The Mighty Hercules is a Canadian/American low-budget animated series based loosely on the Greek mythological character of Heracles, under his Roman Mythology name, Hercules. It was created in 1962 and then debuted on TV in 1963 and ran until 1966 coinciding with the sword and sandal genre of films popular at the time. Each standalone episode runs five-and-a-half minutes, and in syndication were aired either as part of a block with other cartoons, or several episodes together to fill 30-minute timeslots (including commercials).