# Name the 70's TV Superheroes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2001, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346 "2001-10-29T19:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/21 "2001-10-30T17:37:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > **Does anybody remember a group of superhero cartoon guys that included a baby who would hit you with his bottle, a rope guy and a cuckoo guy?** The Mighty Heroes. Rope-Man, Diaper-Man um…and two others. Great stuff **Tanstaffl** : Both late '60s. And there was a surprisingly good (given the competition) Dr. Strange made-for-TV movie. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![M.T.Bochs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@M.T.Bochs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/M.T.Bochs)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/22 "2001-10-30T18:04:49Z")
There were two “Six Million Dollar Man” episodes with Bigfoot. Andre the Giant played Bigfoot in the first, Ted Cassidy played Bigfoot in the second. ---
**Author:** ![plasticbryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@plasticbryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plasticbryan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/23 "2001-10-30T18:16:13Z")
Captain America, on a motorcycle. He lasted at least a season. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/24 "2001-10-30T18:17:21Z")
I think we should include Ultraman, Speed Racer and Racer X (secretly Speed’s older brother Rex Racer). They’re all from Japanese shows from the 60s, but we didn’t get them here in the States until the 70s. **Ellen** , Sasquatch was a sophisticated robot built by benevolent aliens who lived in a mountain headquarters in the Northwest. I think he was a product of the same technology that produced the “fembots” Steve and Jaime battled (and which briefly replaced Oscar Goldman). But I remember no other details. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/25 "2001-10-30T18:23:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > > **Does anybody remember a group of superhero cartoon guys that included a baby who would hit you with his bottle, a rope guy and a cuckoo guy?** > > The Mighty Heroes. Rope-Man, Diaper-Man um…and two others. > > \*\* Three others. Cuckoo Man, Tornado Man and Strong Man. [The Mighty Heroes](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1342.php) ---
**Author:** ![Infectious\_Lass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Infectious\_Lass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infectious_Lass)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/26 "2001-10-30T18:40:58Z")
They showed that mighty heroes thing on British tv in the 80s sometime. I, as one of the few female comics fans in captivity who really really liked female characters made the mistake of bemoaning the lack of female heroes in that sucky cartoon. And so some little \*\*\*\* who made fun of me for everything I said made fun of me for that too. But I like female characters! and there was no female characters! I was urinated off about that man. Grumble grumble. Oh also the _Galaxy Trio_ there was Vapor Man, Galaxy Girl and um…some other guy. They weren’t very good. I wanted to see a detailed origin and explanation for their motivations! Needless to say these were not forthcoming. Vapor Man came from the planet Vaporus or something. As a small child I thought it was bad!!! (in the old sense of the word) ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/27 "2001-10-30T19:06:45Z")
Pardon me just a moment, everyone, while I enjoy the thought of **Infectious Lass** “in captivity.” ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/28 "2001-10-30T19:58:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Ellen, Sasquatch was a sophisticated robot built by benevolent aliens who lived in a > mountain headquarters in the Northwest. **I knew it!** I knew it, I knew it was aliens! The robot thing didn’t ring a bell, but I recall aliens were in there somewhere. Thank you, dear Fiver, for that one. (BTW, there IS something sweet about imagining Infectious Lass in captivity. Perhaps you should provide her with a bowl of Lass Chow™ and see if she exhibits any more species-specific behavior. ---
**Author:** ![MJH2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@MJH2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MJH2)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/29 "2001-10-30T20:50:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plasticbryan \* > \*\*Captain America, on a motorcycle. \*\* Who could forget? Whatta hottie. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/30 "2001-11-09T13:54:49Z")
Oh G Force from Battle of the Planets. By the way thanks plasticbryan I had just finally Got over that! And don’t think it was easy to purge that huge phlegmy turdball of a show. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/31 "2001-11-09T14:32:42Z")
Speaking of Gemini Man. Does anyone else remember The Invisible Man with David McCallum? Truly retched stuff. Also, what about The Tomorrow People? I didn’t see the show until the 1980s when we finally got cable, but it definitely had a 1970s look to it. ---
**Author:** ![Yondan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/278dde/32.png) [@Yondan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yondan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/32 "2001-11-09T14:48:06Z")
Hong Kong Fooey! Number one super guy! ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/33 "2001-11-09T18:58:50Z")
Oh wait I have it. The Ultimate Super hero team of the seventies!! KISS Watch the movie they made in with Hanna Barbara and you’ll see what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/34 "2001-11-10T04:58:44Z")
**kingpengvin:** You’re talking about [KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0077788), right? Who could forget that magical moment when the evil android KISS clones started singing, “Rip rip, rip and destroy!” and all the kids started ripping and destroying because, hey, they thought they were really KISS. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/35 "2001-11-10T05:03:02Z")
plasticbryan wrote: > [@](#): > > Captain America, on a motorcycle. He lasted at least a season. He most certainly did **not**. The 1970s TV Captain America lasted for precisely two made-for-TV movies. In the first, which we learn that the Super Soldier Serum is apparently called “F.L.A.G.”, and in the second, Captain America foils the plans of a fake veterinarian by a strategic application of the word “choleoptera.” ---
**Author:** ![Leonora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7bcc69/32.png) [@Leonora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonora)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/36 "2001-11-10T05:34:42Z")
I remember watching HeMan (or was it Thundar?) and Shera way back in the 70’s. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/37 "2001-11-10T06:47:24Z")
> [@](#): > > One thing I could never figure out, though – how does a skydiving accident necessitate the implantation of a bionic ear? She landed awkwardly on a branch. It could have been worse; she could have been somewhat more upright. The fembots were completely different technology from Sasquatch. Can’t believe no one’s mentioned Baggy Pants and the Nitwits yet. Animated version of Arte Johnson’s old man character from Laugh-In. Bizarre. Oh, and the Bionic Stooges. ---
**Author:** ![JubilationTCornpone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@JubilationTCornpone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JubilationTCornpone)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/38 "2001-11-10T20:18:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*Oh, and the Bionic Stooges. \*\* _Robonic_ stooges, sir. _Robonic_. Which makes me wonder which universities are offering programs in robonics. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/39 "2001-11-11T02:18:03Z")
You all forgot _The Man From Atlantis_, starring Patrick Duffy. And, the _He Man/She Ra_ thing–that was the 80’s. When did _The Greatest American Hero_ come on? ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346/40 "2001-11-11T02:37:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*You all forgot _The Man From Atlantis_, starring Patrick Duffy. > > And, the _He Man/She Ra_ thing–that was the 80’s. > > When did _The Greatest American Hero_ come on? \*\* _The Greatest American Hero_ the 80’s, specifically 1981 - 1983. And, yes, _The Man From Atlantis_ 1977-78. The two I thought of bracketed the 70’s: _The Green Hornet_ with Bruce Lee - 1966 - 67; and _Knight Rider_ (thinking about K.I.T.T. the car as the superhero) - 1982 -1986, plus a 1991 movie My source for all this: [http://www.abouttvshows.com/](http://www.abouttvshows.com/) and my-friend Google. And they don’t have _He Man / She Ra_ in their list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-70s-tv-superheroes/90346.md?page=3)