In the seventies, superheroes made a concerted attempt to take over television.
Not just on Saturday mornings, either, but in prime time as well. This was the great decade, after all, of Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman, Patrick Duffy's The Man from Atlantis, and Lou Ferrigno's Hulk.
The 1970s also brought us Isis, two versions of Captain Marvel, the Super Friends, and first (and best) movie version of The Man of Steel, as played by Christopher Reeve in Superman: The Movie (1978).
How many of these superheroes do you remember and recognize?
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: The Super Friends. |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: Shazam! (Captain Marvel) |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: Wonder Woman (Cathy Lee Crosby Edition) |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones:Secrets of Isis (Joanna Cameron) |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: The Six Million Dollar Man. |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: The Bionic Woman. |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: The Invisible Man (1975)/David McCallum Edition |
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| Identified by Dr. Howard Margolin |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: The Man from Atlantis. |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter Variation) |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: The Amazing Spider-Man (Nicholas Hammond) |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: Monster Squad (1976) |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: Blue Falcon and Dynomutt. |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: Captain America (Reb Brown) |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: The Incredible Hulk. |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: Dr. Strange (1978). |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: Green Lantern. (Legend of the Superheroes). |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: The Flash (Legend of the Superheroes.) |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: Batman and Robin (Legend of the Superheroes). |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: The Huntress (Legend of the Superheroes). |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: The Fantastic Four. With HERBIE! |
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| Identified by Greg Melli Jones: Superman: The Movie. |
1. meanwhile at the hall of justice... Superfriends
ReplyDelete2. Shazam!
3. Wonder Woman with Cathy Lee Crosby, I think that's her name.
4. Oh Mighty Isis. First crush!
5. We can rebuild him.. Six Million Dollar man
6. Bionic Woman
7.Invisible Man with the man from uncle!
8. Ugh no idea. Mr. Duplicate Man? Double Dude?
9. Man from Atlantis
10. Wonder Woman - the real Wonder Woman and my 2nd crush of the 70s!
11. Spider-Man
12. Was it Monster Squad starring Gopher?
13. Blue Falcon and Dyno-Mutt
14. Electro Woman and Dyna Girl (say it loud)
15. Captain America with that guy who was in my favorite MST3k episode ever.
16. Lou as the Hulk
17.Doctor Strange - I'm guessing on this one
18.Green Lantern - that superheroes roast/ competition show. I think it was called Challenge of the superheroes?
19 Flash from same show
20. Batman and Robin, from that same show too
21. Huntress from the challenge show as well
22. Fantastic Four Saturday morning show. I think by law every show had to have some sort of cute robot sidekick after Star Wars was released.
Great job, Greg! You really know your seventies superheroes! Awesome!
DeleteOh and 23. Superman Chris Reeve!
ReplyDeleteYay, I know most of these!
ReplyDelete1. Super Friends
2. Shazam!
3. Cathy Lee Crosby as Wonder Woman (1974)
4. The Secrets of Isis
5. The Six Million Dollar Man
6. The Bionic Woman
7. The Invisible Man (David McCallum, also in Sapphire & Steel)
9. The Man From Atlantis (Patrick Duffy)
10. Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman (1975-1979)
11. The Amazing Spider-Man with Nicholas Hammond
13. Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
14. Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
15. Reb Brown as Captain America
16. Lou Ferrigno as The Incredible Hulk
18. Legends of the Superheroes - Howard Murphy as Green Lantern
19. Legends of the Superheroes - Rod Haase as The Flash
20. Legends of the Superheroes - Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin
22. The Fantastic Four
23. Christopher Reeve as Superman
Great job, Will!
Delete8 is The Gemini Man.
ReplyDeleteHi Howard! Great job. That's Ben Murphy from The Gemini Man, all right!
DeleteHi John,
ReplyDelete#8 Gemini Man
SGB
Yes, great job SGB!
DeleteIs number 8 The Gemini Man?
ReplyDeleteYes! Great job Vejur79!
DeleteNeeds some Ultramen.
ReplyDeleteI've been in love with Lynda Carter for 38 years!!!!!!
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