The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure

***The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure*** is a Filmation animated series that aired on saturday mornings in CBS from 1967 to 1968. Premiering on September 9, 1967, this 60-minute program included a series of six-minute adventures featuring various DC Comics superheroes.

## Overview

Each episode consisted of new segments from the existing series, *The New Adventures of Superman* and *The Adventures of Superboy*, as well as outings for Aquaman and his sidekick Aqualad. Superman fans generally regard it as the second season of *The New Adventures*. As a part of *The New Adventures*, it is notable for containing some of the final work done by Bud Collyer, the voice actor who had originated the roles of Superman and Clark Kent on radio. It also included a rotating series of "guest star" cartoons featuring the Atom, the Flash and Kid Flash, the Green Lantern, Hawkman and new shorts from *The Adventures of Superboy*. The Justice League of America (Atom, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Aquaman and Superman) and Teen Titans (Speedy, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, and Aqualad, but not Robin) were also featured in team adventures.

Many of the shorts were penned and script-edited by DC Comics employees. Bob Haney and George Kashdan — the writing-editing team who were then producing the original version of the *Teen Titans* comic book — were prolific on the series, taking on nearly all the "guest star" cartoons. Mort Weisinger, editor of all *Superman* comic titles during the 1960s, served as script editor for the shorts featuring Kal-El. This use of comic writers on the television series tended to make them "a very faithful adaption to the comic book mythos." Even so, there were some elements which were unique to the cartoons, such as secondary characters in the *Hawkman*, *Green Lantern* and *Atom* shorts.

This series marked the animation debut of nearly all of its featured characters and teams. The exceptions were Superman and his supporting cast, who had been previously immortalized in the iconic 1940s Superman shorts (and later in *The New Adventures of Superman*), and the Superboy characters, seen in the previous season of *The Adventures of Superboy*.

## Episodes

*Main Article*: List of The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure Episodes

## Voice cast

### Credited actors

* Bud Collyer as Clark Kent / Superman (Superman and Justice League segments)
* Bob Hastings as Young Clark Kent / Superboy (Superboy segments)
* Jackson Beck as Narrator (Superman segments), Perry White (Superman segments), Lex Luthor (Superman segments), Beany Martin (Superman segments)
* Ted Knight as Narrator (Superboy, Aquaman, Atom, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Justice League and Teen Titans segments), Imp (Aquaman Segments), Tusky (Aquaman segments), Black Manta (Aquaman segments), Torpedo Man (Aquaman segments), Blue Bolt (Flash segments)
* Joan Alexander as Lois Lane (Superman segments)
* Cliff Owens as Brainiac (Superman segments), Barry Allen / The Flash (Flash and Justice League segments)
* Jack Grimes as Jimmy Olsen (Superman segments)
* Julie Bennett as Donna Troy / Wonder Girl (Teen Titans segments)
* Gilbert Mack as Additional Voices (Superman segments)
* Janet Waldo as Lana Lang (Superboy segments)
* Marvin Miller as Aquaman (Aquaman segments)
* Jerry Dexter as Garth / Aqualad (Aquaman and Teen Titans segments)
* Diana Maddox as Mera (Aquaman segments), Queen Vassa (Aquaman segments), Queen Sirena (Green Lantern segments)

### Uncredited actors

* Tommy Cook as Kid Flash (Flash and Teen Titans segments)
* Paul Frees as Guardians of the Universe (Green Lantern segments), Kairo (Green Lantern segments), Evil Star (Green Lantern segments)
* Pat Harrington, Jr. as Atom (Atom and Justice League segments), Speedy (Teen Titans segments)
* Gerald Mohr as Green Lantern (Green Lantern and Justice League segments)
* Vic Perrin as Hawkman (Hawkman and Justice League segments)