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Spiral Zone
entry date: Dec 30, 2005

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SPIRAL ZONE
original airdates: Sept 21, 1987-1988 in syndicaiton
episodes: 65
animated by: Visual 80 Productions and Akom Productions
distributed and owned by: Atlantic-Kushner-Locke, The Matlese Companies, Orbis Communications and Tonka Toys (Hasbro) and possibly Bandai?

SUMMARY:
In 2007, a mad scientist calling himself Overlord, drops generators on half of teh Earth.  The devices 
produce, the Spiral Zone, with dark mist and bacteria that transforms people into mindless 'zoners'.  
Members of the world's military band together with enhanced armor and weapons to free half of the world 
and restore the zoners.

FACTS:
A four-issue comic book series was published by DC from Feb-May 1988.

Spiral Zone was the first cartoon to feature an African-American president in the year 2007.  
They were just a year and a half off!

Tonka released a short-lived toyline which was based on a Japanese toyline from Bandai.

EPISODE GUIDE (second number is production number)
#01-03 Holographic Zone Battle (09.21.1987)
#02-NA King of the Skies (09.22.1987)
#03-11 Errand of Mercy (09.23.1987)
#04-01 Mission Into Evil (pilot) (09.24.1987)
#05-04 Back To the Stone Age (09.25.1987)
#06-NA Small Packages (09.28.1987)
#07-NA Zone of Darkness (09.29.1987)
#08-15 The Gauntlet (09.30.1987)
#09-05 Ride the Whirlwind (10.01.1987)
#10-06 The Unexploded Pod (10.02.1987)
#11-NA Duel In Paradise (10.05.1987)
#12-16 The Imposter (10.06.1987)
#13-NA The Hacker (10.07.1987)
#14-NA Overlord's Mystery Woman (10.08.1987)
#15-NA The Sands of Amaran (10.09.1987)
#16-07 Zone Train (10.12.1987)
#17-NA Breakout (10.13.1987)
#18-NA When the Cat's Away (10.14.1987)
#19-NA Island In the Zone (10.15.1987)
#20-19 The Shuttle Engine (10.16.1987)
#21-13 The Mind of Gideon Rorshak (10.19.1987)
#22-21 Canal Zone (10.20.1987)
#23-20 The Lair of the Jade Scorpion (10.21.1987)
#24-25 The Man Who Wouldn't Be King (10.22.1987)
#25-22 The Way of the Samurai (10.23.1987)
#26-NA The Best Fighting Men In the World (10.26.1987)
#27-NA The Ultimate Solution (10.27.1987)
#28-NA Hometown Hero (10.28.1987)
#29-NA In the Belly of the Beast (10.29.1987)
#30-NA The Last One Picked (10.30.1987)
#31-NA So Shall You Reaper (11.02.1987)
#32-NA The Secret of Shadow House (11.03.1987)
#33-NA Zone of Fear (11.04.1987)
#34-45 Bandit and the Smokies (11.05.1987)
#35-NA Heroes In the Dark (11.06.1987)
#36-NA Zone With Big Shoulders (11.09.1987)
#37-NA Behemoth (11.10.1987)
#38-35 The Power of the Press (11.11.1987)
#39-39 Starship Doom (11.12.1987)
#40-44 The Electric Zone Rider (11.13.1987)
#41-NA Australian In Paris (11.16.1987)
#42-NA The Enemy Within (11.17.1987)
#43-43 Anti-Matter (11.18.1987)
#44-NA The Siege (11.19.1987)
#45-50 A Little Zone Music (11.20.1987)
#46-NA The Element of Surprise (11.23.1987)
#47-37 Seachase (11.24.1987)
#48-58 The Right Man For the Job (11.25.1987)
#49-52 High and Low (11.26.1987)
#50-NA Proflies In Courage (11.27.1987)
#51-49 The Darkness Within (11.30.1987)
#52-NA Power Play (12.01.1987)
#53-55 Duchess Treat (12.02.1987)
#54-60 Oversight (12.03.1987)
#55-NA Assault On the Rock (12.04.1987)
#56-NA They Zone By Night (12.07.1987)
#57-NA Conflict of Duty (12.08.1987)
#58-NA The Final Weapon (12.09.1987)
#59-62 The Face of the Enemy (12.10.1987)
#60-NA Brother's Keeper (12.11.1987)
#61-NA Little Darlings (12.14.1987)
#62-NA Nightmare In Ice (12.15.1987)
#63-63 Evil Transmissions (12.16.1987)
#64-64 Zone Trap (12.17.1987)
#65-NA Countdown (12.18.1987)

VOICE ACTORS
Michael Bell as Hiro Taka
Denny Delk as General McFarland and Reaper
Dan Gilvezan as Commander Dirk Courage
Mona Marshall as Dutchess Dire and Katerina Anastasia
Hal Rayle as Max Jones
Neil Ross as Bandit, Overlord and Tank
Frank Welker as Dr. Lawrence, Rawmeat and Razorrback

LINKS
Go back to the Cartoon Resource Website


CybertOOn's CartOOn Campaign


SPIRAL ZONE LINKS
Spiral-Zone.com

Toonarific Cartoon Archive

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