Karate Kommandos (also known as Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos) is an American animated television series that originally aired in 1986 as a syndicated five episode mini-series. It was created by and starred Chuck Norris as himself, and produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises. Re-runs of the cartoon have occasionally aired on Boomerang and Adult Swim. Plot This fictionalized version of Chuck Norris is a United States government operative with a team of racially diverse warriors known as the Karate Kommandos. Together, they fight against the organization VULTURE led by the Claw and his right-hand man Super Ninja. Production The series follows the framing device of Mister T (also a Ruby-Spears production). At the beginning of each episode, a live action segment with Norris, usually at a gym or a martial arts studio, is shown to explain what is going on. At the end of each episode, Norris narrates a moral lesson for the audience to learn. Characters Karate Kommandos The team includes: Chuck Norris (voiced by himself) - the leader of the Karate Kommandos. Pepper (voiced by Kathy Garver) - a technology expert and mechanic. Reed (voiced by Sam Fontana) - Chuck's young apprentice and Pepper's brother. Kimo (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) - a samurai warrior. Tabe (voiced by Robert Ito) - a sumo champion. Too Much (voiced by Mona Marshall) - Chuck's young ward. VULTURE VULTURE is an evil organization that plots to take over the world. Its members include: Claw (voiced by Bill Martin) - the leader of VULTURE who serves as the primary antagonist of the series. Claw has a metal claw for a right arm which he often shows when quoting to his operatives on their assignments to "Remember this". Super-Ninja (voiced by Keone Young) - a ninja who is Claw's right-hand man. VULTURE Ninjas - the foot soldiers of VULTURE. Episodes Home media In 1987, a VHS tape of Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos was released by Worldvision Home Video. The complete series was released on DVD on April 1, 2011, via Warner Archive line. Comic book There was also a comic book series published by Star Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics which produced comic books aimed at young children. Steve Ditko provided the art. The series ran four issues from January through July 1987. Issue #1 found Too-Much daydreaming in class about being as great a martial artist as Chuck Norris, even taking down the Super