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The Herculoids

1967–1969CBSAnimation

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Alex Toth designs on an alien planet, in the run of Hanna-Barbera action shows that got them banned from Saturday mornings for violence.

The Herculoids opens with a main title sequence of 54 seconds.

It arrived on CBS in 1967, when Candid Camera, Guiding Light and As the World Turns were also on the network.

1 sequence73rd most looked up of 99 in the 1960sIMDb ↗
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The opening titles

Season 1

54s

Fan upload of the 1967 intro.

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