Marvel Superheroes: Captain America

The first Marvel animation to appear on television was the Marvel Super Heroes by Grantray-Lawrence Animation in 1966. The series debuted on September 1, 1966 on a variety of television stations across America.

The series is known for its extremely limited animation and for lifting the stories, dialogue and artwork directly from the comic books of the time. Each 30-minute episode was made up of three 7-minute chapters. There were 65 episodes in total.

The show ran five days a week and featured a different Super Hero every day.

Monday: Captain America

Tuesday: The Incredible Hulk

Wednesday: The Invincible Iron Man

Thursday: The Mighty Thor

Friday: Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner

Captain America was the star of the show every Monday beginning September 1. Each episode was lifted straight out of issues of Tales of Suspense and Avengers and featured some of the best stories from the early days of the silver age Captain America from as he battled the Red Skull, Baron Zemo and the Masters of Evil.

The animation was extremely limited with most of the artwork lifted straight from the comic books. However, the series was quite popular as it was the first time anyone had seen these characters move.

Captain America ran for thirteen half-hour episodes, each containing three short chapters for a total of 39 chapters.

Episodes

 * 9/1/1966
 * "The Origin of Captain America"
 * "Wreckers Among Us"
 * "Enter the Red Skull"


 * 9/8/1966
 * "The Sentinel and the Spy"
 * "The Fantastic Origin of the Red Skull"
 * "Lest Tyranny Triumph"


 * 9/15/1966
 * "Revenge of Captain America"
 * "The Trap is Sprung"
 * "So Dies a Villain"


 * 9/22/1966
 * "Midnight at Greymore Castle"
 * "If This Be Treason"
 * "When You Lie Down with Dogs"


 * 9/29/1966
 * "Return of Captain America"
 * "The Search"
 * "To Live Again"


 * 10/6/1966
 * "Zemo and His Masters of Evil"
 * "Zemo Strikes"
 * "The Fury of Zemo"


 * 10/13/1966
 * "Let the Past Be Gone"
 * "The Adaptoid"
 * "The Super Adaptoid"


 * 10/20/1966
 * "Coming of the Swordsman"
 * "Vengeance is Ours"
 * "Emissary of Destruction"


 * 10/31/1966
 * "Bitter Taste of Defeat"
 * "Sorcery Triumph"
 * "The Road Back"


 * 11/7/1966
 * "When the Commissar Commands"
 * "Doorway to Doom"
 * "Duel or Die"


 * 11/14/1966
 * "The Sleeper Shall Awake"
 * "Where Walks the Sleeper"
 * "The Final Sleep"


 * 11/21/1966
 * "The Girl From Cap's Past"
 * "The Stage is Set"
 * "30 Minutes to Live"


 * 11/28/1966
 * "The Red Skull Lives"
 * "He Who Holds the Cosmic Cube"
 * "The Red Skull Supreme"