Saturday Morning's Forgotten Heroes: Marvel Action Universe (1988)

 Seeing the success Hanna-Barbera had with their Funtastic World anthology package, Marvel decided they needed to do the same.

Marvel Action Universe lasted three seasons (1988-91), and, depending on where you lived, it was 90 minutes, like Funtastic World, or just an hour. The components of Action Universe were these (all have been previously reviewed):

Spider-Man (1981): The syndicated solo series lasted 1 season, while Amazing Friends spent three on NBC (1981-4), so there was plenty available.

RoboCop: Spun off from the movie, the now-cyborg cop formerly known as Alex Murphy continues his patrol.

Dino Riders: Based on the Tyco toy line, this also spawned a miniseries from Marvel Comics

Pryde of The X-Men: An unsold X-Men pilot that pre-dated the subsequent series by 3 years, with Hanna-Barbera mainstays Michael Bell as Cyclops & John Stephenson as Professor Charles Xavier.

Here's the intro to Marvel Action Universe:

We were not interested much in Dino Riders as we were with the other segments.

Rating: B.