This cartoon series from Cambria Studios featured a technique called “Synchro-Vox” which involved camera movement and the use of real actors’ lips inside still frames to simulate animation, as seen in Cambria’s other series, Clutch Cargo.
The series of four-minute shorts was produced and syndicated in 1962 and showcased character designs by comics and cartoon legend Alex Toth (who went on to design Hanna-Barbera’s Space Ghost).
Space Angel related the adventures of the titular, eyepatch-wearing rocket-man hero (real name Scott McCloud), who, as an agent for the Earth Bureau of Investigation, helped protect the universe from various villains (the evil Queen Zora in particular) – launched from the space station Evening Star aboard his ship, Starduster.
Along for the ride were cohorts Taurus, a hot-headed Scottish mechanic; Crystal Mace, a scientist/navigator; and Professor Mace, Crystal’s genius inventor dad.
True to its space opera roots, every four-minute episode of Space Angel ended with a thrilling cliffhanger. 260 shorts were produced, syndicated either separately or as half-hour weekend blocks (one full year’s worth) over the show’s all-too-brief lifetime.
Space Angel/Scott McCloud
Ned Lefebvre
Taurus
Hal Smith
Crystal Mace
Margaret Kerry Professor Mace
Hal Smith
This cartoon series from Cambria Studios featured a technique called “Synchro-Vox” which involved camera movement and the use of real actors’ lips inside still frames to simulate animation, as seen in Cambria’s other series, Clutch Cargo.
Space Angel related the adventures of the titular, eyepatch-wearing rocket-man hero (real name Scott McCloud), who, as an agent for the Earth Bureau of Investigation, helped protect the universe from various villains (the evil Queen Zora in particular) – launched from the space station Evening Star aboard his ship, Starduster.
True to its space opera roots, every four-minute episode of Space Angel ended with a thrilling cliffhanger. 260 shorts were produced, syndicated either separately or as half-hour weekend blocks (one full year’s worth) over the show’s all-too-brief lifetime.
