Am I the only one that remembers this old cable network program?

[Mister_Comics]

Anyone out there that remembers this...

 

It was on sometime in the early 80's I think around "80. Maybe '81. Maybe a little later. It was a show that was very much like the MARVEL SUPERHEROES cartoons. Were they used actual panels from comics. But these were stories from DC comics. I can remember watching some Flash stories, Green Lantern, Atomic Knight and Space Cabbie stories too. The program would always start off with live action of two kids on bikes, a boy and girl, with background music of Flight of the Valkries. They would stop to were they were heading and get off the bikes and start reading a comic that the boy would take from his back pocket. Then the cartoon would start. I know it was a early cable program. I wish I could remember the name of the show. I can't seem to find anyone else that remembers it.

 

Most remember shows like "Salute Your Shorts", "You Can't Do That On Television", or "Hey Dude!" But I can't find anyone that remembers the comic book show.

[Dick Pontoon]

Sounds almost like a locally produced show. I have a fairly good knowledge of TV cartoons up to that era, and don't recall that one at all. If anybody else knows about it, Jerry Beck over at Cartoon Brew should.

[jools&jim]

Yep, I remember it! It aired on the then VERY new Nickelodeon network. They called it "Video Comic Book". See here:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_(TV_channel)

 

It wasn't really a cartoon, either: it was static comic book panels, narrated with the actual text from the comics.

[Loki]

That sounds vaguely familiar - especially the Ride of the Valkries intro music.

 

I seem to remember it being a segment on a longer children's cartoon/variety show. I'm not certain, but I also think it might have aired on Nickelodeon...

[Loki]

Yep, I remember it! It aired on the then VERY new Nickelodeon network. They called it "Video Comic Book". See here:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_(TV_channel)

 

It wasn't really a cartoon, either: it was static comic book panels, narrated with the actual text from the comics.

 

 

Beat me to it... At least I remembered the proper network.

[Mister_Comics]

Mikey I think your right. After looking at that attached link it brought back some memories of what was on back then. I didn't realize it was a late 70's show. Thats probably correct because I know I first got cable in the late 70's. Around '78 - '79. So that has to be it. Video Comic Book. Big thanks! (thumbs u

[slym2none]

Not cable (we didn't get that until the mid-80s) but this was my favourite after-school programming:

 

Barney's Army

 

I can't believe there is a website for it...

 

 

 

 

-slym (got to play the interactive "Pow" game once!)

[catrick339]

Yep, I remember it! It aired on the then VERY new Nickelodeon network. They called it "Video Comic Book". See here:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_(TV_channel)

 

It wasn't really a cartoon, either: it was static comic book panels, narrated with the actual text from the comics.

 

Yep. Mr. Riffhard has called it. And everything I remember seeing was from 50's DC science fiction stories, nothing mainstream. Heh, didn't stop me from watching it most days after work, most of the stories I'd never read.

[Shadow]

Back in the early 80's, our Toledo PBS station would film some of the Wrightson Swamp Things comics and narrate them. (ie. it would scan the panels/pages and someone read them). I thought this was pretty cool and coupled with the DC Special Series reprints at the time got me hooked to those books.