Cartoons - Superman

The Superman character was probably one of the most famous creations in history. Superman first appeared in comic books. But it wasn't until Superman cartoons were made that people really got the chance to see the man of steel in action. We're going to briefly review the history and characters of the Superman cartoon.

It wasn't until 1941 that the first Superman cartoon came to be. Paramount pictures, that year, released a series of animated cartoons that were based on the Superman comic book that was already so popular. The first nine of these cartoons were produced by Fleischer Studios. But they didn't last long. In 1942 Fleischer Studios bit the dust and became Famous Studios which went on to produce eight more of these cartoons. At the time, these were the biggest budgeted cartoons around. This was during what was called the Golden Age of American Animation.

The Fleischer brothers originally tried to discourage Paramount from doing the cartoons by telling them that it would cost over $100,000 per episode. At the time, that was an amazing amount of money that was about four times the cost of a typical cartoon for the times. But Paramount wasn't about to be scared off. They saw something big here and agree to the budget. The Fleischer brothers were now committed to the project.

The first cartoon in the series, which was simply called Superman, was first shown on September 26, 1941. That year it was nominated for an Oscar for best animated short subject. It did not win, however, losing to Lend A Paw, which was a Walt Disney cartoon. But it didn't matter. Superman had left his mark on the cartoon world.

Unfortunately for Max and Dave Fleischer, after the first nine cartoons, Paramount took over production and tossed the brothers out into the street. These were very brutal times. The look of the cartoon itself didn't change but the stories did. The first nine cartoons had a more science fiction feel to them as Superman was seen battling robots, creatures from outer space and a number of other things you don't normally find walking around our planet. After the change, however, Superman started to focus on what was called World War II Propaganda.

The first nine cartoons also used the classic opening lines from the Superman radio series that we all came to know and love. The last eight changed these lines drastically until they were no longer recognizable. But the cartoons themselves were still very entertaining.

The early voice of Superman was supplied by Bud Collyer. He also was the voice of Superman during the radio series. The voice of Lois Lane was supplied by Joan Alexander who also played the same role in the radio series along side of Collyer.

After the 17 shorts, the series was cancelled, but that wasn't the end of Superman. Other cartoons featuring the man of steel were to come, which included the 1990s animated Superman series and the feature length cartoon, Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow.

Download Transformers Cartoons Episodes Online - First Season

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1. More Than Meets the Eye - Part 1

The Autobots are attacked by the Decepticons while they are venturing in space in their vessel. And the battle moves into the Ark, which led to it crashing into earth's grounds. Then, after millions of years of inactivity, both sides are suddenly awakened, and the battle on Earth is about to begin.

2. More Than Meets the Eye - Part 2

Sparkplug and Spike offer their assistance to the Autobots after they were rescued from the depticons. Autobots will need all the help they could get to stop the decepticons from taking an advantage.

3. More Than Meets the Eye - Part 3

To stop the Decepticons, the autobots leave earth from a recently constructed ship and head for Cybertron.

4. Transport to Oblivion

The ship of the decepticons crashed, and they survived. They built a "Space-bridge" to transport energon to their toops in Cybertron.

5. Roll for It

Megatron returns from Cybertron, and with the anti-matter formula that enhances Megatron's cannon, he tried to destroy the Autobots.

6. Divide and Conquer

The autobots discovers where the decepticons are stealing energy. Optimus Prime went there and saves the humans, but suffer serious damage. He will die if the Autobots can´t find spare parts to fix their leader.

7. S.O.S. Dinobots

Skeletons of dinosaurs were found by the autobots. Ratchet thinks they will have a huge advantage against the Decepticons if they build the Dinobots. But the built dinobots are still too dangerous and must to be disconnected until a situation to prove what they can do.

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