Dorno in Mindwitch (11/7/1981)

 

Dorno is the son of Zandor, leader of the Herculoids, and his wife Tara, a family of three humans and their five very powerful pet creatures defending their jungle planet.  The Herculoids were the subjects of an American animated television series, which debuted in 1967 and was revived in 1981 on CBS and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Dorno has a cute, boyish face, long, blond hair, and a slender, athletic physique.  His shirtless Herculoids outfit consists of a pair of brown boots, a light, blue skirt and neck collar, and a gold belt and wrist bands.  At his age, he is growing taller and more attractive and gaining better muscle definition and athletic ability.  He is also developing more self-esteem and self-confidence and taking more risks.

Due to his youth and his lack of special powers, Dorno is certainly one of the most vulnerable members of the Herculoids and is frequently a weak link which their opponents seek to target.

In this episode, desert dwellers revive a powerful witch which captures their minds.  The desert dwellers attack the Herculoids and force them to retreat.  Helped by Space Ghost and his friend, the Heculoids recover their home.  Space Ghost manages to steal the witch's book, but, after turning it over to Jan and Jace, the witch captures his mind.  From the book, Tara finds that the witch needs to revive herself every day and plans an ambush for her.

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Previous blog:

Dorno in Space Trappers (11/7/1981)

Next blog:  Dorno in Invisibles (11/14/1981)

This blog is intended to raise interest in the Herculoids and Dorno.  To view the entire episode, you may purchase the DVD at the following link:

https://www.amazon.com/Herculoids-Complete-2-Disc/dp/B00553KAK2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=A864MLT2E86B&dchild=1&keywords=herculoids+cartoon&qid=1612274032&sprefix=herculoids%2Cinstant-video%2C187&sr=8-2

Korak in Daily Tarzan (7/26/1971-7/31/1971)

 

Korak is the Honorable Jack Clayton, son of English Lord John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke, also known as Tarzan, lord of the jungle.  He is the hero of a 1915/6 magazine serial and 1917 novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs and a 1920 silent movie serial, as well as a character in several other Tarzan stories from 1914 to 1924.  He experienced a revival in 1964 as the star of his own comic book series and as a major character in various Tarzan comic books, pages, and strips from 1966 to 1978.

As depicted in the comic books, pages, and strips, Korak has a lean, athletic physique, broad shoulders and thin waist, almost no clothing, a cute, boyish face, and full, thick hair.  He is also an intelligent, enthusiastic teen-aged boy with excellent natural instincts and a good heart.

Korak strives to emulate his legendary father but lacks his strength, maturity and experience.  Therefore, he is both more likely to enter into dangerous situations and more vulnerable to being defeated.

Korak in Daily Tarzan (7/26/1971)

Korak in Daily Tarzan (7/27/1971)

Korak in Daily Tarzan (7/28/1971)

Korak in Daily Tarzan (7/29/1971)

Korak in Daily Tarzan (7/30/1971)

Korak in Daily Tarzan (7/31/1971)

As the star of his own comic book series in 1964, Korak is a capable, young hero.  His adventures were somewhat similar to those of his father Tarzan, but independent from them.  

In 1966, ABC released the TV series Batman, featuring the frequently imperiled youthful sidekick Robin the Boy Wonder.  As a fan of seeing cute, young sidekicks in trouble, I watched every episode.

Russ Manning took over the Daily Tarzan strips in 1967.  His Korak tended to have a tall, lean, swimmer's build.  While the son of Tarzan continued to have somewhat autonomous adventures, the slender, handsome youth seemed to be getting into trouble more frequently and more easily.  Moreover, in the Daily Tarzan strips, Korak tended to suffer from more frequent comparisons to his legendary father. 

Previous to this week's adventures, Tarzan leaves Korak in the jungle while he investigates the case of a missing naturalist.  He discovers a winged, reptilian creature from the center of the earth, which he defeats but agrees to return it to its home.

As the winged reptile flies Tarzan to his jungle home, Korak joins a camp where he can be the hero of his own adventures.

After a few months' hiatus, Korak is reintroduced in the final panels of the last two days of the week.

Manning's artwork is wonderful.  The handsome, youthful Korak in his loincloth certainly stands out at the camp with his new friends.  

