In
the seventh episode of Hanna Barbera’s Space Stars (1981), Space Ghost goes
up against another space pirate. This one is named Krugar and looks like of
Larry Niven’s Kzin.
After Krugar is
captured and held in a force field, the Phantom Cruiser passes through a
radiation cloud. The exposure to the
cloud -- just like in The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) --
causes the crew to shrink. An antidote
is developed, and Krugar’s annihilator ray actually makes it more effective. “No
matter how large or how small,” the narrator intones, “no evil can defeat…Space Ghost.”
“Uglor’s
Power Play” is the Teen Force adventure of the week. Harnessing the brilliant
minds of the scientists on the planet Centrix, Uglor gives himself the powers
of all the Teen Force members. One of the scientists is a floating brain in a
jar!
The
Herculoids story this week features a space pirate too. “The Buccaneer” finds
an alien visiting Quasar in search of buried treasure. Amusingly, the
Herculoids seek the help of a group of subterranean people called “Sand People.” They resemble not Tatooine’s Tusken Raiders,
however, but rather the Jawas! They have the cloaks, and the glowing eyes.
The
second Space Ghost story, “The Sorceress” involves a witch “who depends on
machinery,” and the unrequited love she has for Space Ghost. Here, she captures
him and takes his power bands, all while demanding his “heart.”
In
“Rock Punk,” the Astro and the Space Mutts story, a mountainside sculpture of
the Space Stars – “Mount SpaceMore” -- is stolen by the villain Rock Punk. His
next theft involves the Earth’s moon.
Rock Punk, strangely, wears roller skates. He also says things like “Can you dig it?” At the end of the tale, he is captured and
sent to Space-traz, instead of Alcatraz.
The
final story, “The Olympians,” finds the Teen Force helping the Hercuoids to
battle descendants of the mighty Greek Gods, including the children of
Hercules, Mercury, Zeus and Medusa.
The
Space Magic interlude this week stars Kid Comet and the Astromites and involves
making a magic wand disappear. Space
Fact and Space Mystery both start Space Ghost and involve an explanation of
life support systems. The space code is
SKCOR ('rocks' backwards), and features host Elektra of the Teen Force.
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