Biker Mice from Mars

In 1991, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stopped broadcasting in first-run syndication and instead produced new episodes for broadcast on CBS as merchandising sales for the franchise dropped to $200 million from $1 billion from 1991-1992.

As merchandisers were desperate for a successor to the franchise to maintain momentum, then Marvel Productions President Rick Ungar responded to the demand for a new marketable franchise by creating Biker Mice from Mars and even tried to build up the franchise in a similar way to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by debuting the characters in a comic book in the Summer of 1993 to build hype for the series' debut that Fall.

Unger was taken aback not only by the attention they received, but also how outdated his take on biker culture was as most of the riders in the group consisted primarily of white-collar professionals and this led to Unger cultivating the concept that would become Biker Mice from Mars.

After supervising producer Tom Tataranowicz and his team had completed all 65 episodes of Biker Mice from Mars, Marvel had been impressed with the creativity and quality displayed and hired Tataranowicz to retool the second seasons of their struggling Fantastic Four and Iron Man.

The series performed well in its broadcast and even managed to secure the position as number 1 syndicated series at various points in its run Best Film and Video corp.'s home video release of the pilot and first two episodes performed extreme well during its Christmas 1993 release with Best President Roy Winnick stating it was their fastest seller they had seen.

In the United Kingdom from 1994 to 1997, the series was aired on Channel 4 and from 1998 to 1999 on its youth strand T4.