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Super Friends

Battlestar — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 16:42:24 +0000

Super Friends first hit the airways in September 1973 on ABC. DC comic heroes Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, Superman and Aquaman were brought together using Filmation’s voice actors. Wonder woman was introduced as a guest star for two episodes, along with Superman, on the Brady Kids animated series before super Friends aired. Keeping the original voice actors, made the show resonate with it’s young audience

Secondary sidekicks unknown in the comics were introduced. None of the trio of Wendy Harris, Marvin White or Wonder Dog, demonstrated any special abilities, but there were superheroes in training.

Some notable voice actors were: Ted Knight, Adam West, Casey Kasem, Shannon Farnon and Sherry Alberoni.

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Battle of the Planets

Battlestar — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 12:15:32 +0000

The G-Force is a team of 5 young heros in Battle of the Planets. Their mission to protect Earth from the nazi like intergalactic forces of Spectra. The main commander of Spectra forces is Zoltar. But Zoltar recieves his orders from a spectrum – a ghostly floating head he calls the Luminous One.

The youthful team of champions live on spaceship called Phoenix, and each in turn has their own futuristic vehicle. Jason drives a race car reminiscent of James Bond with its hidden weapons, whose storage bay is in the nose cone of the Phoenix. Princess comes out of the left wing on her Galacti-cycle. Keyop exits the right wing in his “Space Bubble”, a cross between a tank, a helicopter and a submarine. Mark is the ace jet pilot who exits the rear section of the ship in his space capable fighter plane. Lastly, Tiny pilots the Phoenix where all activity can be co-ordinated.

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The Secrets of Isis

Battlestar — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 16:49:47 +0000

Almighty Isis

Actress Joanna Cameron plays the part of an everyday normal science teacher who finds a magical amulet that transforms her into Isis, an Egyptian goddess. Each episode she’s presented with a crises a simple mortal can’t resolve. The series weekly story lines were about Isis rescuing high school students who found themselves in danger because of poor decision making.

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6 Million Dollar Man

Battlestar — Thu, 13 May 2021 16:17:01 +0000

Enjoying a 5 year run from 1973 to 1978 this TV show was a hit for Lee Majors. It spun off both a 2nd hit show, The Bionic Woman, and a very successful toy line. It’s easy to imagine the children of the 1970s pretending to have bionics as they played and rough housed. Even today this TV series is not without it’s appeal and can still attract a sizeable viewing audience.

Lee Majors portrays USAF Colonel Steve Austin who is a former astronaut. Due to a NASA test flight crash, Austin is severely wounded, loosing both his legs, right arm and right eye. He’s rebuilt using bionic implants that give him superhuman strength, agility, and vision and all for the cost of six million dollars. After the surgery he begins his new career as a secret agent employed by the U.S. government agency titled OSI. This TV series was inspired by Martin Caidin’s novel Cyborg

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