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MUMBAI: Coming September, Marvel will premiere
The Super Hero Squad Show on Cartoon Network.
It has signed up Tom Kenny, who voices SpongeBob
SquarePants, to lend his talents to the
characters of Iron Man, Captain America
and M.O.D.O.K.
Kenny
is among the schedule of Grey DeLisle (Fairly
Oddparents) as Ms. Marvel and the Enchantress,
Alimi Ballard (NUMB3RS) as the Falcon and
Charlie Adler (Cow & Chicken, Transformers
1 and 2) as Dr. Doom.
The
show will a host of guest talent to voice
villains and heroes from the Marvel universe,
including Shawn Ashmore (X-Men films) as
Iceman, LeVar Burton (Ali, Roots) as Rhodey,
Taye Diggs (Private Practice) as the Black
Panther, Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica)
as Sif, Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm,
The Ugly Truth) as Stardust, Kevin Sorbo
(Hercules, Meet The Spartans) as Ka-Zar,
George Takei (Heroes, Star Trek) as Galactus
and Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, Gossip Girl) as the Valkyrie.
The
cast is accompanied by comics legend Stan
Lee (co-creator of Spider-Man, the Fantastic
Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor
and other Marvel characters).
Marvel's
president of animation Eric Rollman comments,
"The talent that has signed on truly
speaks to the strength of the Marvel brand
as well as the uniqueness of this series.
This is the first time Marvel has produced
an action-comedy show and the reaction from
both broadcasters and celebrity talent indicates
we have something very special in the making."
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