The Mighty Heroes was an animated television series created by Ralph Bakshi for the Terrytoons company. The original show ran from 1966-1967 with 21 episodes.
The series is set in Good Haven, a city that is continually beset by various supervillains. When trouble occurs, the city launches a massive fireworks display to summon a quintet of high-flying superheroes into action.
The team members are clumsy accident-prone bumblers who often find thems...
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The Mighty Heroes was an animated television series created by Ralph Bakshi for the Terrytoons company. The original show ran from 1966-1967 with 21 episodes.
The series is set in Good Haven, a city that is continually beset by various supervillains. When trouble occurs, the city launches a massive fireworks display to summon a quintet of high-flying superheroes into action.
The team members are clumsy accident-prone bumblers who often find themselves in silly situations. A typical occurrence has them hopelessly tangled together offering each other stock apologies, often while falling en masse into an even worse situation. However, after escaping the villain's deathtrap in the cliffhanger, the team always manages to prevail in the end. In an episode of Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, also produced by Bakshi, the Mighty Heroes retired and became accountants with a firm called "Man, Man, Man, Man & Man."
The series came about when the Terrytoons staff were pitching series proposals to...
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