Coolest Action hero when you were a kid?

[CAP1]

My only experience with ultraman was when I was in grade school.  I rented the Ultraman game for NES and thought it was the stupidest thing ever.  I remember seeing him on MST3K as well a few years later.

you gotta look to the original ultraman. they tried remaking it in the 80's i think, and that one sucked.

 also, don't forget johnny sokko and his flying robot. i mean.....what kid wouldn't want his very own voice controlled giant battle robot? 

[DEECONX]

The Greatest of all time



"He shrugged his shoulders. "I have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply. I seek not beyond death. It may be the blackness averred by the Nemedian skeptics, or Crom's realm of ice and cloud, or the snowy plains and vaulted halls of the Nordheimer's Valhalla. I know not, nor do I care. Let me live deep while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat and stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame and crimson, and I am content. Let teachers and priests and philosophers brood over questions of reality and illusion. I know this: if life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content."

if reading that does not quicken the blood.......you are not a man.

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This.....This so much. 

[GScholz]

Poetry...

[DREDIOCK]

you gotta look to the original ultraman. they tried remaking it in the 80's i think, and that one sucked.

 also, don't forget johnny sokko and his flying robot. i mean.....what kid wouldn't want his very own voice controlled giant battle robot? 

GIGANTOR



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AtSHp35xUg&list=LPu3ZAB-kAL2Q&index=1&feature=plcp

Gigantor, Gigantor, Gigantor.

Gigantor the space aged robot,
He is at your command.
Gigantor the space aged robot,
His power is in your hand.

Bigger than big, taller than tall,
Quicker than quick, stronger than strong.
Ready to fight for right, against wrong.

Gigantor, Gigantor, Gigantor.

[DREDIOCK]

Oh, I forgot two more



There's no need to fear, Underdog is here.

When criminals in this world appear,
And break the laws that they should fear,
And frighten all who see or hear,
The cry goes up both far and near for
Underdog,
Underdog,
Underdog,
Underdog.

Speed of lightning, roar of thunder,
Fighting all who rob or plunder
Underdog, Underdog.

When in this world the headlines read
Of those who's hearts are filled with greed
And rob and steal from those in need.
To right this wrong with blinding speed goes
Underdog,
Underdog,
Underdog,
Underdog.

Speed of lightning, roar of thunder,
Fighting all who rob or plunder
Underdog, Underdog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcjOi_3H7gw

And

"You knew the job was dangerous when you took it Fred"
Super Chicken "PukAAAACK"



When you find yourself in danger,

When you're threatened by a stranger,

When it looks like you will take a lickin',

(puk, puk, puk, puk)

There is someone waiting,

Who will hurry up and rescue you,

just Call for Super Chicken!

(puk, ack!)

Fred, if you're afraid you'll have to overlook it,

Besides you knew the job was dangerous when you took it

(puk, ack!)

He will drink his super sauce

And throw the bad guys for a loss

And he will bring them in alive and kickin'

(puk, puk, puk, puk)

There is one thing you should learn

When there is no one else to turn to

Call for Super Chicken!

(puk, puk, puk, puk)

Call for Super Chicken!

(puk, ack!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKss2pBYQ6Y

[Dragon]

The Greatest of all time



"He shrugged his shoulders...

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WHEN MADNESS WEARS THE CROWN. Night hovered on black and filmy wings above the spires of royal Tarantia. Along fog-silenced streets cressets burned with the feral eyes of beasts of prey in primal wilderness. Few there were who walked abroad on nights like this, although the veiled darkness was redolent with the scent of early spring. Those few whom dire necessity drove out of doors stole forth like thieves on furtive feet and tensed at every shadow.On the acropolis, round which sprawled the Old City, the palace of many kings lifted its crenelated crest against the wan and pallid stars. This castled capitol crouched upon its hill like some fantastic monster out of ages past, glaring at the Outer City walls, whose great stones held it captive.On glittering suite and marble hall within the sullen palace, silence lay as thick as dust in mouldering Stygian tombs. Servants and pages cowered behind locked doors, and none bestrode the long corridors and curving stairs except the royal guard. Even these scarred and battle-seasoned veterans were loath to stare too deeply into shadows and winced at every unexpected sound.Two guards stood motionless before a portal draped in rich hangings of brocaded purple. They stiffened and blanched as an eerie, muffled cry escaped from the apartment. It sang a thin, pitiful song of agony, which pierced like an icy needle the stout hearts of the guardsmen.“Mitra save us all” whispered the guard on the left, through pinched lips pale with tension.His comrade said naught, but his thudding heart echoed the fervent prayer and added: “Mitra save us all, and the land as well …”For they had a saying in Aquilonia, the proudest kingdom of the Hyborian world: “The bravest cower when madness wears the crown.” And the king of Aquilonia was mad.

L. Sprague de Camp, slightly different writing style than Howard, but it's still all about "the big guy"

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L. Sprague de Camp, slightly different writing style than Howard, but it's still all about "the big guy"

I have read them all...... SDC is OK.....definitely no REH, but good.....some of the other authors that tried..... WoW...... sad.....

it was actually Frank Frezzetta's covers that got me into it, I was 12..... loved to draw, never even heard of Conan...... was in YDC saw this book with an amazing cover painting.....30 plus years later I am still a huge fan and still get the chills reading Robert E Howard....there was none like him.......   

[deSelys]

TV show when I was a kid:




Books when I was a pre-teen:



and

[ozrocker]

With all the older characters and shows posted, it made me think of old stuff.
How many remember this old kids show?

Stingray

http://youtu.be/gBDI55C1jIg

                                                                                                                               Oz

[morfiend]

With all the older characters and shows posted, it made me think of old stuff.
How many remember this old kids show?

Stingray

http://youtu.be/gBDI55C1jIg

                                                                                                                               Oz

  Man I used to run home for lunch,but it was really just to see "Stingray" !!

    Still Mighty Mouse was my fav,he'd kick oilcan Harry's butt every time!   "Here I come to save the day"  Mighty Mouse is on his way!   

    Great stuff indeed!


   

[spitfreak01]

Aquaman anyone? 

[mbailey]

Another favorite of mine growing up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjEaCi6S6_A  

[homersipes]

heres a couple


wish I had all of my action figures back that I destroyed
heres another show some of you MIGHT have seen, Ring Raiders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a8kBqV8SiM
was one of my favorites when I was a kid

[Meatwad]

[B2B]

Yeah-I'm an old fart.