured characters and teams. The exceptions were Superman and his supporting cast, who had been previously immortalized in the iconic 1940s Superman shorts (and later in The New Adventures of Superman), and the Superboy characters, seen in the previous season of The Adventures of Superboy.
EPISODE GUIDE:[]
SUPERMAN S1 | SUPERMAN S2 | SUPERMAN S3 | SUPERBOY |
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01 The Force Phantom | A.P.E. Strikes Again | Luthor's Lethal Laser pt 1 | The Spy From Outer Space pt 1 |
02 The Mermen of Emor | The Lethal Lightning Bug | Luthor's Lethal Laser pt 2 | The Spy From Outer Space pt 2 |
03 The Prehistoric Pterodactyls | The Prankster | Can a Luthor Change His Spots? pt 1 | Krypto's Calamitous Capers |
04 Merlin's Magic Marbles | The Saboteurs | Can a Luthor Change His Spots? pt 2 | The Man Who Knew Superboy's Secret |
05 The Threat of the Thrutans | The Wisp of Wickedness | The Team of Terror pt 1 | The Deep Sea Dragon |
06 The Wicked Warlock | Superman Meets His Match | The Team of Terror pt 2 | The Super Clown of Smallville |
07 The Chimp Who Made It Big | Night of the Octopod | Rain of Iron pt 1 | The Visitor from the Earth's Core |
08 The Deadly Icebergs | Brainiac's Bubbles | Rain of Iron pt 2 | The Beast that went Berzerk |
09 Robot of Riga | War of the Bee Battalion | The Mysterious Mr. Mist pt 1 | Superboy's Strangest Foe |
10 The Invisible Raiders | The Toyman's Super-Toy | The Mysterious Mr. Mist pt 2 | The Capricious Crony |
11 Neolithic Nightmare | The Cage of Glass | Luminians on the Loose pt 1 | Krypto, Super Seeing-Eye Dog |
12 The Return of Brainiac | The Atomic Superman | Luminians on the Loose pt 2 | The Black Knight |
13 The Magnetic Monster | Luthor's Loco Looking Glass | The Ghost of Kilbane Castle pt 1 | Operation Counter Invasion |
14 The Toys of Doom | The Warlock's Revenge | The Ghost of Kilbane Castle pt 2 | The Jinxed Circus |
15 The Iron Eater | The Halyah of the Himalayas | The Japanese Sandman pt 1 | Hurricane Fighters |
16 The Ape Army of the Amazon | Luthor's Fatal Fireworks | The Japanese Sandman pt 2 | Superboy's Super-Dilemma |
17 The Fire Phantom | A Devil of a Time | ||
18 The Deadly Dish | The Revolt of Robotville | ||
19 Insect Raiders | The Beast With Two Faces | ||
20 Return of the Warlock | The Gorilla Gang | ||
21 The Abominable Iceman | The Chameleon Creature | ||
22 The Men from A.P.E. | The Great Space Race | ||
23 The Tree Man of Arbora | Finger of Doom | ||
24 The Image Maker | Krypto, K-9 Detective | ||
25 Superman's Double Trouble | The Neanderthal Caveman Caper | ||
26 The Deadly Super-Doll | The Terrible Trio | ||
27 Lava Men | Forget Me Not, Superdog | ||
28 Luthor Strikes Again | Superboy Meets Mighty Lad | ||
29 Mission to Planet Peril | King Superboy | ||
30 The Pernicious Parasite | Double Trouble, Double Doom | ||
31 The Two Faces of Superman | The Trap of the Super Spacemen | ||
32 The Imp-Practical Joker | The Space Refugees | ||
33 Superman Meets Brainiac | The Monster Molecule | ||
34 Seeds of Disaster | The Great Kryptonite Caper | ||
35 The Malevolent Mummy | |||
36 The Birdmen from Lost Valley |
DC SUPER HEROES unproduced shows[]
Due to the success of the show, Filmation had produced a Metamorpho pilot and planned pilots for Plastic Man and Wonder Woman. A DC Comics cartoon hour was also being developed, with concept drawings featuring Metamorpho, Plastic Man, The Flash, The Blackhawks, the Doom Patrol, B'Wana Beast and the Metal Men. Plans were cancelled when CBS secured the animation rights to Batman in the wake of ABC's recent success with the Batman live action television series. (1)