Tarzan and the Super 7

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Tarzan and the Super 7, was a Saturday morning cartoon program, produced by Filmation and originally airing from 1978–1980 on CBS. It consisted of separate installments featuring seven groups of adventurers, those being:

The show was an updating of the Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour which aired on CBS Saturday mornings during the 1977–1978 television season. That series featured separate half hour episodes for each hero, with each show having its own opening and closing credits. The two series had previously run separately as Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1976) and The New Adventures of Batman (1977).

[edit] Batman and the Super 7

During the 1980–1981 television season, NBC ran repeat episodes under the title Batman and the Super 7. This hour long series featured all of the original ‘Super 7’ segments except Jason of Star Command and Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (The Tarzan show continued airing repeats on CBS as part of The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour (1980–1981) (later renamed The Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro Adventure Hour (1981–1982)).

[edit] DVD release

Fans of this series have been lobbying for its release on DVD. To date the only segment released in North America is the five episodes produced of The Freedom Force.

  • Space Sentinels & Freedom Force — The Complete Series - August 22th 2006
  • Jason of Star Command — The Complete Series DVD Set - Spring 2007

Additionally

  • Zorro & The Lone Ranger Volume One DVD Set - Late 2007
  • Zorro & The Lone Ranger Volume Two DVD Set - Late 2007

And Tarzan has been mentioned in different TVShowsonDVD news items.

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