MASK

MASK featured a special task force featuring an array of characters, led by Matt Trakker, with transforming vehicles engaged in an ongoing battle against the criminal organization V.E.N.O.M. with an emphasis on super-powered helmets called masks worn by the characters on the show.

The original series focused mainly on the vehicles and characters from the original 1985 toy line.

More characters were introduced as the line expanded with a second wave in 1986.

The format for the last season of the show featured a racing theme to correspond with the theme of the third wave M.A.S.K. toys.

A major difference from the first season is by the second, V.E.N.O.M. agents knew the personal identities of the M.A.S.K. team, whereas V.E.N.O.M. did not know their identities during the first season.

The second season lasted for only ten episodes. There is a storyline difference in the mini comic books which came with each toy.

In the comics, Miles Mayhem knew the identity of Matt Trakker and had originally helped start the M.A.S.K. team but betrayed him later. This was very similar to the second series of the cartoon.

Due to the short-lived nature and new format of the racing series, many characters from the first season were given reduced roles to establish the new cast members and their vehicles, or to reintroduce older characters with new masks and vehicles.

Buddy Hawks began using the name "Clutch" and gained a more prominent role with a double-act partnership with agent Boris "The Tzar" Bushkin.

Matt Trakker and Miles Mayhem's rivalry remained strong, but the two usually only appeared in their own focus episodes.
Other V.E.N.O.M. operations were now exclusively handled by Vanessa Warfield.

It is never made clear what sort of criminal organization V.E.N.O.M. is, exactly.

They were not the typical world-conquering villains and their schemes mostly revolve around profiting from illegal activities and doing mercenary services.

The comics tried to give them a more believable background. They appear to be the foot soldiers of an even higher evil organization called Contraworld.

Like M.A.S.K. and P.N.A., their relationship is not explained, nor are Contraworld's larger goals.

MASK episodelist

1 The Deathstone
2 The Star Chariot
3 The Book of Power
4 Highway to Terror
5 Video VENOM
6 Dinosaur Boy
7 The Ultimate Weapon
8 The Roteks
9 The Oz Effect
10 Death from the Sky
11 The Magma Mole
12 Solaria Park
13 The Creeping Terror
14 Assault on Liberty
15 The Sceptre of Rajim
16 The Golden Goddess
17 Mystery of the Rings
18 Bad Vibrations
19 Ghost Bomb
20 Cold Fever
21 Mardi Gras Mystery
22 The Secret of Life
23 Vanishing Point
24 Counter-Clockwise Caper
25 The Plant Show
26 Secret of the Andes
27 Panda Power
28 Blackout
29 A Matter of Gravity
30 The Lost Riches of Rio
31 Deadly Blue Slime
32 The Currency of Conspiracy
33 Caesar's Sword
34 Peril in Paris
35 In Dutch
36 The Lippizaner Mystery
37 The Sacred Rock
38 Curse of Solomon's Gorge
39 Green Nightmare
40 Eyes of the Skull
41 Stop Motion
42 The Artemis Enigma
43 The Chinese Scorpion
44 The Riddle of the Raven Master
45 The Spectre of Captain Kidd
46 The Secret of the Stones
47 The Lost Fleet
48 M.A.S.K Quest of the Canyon
49 Follow the Rainbow
50 The Everglades Oddity
51 Dragonfire
52 The Royal Cape Caper
53 Patchwork Puzzle
54 Fog On Boulder Hill
55 Plunder of Glowworm Grotto
56 Stone Trees
57 Incident in Istanbul
58 The Creeping Desert
59 The Scarlet Empress
60 Venice Menace
61 Treasure of the Nazca Plain
62 Disappearing Act
63 Gate of Darkness
64 The Manakara Giant
65 Raiders of the Orient Express
66 Demolition Duel to the Death
67 Where Eagles Dare
68 Homeward Bound
69 The Battle of the Giants
70 Race Against Time
71 Challenge of the Masters
72 For One Shining Moment
73 M.A.S.K High Noon
74 The Battle for Baja
75 Cliff Hanger



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