For years, The Aquabats have not only been a band, they've been costumed heroes! Yes, in case you haven't been paying attention, there is an explanation for those comic book-type outfits, via a very amusing mythology the band have laid out for themselves.

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Now, The Aquabats are coming to television with The Aquabats Super Show and fans will get a preview of what's to come at San Diego Comic-Con from the guys themselves. The panel for the upcoming series, coming to The Hub, will be held on Friday, July 22nd in Room 5AB from 8:30 - 9:30pm. Not only that, but there will be a Hub-sponsored Aquabats concert during Comic-Con at the House of Blues in San Diego, on Saturday, July 23rd at 7:30pm. [Tickets can be purchased here .]As we prep for Comic-Con's arrival in just a couple of weeks, I had a chat with Christian Jacobs, AKA The Aquabats' The MC Bat Commander, about the series. Jacobs has plenty of experience bringing eclectic children's programing with adult appeal to TV, having co-created the acclaimed (and Joel McHale approved) Yo Gabba Gabba

Yeah, wow. We've been putting around, fighting rubber monsters and rocking out since 1994. That does seem like a good while now doesn't it? Actually, the TV thing was something we have been aiming toward for most of the time we have been a band. It's always been a real tough sell to the more conventional kids channels because it is so tongue in cheek and crazy. I think that time and pressure has finally created the diamond of a kids network called The HUB! HA! Seriously though, I don't think the Aquabats show could have happened any other time and on any other network. It is such a weird and fun show. It took a kids network with guts to greenlight it.Well, the Aquabats are a rock band and they have also self-appointed themselves as 'action' heroes. There are a few superpowers among them but they are not as dynamic as your traditional 'super' hero. Which is why it will be fun to mess around with them and watch them get really slapped around! They are underdogs and almost 'anti' heroes which I think kids can identify with. They can't quite pull it off all the time, because they have very human limitations but at the same time they really want to do the right thing and save the day. It's going to be really fun and silly to try to explain their backstories and just why they do what they do.As a kid, I always got bored with the music montages on The Monkees or on Scooby-Doo. I think it was partially because the shows with music in them became so 'formula' and predictable. With this show, we want to mix in the real intense energy of an actual live show and the high action of a kung fu movie etc. It will all revolve around stories and narrative but there will be plenty of random surprises to keep the viewer always wondering what it going to happen next. I think that this is perfect for the 'short attention span' generation! Particularly, because all of the writers and the creative team involved in the show have such diverse backgrounds and interests. There is so much packed into each episode! It's going to be really insane. We are going to push the envelope of kids entertainment because I think we are all big kids at heart!