Captain Fathom

{{Short description|1965 animated television series}}

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Captain Fathom is an American animated television series produced in 1965 by Cambria Studios.{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |page=109 }} Like Cambria's other productions, Clutch Cargo and Space Angel, it was produced in Synchro-Vox.{{cite book |last1=Terrace |first1=Vincent |title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2010 |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786486410 |page=159 |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&dq=%22captain+fathom%22&pg=PA159 |accessdate=6 March 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/36469/classic-sci-fi-tv-150-episodes/ |title=Classic Sci-Fi TV - 150 Episodes : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video |publisher=Dvdtalk.com |date= |accessdate=2015-03-07}}

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.Clemens, Samuel. "Good Girl", Classic Images. October 2022 The pilot wasn't purchased by a network and was never aired.