Space Angel

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::summary American animated science fiction television series ::

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genre	Science fiction
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inspired_by
writer	Clark Haas
Dick Darley
director	Dick Darley
Alex Toth
presenter
starring
judges
voices
country	United States
language	English
num_seasons
num_episodes
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news_editor
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cinematography	Edwin Gillette
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camera
runtime	30 minutes
company	Cambria Productions
first_aired
last_aired
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• Dick Darley
• Clark Haas | news_editor = | location = | cinematography = Edwin Gillette | animator = | editor = | camera = | runtime = 30 minutes | company = Cambria Productions | budget = | network = | first_aired = | last_aired = | related = Space Angel is an animated science fiction television series produced in the United States from early 1962 through 1964. It used the same Synchro-Vox lip technique as Clutch Cargo, the first cartoon produced by the same studio, Cambria Productions. The show was created by Dick Darley, who also created the 1950–1955 live-action series Space Patrol.

The series chronicled the adventures of three astronauts who worked for the Earth Bureau of Investigation's Interplanetary Space Force on board the spaceship Starduster: Captain/Pilot Scott McCloud, also known as "the Space Angel" (voiced by Ned Lefebver), Electronics/Communications expert Crystal Mace (voiced by Margaret Kerry), and the immensely strong Scottish-born Gunner/Engineer Taurus (voiced by Hal Smith).

Setting and themes

The character name the Space Angel was a secret identity. Scott McCloud had an eyepatch; when he appeared as Space Angel, he would lower the dark-tinted visor on his helmet to conceal his identity.

Apart from the use of Synchro-Vox, animation was very limited, but the static panel art by the renowned Alex Toth was often well-drawn. Story lines were serialized over five episodes which ran 5 minutes each, the idea being that stations could show one episode per weekday, with the climax coming on Friday. Cliffhangers were sometimes used, as in an episode with McCloud finding a derelict spacecraft beyond the light barrier, looking inside and exclaiming "Oh, my God!" Another memorable sequence occurred with the heroes involved in a best two-of-three gladiator battle, using future visions of Roman combat.

There were several episodes involving space combat between the Interplanetary Space Force and various enemies. After the Space Angel and his crew had discovered the villains' plans or forces, he would call in reinforcements made up of one or more squadrons of the ISF. Squadrons were organized by planetary patrol areas such as the Venusian Squadron, Mars Squadron, etc. The identifying squadron symbols on the ISF ships were the ones used in astronomy charts of the time to identify the planets, such as the female symbol for the Venusian Squadron, the male symbol for the Mars Squadron and a circle with an enclosed plus sign for the Earth Squadron.

The main antagonists in the show were the Anthenians, who were modelled on a combination of Ancient Rome and Sparta; their home planet is shown in the episode involving the gladiatorial games. The city looks like Rome, including a Colosseum. The civilians are dressed in togas and the soldiers are wearing a combination of Greek/Roman armor with Corinthian-style helmets. They are armed with blaster rifles.

Another antagonist is Zorra, the Evil Queen of Space, who resembled Nefertiti, and her henchmen, "the General" and "the Major", who all spoke with Central European accents. Predating the Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror", their claim to fame is an invisible spaceship they use to disrupt interstellar trade.

In the opening sequence of "Space Hijackers (Solar Mirror)" a delta-winged spacecraft, the Starduster, docks with a space station. The ship matches velocity and rotation with the station and is talked in with instrument assist. This sequence foreshadows the space dock sequence of the delta-winged Orion from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, which would be made seven years later.

The Starduster contains a smaller vessel, a space fighter flown by the Space Angel, which looks like the XF-92 and is about the same size, though with a pointed nose. It is called the "Space Dart".

The first season theme music is credited to Geordie Hormel. The second season theme music was written by Walter Greene and was originally used in Roger Corman's film War of the Satellites (1958).

Episodes

There are 52 Space Angel stories, each in five parts, totaling 260 episodes.

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Title	Episodes	Space Hijackers (Solar Mirror)	The Little People	The Wizard of Eden	Incident of the Loud Planet	Expedition to a New Moon	Cosmic Combat	The Gladiators	The Light Barrier	The Slave World	The Exiles	The Saucer Caper	Death of a Galaxy	There Goes Danny	Visitors from Outer Space	Rescue Mission	Space War	Dragon Fire	Flight of Hotshots	The Fugitives	The Encoder	Project Hero	The Frozen Planet	The Plagued Planet	The Donavan Plan	Cosmic Search	The Plot	Name, Rank, and Serial Number	Crystal's Anti Boy Friend	They Went Thatta' Way	Power Failure	Scratch One Chimp	Red Alert	The Day the Earth Went Dark	The Queen of the Three Suns	Once Upon a Rainbow	Welcome, Neighbor	Space Angel Meets a Devil	Top Secret	How To Win a Space Race Without Really Trying	The Gold City Blues	The Not So Mythical Beast	Count Down	The Abominable Moon Man	Dr. Kinkaid, I Presume	Crisis in Orbit	The Great Plain Robbery	Take Me to Your Leader	The Ghost and Crystal Mace	The National Bank Chase	Big Bertha Makes Peace	Gopher Broke	Conflict Nola
1–5
6–10
11–15
16–20
21–25
26–30
31–35
36–40
41–45
46–50
51–55
56–60
61–65
66–70
71–75
76–80
81–85
86–90
91–95
96–100
101–105
106–110
111–115
116–120
121–125
126–130
131–135
136–140
141–145
146–150
151–155
156–160
161–165
166–170
171–175
176–180
181–185
186–190
191–195
196–200
201–205
206–210
211–215
216–220
221–225
226–230
231–235
236–240
241–245
246–250
251–255
256–260
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''Space Angel'' in other media

Alex Toth drew a Space Angel six-page story for children's magazine Jack & Jill in 1963 to promote the Space Angel cartoon.

Transogram released a board game in 1965 simply entitled Space Angel Game.

The episode "The Gladiators" was featured on Cinema Insomnia.

VCI Entertainment released a DVD that contained nine Space Angel stories in July 2008.

References

References

1. (1983). "Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946–1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series". Scarecrow Press.
2. (2005). "Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003". McFarland & Co.
3. (2018). "The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows". Rowman & Littlefield.
4. [https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/C/Cambria_Productions/Space_Angel/ Big Cartoon Database: Space Angel Episode Guide]{{dead link. (January 2024)
5. "Cinema Insomnia: Prince of Space". [[Google Video]].
6. Lambert, David. "VCI's Space Angel – Collection 1: Box Art, Details and Extras; Available in your galaxy on July 29th". [[TVShowsOnDVD.com]].
7. "Space Angel Collection 1 (Full Col Dol) (1962)".

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