History WesternAnimation / TheMarvelSuperHeroes

* OffModel: Characters are occasionally shown with mistakes in their coloring and inconsistency in character designs. The most notable offenders are Odin and Loki in the ''Mighty Thor'' segments, who frequently change physical appearances between shots.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Motion Comics.

* PragmaticAdaptation: In a manner that would be repeated by ''WesternAnimation/PlanetHulk'' when it came to being unable to use the Silver Surfer, the ComicBook/FantasticFour were replaced by the ComicBook/XMen, when the production company was unable to get the rights to them for one of Namor's stories. The previous time, they simply omitted them completely, which itself would be repeated with ''WesternAnimation/SilverSurfer.''

* TruerToTheText: Captain America's segments stayed more faithful to his comics than his 1940s serial did. The Hulk, Thor and Iron Man are all inversions as their segments were more faithful than what came between this and a few later portrayals.

* EndingTheme: ''"You belong, you belong, you belong, you belong to the Merry Marvel Marching Society..."'' Heard only in prints that retain a full end credit reel.

* ''Comicbook/CaptainAmerica''
* ''Comicbook/IronMan''
* ''Comicbook/TheMightyThor''
* ''Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk''

** Iron Man's Mark II armor gets colored red and gold in one of Hulk's episodes, when originally it was entirely gold-colored. While this makes it look a little closer to Iron Man's other suits, it also creates an inconsistency with the episode adapting the first appearances of ComicBook/PepperPotts and Happy Hogan, which shows the armor in its accurate color.

* PragmaticAdaptation: In a manner that would be repeated by ''WesternAnimation/PlanetHulk'', the ComicBook/FantasticFour were replaced by the ComicBook/XMen, when the production company was unable to get the rights to them for one of Namor's stories. The previous time, they simply omitted them completely, which itself would be repeated with ''WesternAnimation/SilverSurfer.''

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Due to Creator/HannaBarbera having [[WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1967 their own plans]] for the Comicbook/FantasticFour, the studio could not secure the rights to any of that series' characters -- other than, curiously, Doctor Doom. Because of this, a ''Sub-Mariner'' vignette featuring Doom replaced Reed and his companions with the first five Comicbook/XMen as Doom's enemies, albeit with their team's name changed to "The Allies For Peace."

* ''[[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk The Incredible Hulk]]''

* NoSwastikas: The Red Skull is clearly a Nazi serving Adolf Hitler, but the cartoon heavily downplay the Nazi imagery by not only removing the swastikas, but also make Germany a generic foreign country and shaving Hitler's mustache to make him a stereotypically evil European dictator.

An AnimatedAnthology series from the 1960's featuring several Creator/MarvelComics superheroes, and one of the first to do so. It is remembered today mostly for its extremely limited animation (using xerography with the art from the original comics) and ham-and-cheese-sandwich levels of theme songs, but it also was the debut in animation for several major Marvel characters, particularly those from these series:

An AnimatedAnthology series from the 1960's featuring several Creator/MarvelComics superheroes, and one of the first to do so. It is remembered today mostly for its extremely limited animation (using xerography with the art from the original comics) and zany theme songs, but it also was the debut in animation for several major Marvel characters, particularly those from these series:

Contrary to popular belief, the SoBadItsGood songs were not written by Creator/StanLee. They remain {{earworm}}s to this day, with Iron Man's theme even receiving some new treatments for [[Film/IronMan1 his first live-action movie]]. (lyrics [[http://www.retroist.com/2009/03/06/complete-set-of-opening-credits-to-the-marvel-cartoons-of-the-1960s-with-lyrics/ here]] or [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120614101520/http://homepage.mac.com/jjbeach/einheri/music.html here]]).

->''Meet the sulky, over-bulky, kinda Hulk-y superhero\\

* AdantationalNationality: The comics introduced ComicBook/PeggyCarter as an American volunteer of the French Resistance, but this show instead made her a French volunteer of the Resistance.

* RaceLift: The comics introduced ComicBook/PeggyCarter as an American volunteer of the French Resistance, but this show instead made her a French volunteer of the Resistance.

* NeverSayDie: Averted. The segments explicitly have characters use the words "die" and "death" where appropriate and even have some characters get killed off.

* {{Origins Episode}}s: Among the main heroes, played straight only for Captain America and Hulk. Namor's origin story, instead of getting adapted directly, became told in flashback. Iron Man and Thor each started their series with episodes that did not retell their origins at all.

->''Meet [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk the sulky, over-bulky, kinda Hulk-y superhero]]\\
[[Comicbook/IronMan A two-fisted and electrically-transistored superhero]]\\
[[Comicbook/SubMariner An exotically neurotic and aquatic superhero,]]\\

See [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor a cane-striking superhero change to Viking superhero]]\\
[[Comicbook/CaptainAmerica A hum-dingin', real swingin', shield-flingin' superhero]]\\

** Iron Man's Mark II armor gets colored red and gold in one of Hulk's episodes, when originally it was entirely gold-colored. While this makes it look a little closer to Iron Man's other suits, it also creates an inconsistency with the episode adapting the first appearances of Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan, which shows the armor in its accurate color.

** The Red Skull in ''Captain America''

** Loki in ''The Mighty Thor''

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Due to Creator/HannaBarbera having [[WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1967 their own plans]] for the Comicbook/FantasticFour, the studio could not secure the rights to any of that series' characters -- other than, curiously, Doctor Doom. Because of this, a ''Sub-Mariner'' vignette featuring Doom replaced Reed and his companions with the first five Comicbook/XMen as Doom's enemies, albeit with their team's name changed to, "The Allies For Peace."

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Due to Creator/HannaBarbera having [[WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1967 their own plans]] for the Comicbook/FantasticFour, the studio could not secure the rights to any of that series' characters -- other than, curiously, Doctor Doom. Because of this, a ''Sub-Mariner'' vignette featuring Doom replaced Reed and his companions with the first five Comicbook/XMen, albeit with their team's name changed to, "The Allies For Peace."

* AdaptationNameChange:
** The adaptation of the Hulk's origin story renames the Gargoyle as the Gorgon.
** The first ''Iron Man'' segment adapted the debut of the villain the Blizzard, but curiously changed his alias to Jack Frost.

* TruerToTheText: Captain America's segments stayed more faithful to his comics than his 1940s serial did. The Hulk, Thor and Iron Man are all inversions as their segments were more faithful than what came between this and a few later portrayals such as the infamous Kenneth Johnson Hulk series that featured Bill Bixby. Namor however has not appeared as the lead of his own solo series since this one so this remains the only faithful screen adaptation of the Namor comics because it is the only one.