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Four of the greatest comic strip heroes join forces to battle Ming the Merciless.Four of the greatest comic strip heroes join forces to battle Ming the Merciless.Four of the greatest comic strip heroes join forces to battle Ming the Merciless.
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- TriviaIn order to prevent his Mongolian appearance to open the door to the character being seen as racist due to his villainous nature, Ming the Merciless' appearance was recreated as a more alien and rather inhuman one.
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The Phantom: By jungle law, the Ghost Who Walks calls forth the power of ten tigers.
- ConnectionsEdited into Marvel Action Universe (1988)
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Underrated 80s cartoon starring King Features Syndicate's best superheroes!
Defenders of the Earth is an anomaly in superhero entertainment: it was produced during a time when superhero cinema was barely getting started (the Superman films were then still recent blockbuster smashes) and the concept of shared universes remained a strong-point in sci-fi novels rather than in regular movies or television. Defenders is oddly entertaining considering it's a superhero show that ISN'T from either MARVEL (which supplied the animation for this show) or DC Comics; these were superheroes from syndicated newspaper comic strips, not wholly comic-book oriented magazines. It's interesting that Defenders exists at all frankly; the 80s were a great time for Saturday-morning 'toons: Robotech, Transformers, GI Joe, Jem, He-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ThunderCats, Ghostbusters, Duck Tales, the list goes on from there. So how does a show starring Flash Gordon, The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician compare to all those classics? It's watchable; cheesy admittedly but genuinely watchable nonetheless.
I give this time-capsule of a show 4/5 stars.
I give this time-capsule of a show 4/5 stars.
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By what name was Defenders of the Earth (1986) officially released in Canada in English?
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