Birdman and the Galaxy Trio

Birdman and the Galaxy Trio is an animated action television series produced by Hanna Barbera that ran on Saturday mornings from 1967-1969 featuring superheroes fighting crime. The show premiered following the popularity of other Saturday morning superhero cartoons. Each episode featured three segments: two Birdman segments with a The Galaxy Trio adventure in between. Birdman is a masked winged hero endowed with superpowers from exposure to sunlight, including flight, super strength and the abilities to shoot solar rays and to create solar shields to protect himself. He must recharge his powers by seeing the sun every so often. Along with his purple eagle sidekick Avenger, he super-natural villains who threaten the world for Inter-Nation Security. His cry of "Biiiiirdman!" can be heard every time he goes into battle. The Galaxy Trio are three alien superheroes who travel the cosmos fighting their own villains. The trio is made up of Vapor Man, with the ability to transform his body to vapor, Meteor Man, with the ability to increase or decrease the size of parts of his body and gain super strength, and Gravity Girl, who can manipulate gravity with her mind and thus fly and lift heavy objects. The Birdman character has resurfaced as the star in Cartoon Network's spoof Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, featuring many old Birdman characters and other famous Hanna-Barbera characters like Scooby-Doo, Fred Flintsone, and Dynomutt Dog Wonder. MORE