Genre:
Animation + Family

Synopsis:
When a great city is threatened by a wide assortment of supervillians, they shoot up the fireworks to summon the Mighty Heroes. This quintet of stumble bum heroes go out to confront the menace at hand, and with a great deal of difficulty, usually carry the day.

The five heroes are:
Strong Man: The "Superman" of the group, who has incredible strength (If not invulnerabilty). He speaks with a friendly southern farm-boy type accent and holds a civilian job as a mechanic. His favorite fighting move is his "Jet-propelled blow" where he flies into a villain fist-first.
Rope Man: A Sailor who works at the Docks. A very erudite fellow, Rope Man's body is a seemingly unending length of rope. He can use his hands like lassos, and can even weave himself into a net. The drawbacks to his powers are that he often gets tangled up or knotted, not rarely around his own teammates. He also tends to talk too much.
Tornado Man: A TV weatherman who can spin himself into a tornado. He often sucks the villains into his vortex then shoots them out towards the nearest solid wall. He speaks in a wheezy voice. Cuckoo Man: A bird shop owner whose powers are simply bird-based. Unlike the other heroes, who can fly with no effort, Cuckoo man must near-constantly flap his arms in order to keep aloft.
Cuckoo Man changes into his costume by jumping up through the bottom of his store's cuckoo clock and popping out through the little door. He may be the least effectual of the heroes, but he's not useless.
Diaper Man: (pronounced by the announcer, "…and Di-ah-per Man") A red-headed, diapered, yet fully articulate baby as well as the leader/brains of the group. His main weapon is his bottle, which by holding on to the rubber nipple, he can swing (or shoot like a slingshot) around forcefully. The bottle can also shoot high pressure streams of baby formula. In emergencies, Diaper Man (and often Strong Man) will drink some formula from the bottle when extra strength is needed.

The cartoons originally appeared as a segment of the long-running "Mighty Mouse Playhouse" during the 1966-67 season, which was renamed "Mighty Mouse and The Mighty Heroes" in recognition of the new segment. Some weeks during the network run, two complete "Mighty Heroes" segments would open and close the show with a classic "Mighty Mouse" cartoon in-between. In other weeks, one "Mighty Heroes" episode would be split in two to open and close the show, with two "Mighty Mouse" cartoons broadcast in-between.
(from wikipedia.org)

Casts:
Herschel Bernardi … Strong Man, Diaper Man & Tornado Man (voice)
Lionel G. Wilson … Cuckoo Man, Rope Man & James Hound (voice)

Superheroes:
Strong Man
Rope Man
Cuckoo Man
Tornado Man
Diaper Man

Villains:
The Enlarger, The Shrinker, The Ghost Monster, The Frog, The Shocker, The Raven, The Monsterizer, The Scarecrow, The Timekeeper

Runtime:
8 min (21 episodes)

The Episode List:
Chapter - The Plastic Blaster
Chapter - The Frog
Chapter - The Junker
Chapter - The Shrinker
Chapter - The Ghost Monster
Chapter - The Stretcher
Chapter - The Monsterizer
Chapter - The Drifter
Chapter - The Shocker
Chapter - The Enlarger
Chapter - The Toy Man
Chapter - The Dusters
Chapter - The Big Freeze
Chapter - The Timekeeper
Chapter - The Scarecrow
Chapter - The Time Eraser
Chapter - The Return Of The Monsterizer
Chapter - The Paper Monster
Chapter - The Raven
Chapter - The Bigger Digger
Chapter - The Proton Pulsator

The serie inspired the comic book:
"Mighty Heroes" published by Dell Comics

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