| "Invasion of the Beetle-Men" | |
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| Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure | |
| Title: | "Invasion of the Beetle-Men" |
| Season: | 1 |
| Airdate: | 1967 |
| Credits | |
| Writers: | George Kashdan |
| Producers: | Filmation Associates |
| Voice cast: | Pat Harrington, Jr.; Ted Knight |
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"Invasion of the Beetle Men" is an animated short featured on the Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure. It features the character of the Atom and is the first of three shorts spotlighting this character. The script for the episode was written by comic book legend George Kashdan. It originally aired in 1967.
Plot[]
In this episode, five green alien beetle people travel to Earth in a hollowed out meteor. As it crash lands, physicist Ray Palmer collects soil samples from the landing site and brings them back to Ivy University for analysis. The beetle men grow in size and attempt to conquer the world by destroying volumes of nuclear matter. Palmer has to change into the Atom to stop the invasion of the beetle-men!
Notes[]
- Copyright holder: © 1967, National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- "Invasion of the Beetle-Men" and "The Atom: Invasion of the Beetle-Men" both redirect to this page.
- This episode is included on disc one of the DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures DVD collection by DC Comics and Warner Home Video.
- This is the first animated appearance of the Atom. He is based on a character created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Gil Kane who first appeared in Showcase #34 in September-October, 1961 in a story called "Birth of the Atom!".
- George Kashdan is the only credited production crew member on this episode.
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Keywords[]
Alien invasion | Atom | Beetles | College | Insectoid | Ivy University | Meteor | Ray Palmer | Size alteration
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