Favorite scene:  7/30/1971, panel c

Previous blog:  Korak in Daily Tarzan (3/8/1971-3/13/1971)

Next blog:  Korak in Daily Tarzan (8/2/1971-8/7/1971)

This blog is intended to raise interest in and appreciation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs character Korak.  To see this story in context, you may find it in Hillman's ERBzine at the following link:

https://www.erbzine.com/mag29/2900.html

This week's adventures can also be found at the following link(s):

https://www.erbzine.com/mag29/2929.html

Robin in Penguin Is a Girl's Best Friend (1/26/1967), Penguin Sets a Trend (2/1/1967) & Penguin's Disastrous End (2/2/1967)

 

Robin the Boy Wonder is the eager, youthful sidekick of Batman, the Caped Crusader, the vigilante crime-fighting alias of millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne.  Introduced in 1940 as orphaned acrobat Dick Grayson in the DC comic book series Batman, Robin was played by Burt Ward in the 1966 television series on ABC.

As played by Burt Ward, Robin has a cute, boyish face, clean-cut, brown hair, and a compact, athletic physique which fits perfectly with his character's acrobatic background.  His colorful outfit, with his dark green mask, gloves, and booties, his bright, red shirt, his shiny, yellow cape, his tight, green panties, and his form-fitting, flesh-color leggings, certainly catches the audience's attention.

Due to his youth, inexperience, and smaller size, the Boy Wonder is clearly the weak link in the Dynamic Duo, which their opponents often seek to exploit.  Robin is also cocky, enthusiastic, and overly eager to prove his independent crime-fighting abilities, especially to Batman.  He is often in trouble and in need of rescue.

This week's villains are Penguin and Marsha Queen of Diamonds.  

In the first episode, after a fight, Penguin blinds the Dynamic Duo by shining a spotlight on their faces, allowing his henchmen to capture them in a net.  Batman and Robin are then tied to a catapult which is intended to propel them to their doom some distance away.

In the second episode, Batman precisely calculates where they are anticipated to land and remotely directs the Batmobile to be there beforehand to catch them with a lifesaving net.

Batman and Robin then find themselves in medieval suits of armor and in pursuit of Penguin, who trips them up with a series of rolling garbage cans.  After gassing the downed duo, Penguin turns them over to a junkyard, who put the heroes in a trash compactor.

In the third episode, the Dynamic Duo use their portable air tanks in their utility belts to counteract the hydraulic pressure of the trash compactor and to create an air pocket to allow them to survive.

For fans of Robin peril, this is an uneventful episode.

This blog is intended to promote the appreciation of Burt Ward's portrayal of Robin in the 1966 television series "Batman".  You may purchase both episodes at the following link:

https://www.amazon.com/Hi-Diddle-Riddle/dp/B00OLZVMY8/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=batman+1966&qid=1620375265&sr=8-3

Previous blog:  

That Darn Catwoman (1/19/1967) & Scat Darn Catwoman (1/25/1967)

Next blog:  Robin in Batman's Anniversary (2/8/1967) & Riddling Controversy (2/9/1967)

Dorno in Space Trappers (11/7/1981)

 

Dorno is the son of Zandor, leader of the Herculoids, and his wife Tara, a family of three humans and their five very powerful pet creatures defending their jungle planet.  The Herculoids were the subjects of an American animated television series, which debuted in 1967 and was revived in 1981 on CBS and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Dorno has a cute, boyish face, long, blond hair, and a slender, athletic physique.  His shirtless Herculoids outfit consists of a pair of brown boots, a light, blue skirt and neck collar, and a gold belt and wrist bands.  At his age, he is growing taller and more attractive and gaining better muscle definition and athletic ability.  He is also developing more self-esteem and self-confidence and taking more risks.

Due to his youth and his lack of special powers, Dorno is certainly one of the most vulnerable members of the Herculoids and is frequently a weak link which their opponents seek to target.

In this episode, Zandor, Tara, and Dorno encounter Space Trappers who have a mind-control device which is able to turn their powerful animals against them.  The trappers first shoot an unfolding cage over Zandor, Tara, and Dorno and take Igoo, Tundro, and Zok with them.  After Gloop and Gleep help free them, Zandor and Dorno pretend to help two of the trappers get more animals, while Tara infiltrates their ship to help reverse the mind-control device.  When the trappers turn Gloop and Gleep against Zandor and Dorno, Tara finds the mind-control device, reverses its effect upon the animals and then destroys it.

