Over at my website, Comics on the Brain, I take a look at 15 of my favorite cartoon title sequences. Now I'll be the first to admit that my list is just for me. It isn't the "Best Ever" or "World's Greatest" cartoon opening titles. They're just mine, as shaped by my own experience. 12134118863?profile=original

(And boy do I get aggravated by VH1's multi-part specials about the 100 greatest this and thats. They aren't the greatest. They're just the greatest according to the people they asked!)

But back to my favorites list. I grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, so my favorites are exclusively from that era. For one thing, you can bet there's some superheroes and others that I wish were turned into comics.

What are yours? Tell me in the comments here or at my own site.

Read my article "Top 10 Cartoon Title Sequences," and then let me know!

Want a couple of favorites to tide you over until your browser loads? Then try these:

 

Check out "The Visionaries," which comes in at No. 10 on my list. It was produced by Hasbro and Sunbow, a company largely affiliated with Marvel Comics.

 

Coming in at my No. 6 slot is "Galaxy High," a cartoon that is fondly remembered by me -- and has an international cult status -- despite only lasting 13 episodes!

As for the rest, well, just check out Comics on the Brain!

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  • Best intro? Hanna Barbera's World of Super Adventure. Even if the shows stunk you'd want to watch them just from the way this guy keeps saying how great they are. I believe interestingly he also played Lex Luthor.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUVcSNmxIx8

  • Oh and Fig, those 1979 Flash Gordon cartoons hold up amazingly well. Pick up the DVD set if you still can. As a bonus, watch the first 15 minutes of the unreleased movie on YouTube before you dig into it.
  • Here's one I think a lot of people won't think of - the END title credits to Dungeons & Dragons. The music and empty amusement park at night always struck me as so melancholy and defeatist, especially in the later seasons when the show got all dark. It almost seemed to say "Nope, they're never getting out of there."
  • Some of my faves:

    Jonny Quest

    Challenge of the SuperFriends

    Space Ghost

    Spider-Man (the 60's series)

    Batman: The Animated Series

    Justice League

    Superman (WB)

     

    Emerkeith: the singer you're thinking of is Michael Buble.  Video here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WQJg5fP0U8

     

  • Space Ghost

    Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor

    The Herculoids

    The New Adventures of Superman

    Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure

    Quick Draw McGraw

    Spider-Man

    Batman: The Animated Series

    Justice League

    Jonny Quest

     

    Not a hard ten for me to pick.  I wonder what Cap, Mr. S.A., and the Commander would choose?

     

    ELS

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  • My top three as of 9:04AM on April 1st:

    The original Spider-Man cartoon

    Speed Racer

    Star Blazers

     

    By 10 it may change.

  • www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIhEpjnaNlo

     

    "Jonny Quest," all the way. That music still says "danger" and "adventure" to me.

  • ...When I saw one of the Raimi Spider-Man movies (at a theater that was Sony-owned then , IIRC) , in the in-theater music just after the movie ended , they played a version of the 60s theme sung by a " modern " nightclub-lounge-swing singer .

      I don't believe that it was on the movie's soundtrack itself (the physical movie , I mean , not the soundtrack CD) .

      Does anyone else remember this one ???

  • He means the 60s one. 

     

    It's a masterpiece.

  • JoE-J, I presume that by Spider-Man you mean "...does whatever a spider can." There has been many other Spider-Man cartoons, though. Maybe you do prefer a different one. The Spectacular Spider-Man theme is pretty good.
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