{"product_id":"sci-fi-cartoon-classics-volume-4-the-adventures-of-scott-mccloud","title":"Sci-Fi Cartoon Classics, Volume 4: The Adventures of Scott McCloud","description":"Blast off for exciting adventures in outer space with the crew of the spaceship \u003ci\u003eStarduster\u003c\/i\u003e in the far-flung future! Ace pilot Scott McCloud (codename: Space Angel), communications expert Crystal Mace and engineer Taurus patrol the galaxy for the Interplanetary Space Force, keeping the Earth safe from any and all threats!\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpace Angel\u003c\/i\u003e was the second series produced by the short-lived Cambria Productions, who had previously made the Syncro-Vox animation method famous with \u003ci\u003eClutch Cargo\u003c\/i\u003e (1959-1960). Like \u003ci\u003eClutch\u003c\/i\u003e, the series used the cost-cutting technique of filming voice actors as they delivered dialog, and then superimposing their lips over still drawings of the characters' faces. Ned Lefebver was the voice of Scott McCloud, while Margaret Kerry (the model for Tinker Bell in \u003ci\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/i\u003e) played Crystal. Hal Smith, best remembered as Otis on \u003ci\u003eThe Andy Griffith Show\u003c\/i\u003e, voiced Taurus, the Scottish engineer, a precursor to \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e's Scotty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnimation and comics legend Alex Toth (1928-2006) created the majority of the artwork as large storyboards, to which the limited Syncro-Vox technique was then added. Beginning his career as teenager in the 1940s drawing \"The Flash\" and \"Green Lantern\" for DC Comics, \u003ci\u003eSpace Angel\u003c\/i\u003e was Toth's breakthrough in the animation industry. He would subsequently become chief character designer on such staples of Saturday morning TV as \u003ci\u003eSpace Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e (1966-1968), \u003ci\u003eBirdman and the Galaxy Trio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Herculoids\u003c\/i\u003e (both 1967-1969) and \u003ci\u003eSuper Friends\u003c\/i\u003e (1973-1985). His influence is still seen today in series like \u003ci\u003eBatman: The Animated Series\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Venture Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSpace Angel\u003c\/i\u003e used the same eerie stock music score composed by William Loose and Fred Steiner that was featured in films such as \u003ci\u003eTeenagers from Outer Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Shrews\u003c\/i\u003e (both 1959), and, most famously, \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (1968). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e THE SLAVE WORLD:\u003c\/b\u003e The \u003ci\u003eStarduster\u003c\/i\u003e crew meet the people of the planet Utopia, who are secretly enslaved by an alien race. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e THE EXILES:\u003c\/b\u003e A prison break in outer space releases the Space Angel's archnemesis Zora from captivity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e RESCUE MISSION:\u003c\/b\u003e Crystal is stranded on a planet with a poisonous atmosphere. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e THE FUGITIVES:\u003c\/b\u003e After the \u003ci\u003eStarduster\u003c\/i\u003e is crippled in battle, the Space Angel must get an injured Taurus back home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":45802334748822,"sku":"089218790699","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/9621\/5446\/files\/089218790699.jpg?v=1762193927","url":"https:\/\/moviezyng.com\/products\/sci-fi-cartoon-classics-volume-4-the-adventures-of-scott-mccloud","provider":"Movie Zyng","version":"1.0","type":"link"}