Aquaman (TV Series)
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- "Aquaman – swift and powerful monarch of the ocean, with the ability to summon and command all creatures of the deep. Aquaman – who with his teenage ally, Aqualad, guards and defends all that lives in the seas against the forces of evil. Aquaman – King of the Seven Seas!"
- --Narrator
Title: Aquaman
Seasons: N/A
Network: CBS
Produced by: Filmation
Created by: Hal Sutherland
Status: Cancelled
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Summary
Aquaman was originally produced as a twelve-minute segment of the Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure series produced by Filmation in 1967. The series aired from September 9th, 1967 until May 1st, 1968. In September of 1968, Filmation repackaged the Aquaman vignettes as part of its own eponymous animated feature. The series featured the adventures of Aquaman and his teen-sidekick Aqualad, as they sought to protect the undersea city of Atlantis from a gallery of foes including Black Manta, the Fisherman, Nepto, Torpedo Man, Captain 'Cuda and Mirror Man (not to be confused with Mirror Master). Aquaman and Aqualad (frequently referred to by the uncomplimentary nickname "Tadpole") rode atop giant sea horses named Storm and Imp. Even Mera kept a sea horse, chauvinistically colored pink to reflect Mera’s feminism. Rounding out the cast was a fun-loving walrus named Tusky, who possessed the ability to travel to the deepest depths of the ocean, despite the fact that he was a mammal. Tusky was sometimes accompanied by Topo, an octopus who made frequent appearances in the Aquaman comic stories from Adventure Comics. The character of Aquaman was later recycled for the 1973 animated series Super Friends, this time voiced by actor Norman Alden.
Mercy Reef
Mercy Reef was a proposed television program that was to be aired on the CW network in 2006. The character of Aquaman made his live-action debut on the season five episode of Smallville entitled "Aqua". Played by Alan Ritchson, Aquaman became allies with Clark Kent and even struck up a brief relationship with Lois Lane. After a harrowing incident involving the machinations of Lex Luthor, Aquaman took his leave of Smallville, with the intent of returning to his base of operations in Florida.
The episode proved popular enough that WB executives decided to test the water with a spin-off series tentatively titled Mercy Reef. Casting agents passed over Ritchson to revive the role of Aquaman, ultimately bestowing it upon soap opera actor, Justin Hartley.
A pilot episode was filmed, but studio executives ultimately decided to discontinue the program. The unaired pilot is available for purchase from the iTunes music store.
Cast
Principal Cast
- Marvin Miller as the voice of Aquaman
- Jerry Dexter as the voice of Aqualad
- Ted Knight as the Narrator
Supporting Cast
- Diana Maddox as the voice of Mera
- Ted Knight as the voice of Black Manta
Aquaman Episodes
- Menace of the Black Manta
- The Rampaging Reptile Men
- The Return of Nepto
- The Fiery Invaders
- The Sea Raiders
- War of the Water Worlds
- The Volcanic Monster
... MORE TO COME ...
Mercy Reef Episodes
Notes
- Actor Ted Knight provided the voice of the narrator, as well as several other characters including Black Manta and Nepto. Knight went on to provide the narration of the 1973 Hanna-Barbera series Super Friends. Ted Knight is most widely recognized by audiences for his on-screen credits such as the role of Ted Baxter from the Mary Tyler Moore Show, Henry Rush from Too Close for Comfort, and Judge Smails from the 1980 National Lampoon film, Caddyshack. Ted Knight is not to be confused with the DC character Ted Knight - more popularly known as the Golden Age Starman.
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- Aquaman
- Aquaman image gallery
- Aquaman fan art gallery
- Aquaman appearances list
- Aqualad
- Black Manta
- Imp
- Mera
- Mercy Reef (TV Series)
- Storm
- Super Friends
- Topo
- Tusky
