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FFA = Forgotten Females of Animation

Clutch Cargo has retained a certain amount of notoriety, over 50 years after its television run, for its unusual approach to ultra-low-budget animation: synchronizing film of live-action lips over animation cels.

But even die-hard fans of cheesy cartoons overlook another animated series that utilized that technique (patented under the name of "Synchro-Vox"), and produced by the same company that gave us Clutch Cargo.

Premiering in 1962, Space Angel chronicled the exploits of Scott McCloud, astronaut and agent of the EBI (Earth Investigation Bureau) as he and the crew of the spaceship Starduster, Taurus (navigation and weapons) and Crystal (communications) investigate interstellar mysteries and battle galactic bad guys.

Of course, our focus here is on Crystal, daughter of Professor Mace (head of the EBI) and possibly Scott's love interest (though this wasn't played up very prominently). Designed by the legendary Alex Toth, in his first foray into TV animation design, Crystal cuts a very comely figure in a form-fitting spacesuit.

Description
FFA = Forgotten Females of Animation

Clutch Cargo has retained a certain amount of notoriety, over 50 years after its television run, for its unusual approach to ultra-low-budget animation: synchronizing film of live-action lips over animation cels.

But even die-hard fans of cheesy cartoons overlook another animated series that utilized that technique (patented under the name of "Synchro-Vox"), and produced by the same company that gave us Clutch Cargo.

Premiering in 1962, Space Angel chronicled the exploits of Scott McCloud, astronaut and agent of the EBI (Earth Investigation Bureau) as he and the crew of the spaceship Starduster, Taurus (navigation and weapons) and Crystal (communications) investigate interstellar mysteries and battle galactic bad guys.

Of course, our focus here is on Crystal, daughter of Professor Mace (head of the EBI) and possibly Scott's love interest (though this wasn't played up very prominently). Designed by the legendary Alex Toth, in his first foray into TV animation design, Crystal cuts a very comely figure in a form-fitting spacesuit.