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Previous blog:

Dorno in Return of the Ancients (10/31/1981)

Next blog:  Dorno in Mindwitch (11/7/1981)

This blog is intended to raise interest in the Herculoids and Dorno.  To view the entire episode, you may purchase the DVD at the following link:

https://www.amazon.com/Herculoids-Complete-2-Disc/dp/B00553KAK2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=A864MLT2E86B&dchild=1&keywords=herculoids+cartoon&qid=1612274032&sprefix=herculoids%2Cinstant-video%2C187&sr=8-2

That Darn Catwoman (1/19/1967) & Scat Darn Catwoman (1/25/1967)

 

Robin the Boy Wonder is the eager, youthful sidekick of Batman, the Caped Crusader, the vigilante crime-fighting alias of millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne.  Introduced in 1940 as orphaned acrobat Dick Grayson in the DC comic book series Batman, Robin was played by Burt Ward in the 1966 television series on ABC.

As played by Burt Ward, Robin has a cute, boyish face, clean-cut, brown hair, and a compact, athletic physique which fits perfectly with his character's acrobatic background.  His colorful outfit, with his dark green mask, gloves, and booties, his bright, red shirt, his shiny, yellow cape, his tight, green panties, and his form-fitting, flesh-color leggings, certainly catches the audience's attention.

Due to his youth, inexperience, and smaller size, the Boy Wonder is clearly the weak link in the Dynamic Duo, which their opponents often seek to exploit.  Robin is also cocky, enthusiastic, and overly eager to prove his independent crime-fighting abilities, especially to Batman.  He is often in trouble and in need of rescue.

This week's villain is Catwoman.  

In the first episode, Catwoman drugs Robin and converts him into one of her henchmen.  Using the Boy Wonder as bait, she traps Batman and ties the Caped Crusader to a giant mousetrap with Robin cutting the rope which is keeping the trap from springing.

In the second episode, Batman is released by Catwoman after agreeing to be drugged like Robin.

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For fans of Robin peril, this is definitely an excellent pair of episodes.

In the first episode, Robin is giving a speech before a high-school graduating class.  Afterwards, he is drugged backstage by Catwoman's protegee Pussycat and turns into a henchman.  The Boy Wonder helps the villainess rob Wayne Manor and then the Prince of Gedallia's gift to the orphans of his country.  Afterwards, Robin beats up Batman on Catwoman's orders.

Then, using the Boy Wonder as bait, Catwoman traps Batman and ties the Caped Crusader to a giant mousetrap with Robin cutting the rope which is keeping the trap from springing.  Batman is released by Catwoman after agreeing to be drugged like Robin.

In the second episode, Robin is arrested while making the moves on Pussycat.

In this pair of episodes, Robin gets more quality time without Batman.  Catwoman turns the Boy Wonder into a cocky, enthusiastic, and overly eager criminal.  Unfortunately, unlike the "Sandman Cometh" and "Catwoman Goeth", where he does a nice turn underacting, the perky young Burt Ward overacts the part of the villainous sidekick in these episode.  The results range from novel and amusing to ridiculous and hammy.

Robin is constantly trying to put the moves on Pussycat, who is playing hard-to-get.  The Boy Wonder alternates between cocky overconfidence and trying hard to impress.

After Robin is arrested by the police, fans may have appreciated scenes in which the Boy Wonder is placed in a holding cell with hardened criminals with his cute, boyish face, clean-cut, brown hair, compact, athletic physique, dark green mask, gloves, and booties, bright, red shirt, shiny, yellow cape, tight, green panties, and form-fitting, flesh-color leggings.  This is certainly a rare opportunity for criminals to take revenge upon the Boy Wonder and for the alpha inmate to assert his dominance over the sidekick.

This blog is intended to promote the appreciation of Burt Ward's portrayal of Robin in the 1966 television series "Batman".  You may purchase both episodes at the following link:

https://www.amazon.com/Hi-Diddle-Riddle/dp/B00OLZVMY8/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=batman+1966&qid=1620375265&sr=8-3

Previous blog:  

Robin in Zodiac Crimes (1/11/1967), Joker's Hard Times (1/12/1967) & Penguin Declines (1/18/1967)

Next blog:  Robin in Penguin Is a Girl's Best Friend (1/26/1967), Penguin Sets a Trend (2/1/1967) & Penguin's Disastrous End (2/2/1967)