The Herculoids

The Herculoids
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GenreScience fiction
Created byAlex Toth
Directed byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voices ofMike Road
Virginia Gregg
Teddy Eccles
Don Messick
ComposerTed Nichols
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes18 (36 segments, 1967–1969)
11 (1981–1982)
Production
ProducersWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time22 min. – two 11-min. segments (1967–1969)
6-min. segments of Space Stars (1981–1982)
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 9, 1967 (1967-09-09) –
January 6, 1968 (1968-01-06)
Related
Space Stars
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The Herculoids is an American Saturday-morning animated television series, created and designed by Alex Toth, that was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show debuted on September 9, 1967, on CBS.[1] Hanna-Barbera produced one season for the original airing of the show, although the original 18 episodes were rerun during the 1968–69 television season, with The Herculoids ending its run on September 6, 1969.[2] Eleven new episodes were produced in 1981 as part of the Space Stars show.[3] The plotlines are rooted in science fiction and fantasy.

  1. ^ Markstein, Don (2007). "The Herculoids". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Like the majority of Hanna-Barbera's late '60s adventure characters... The Herculoids were created by designer Alex Toth.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 407–408. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 771–772. ISBN 978-1476665993.