Cartoon Resource entry #140 - Spiral Zone (1987)

SPIRAL ZONE

ORIGINAL AIRDATES: Sep 21, 1987-1988 in syndication
EPISODES: 65
ANIMATION BY: Visual 80 Productions and Akom Productions
DISTRIBUTED and OWNED BY: Atlantic-Kushner-Locke, The Maltese Companies, Orbis Communications and Tonka Toys (now a part of Hasbro)

SUMMARY
In 2007, a mad scientist calling himself Overlord, drops generators on half of teh Earth.  The devices produce, the Spiral Zone, with dark mist and bacteria that transforms people into mindless 'zoners'.  Members of the world's military band together with enhanced armor and weapons to free half of the world and restore the zoners. A four-issue comic book series was published by DC from Feb-May 1988. Tonka released a short-lived toyline which was based on a Japanese toyline from Bandai.

EPISODE GUIDE 
#01 Holographic Zone Battle (09.21.1987)
#02 King of the Skies (09.22.1987)
#03 Errand of Mercy (09.23.1987)
#04 Mission Into Evil (pilot) (09.24.1987)
#05 Back To the Stone Age (09.25.1987)
#06 Small Packages (09.28.1987)
#07 Zone of Darkness (09.29.1987)
#08 The Gauntlet (09.30.1987)
#09 Ride the Whirlwind (10.01.1987)
#10 The Unexploded Pod (10.02.1987)
#11 Duel In Paradise (10.05.1987)
#12 The Imposter (10.06.1987)
#13 The Hacker (10.07.1987)
#14 Overlord's Mystery Woman (10.08.1987)
#15 The Sands of Amaran (10.09.1987)
#16 Zone Train (10.12.1987)
#17 Breakout (10.13.1987)
#18 When the Cat's Away (10.14.1987)
#19 Island In the Zone (10.15.1987)
#20 The Shuttle Engine (10.16.1987)
#21 The Mind of Gideon Rorshak (10.19.1987)
#22 Canal Zone (10.20.1987)
#23 The Lair of the Jade Scorpion (10.21.1987)
#24 The Man Who Wouldn't Be King (10.22.1987)
#25 The Way of the Samurai (10.23.1987)
#26 The Best Fighting Men In the World (10.26.1987)
#27 The Ultimate Solution (10.27.1987)
#28 Hometown Hero (10.28.1987)
#29 In the Belly of the Beast (10.29.1987)
#30 The Last One Picked (10.30.1987)
#31 So Shall You Reaper (11.02.1987)
#32 The Secret of Shadow House (11.03.1987)
#33 Zone of Fear (11.04.1987)
#34 Bandit and the Smokies (11.05.1987)
#35 Heroes In the Dark (11.06.1987)
#36 Zone With Big Shoulders (11.09.1987)
#37 Behemoth (11.10.1987)
#38 The Power of the Press (11.11.1987)
#39 Starship Doom (11.12.1987)
#40 The Electric Zone Rider (11.13.1987)
#41 Australian In Paris (11.16.1987)
#42 The Enemy Within (11.17.1987)
#43 Anti-Matter (11.18.1987)
#44 The Siege (11.19.1987)
#45 A Little Zone Music (11.20.1987)
#46 The Element of Surprise (11.23.1987)
#47 Seachase (11.24.1987)
#48 The Right Man For the Job (11.25.1987)
#49 High and Low (11.26.1987)
#50 Proflies In Courage (11.27.1987)
#51 The Darkness Within (11.30.1987)
#52 Power Play (12.01.1987)
#53 Duchess Treat (12.02.1987)
#54 Oversight (12.03.1987)
#55 Assault On the Rock (12.04.1987)
#56 They Zone By Night (12.07.1987)
#57 Conflict of Duty (12.08.1987)
#58 The Final Weapon (12.09.1987)
#59 The Face of the Enemy (12.10.1987)
#60 Brother's Keeper (12.11.1987)
#61 Little Darlings (12.14.1987)
#62 Nightmare In Ice (12.15.1987)
#63 Evil Transmissions (12.16.1987)
#64 Zone Trap (12.17.1987)
#65 Countdown (12.18.1987)

VOICE ACTORS
Michael Bell (1938) as Hiro Taka
Denny Delk (1950) as General McFarland and Reaper
Dan Gilvezan (1950) as Commander Dirk Courage
Mona Marshall (1947) as Dutchess Dire and Katerina Anastasia
Hal Rayle (1955) as Max Jones
Neil Ross (1944) as Bandit, Overlord and Tank
Frank Welker (1946) as Dr. Lawrence, Rawmeat and Razorrback