The Devil Fish
- Studio
- Filmation Associates, Duconvy Productions Inc.
Synopsis
Aquaman is asked to assist Navy pilot Mark Bartholomew in tests for a futuristic air/sea submersible jet. Black Manta snares the pilot and his ship, leading Aquaman to his undersea cave hideaway. With the help of Aqualad and Tusky, the Devil Fish is saved and returned to the Navy.
Characters
Aquaman, Aqualad, Mera, Imp, Tusky, Devil Fish, Mark Bartholomew
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Hal Sutherland
- Associate Director
- Anatole Kirsanoff
- Co-Directors
- Morm McCabe, Louis Zukor
Producing
- Producer
- Lou Scheimer, Norm Prescott
- Executive Producer
- Allen Ducovny
Writing
- Story Consultant
- Mort Weisinger
Animation
Voices
- Voice
- Marvin Miller (Aquaman), Diana Maddox (Mera, Queen Vassa), Jerry Dexter (Aqualad), Ted Knight (Imp, Tusky, Black Manta, Various Villains, Narrator)
Music
- Music
- John Marion
- Music Supervisor
- Gordon Zahler
Editing
- Editor
- Joseph Simon
- Assistant Editor
- Les Meisenheimer
Crew
- Art Director
- Don Christensen
- Storyboards
- Sherman Labby, Jan Green
- Layouts
- Dan Noonan, Ray Jacobs, Marilee Heyer, Ken Hultgren, Wes Herschensohn, Mel Keefer
- Background Director
- Ervin Kaplan
- Backgrounds
- Paul Xander, Ted Littlefield, Venetia Epler, Lorraine Morgan, Martin Forte, Jack Healey
- Ink and Pain Supervisor
- Martha Buckley
- Ink and Paint Assistant
- Betty Brooks
- Animation Checking
- Marion Turk, Jane Philippi, Renee Henning, Ann Oliphant, Ruth Craig, Barbara Koponen
- Film Coordinator
- June Gilham
- Production Coordinator
- Joe Lynch
- Sound
- Ryder Sound Service
- Color
- TECHNICOLOR
- Crew
- An N.P.P. TV Presentation, AQUAMAN, By National Periodical Publications
Companies and other credits
- At Filmation Associates
- in Hollywood
- All characters appearing in the
- Are © Copyright Characters appearing in
- DC-Superman-DC Comics. Copyright 1967
Production notes
DC Comics' Aquaman, as his name suggests, really, really liked the water. The green-and-orange suited superhero could breathe underwater, swim at superhuman speeds and communicate with any of the ocean's inhabitants via aqua-telepathy. Luckily, all of Aquaman's foes (Black Manta, The Fisherman, etc.) committed their crimes in or around the water, enabling him to ride to the rescue astride his giant seahorse, Storm.
Aquaman's junior companion Aqualad (a.k.a. Tadpole, Aquaman's ward in the comics) often assisted the blonde water-breather, while fellow Atlantean Mera, our hero's wife in the comic book series, rarely appeared in the animated series. The cartoon's Aqua clan also included a seahorse named Imp and a silly pet walrus named Tusky.
Originally just the second-billed player on The Superman/ Aquaman Hour of Adventure, Aquaman got his own series after one season, although no new episodes were produced. Despite the lack of fresh material, The Adventures of Aquaman benefited from the appearance of many guest superheroes, including Green Lantern, Hawkman and The Flash, all of whom were members of the "Justice League of America."
Aqualad was eventually spun off to his own segment, and along with Wonder Girl, Kid Flash and Speedy formed "The Teen Titans," a group of rising young superheroes.
Aquaman himself only lasted one season in his own show, but the amphibious wonder went on to co-star in the hanna-Barbera's long-running Super Friends series, ensuring that no water-based crimes would go unpunished.
Aquaman's junior companion Aqualad (a.k.a. Tadpole, Aquaman's ward in the comics) often assisted the blonde water-breather, while fellow Atlantean Mera, our hero's wife in the comic book series, rarely appeared in the animated series. The cartoon's Aqua clan also included a seahorse named Imp and a silly pet walrus named Tusky.
Originally just the second-billed player on The Superman/ Aquaman Hour of Adventure, Aquaman got his own series after one season, although no new episodes were produced. Despite the lack of fresh material, The Adventures of Aquaman benefited from the appearance of many guest superheroes, including Green Lantern, Hawkman and The Flash, all of whom were members of the "Justice League of America."
Aqualad was eventually spun off to his own segment, and along with Wonder Girl, Kid Flash and Speedy formed "The Teen Titans," a group of rising young superheroes.
Aquaman himself only lasted one season in his own show, but the amphibious wonder went on to co-star in the hanna-Barbera's long-running Super Friends series, ensuring that no water-based crimes would go unpunished.
