When it came to live action superheroes on television there were some solid hits (Batman, Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk) and then there were some duds such as the dull and short lived Spiderman series. While they are long forgotten there were two superhero pilots that did not launch a series although they were actually fairly decent as far as these types of programs go. In 1979 there were two (yes two) Captain America television movies that were decent programs could have spawned a successful series but they would not be picked up as a weekly nor was the series of TV movies continued either. The other oddball television movie of the week based on a Marvel superhero was Dr. Strange. This is a somewhat odd selection for a weekly hero because Strange was the "master of the mystic arts" and not a hero who dealt with supervillian so this may have hurt the chances for this being picked up as a series despite being a decent movie. Then again, there were no supervillians on the Spiderman series and this harmed it significantly. (Then again, there were no supervillians on the Hulk but the series was so well written it did not need it) While these days animated series, motion pictures, direct to DVD movies are common it is kind of odd to see how many superhero concepts were duds back in the day. I guess it was a long road that thankfully Marvel kept with.