Inhumanoids 3-Disc Box Set DVD

Inhumanoids is the mid-1980s Hasbro and Marvel Productions syndicated animated series about Earth Corps, a small team of scientist-warriors who fight against the Inhumanoids, three giant prehistoric monsters, D'Compose, Tendril, and Metlar, that have awakened beneath the Earth's surface and are now threatening to consume humanity. The show ran in syndication across 1986 with 13 episodes that lean directly into the era's monster-versus-team action format and its specific underground-mythology framework.

What stands out is the show's commitment to its specific giant-monster-and-science premise. Each episode pulls Earth Corps against the Inhumanoids and their schemes, the writing leans into a serialized mythology arc that builds across the run, and the toy-line-extended monster designs anchor the show's specific visual identity. The animation has the unmistakable mid-80s syndicated look, and the voice work plays the material with full earnestness despite the absurdly-grim premise that pushes deeper into actual horror than most kid-targeted animation of the period attempted.

It belongs to a specific mid-80s wave of toy-line-extended syndicated animation, the same family of monster-and-team properties that the era was funding for cross-broadcaster boys' afternoon distribution. For Inhumanoids collectors whose collection includes the original Hasbro toy line, this animated run is the franchise's most ambitious on-screen extension and one of the era's most fondly-remembered monster shows.

Highlights in the set include the five-part premiere "The Evil That Lies Within," "Cypheroid," "The Surma Plan," "Cult Of Darkness," "Negative Polarity," "The Evil Eye," "Primal Passions," "The Masterson Team," and "Auger... For President," the complete thirteen-episode run that follows Earth Corps through their entire syndicated arc. This 3-DVD collection gathers all 13 episodes alongside commercial bonus content, the complete Inhumanoids run in one place.