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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797649703321

Autore

Terrace Vincent <1948->

Titolo

Crime fighting heroes of television : over 10,000 facts from 151 shows, 1949-2001 / / Vincent Terrace

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jefferson, North Carolina ; ; London, [England] : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

0-7864-8445-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Disciplina

791.45652

Soggetti

Action and adventure television programs - United States

Crime on television

Heroes on television

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; The Shows; The A-Team; Acapulco H.E.A.T.                        ; The Adventures of Sinbad                               ; Batgirl (pilot)                      ; Batman             ; BeastMaster                  ; The Bionic Woman                       ; Black Scorpion                     ; Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; Buffy, the Vampire Slayer; Captain America (pilot)                              ; Captain Midnight                       ; Captain Nice; Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons; Captain Video and His Video Rangers

C.A.T. Squad (pilot)                           Chameleon in Blue (pilot)                                ; The Champions                    ; Charmed              ; Cleopatra 2525                     ; Command 5 (pilot)                        ; Commando Cody, Sky Marshal of the Universe; Conan            ; Condor (pilot)                     ; Dangerous Curves                       ; Dare Devil (pilot)                         ; Dark Angel                 ; Dark Avenger ; Dark Justice; The Dragon; The Dream Team                     ; 18 Wheels of Justice

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl  65  Exo-Man                                               Exo-Man; The Flash                ; Flash Gordon                   ; Forever Knight                     ; Freedom              ; The Gemini Man                     ; Generation X (pilot); Ghost Writer; The Great Merlini; The Greatest American Hero                                 ; The Green Hornet                       ; Hercules: The Legendary Journeys; Here Comes Tobor (pilot)                              



; Highlander                 ; Highlander: The Raven ; The Highwayman

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV SeriesHuman Target                   ; Hunter 1968); I-Man (pilot)                    ; I Spy            ; The Immortal                   ; The Infiltrator (pilot)                              ; Invincible (pilot)                         ; The Invisible Avenger (pilot)                                    ; The Invisible Man (1958) ; The Invisible Man (1975); The Invisible Man (2000)                               ; The Invisible Woman (pilot)                                  ; Isis           ; It Takes a Thief

Jack of All Trades                         Jane           ; Kimbar of the Jungle (pilot)                                   ; Knight Rider                   ; Kung Fu; Kung Fu: The Legend Continues; La Femme Nikita; Level 9; Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman; The Lone Gunmen; The Lone Ranger; Los Luchadores (The Wrestlers); The Magician; Mandrake; Manimal; Mann and Machine; M.A.N.T.I.S.; The Master; The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers; Mr. Terrific; Model by Day; Modesty Blaise; Mutant X; My Secret Identity; The New Avengers; The New Ghost Writer Mysteries; NightMan; Once a Hero

The Others

Sommario/riassunto

""Detailed...loads of arcane trivia...fun--Classic Images; ""detailed...should appeal to TV trivia buffs""--Booklist.   Alphabetical entries on 125 network, cable and syndicated series broadcast from 1949 to 2001, plus 26 pilot films, deliver information about story premises, characters, and myriad elements that add flavor and interest to the shows, as well as cast listings and broadcast data. A handy index of performers is included as well as appendices listing the crime fighting superheroes and machines that appear in the programs.