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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terrace, Vincent, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Action and adventure television programs--United States--Catalogs.

Action and adventure television programs.

Crime on television.

Heroes on television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7864-8445-4