Samson

Real Name: Samson

Identity/Class: Human transformed by magic

Occupation: School boy

Affiliations: Goliath (his dog/lion)

Enemies: Dr.Desto, Baron Von Skull, the Monsteroids

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile across America

First Appearance: (Hanna-Barbera for Syndication, September 1967)

Powers/Abilities: In his transformed state, Samson had superhuman strength. He could transform his dog Goliath into a lion which could fly and fire energy beams from its eyes.

History: Samson was a youth who travelled the U.S. on his motorbike, accompanied by his pet dog Samson. When he encountered criminals and other wrong-doers, he would bang together a pair of magical bracelets which had somehow come into his possession and exclaim "I need Samson power", transforming himself into a muscular hero and his dog into a gigantic lion capable of flying and firing energy beams from its eyes.

Comments: Voiced by Tim Matheson. Goliath was voiced by Mel Blanc.

The series lasted one season and twenty episodes:

  1. Curse of Monatabu

  2. The Aurora Borealis Creature

  3. The Great Colossus

  4. Cold Wind from Venus

  5. The SSX-19

  6. Operation Peril

  7. The Secret of Evil Island

  8. The Monsteroids

  9. The Idol Rama-Keesh

  10. Salamandro

  11. Baron Von Skull

  12. Moon Rendezvous

  13. The Lost City of the Dragon Men

  14. The Colossal Coral Creature

  15. Zuran's Creature

  16. The Dome

  17. Nerod

  18. The Terrible Dr Desto

  19. From Out of the Deep

  20. Thing from the Black Mountains

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with

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