1966 television was filled with cartoon super-heroics....and I loved them ALL. It didn't matter if they made sense or not. The IMPOSSIBLES was a great example of that. In hind-sight, they weren't that good of a cartoon. But it didn't matter then and it doesn't matter now. I am SO thrilled to have gotten a cel of COILMAN!
For those that are not familiar with the Impossibles, here's the rundown from Wikipedia:
Posing as a trio of young rock 'n roll musicians, the Impossibles were in reality super-powered crime fighters dedicated to battling evil supervillains of all shapes and sizes. When performing for their adoring fans (usually star-struck, screaming teeny boppers) the lads would play their mod, futuristic-looking guitars atop an equally futuristic bandstand (emblazoned with their "Impossibles" logo on the side, ala Ringo's drumkit) that could convert into a car (the "Impossi-Mobile"), or a jet (the "Impossi-Jet"), a speedboat, or even a submarine. Their standard catch cry when called into action was "Rally ho!"
Their humorous dialogue was typically peppered with puns. As with many Hanna-Barbera characters, The Impossibles were topical and inspired by their times, in this case resembling the rock 'n roll groups of the mid-Sixties.
