Bucky O'Hare And The Toad Wars!

Ah yes, the early '90s. An era when a children's cartoon could contain warnings about climate change and AI, and still be a shameless vehicle for hawking action figures at the same time.

- Dom Carter, freelance writer

That's not hyperbole either. The Bucky O'Hare comic was originally created with toys in mind way back in 1978 by writer Larry Hama - look closely and you can even see little holes and pegs in the character design drawings. But I didn't run into the animal adventurers from SPACE (Sentient Protoplasm Against Colonial Encroachment) until early 1992, when they burst onto our screens on CBBC in a 13-episode series that still boasts one of the best theme tunes ever broadcast. And yes, I'm factoring Round The Twist into that equation.