Captain Fathom
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Captain Fathom is an animated television series produced in 1965 by Cambria Studios.[1] Like Cambria's other productions, Clutch Cargo and Space Angel, it was produced in Synchro-Vox.[2] At least 26 30-minute episodes, all in color, were filmed. The episodes could be broken down into five 5-minute segments in cliffhanger format. Renowned comic book artist Alex Toth was the director.[3]
This animated series was broadcast in Italy in syndication in the early 1980s under two different titles: Avventure negli abissi (that means in English Adventures in the Abyss) and Captain Fathom. This was the last Cambria Studios cartoon show to use the Syncro-Vox.
An attempt at airing a live-action version of Captain Fathom was done in 1955 starring Don Megowan, Richard H. Cutting, and Barbara Wilson.[4] The pilot wasn't purchased by a network and was never aired.
Plot
[edit]Captain Bill Fathom was captain of a submarine called the Argonaut.[5] He and his crew would have various adventures, similar to those of Clutch Cargo or Jonny Quest.
Episodes
[edit]- A Man Called Guppy
- The Loss of the Argonaut (episodes 5-10)
- Mission: Thunder Fire Island (episodes 11-15)
- One for the Money, One for the Show
- The Ice Trap (episodes 31-35)
- Wanted Dead or Alive
- The Light That Wailed
- The Underseas Land Grab
- The Shrieking Mountain (episodes 46-50)
- Find a Hidden Prize (episodes 51-55)
- The Pirates of Global Island
- Pursuit of the Dinopisces
- The Sub-Enchanted Garden (episodes 71-75)
- Rustlers of the Sea Range (episodes 76-80)
- Voyage to the Stone Age (episodes 81-85)
- The Baron of Shark Island (episodes 86-90)
- Ghost Ship (episodes 91-95)
- The Whale and W.P. (episodes 96-100)
- The Eye of the Mountain (episodes 111-115)
- Xerog (episodes 116-120)
- Project Meec
- Phantom of Port Royal
- Seldom Seem Sea Serpent
- Deep Marauder
- U-2 Rudolph
- Pisastro's Private War (episodes 171-175)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 109. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2010 (2nd ed.). McFarland. p. 159. ISBN 9780786486410. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Classic Sci-Fi TV - 150 Episodes : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
- ^ Clemens, Samuel. "Good Girl", Classic Images. October 2022
- ^ Markstein, Don. "Captain Fathom". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Captain Fathom at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 9, 2012.
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