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]

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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

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

  1. A Man Called Guppy
  2. The Loss of the Argonaut (episodes 5-10)
  3. Mission: Thunder Fire Island (episodes 11-15)
  4. One for the Money, One for the Show
  5. The Ice Trap (episodes 31-35)
  6. Wanted Dead or Alive
  7. The Light That Wailed
  8. The Underseas Land Grab
  9. The Shrieking Mountain (episodes 46-50)
  10. Find a Hidden Prize (episodes 51-55)
  11. The Pirates of Global Island
  12. Pursuit of the Dinopisces
  13. The Sub-Enchanted Garden (episodes 71-75)
  14. Rustlers of the Sea Range (episodes 76-80)
  15. Voyage to the Stone Age (episodes 81-85)
  16. The Baron of Shark Island (episodes 86-90)
  17. Ghost Ship (episodes 91-95)
  18. The Whale and W.P. (episodes 96-100)
  19. The Eye of the Mountain (episodes 111-115)
  20. Xerog (episodes 116-120)
  21. Project Meec
  22. Phantom of Port Royal
  23. Seldom Seem Sea Serpent
  24. Deep Marauder
  25. U-2 Rudolph
  26. Pisastro's Private War (episodes 171-175)

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