Captain Fathom

Captain Fathom is an American animated television series produced in 1965 by Cambria Studios.^[1] Like Cambria's other productions, Clutch Cargo and Space Angel, it was produced in Synchro-Vox.^[2] At least 26 30-minute episodes, all in color, were filmed. The episodes could be broken down into five 5-minute segments in cliffhanger format. Renowned comic book artist Alex Toth was the director.^[3]

This animated series was broadcast in Italy in syndication in the early 1980s under two different titles: Avventure negli abissi (that means in English Adventures in the Abyss) and Captain Fathom. This was the last Cambria Studios cartoon show to use the Syncro-Vox.

An attempt at airing a live-action version of Captain Fathom was done in 1955 starring Don Megowan, Richard H. Cutting, and Barbara Wilson.^[4] The pilot wasn't purchased by a network and was never aired.

Plot

Captain Bill Fathom was captain of a submarine called the Argonaut.^[5] It was named after the Argonauts of Greek mythology. Fathom and his crew would have various adventures, similar to those of Clutch Cargo or Jonny Quest.

Episodes

1. A Man Called Guppy
2. The Loss of the Argonaut (episodes 5-10)
3. Mission: Thunder Fire Island (episodes 11-15)
4. One for the Money, One for the Show
5. The Ice Trap (episodes 31-35)
6. Wanted Dead or Alive
7. The Light That Wailed
8. The Underseas Land Grab
9. The Shrieking Mountain (episodes 46-50)
10. Find a Hidden Prize (episodes 51-55)
11. The Pirates of Global Island
12. Pursuit of the Dinopisces
13. The Sub-Enchanted Garden (episodes 71-75)
14. Rustlers of the Sea Range (episodes 76-80)
15. Voyage to the Stone Age (episodes 81-85)
16. The Baron of Shark Island (episodes 86-90)
17. Ghost Ship (episodes 91-95)
18. The Whale and W.P. (episodes 96-100)
19. The Eye of the Mountain (episodes 111-115)
20. Xerog (episodes 116-120)
21. Project Meec
22. Phantom of Port Royal
23. Seldom Seem Sea Serpent
24. Deep Marauder
25. U-2 Rudolph
26. Pisastro's Private War (episodes 171-175)

See also

• List of underwater science fiction works