Zorak (episode)


 * This article is about the Space Ghost segment. For other uses, see Zorak.

"Zorak" is the first episode (part two) of Space Ghost season one, and came as a segment of Space Ghost & Dino Boy. It aired on September 10, 1966 on CBS. It was written by Walter Black and Bill Hamilton, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tower guard
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Zorak
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ginny Tyler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jace
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tim Matthieson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blip
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Ghost
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Owen
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mosquitoids
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Ghost
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Owen
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mosquitoids
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mosquitoids
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Locations

 * Omega Prison
 * Ghost Planet
 * Dokar

Objects

 * Power bands
 * Inviso belt
 * Matter intensifier
 * Rocket packs

Vehicles

 * Zorak's ship
 * Phantom Cruiser
 * Zorak's miniship
 * Flying bomb

Music
The music was composed by Ted Nichols, who was credited as the musical director.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 10, 1966 on CBS

Marketing and promotion
Gold Key Comics published an adaptation in a one-shot Space Ghost comic in December 1966. Zorak and his minions, however, were radically altered.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * July 17, 2007: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series on DVD.
 * May 21, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Best of Warner Bros. 25 Cartoon Collection: Hanna-Barbera on DVD.
 * December 5, 2017: Warner Archive Collection releases Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series on DVD.
 * October 13, 2020: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series on Blu-ray Disc.