The Marvel Action Hour

The Marvel Action Hour
The Marvel Action Hour
Also known as	MAH
Genre	Animation / Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Developed by	Marvel Entertainment Group Marvel Productions Ltd (as "Marvel Films" (A Division of New World Entertainment)) New World Entertainment Genesis Entertainment
Directed by	Marshall Johnson
Creative director(s)	Johnson Hose
Presented by	Stan Lee
Voices of	Iron Man cast Fantastic Four cast
Narrated by	Stan Lee
Theme music composer	Keith Emerson
Opening theme	The Marvel Action Hour (by A. Freeklem)
Ending theme	The Marvel Action Hour (by (A. Freeklem)
Composer(s)	Van Cilburn
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	Iron Man Fantastic Four
Production
Executive producer(s)	Avi Arad Stan Lee
Producer(s)	Glen Hill
Editor(s)	John Freeman
Location(s)	Kaufaum Astoria Studios, Manhattan, New York City
Cinematography	Johnson A. Goodson
Camera setup	Caption Setup
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	First-run syndication
Picture format	Dolby Digital Surround Sound
Audio format	THX
First shown in	39. minutes
Original run	September 24, 1994 – February 24, 1996
Chronology
Preceded by	Fantastic Four
Followed by	Iron Man
Related shows	Iron Man Fantastic Four
External links
Website
Production website

The Marvel Action Hour was a syndicated television block from Marvel Productions Ltd (as "Marvel Films" (A Division of New World Entertainment) featuring animated adaptions of Marvel comic book heroes the Fantastic Four and Iron Man. The Marvel Action Hour debuted in 1994. The Marvel Action Hour lasted two seasons before being cancelled.

Format

The first half of the hour was an episode of Iron Man; the second half an episode of Fantastic Four (many episodes of which were direct recreations of episodes from the original 1960s series). During the first season, Stan Lee was featured speaking before each show about characters in the following episode and what had inspired him to create them.

The show underwent a notable modification when broadcast on the BBC in the United Kingdom; because the BBC does not feature commercial breaks, the two shows that made up the Marvel Action Hour would actually only have totaled about forty minutes, and so episodes of the 1980s Incredible Hulk series were added between the two original shows to bring the whole bundle up to the promised hour in length. The Stan Lee segments were, however, dropped.

Season 2

Both the Fantastic Four and Iron Man were radically retooled for the second seasons, sporting new opening sequences, improved animation, and more mature writing, though noticeably missing the introductions by Stan Lee.

In some markets, the second season was known as Marvel Action Universe (with the addition of Biker Mice from Mars), which was the name of a previous syndicated programming block in the late 1980s.

See also

• Fantastic Four (1994 TV series)
• Iron Man (TV series)
• New World Communications - Generally, New World owned television stations broadcasted The Marvel Action Hour along with generally Fox, WB, UPN, or independent stations in markets where New World did not own a station.

External links

• Behind the Scenes of the Marvel Action Hour
• The Creative Forces Behind the Marvel Action Hour
• Stan Lee Talks About the Marvel Action Hour

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