Iron Man, Thor, Captain America Themes From 1966 Cartoon Series ‘The Marvel Super Heroes’ Set for Vinyl Release
variety.comTodd Gilchrist editor Released in 1966, “The Marvel Super Heroes” is the great-grandfather of today’s Marvel Studios entertainment.
Not just the first-ever series based on characters from Marvel, its cartoons were created by xerography — meaning images were photocopied from the comic books themselves and manipulated to appear fully animated.
Only the show’s music, composed by Jacques “Jack” Urbont, was fully original. True “if you know, you know” oddities among the company’s many decades of projects, adaptations and spinoffs, its themes were seared into the brains of a certain generations of fans before being largely lost to history.
Commemorating Marvel’s 85th anniversary, Disney Music Group is officially releasing Urbont’s music for “The Marvel Super Heroes,” much of it for the very first time.
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