I remember this cartoon by name only, I thought it was odd in 1987 and I still think so now. What a travesty of the Aboriginal/Native Americans this takes their many wonderful traditions and beliefs and tried badly to make it into something barely entertaining. I would not show this to any child without a full explanation of Aboriginal/Native Amercian culture.This futuristic sheriff must reign in a band of robot cowboys. He relies on his sidekick a robotic horse which on occasion giggles like Scooby-Doo for some inexplicable reason and tries to be humorous with sarcasm.Also his deputy can barely speak English is neither cute nor funny (me..thinks..me not worthy..be deputy). He is also difficult to understand. I am used to people with heavy non-American accents and this character was worse then many I have heard.Do not let your children watch this.

...and I think every BraveStarr fans know what I mean by "price". Or should I say, The Price. THAT episode. Spin! BraveStarr is a cartoon series from the mid 1980s that many have forgotten, or worse, never watched. It was made by Filmation, who as we all know did He-Man (The debate over THAT series being better than Transformers is a matter of taste) and She-ra. Like those series and others from Filmation, every episode ended with a moral. The moral consisted of a character from the series, usually it was BraveStarr himself, delivering a message of what we all learned.I was a He-Man fan myself, and BraveStarr could be looked on as He-Man of the wild west. The setting was a distant time, and far away place. The planet of New Texas, deep in space. Sky had...sorry got to stop the theme song.BraveStarr was easy to like, since I was a fan of He-Man, the similarities of the characters in both series is staggering. You've got the Shaman (he knows everything, just like the Sorceress), you've got Tex Hex (Evil, just like Skeletor), you've got Thirty - Thirty, BraveStarr's steed (he complained less than Cringer when he wasn't Battlecat), you've got the sidekick, and you've got the main man.Bravestarr himself had FOUR incredible abilities. 1) He could see almost everything (Eyes of a Hawk). He could hear everything (Ears of a wolf). He was strong (Strength of a bear), and fast (Speed of a puma).The episodes themselves were actually far more serious than anything Filmation had ever made. At least two episodes (including the series best known episode) that stand tall in my memory, deal with some real important matters.One episode, BraveStarr remembers his old trainer, Jingles. Tough, fair, and good. BraveStarr's idol, his hero. He relates all the good in him, only to later discover that he has become a wanted criminal. Wanted for murder! The other episode deals with the issue of drugs. A deadly drug comes the way of New Texas, and a boy of about ten becomes addicted to the drug (The drug was called spin). He goes from the friend you always want to a hallucinating, stealing, wacko! I still remember the first time I watched that episode, all time thinking he'll pull through at the end. Was I ever in for a SHOCK!

In a distant time and far away place the planet of New Texas floats deep in space. Land of three suns, and land of precious ore. The carrium rush bought out-laws by the scores. BraveStarr. BraveStarr. Then one day a lawman came with powers of hawk, wolf, puma, and bear. Protector of peace, mystic man from afar. Champion of justice Marshall BraveStarr. BraveStarr, BraveStarr, eyes of a hawk, ears of a wolf. BraveStarr, BraveStarr, strength of a bear, speed of a puma. BraveStarr, BraveStarr, BRAVESTARR! Absolutely one of my favourite cartoons. At the time I was eleven and I didn't really care that Marshall BraveStarr was a fictional cartoon character. I just knew that the BraveStarr cartoons were great and that I wanted to watch more and more of it every time it came on. Marshall BraveStarr was one of my childhood heroes and I never forgot the day that he first came on. I was in awe about it because it was the first time that I saw a country western cartoon that wasn't about the Lone Ranger and Tonto.

BraveStarr was the only cartoon I remember to show someone, a child no less, die of a drug overdose. Most other cartoons had a kid drawn into drugs by some sleazy, awful looking guy, massively OD, than make a complete recovery with no ill effects, just in time to say, "I'm sure glad I learned my lesson," before the end of the show. BraveStarr's "drug episode" had a pretty cool looking, suave guy convincing a kid to steal from his mother in order to buy the drugs, showed the kid's transition from handsome, healthy young lad to burned-out junkie, and then showed him die when he finally OD'd. If I saw that episode today, I might see that it isn't as good as I thought it was when I was a kid, but, darn it, it DID hit me hard and make me think when I was eight and that was the point. For that, I will always hold BraveStarr a little higher in regard than the other cartoons of the period.