Superman Episode 1 (1941)

the first Fleischer Studios Superman cartoon made in 1941. Often called "The Mad Scientist"

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Superman
• mad
• scientist
• seymour
• kneitel
• fleischer
• studios

[MadKryptonian]

infant son to earth .. landing on earth , passing motorist took the son of Ji-rel to an orphanage is this the original version????

or was the passing motorist the Kents and raised him as there son the original version????

[hermankatnip]

@MadKryptonian

In the traditional versions of his origin, after the Kents retrieved Clark from his rocket, they brought him to the Smallville Orphanage and returned a few days later to formally adopt the orphan, giving him as a first name Martha's maiden name, "Clark." The passing motorists referred to here must be Martha and Jonathan Kent.

[helpship]

Yes But in the adventure of Superman Eps 1. (1950) The kents don't take him to the orphanage but take him home...

[hermankatnip]

@helpship

This is true. In the first episode of the TV series 'The Adventures of superman Ep 1 (1952) There is no mention of taking him to an orphanage. Similarly in the first Superman movie (1978) no mention of an orphanage is made. The Original Action Comics #1 does mention the smallville orphanage so somewhere along the the line the orphanage part was dropped. Other changes happened in 1942, Jor-L, Kal-L and Lora (Superman's birth mother) changed to the more modern Jor-El and Lara.

[pbrskater26]

1941 there was no color tv's in the 40's

[hermankatnip]

Who said anything about TV? This was a Theatrical cartoon, Shown in cinemas before the main feature.

[unplugged123]

really excellent animation considering how bad the Super Friends were...

[WallaceFam5044]

this look seem like dbz on episode 1

[WallaceFam5044]

this is toooooooooooooo old for that superman dont like like superman and not strong like superman this superman look weak not strong, and that dont look like clarkkent

[cooljoeny69]

these cartoons were so way ahead of it's time.there so well done.i have to get them on dvd.

[EmmetEarwax]

It was later explained that Jo-rel carefully chose the rocket's destinatioin before launching it. Still, it was sheer luck that he was found by the right foster parents.

[EmmetEarwax]

Baby Huey is strong enough to carry a 747 on his back, can fly -if fired out of a cannon ! -and his kevlar-like feather down makes him invulnerable.

[EmmetEarwax]

I wrote a wacked-out satire on the origin of Superman. I rebooted the origin of Baby Huey in the lab of a mad genetic scientist..(tho the animated cartoon did it justice,too.). In the kingdom of Strackenz, in Germany, Baby huey the Infant Terrible, was placed in a rocket and sent off -to Canada ! His loving foster parents then dynamited the building where the rocket was launched and flew to Canada, where, now dressed as farmers they met him. The town of Smalltown was built to house & raise him.

[EmmetEarwax]

In 1941 There was hardly any TV - period !!

[supermandisco]

I got this collection from a car wash dvd rack. It was actually a good buy for just a couple of bucks.