The Mighty Heroes

Membership: Diaper Man, Rope Man, Strong Man, Tornado Man, Cuckoo Man, Water Woman

Purpose: To fight evil and defend the innocent.

Affiliations: Mighty Mouse (ally)

Enemies: The Enlarger, The Shrinker, The Ghost Monster, The Frog, The Shocker, The Raven, The Monsterizer, The Scarecrow, The Timekeeper

Base of Operations: Unknown

First Appearance: The Mighty Heroes Episode #1 "The Plastic Builder" (Terrytoons, October 29th 1966)

History: Unknown.

Comments: Created by Ralph Bakshi. The show lasted 21 episodes:

  1. The Plastic Blaster

  2. The Frog

  3. The Junker

  4. The Shrinker

  5. The Ghost Monster

  6. The Stretcher

  7. The Monsterizer

  8. The Drifter

  9. The Shocker

  10. The Enlarger

  11. The Toy Man

  12. The Dusters

  13. The Big Freeze

  14. The Timekeeper

  15. The Scarecrow

  16. The Time Eraser

  17. The Return Of The Monsterizer

  18. The Paper Monster

  19. The Raven

  20. The Bigger Digger

  21. The Proton Pulsator

Since then the characters have returned in a cameo in a Mighty Mouse episode.

Dell Comics published a comic about the characters in 1967, and thirty years later there was a single issue Marvel Comic. Spotlight Comics also released a comic based on the team,  which came out in the early 1980s.

Thanks to Gernot Armbruster for providing details of the team's civilian professions, and Ritchie Nihei for correcting me as to their later occupations.

Thanks to "Red" who mentions that the Marvel Comics issue gave secret identities for most of the team (listed below in the individual entries) and adds "Also the comic introduced a female character called Water Woman."

Thanks also to Matt Spaulding, who sent in some additional details, and noted a similarity between this team and D.C.'s Justice League of America:

  • Strong Man = Superman

  • Diaper Man = The Atom

  • Rope Man = Elongated Man

  • Cuckoo Man = Hawkman

  • Tornado Man = Red Tornado

Diaper Man

Real Name: Unknown

Identity/Class: Unknown

Occupation: Baby, later accountant

Affiliations: Member of the Mighty Heroes; later member of 'Man, Man, Man, Man, & Man: Certified Mighty Accounting Firm"

Enemies: The Enlarger, The Shrinker, The Ghost Monster, The Frog, The Shocker, The Raven, The Monsterizer, The Scarecrow, The Timekeeper

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: Plastic Training Pants Man

Base of Operations: Unknown

First Appearance: The Mighty Heroes Episode #1 "The Plastic Builder" (Terrytoons, October 29th 1966)

Powers/Abilities: Able to fly, hits enemies with his bottle. This bottle could be used as a throwing weapon, and the extremely elastic dummy at the top could be used to wrap the bottle around objects for retrieval or as a slingshot. The milk in it had rejuvenating properties, and was used to boost Strong Man's strength on more than one occasion. He could wail like a baby (usually under covers), which distracted villians into looking who could leave a little baby along, leading into a sucker punch.

History: Unknown

Comments: The brains of the Mighty Heroes. As an adult in Ralph Bakshi's version of Mighty Mouse, the adult Diaper Man looked identical to his younger self, except that he had a moustache. He called himself "Plastic Training Pants Man".

Rope Man

Real Name: Chap Goodlee

Identity/Class: Unknown

Occupation: Sailor, later accountant

Affiliations: Member of the Mighty Heroes; later member of 'Man, Man, Man, Man, & Man: Certified Mighty Accounting Firm"

Enemies: The Enlarger, The Shrinker, The Ghost Monster, The Frog, The Shocker, The Raven, The Monsterizer, The Scarecrow, The Timekeeper

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unknown

First Appearance: The Mighty Heroes Episode #1 "The Plastic Builder" (Terrytoons, October 29th 1966)

Powers/Abilities: Body made out of rope, allowing him to entangle foes (or more often the rest of his team)

History: Unknown

Comments: None.

Strong Man

Real Name: Gomer Steed

Identity/Class: Unknown

Occupation: Auto mechanic, later accountant

Affiliations: Member of the Mighty Heroes; later member of 'Man, Man, Man, Man, & Man: Certified Mighty Accounting Firm"

Enemies: The Enlarger, The Shrinker, The Ghost Monster, The Frog, The Shocker, The Raven, The Monsterizer, The Scarecrow, The Timekeeper

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unknown

First Appearance: The Mighty Heroes Episode #1 "The Plastic Builder" (Terrytoons, October 29th 1966)

Powers/Abilities: Superhuman strength, able to fly.

History: Unknown.

Comments: None.

Tornado Man

Real Name: Dusty Storm

Identity/Class: Unknown

Occupation: Scientist, later accountant

Affiliations: Member of the Mighty Heroes; later member of 'Man, Man, Man, Man, & Man: Certified Mighty Accounting Firm"

Enemies: The Enlarger, The Shrinker, The Ghost Monster, The Frog, The Shocker, The Raven, The Monsterizer, The Scarecrow, The Timekeeper

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unknown

First Appearance: The Mighty Heroes Episode #1 "The Plastic Builder" (Terrytoons, October 29th 1966)

Powers/Abilities: Able to transform into a living tornado

History: Unknown

Comments: None.

Cuckoo Man

Real Name: Mortimer Moore

Identity/Class: Unknown

Occupation: Bird shop owner, later accountant

Affiliations: Member of the Mighty Heroes; later member of 'Man, Man, Man, Man, & Man: Certified Mighty Accounting Firm"

Enemies: The Enlarger, The Shrinker, The Ghost Monster, The Frog, The Shocker, The Raven, The Monsterizer, The Scarecrow, The Timekeeper

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unknown

First Appearance: The Mighty Heroes Episode #1 "The Plastic Builder" (Terrytoons, October 29th 1966)

Powers/Abilities: Presumably able to fly, other powers unknown

History: Unknown.

Comments: None.

CLARIFICATIONS: Strong Man should not be confused with

Tornado Man should not be confused with

Cuckoo Man should not be confused with

Any Additions/Corrections? Please let me know.

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