Cinematech’s latest episode, “Superheroes,” explores video games inspired by, well, duh--superheroes. Inspired by their inspiration, we decided to dig up some superheroes that time has forgotten, the ones who have fallen by the wayside as newer titans like X-Men and Sin City have taken over and old-school standbys like Batman and Superman continue to reign supreme. So below is a list of crimefighters who have either fallen out of grace, or who never got in our good graces in the first place. Enjoy!

Mighty Heroes
When Terrytoons’ Mighty Heroes made its TV debut on CBS in 1966, few knew that its creator, a little guy by the name of Ralph Bakshi, would go on to became the controversial animation legend responsible for Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic and the original animated Lord of the Rings. But in retrospect, it’s easy to see why this show found a cult audience that kept its name alive for decades. The superhero parody cartoon starred Diaper Man, Rope Man, Strong Man, Tornado Man and Cuckoo Man as goofy, bungling crimefighters who fight enemies such as Enlarger, The Shrinker, The Ghost Monster, The Frog, The Shocker, The Raven, The Monsterizer, and The Scarecrow. The following year, after Mighty Heroes was cancelled, Bakshi went on to supervise the original Spider-Man cartoon series in September of 1967, before turning the genre on its ear with his racy, sex and drug-filled theatrical adult cartoons, supervising a Mighty Mouse revival in the '80s, and eventually crapping out with Cool World in the ‘90s.

Captain Carrot and the Amazing Zoo Crew
This short-lived ‘80s comic book came courtesy of DC Comics and featured a squadron of animals-turned-superheroes, including Alleycat-Abra, Fastback, Pig Iron, Rubber Duck, Yankee Poodle and, of course, Captain Carrot himself. The Zoo Crew debuted as a free 16-page insert in DC's New Teen Titans in 1982, and the first issue of their own comic book hit stands a month later.  Funny thing: Captain Carrot's secret identity was Roger Rabbit...a name that popped up a few years later when Disney made an unrelated feature film with the same name (the smash hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit?). To avoid confusion (to say nothing of possible legal entanglements, since Disney's Roger actually appeared first in the form of prose fiction), the DC character's first name was retroactively changed to Rodney. The comic only lasted 20 issues, though, as kids just don’t seem to dig funny animals. I did...but I was a loser.

Captain Klutz
Don Martin’s Captain Klutz appeared on the pages on MAD Magazine through the late '60s, '70s and ‘80s before he defected to Cracked in the late-‘90s. Like all Martin characters, Klutz had a long, protruding chin, droopy eyes, and impossibly skinny limbs affixed to an oval-shaped body. He wore a ratty cape made of a towel and a suit that looked like it might have been made from dirty PJs, and if he thwarted a criminal it was purely by accident, but he was loveable and funny like all of Martin’s work. You can still hunt down his best crime-fighting adventures in the MAD greatest hits retrospectives that appear from time to time on the newsstands, or in the old mags and books that litter used books stores.

Isis / Captain Marvel
The Secrets of Isis / Shazam! show, the half-hour program that ran on Saturday mornings and alternated between episodes featuring hunky Captain Marvel (a.k.a. mild-mannered teen Billy Batson) and sexy Isis (a.k.a. high school science teacher Andrea Thomas). Both are superheroes that had previously been featured in other shows or comics, yet seem to have fallen out of the public consciousness since these short-lived shows got yanked off the air. But there was much to be learned from these shows. For instance, the secret of Isis turned out to be that she was way hotter and wore much shorter skirts than the other chicks on TV at the time. And according to the logic of Shazam! (named after the phrase Billy has to say to turn into his alter ego), it’s okay for a teenage boy to ride around the countryside in an orange Winnebago with a creepy old man in a tan leisure suit named “Mentor” who invites even younger boys to ride around with them. "Take rides from strangers," that’s what Captain Marvel says, kids!

Ghetto Man
Does anyone remember the short-lived live-action superhero comedy spectacular, Legends of the Superheroes? Well, I friggin’ do and it took me years to convince myself and others that it wasn’t a figment of my overactive childhood imagination. Legends lasted a grand total of two episodes, "The Challenge" and "The Roast," but has since gone onto become a cult fave. The show made its debut in 1979 and starred Adam West, Burt Ward, and Frank Gorshin reprising their Batman roles from the ‘60s TV show as Batman, Robin, and The Riddler, respectively, alongside a slew of cheesy ‘70s TV actors dressed up like various Justice League members and the villains they battled. Lesser known characters like Hawkman, Flash, and Solomon Grundy were given a shot at some tube time, but paled in comparison to the hilariously awful heroes created especially for the show, such as Retired Man and Ghetto Man. Yes, really, they had a character called Ghetto Man, a pimped out brutha reminiscient of Starsky and Hutch's Huggy Bear. Ghetto Man was a precursor to Snoop Dogg, Action Jackson, Blackjack and Handy Man all in one bad-ass afro-sportin’ superhero. Me says, the world needs more true crime-fighters like this--men who fight injustice with real-life weapons like street smarts, furry hats, pimpology, and slang. Gs up, villains down!