Fleischer Superman Cartoons - 1 of 17

Superman (a.k.a. The Mad Scientist): September 26, 1941

(The Very First Animated Superhero Cartoon Ever)

The Superman animated cartoons, commonly but somewhat erroneously known as the "Fleischer Superman cartoons" were a series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films released by Paramount Pictures and based upon the comic book character Superman.

The first eight shorts were produced by Fleischer Studios from 1941 to 1942, while the final nine were produced by Famous Studios, a successor company to Fleischer Studios, from 1942 to 1943. Superman was the final animated series initiated under Fleischer Studios, before Famous Studios officially took over production in May 1942.

Although all entries are in the public domain, ancillary rights (as well as the original 35mm master elements) are owned today by Warner Bros. Animation. Warner has owned Superman publisher DC Comics since 1969.

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[MrShaun42088]

IT's Superman!!!!--- what did ya expect Dumbass?

[AlaskaBoyAlex]

Flieshcer Studios during world war II was forced to close down due to the horrible economy. Disney Studios survived only because of the anti-communist propaganda that they made to fuel the war efforts, and to encourage people to sign up for the war. The founder of Fletcher Studios is quoted saying that he would "rather die then help poison the minds of Americans to go and die in an immoral war"

Just thought i would share some information.

[cpuwrite]

The animation, the artwork, the writing--this has it all over the cheap-ass Filmation crap. And to think it was done decades earlier.

[skaar11678]

Awesome, just plain awesome.

[legion999]

Awesome, thank you for posting this. The art and especially the animation is very impressive

[marknew91]

Man oh man I'm glad we became friends: These mid 1900s Superman flicks are treasures, real true treasures of YouTube. And this one has 94 views, lol! Come on. There's only so many times people can watch a chipmunk giving them a dirty look!