In 1991, a cartoon named ProStars featured Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan, and Bo Jackson. The show reimagined these sports icons as superheroes. They fought crime and helped children. The athletes ...

It was, in many ways, a combination of every 80s cartoon, James Bond, and the three leading stars. Each star had his own quirks, however. Gretzky , for instance, was seen as a bumbling glutton ...

In 1991, NBC broadcast a Saturday morning cartoon called featuring Gretzky, basketball great Michael Jordan, and baseball player Bo Jackson as a superhero team of athletes who helped kids fight crime.

Wayne Gretzky poses for a photo that his father, Walter, takes during a practice session of the 1984 All-Star Game in New Jersey. (Getty Images) Dusk falls on Fenway.

In 1991, a cartoon named ProStars featured Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan, and Bo Jackson. The show reimagined these sports icons as superheroes. They fought crime and helped children.