Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
| Birdman and the Galaxy Trio | |
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Birdman
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| Genre | Superhero fiction |
| Created by | Alex Toth |
| Written by |
Neal Barbera Phil Hahn |
| Directed by |
Joseph Barbera William Hanna |
| Voices of |
Keith Andes Don Messick John Stephenson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor |
Taft Broadcasting (original)
Worldvision Enterprises (syndication through 1992)
Turner Program Services (1992-1998)
Warner Bros. Television Distribution (1998-current)
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| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 9, 1967 – September 6, 1969 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law |
Birdman is a fictional superhero created by Alex Toth. He debuted on NBC on September 9, 1967, and ran on Saturday mornings until September 6, 1969. The program consists of Birdman, depicting the adventures of a winged superhero powered by the sun centering on the exploits of the extraterrestrial superhero. NBC ran a segment of Birdman each Saturday.
The character of Birdman was revived three decades later in the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim TV series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, and several characters from Birdman and the Galaxy Trio appeared in this revival.
The Galaxy Trio is a group of three extraterrestrial superheroes, Vapor Man, Meteor Man, and Gravity Girl, who patrol space in their cruiser Condor One maintaining order and fighting evildoers in the name of the Galactic Patrol law enforcement agency. The ship was equipped with a "displacer", that is, a teleportation device.
Each episode featured two Birdman segments with one Galaxy Trio segment between them.
Birdman appeared in issues 1 through 7 (April 1968 – October 1969) of the Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes comic book, published by Gold Key Comics. He was joined in issue 2 by the Galaxy Trio (their first appearance together).
In 1997, he was also featured in issue #5 of DC Comics' Cartoon Network Presents: Toonami comic book series.
On July 17, 2007, Warner Home Video released Birdman & The Galaxy Trio - The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1. Birdman accidentally appeared on the menu screen for the DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures, a DVD set which featured DC Comics based superhero cartoons produced by Filmation, in 2008. Warner Home Video has stated that this was a mistake, and that Hawkman was supposed to be in Birdman's place.
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