Spiral zone

Spiral zone is a futuristic cartoon syndicated in 1987 involving the world's five most elite soldiers fighting a renegade scientist who has invented a mind-control bacteria and taken over half of the world with bacteria-infested spiral zones.

Plot

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Black Widows

The renegade scientist not only invented the zone generators but also an antidote process giving him immunity to the bacteria. He used this antidote process on his small group of soldiers.

• Overlord - commander
• Bandit - master of disguise, former terrorist from the Middle East.
• Duchess Dare -
• Razorback - bladesman
• Reaper - manhunter

From their headquarters at the Chrysler Building of New York, the Black Widows also have a black aircraft. The Overlord rides the Bull Whip Cannon, an eight-wheel all terrain vehicle with a cannon. The other Black Widows ride Sledge hammers, which look like thrones on triangular caterpillar tracks.

Zone Raiders

The overlord's initial strike put all the major capitals of the world in the zone. This chaos brought forth international cooperation even between the United States and the Soviet Union. Scientists have discovered a rare material, Neutron-90, that immunizes people from the bacteria. Unfortunately, this material is in such a small quantity that only five protective suits could be made.

So a group of five elite soldiers were put together.

• Colonel Dirk Courage - commander, American
• Sargeant Tank Schmidt - heavy weapons specialist, German
• Leiutenant Hiro Taka - infiltration specialist, Japan
• Max Jones
• Katerina Anastacia - Russian

From a base inside a rocky mountain, the Zone Raiders ride an aircraft jet to be dropped off on mission points around the world. Dirk Courage rides the Rimfire, a vehicle that looks like a cannon set on a giant wheel. The other Zone Raiders ride armored combat monocycle Zone Riders. Each Zone Raider wears a specialized backpack.

Later Characters

A little after halfway through the series, several new characters joined the story. The Zone Raiders welcomed

• Ned Tucker - Australian
• Benjamin Davis Franklin - lab assistant

and the Black Widows enlisted

• Crook - Frenchman
• Raw Meat

Toys

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Airing and Syndication Information

Spiral Zone is an Atlantic-Kushner Locke Production in association with the Maltese Companies. The 65 30-minute episodes were syndicated late September 1987 in the United States.

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