The Mighty Heroes

The Mighty Heroes is a 2D Animated series created by Ralph Bakshi. It aired episodes from 1966-1967 and had a total of 15 episodes. It premiered on October 29, 1966, it's final episode aired on February 4, 1967 and it didn't end until St. Patrick's Day 1967 (March 11, 1967). The series aired on the CBS Saturday Morning Cartoons block.

Plot
The stories took place in Good Haven, a fictitious city that was continually beset by various supervillains. When trouble occurred, the city launched a massive fireworks display to summon a quintet of high-flying superheroes into action—Strong Man, Rope Man, Tornado Man, Cuckoo Man and Diaper Man.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Lot's of very likeable characters, who have very nice designs.
 * 2) *Strong Man, a strong, tough guy who defends the team by lifting things. His superpower is the super strength. He also has super strength. He speaks with a friendly farm-boy type of accent and holds a civilian job as a mechanic. His favorite fighting move is his "jet-propelled blow," by which he will fly into a villain fist-first.
 * 3) *Cuckoo Man, a bird shop owner whose powers are the most limited of the group. Unlike the other Mighty Heroes, all four of whom can fly with no effort, Cuckoo Man has to flap his arms almost constantly in order to keep aloft.
 * 4) *Tornado Man, a television weather forecaster who can spin himself into a tornado. He often sucks the villains into his vortex, then shoots them out toward the nearest wall. He speaks in a wheezy voice.
 * 5) **Lionel Wilson, who also voiced Strong Man and Diaper Man, did a wonderful job on voicing Tornado Man the most out of the other 2 characters that he voiced throughout the show.
 * 6) *Rope Man, a sailor who works at the docks. Erudite with a British accent, he can transform into a seemingly unending length of rope. He can use his hands like lassos, and can even weave himself into a net. The drawbacks to his powers are that he frequently gets tangled up or knotted, more often than not, around his own teammates.
 * 7) *Diaper Man, a red-headed, diapered, yet fully articulate baby, as well as the leader of the group, who sounds a lot like Popeye the Sailor Man. His main weapon is his bottle, which, by holding on to the rubber nipple, he can swing around (or shoot like a slingshot) forcefully. The bottle can also shoot high pressure streams of baby formula. In emergencies, Diaper Man (and often Strong Man) will drink some formula from the bottle whenever extra strength is needed.
 * 8) Great animation.
 * 9) Stunning lip-syncing. Including the villains and the people of Good Haven.
 * 10) Good Haven is a very nice fictional town.
 * 11) Well-done acting from Lionel Wilson, Herschel Bernardi, Dayton Allen and Bob McFadden.
 * 12) *Lionel Wilson does great on Cuckoo Man and Rope Man. Especially when Cuckoo Man says his catchphrase "And cuckoo, and cuckoo!" at the beginning and at the end of every episode.
 * 13) *Herschel Bernardi does awesome on Strong Man, Diaper Man and Tornado Man, especially when Diaper Man says his catchphrase "Up, and away!" at the beginning and at the end of every episode, just like Lionel Wilson when he voices Cuckoo Man.
 * 14) The plots are very interesting.
 * 15) The graphics, while old since the series was produced in the late 60s, is good.
 * 16) The additional villains are interesting. Examples include
 * 17) *The Shrinker, a villain known for shrinking many things, including the Mighty Heroes.
 * 18) *The Shocker, a villain who likes electric.
 * 19) *The Monsterizer (appeared in 2 episodes "The Monsterizer" and "The Return of The Monsterizer"), a villain who turns every human into monsters.
 * 20) The episodes are good, especially The Scarecrow and The Dusters.
 * 21) The comic books are very well done.
 * 22) *However, one comic book wasn't released until 1998. That on the other hand, revealed the real name for the heroes, which critics and fans of the series wanted.
 * 23) The reruns of the show were great throughout the 1970s-1980s.
 * 24) *The show was short, however. So, they decided to air reruns of episodes from the show.
 * 25) Some of the scenes from the episodes are funny, especially when the heroes crash and bang into each other.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Just like Sabrina: The Animated Series, it lasted for only a season.
 * 2) Some of the episodes can be bad.
 * 3) There are some unfunny scenes in one of the episodes.

Trivia

 * Lionel Wilson's first name is the name of the company "Lionel Electric Trains," which produces model trains.
 * The town of Good Haven is named after New Haven, Connecticut.

Reception
The Mighty Heroes received a lot of positive reviews from critics. It holds a 7.4/10 on IMDB, along with a whopping 78% on JustWatch.

Videos
The series' theme song