Space Angel (1962): When Saturday Mornings Went to Space
Long before Star Trek, there was Space Angel, a wonderfully imaginative animated science fiction series that debuted in 1962.
The show followed Scott McCloud, aka Space Angel, and his crew aboard the spaceship Starduster, battling aliens, space pirates, and other interplanetary threats.
Featuring artwork by legendary artist Alex Toth, the series used the bizarre Syncro-Vox animation technique, superimposing real human mouths onto cartoon faces. The results were sometimes unintentionally hilarious but unforgettable.
The animation was primitive, the stories occasionally ridiculous, and the science questionable. But in 1962, with the Space Race heating up, none of that mattered.
We were going to space, and Space Angel was taking us along for the ride!
Do you remember watching Space Angel?
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