Skysurfer Strike Force is a science-fiction superhero animated series that was featured on Bohbot Entertainment's Amazin' Adventures cartoon block and was co-produced by Ruby-Spears Productions and Ashi Productions. The show lasted two seasons (13 episodes for each season) in the mid-1990s. The first episode (first episode of the first season) aired on September 10, 1995, and the last episode (final episode of the second season) was on October 26, 1996. The show then aired in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel in 1999 through 2000. It was the final creation of Ruby-Spears Productions before shutting down. The titular five-piece superhero team are Earth's guardians against the vile Cybron and his bio-borgs who use the powers of flight and the sky for their crusades against evil. The Skysurfers used technologically advanced watches that transformed them from their casual clothing to their battle attire and weapons, similar to the Battle of the Planets. During the transformations, their cars transform into rocket-powered aerial surfboards.

Series information

A mysterious explosion causes the destruction of an artificial intelligence lab that kills scientist Adam Hollister; in the aftermath, he is framed for the incident - his son, Jack, sets out to prove his father's innocence with a belief that someone else was responsible for the explosion and stole an experimental computer brain from the lab; this man who stole the computer brain merges it with his own and transforms into the master criminal known as Cybron, additionally founding a team of wrong-doing bio-borgs to aid him in his schemes. To fight Cybron and his forces, Jack and his four friends become a sky-themed superhero team known as the Skysurfer Strike Force.

Characters

The Skysurfers

The title protagonists of the series, the Skysurfers are a team of five ordinary civilians who use their wrist-worn Digitrans to transform into their Skysurfer identities:

Cybron & the Bio-Borgs

In the universe of Skysurfer Strike Force, these villains are the series' leading antagonists:

Episodes

Season 1

1. City of Terror: written by Kyle Christopher and Mark Jones
2. Death Paint: written by Steve Hayes and Ted Pedersen
3. Voodoo Master: written by Ted Pedersen and Francis Moss
4. Alien Attack: written by Mark Jones
5. Titan of Terror: written by Michael Maurer
6. Cyber-Magic: written by Michael Maurer
7. The Ancient City: written by Mark Jones
8. Time Storm: written by Francis Moss and Ted Pedersen
9. Killer Ants: written by Michael Maurer
10. The Dogs of Doom: written by Michael Maurer
11. Mountain of Fear
12. Terror Toons: written by Ted Pedersen
13. Life Force: written by Steve Hayes and Ted Pedersen Season 2
14. The Black Box: written by Michael Maurer
15. Terror in the Jungle
16. The Crawling Horror
17. Crime City 18 & 19. Attack of the Slitha Monsters: A two-part story. Written by Michael Maurer
18. Sword of Power
19. Danger in Space
20. The Water Beast
21. The Price of Freedom
22. Two Minute Warning
23. Island of Fear
24. Diamonds of Death

Media availability

VHS

Family Home Entertainment released three VHS tapes of the series in 1995 which contained two episodes from the first season:

DVD

From 2006 through 2007, Digiview Entertainment released the first 20 episodes (the entire first season and the first seven episodes of the second season) on DVD. Digiview's DVDs are stripped-down releases, carrying only the episodes and a basic interactive menu. They are found in thin-cases in discount stores (such as Walmart) and have been found for as low as a dollar in video bargain bins.