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HBO Max will remove more DC Comics based animated TV series, January 31, 2023, including "Aquaman" (1967), "Batman: The Brave and the Bold", "Justice League" and "Justice League Unlimited", voiced by George Newbern, Phil Lamarr and Kevin Conroy:

"Aquaman" (1967) was a Filmation animated series that premiered as a 30-minute version of "The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure", without the 'Superman' and 'Superboy' segments...

...featuring DC Comics 'Aquaman' (Marvin Miller) and his sidekick 'Aqualad' (Jerry Dexter), narrated by Ted Knight.

"Batman: The Brave and the Bold" (2008) featured superheroes coming together to foil a super villain...

....focusing on Batman's regular team-ups, noted as the first HD series produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

"Justice League" (2001) based on DC Comics' "Justice League of America", was a prequel to "Batman Beyond" and a sequel to "Batman: The Animated Series", "Superman: The Animated Series" and "The New Batman Adventures". 

"Justice League Unlimited" (2004), featuring a gaggle of...

HBO Max will remove more DC Comics based animated TV series, January 31, 2023, including "Aquaman" (1967), "Batman: The Brave and the Bold", "Justice League" and "Justice League Unlimited", voiced by George Newbern, Phil Lamarr and Kevin Conroy:

"Aquaman" (1967) was a Filmation animated series that premiered as a 30-minute version of "The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure", without the 'Superman' and 'Superboy' segments...

...featuring DC Comics 'Aquaman' (Marvin Miller) and his sidekick 'Aqualad' (Jerry Dexter), narrated by Ted Knight.

"Batman: The Brave and the Bold" (2008) featured superheroes coming together to foil a super villain...

....focusing on Batman's regular team-ups, noted as the first HD series produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

"Justice League" (2001) based on DC Comics' "Justice League of America", was a prequel to "Batman Beyond" and a sequel to "Batman: The Animated Series", "Superman: The Animated Series" and "The New Batman Adventures". 

"Justice League Unlimited" (2004), featuring a gaggle of...

"This is the year two thousand and twenty. The place is the Challenger Sea Mount, the top of an underwater mountain, a complex beneath the sea. Two hundred and fifty men, women and children live here. Each of them, a scientist pioneer. For this is our last frontier, a hostile environment which may hold the key to tomorrow. Each day, these oceanauts meet new challenges as they build their city beneath the sea. This is Sealab 2020."

These words set the stage for the Saturday morning TV series known as Sealab 2020. The oceanauts of Sealab face seaquakes, sharks and falling satellites -- while finding the time to serve up lessons on environmentalism and teamwork. Featuring the voices of actors like John Stephenson, Ross Martin, Jerry Dexter, Pamelyn Ferdin and Ann Jillian, the TV show ran for just 13 episodes and one season on NBC.

“This is the year two thousand and twenty. The place is the Challenger Sea Mount, the top of an underwater mountain, a complex beneath the sea. Two hundred and fifty men, women and children live here. Each of them, a scientist pioneer. For this is our last frontier, a hostile environment which may hold the key to tomorrow. Each day, these oceanauts meet new challenges as they build their city beneath the sea. This is Sealab 2020.”

Hanna-Barbera had to change with the times and as the 1970s dawned, kids and adults alike were tuning into the difficulties planet Earth was facing. Ecology and Earth Day were on everyone’s lips. At the same time, parents’ groups were insisting Saturday morning cartoon shows do more than shill cereal and have characters hit one another.

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Their answer was Sealab 2020, which lasted a mere season comprising just 13 episodes.

Growing up in the 1960s, I first heard “Shazam” from the lips of Gomer Pyle, Usmc and only later learned it had something to do with a defunct character, Captain Marvel. When I then saw ads in the comics for a Saturday morning series called Shazzan, I was confused, thinking it was somehow connected. Nope, the CBS series created by the great Alex Toth and produced by Hanna-Barbera and had the following narration:

“Inside a cave off the coast of Maine, Chuck (Jerry Dexter) and Nancy (Janet Waldo) find a mysterious chest containing the halves of a strange ring. When joined, the ring forms the word “Shazzan!” and with this magical command, they are transported back to the fabled land of the Arabian Nights. Here they meet their Genie, Shazzan (Barney Phillips). Shazzan presents them with Kaboobie (Don Messick), a magical flying camel. Shazzan will serve them whenever they call,...

During the late 1960s, Filmation was having incredible success with The Archie Show on CBS. Not only was the TV series very popular but one of the animated show's songs, "Sugar, Sugar," hit the top spot on the Billboard charts. Hanna-Barbera wanted to duplicate the idea and licensed the Josie characters from Archie Comics. They centered the stories around the girls' band, added mysteries (ala Scooby-Doo, Where are You!), and were on their way.

Josie and the Pussycats debuted on September 12, 1970 on CBS. The animated show centers around six young people. Josie (Janet Waldo), Valerie (Barbara Pariot), and Melody (Jackie Joseph) make up the band. Handsome Alan (Jerry Dexter) is their roadie, Alexander (Casey Kasem) is their cowardly manager, and Alexandra (Sherry Alberoni) is his nasty sister.

Alan's sweet on Josie but Alexandra wants him to herself and will sabotage sweet Josie...